Well played DHL Stormers for the Heritage Day win against Connacht giving the national a double celebration: Dead full details in the link:
The Stormers had their fair share of lineout woes in the first half and struggled to contain Connacht’s maul, allowing the visitors to score just before the breakthrough hooker Dylan Tierney-Martin.
Libbok converted another two penalties in the second half before Aki was red-carded for making contact with Seabelo Senatla’s head in a big cleanout on the edge. That opened the floodgates for the Stormers as Andre-Hugo Venter finished off a sensational display of interplay between backs and forwards to score, and Hacjivah Dayimani followed suit soon after, sprinting clear after a breakdown turnover by Angelo Davids.
Connacht struck back in the final 10 minutes with a try from close range, but loose forward Marcel Theunissen went over from a driving maul in the final play to seal the bonus point.
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