Hot and cold Stormers advance to playoffs

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The Stormers secured their place in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoffs with a hard-fought victory over a youthful Leinster team in Cape Town on Saturday.

The 20-13 win, courtesy of a penalty try in the 65th minute, had the home side reclaiming their place in the top four of the URC.

The Cape Town team are level on 56 points with Munster and the Sharks. Regardless of the result in the final-round fixture against the Scarlets in Llanelli, the 13-point differential between the two teams means that the Welsh side will not be able to displace the Stormers in the top eight. The victory over Leinster was not the result of a clinical performance as the Stormers mixed moments of stellar handling with poor composure, while Leinster gave a very good account of themselves with some mature tactical play and an incredible rush defence shutting down the Stormers playmakers.

The hosts, eager to get a four-try bonus point, turned down a number of kickable penalties throughout the game but, for the most part, it was a performance filled with errors and penalties.

 

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