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Stormers gain first win with rout of Zebre

Leolin Zas of the Stormers and Damian Willemse of the Stormers during the United Rugby Championship match between DHL Stormers and Hollywoodbets Sharks at DHL Stadium on December 30, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images)

Stormers moved off the bottom of the United Rugby Championship table with a 36-5 victory over Zebre Parma at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.

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Three Jurie Matthee penalties gave the Stormers a 9-0 interval lead that was built on with second-half tries from Leolin Zas (two), Suleiman Hartzenberg and Angelo Davids.

Matthee finished with 14 points and Damian Willemse landed a conversion, with Simone Gesi’s late try putting Zebre on the scoreboard.

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The Stormers got the first try of the match on the stroke of half-time following a lineout move that saw De Wet break clear off an inside pass to Zas who got the ball back from de Wet to score the try which Mathee converted.

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Stormers win +31
Time in lead
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% Of Game In Lead
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Possession Last 10 min
54%
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Points Last 10 min
12

Up by 16-0 at half-time, another Mathee penalty goal from a scrum penalty extended the lead to 19-0 before a try to right winger Suleiman Hartzenberg all but sealed the match in the 54th minute.

Hartzenberg strolled over after a short ball from former Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant.

A yellow card to Zebre reserve prop Luca Rizzoli followed and Leolin Zas grabbed his double with the home side down to 14 men.

The Stormers’ wing produced a solo effort breaking through four Zebre defenders after bursting through the ruck channels off scrumhalf Dewaldt Duvenage.

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One cap Italian international Simone Gesi added a late consolation try with a brilliant chip and chase try down the left wing, but it was too little too late.

 

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Red and White Dynamight 179 days ago

quality of URC, Leinster/Munster apart, is just woeful.

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HU 180 days ago

Great day for the RSA based franchises .....

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NB 2 hours ago
Why Les Kiss and Stuart Lancaster can lead Australia to glory

https://www.london.edu/think/how-claudio-ranieri-transformed-leicester-city


He jts knew how to use that deep well of knowledge accumulate over many years of management. A true Moneyball story!

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fl 2 hours ago
Why Les Kiss and Stuart Lancaster can lead Australia to glory

“Two comparable achievements 15 years apart (at different clubs in different leagues) represent failure and not continued success for an elite level coach/manager? Not even a hint of consistency? Just gradual, inevitable decline? And all because he is in his sixth decade?”

Why don’t you try reading what I wrote before you start inventing a load of other random things that I didn’t say. I said “Pep hasn’t gotten better with age”. He hasn’t. I don’t think he’s got much worse, and yeah, he’s been fairly consistent over his career and has had more success than almost any other coach. But he hasn’t gotten better.


“You’ve missed that Mourinho’s early start in football was as a translator for Bobby Robson (ironically a much older manager at the time!).”

I was actually aware of that. I didn’t mention it because it wasn’t relevant to the fact that Mourinho - aged 52 - had more experience than Arteta does at 43. It also isn’t ironic that Bobby Robson was a much older manager at the time - it actually confirms by point that a lot of the top football managers used to be older than they are today.


“You suggested that Les Kiss would not be suited to an international coaching role because of his age profile…that seemed to relate to rugby”

That did relate to rugby. Let me walk you through the thread…


NB suggested that Les Kiss should become Australia head coach in 2027.

I said: “Given the drop off so many top coaches seem to experience as they get older (e.g. Jones, Gatland) Kiss could be a riskier appointment than you’d think!”

NB said: “Drawing a parallel with the NFL and NBA, plenty of coaches stay well into their 70’s”

I said: “Not all sports are going the same way though” then gave the example of football.


The example of football was introduced in order to make the point that the age profile of managers is not the same in every sport. If you had read the thread you were replying to you would know this!

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