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Lions tamed despite the Stormers losing Angelo Davids to a red card

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Stormers' Angelo Davids (Photo by Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Angelo Davids was sent off for a horror tackle but the Stormers still edged the Lions 29-24 in Cape Town. Davids was shown a red card in the 48th minute for a shoulder-led challenge to the head of Sanele Nohamba, lining up his hit at pace as the Lions fly-half was catching a high ball.

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Referee Marius van der Westhuizen described the tackle as showing an “extremely high level of danger” and Davids’ afternoon was over, completing a mixed 25th birthday for the wing given he had scored an earlier try.

Nohamba was knocked out and would also play no further part in an otherwise pulsating match between rival South African teams.

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Andre-Hugo Venter and Davids traded first-half tries with Lions pair Francke Horn and JC Pretorius before Evan Roos and Adre Smith added further scores for the Stormers after Davids saw red.

Manie Libbok kicked three conversions and a penalty for the Stormers, with Jordan Hendrikse converting one try and landing four penalties for the Lions.

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Now you are just being a woke, jealous fool. With the way things are run in NZ, no wonder he couldn't make a success there. Now that he is out shining any other New Zealanders, including their star players, now he is bitter and resentful and all sorts of hate speeches against him. That is what the fans like you do. Those in NZ who does have enough sense not to let pride cloud their vision, is all saying the same thing. NZ needs TB. Razor was made out to be a rugby coaching God by the fans, so much so that Foz was treated like the worst piece of shitte. Especially after the Twickenham disaster right before the WC. Ad then he nearly won the WC too with 14 players. As a Saffa the way he handled the media and the pressure leading up to the WC, was just extraordinary and I have gained a lot of respect for that man. Now your so called rugby coaching God managed to lose by an even bigger margin, IN NZ. All Razor does is overplay his players and he will never get the best out of those players, and let's face it, the current crop is good enough to be the best. However, they need an coach they can believe in completely. I don't think the players have bought into his coaching gig. TB was lucky to shake the dust of his boots when he left NZ, because only when he did that, did his career go from strength to strength. He got a WC medal to his name. Might get another if the Boks can keep up the good work. New exciting young talent is set to join soon after the WC as dangerous as SFM and Kolbe. Trust me, he doesn't want the AB's job. He is very happy in SA with the Boks. We score, you lose a great coach. We know quality when we see it, we don't chuck it in the bin like NZRU likes to do. Your coaching God is hanging on by a thread to keep his job🤣🤣🤣🤣

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