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United Rugby Championship

Stormers ease past Lions to return to winning ways

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Stormers' Manie Libbok kicks a penalty in Galway (Photo by Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Stormers ended a four-game winless run by beating the Lions 29-10 in the United Rugby Championship.

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Carbon-copy tries from Joseph Dweba, powering over from two mauls, and a smart Suleiman Hartzenberg finish gave the hosts a 15-0 interval lead in Cape Town.

Lions wing Edwill van der Merwe and replacement hooker Franco Marais crossed after the break, but Stormers secured a bonus point through Leolin Zas before Neethling Fouche added a fifth try, with Manie Libbok landing two conversions.

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DS 1 hour ago
Sharks name B-team for French giants as Plumtree exit fast-tracked

From the few Sharks’ matches I've bothered to watch on TV it was way past time Plumtree - like White eventually did at the Bulls - pushed off. Definitely yesterday's men who just haven't worked out the best way to play rugby, as exhibited by the genius Rassie. Thank heavens for Dobbo down here in Cape Town who seems to have followed the Boks’ example and is winning, like last night in Bayonne. As an ex-season ticket holder at King's Park it’s embarrassing to see how far they've gone down the tube but at least the Stormers - and hopefully the Bulls and the Lions - can give us some SA sides that might be doing better in the EPCR than previously.

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Dj Chand 3 hours ago
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Hello

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Dj Chand 3 hours ago
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Can watch Cape town svs In Fiji through rugby pass

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unknown 3 hours ago
Rassie Erasmus: SA Rugby set out huge new deal for Bok coach

Rassie = our very own Sir Alex Ferguson!

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Flankly 3 hours ago
Sharks name B-team for French giants as Plumtree exit fast-tracked

Can they just lend all their good players to the other SA teams until they get their house in order?

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Dave Didley 4 hours ago
Six Nations statement: Tom Curry 'Tunnelgate' incident

Firecracker player. Love him.

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Dave Didley 4 hours ago
Six Nations statement: Tom Curry 'Tunnelgate' incident

Nothing happened, so it will go on record nothing happened until nothing happens again?

Make it make sense!



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Dave Didley 5 hours ago
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Never change, JW!

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JW 5 hours ago
Everyone knows Robertson is not supposed to be doing the coaching

SB were pretty rough in Fosters days.

Sorry meant to say JJ could just come straight in and replace Hansen (especially if Razor has not had to run his own game plan and strategy for a long while.



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Dave Didley 5 hours ago
Sharks name B-team for French giants as Plumtree exit fast-tracked

The ‘franchise’…

What a horrid term.



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Dave Didley 5 hours ago
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JGP is still worth 2 players so you've got that wrong.

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Dave Didley 5 hours ago
'100 caps… 1 incident': Bok great Bryan Habana condemns Etzebeth's act but defends player

Hold on to your potatoes!

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Dave Didley 5 hours ago
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Only on a Sunday!

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Flankly 5 hours ago
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I dont buy the “coach can only do so much” nonsense.

It's true that the coach can't make a player do their job, but they can certainly drop players and select ones that bring the right skills and attitude. Its the coach's job to debug the problem and find solutions. If the players are frustrated and saying they don't know what's wrong then the answer is that they don't have the right coach.



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RC 5 hours ago
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Last time the boks played at their “fortress” they lost from 22-0 up, conceding 38 unanswered points 🤫😬😂

Rassie has been signed on till 2031 😬 boks are gonna crash and burn



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bd 7 hours ago
Six Nations statement: Tom Curry 'Tunnelgate' incident

A 12 week Cape Summer, a treat perhaps.

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iain 7 hours ago
Can Bath fly the flag for England to disrupt French domination of the Champions Cup?

How english centric rugbypass is becoming. As a scot I'm not expecting glasgow but how can you look beyond Leinster rather than Bath as the main threat and for the rest of the “other nations” I would hope for a winner outwith England or france and it has to be said the Top 14 is class

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AD 7 hours ago
Andy Onyeama-Christie on brink of Saracens exit as new club emerge

Onyeama-Christie, Christie and Sotutu is quite a back row

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Jfp123 7 hours ago
Sharks name B-team for French giants as Plumtree exit fast-tracked

It depends on the team. Toulouse always field their top players in the Champions cup, including the group stages. This is my opportunity to watch Dupont et al live - I have a ticket for the Saracens game in Jan., so I’m not complaining. Only a few teams have a realistic chance of winning, so the B team phenomenon isn’t surprising, especially given the huge workload. Add to that the variability in form from season to season, for example, last year Exeter Chiefs were kept off the foot of the Prem by Newcastle and their presence in the Champions Cup was much criticised, while this year, when they’re flying high, they’re not qualified for it.

The La Rochelle v Leinster x2 and the Toulouse v Leinster finals have been outstanding, and to build up to them, there needs to be some sort of competition and selection process. Ideally, I’d trim the competition a bit, but I’ve no complaints if some clubs opt to rest their senior players and send out youngsters - it’s one way of ensuring player welfare, they certainly shouldn’t be fined. Fans know the score, and don’t need to buy tickets if they’re not interested.



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