Stormers win over Clermont seal their place in Champions Cup round of 16

As impressive as they were when they clicked, the Stormers will have cause to revisit their first half performance.

They conceded too many penalties which Belleau happily seized upon. They will also interrogate why their scrum did not meet full reward. The battle between Stormers' loose head and captain Steven Kitshoff and Clermont's vastly experienced Rabah Slimani was much anticipated. In fact, the first scrum of the game produced a flash point between the two with the Frenchman fingered for going outside the laws.Clermont who slipped to 10th in the Top 14 also suffered twin defeats to Leicester Tigers in the Champions Cup. That culminated in them firing head coach Jono Gibbes earlier in the week but under another former Super Rugby veteran Jared Payne, who was handed the temporary reins, they played with great resolve in the first half.

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