Caolin Blade’s 30th-minute try, converted by Jack Carty, gave them a 7-3 half-time lead, with their much-improved defence restricting the South Africans to a lone penalty from player-of-the-match Libbok.
Both teams played with width early on as the visitors had Suleiman Hartzenberg fastening on to a kick in behind and O’Halloran soon got a chance to stretch his legs down the opposite wing. Connacht’s Tiernan O’Halloran bids an emotional farewell to the fans and teammates at the Sportsground. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
Libbok used Gelant’s flick to tear up into Connacht’s 22 and send the supporting Davids over, with the Stormers outhalf converting to make it 10-7.
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