The Stormers have set up a potentially thrilling climax to the league stages in the United Rugby Championship (URC) when they downed Leinster at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.
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Though they beat Leinster, their failure to secure a bonus-point while falling just short of denying the visitors one, could prove telling in the final analysis. Yesterday, however, the Stormers had to dig deep to down Leinster. Well organised and structured, the Irish team asked uncomfortable questions of the hosts and led 6-3 at the break.Resourceful and full of resolve, Leinster’s young guns held the hosts over a barrel for the longest time and slowly but surely the hosts firmed their grip on the proceedings.
The back row of Deon Fourie, Hacjivah Dayimani and Evan Roos battled bravely, but it was the Stormers’ tight five with Kitshoff in the vanguard that helped break Leinster’s resolve. The Stormers made some uncharacteristic handling errors but that was largely due to the heat applied by the fired-up and unremitting Leinster defence. It was in midfield in particular that they drew Stormers’ imprecision.
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