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Late surge sees Stormers beat Munster to climb off URC bottom spot
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Munster came up short in Cape Town as they fell to a 34-19 United Rugby Championship defeat to Stormers at DHL Stadium. Suleiman Hartzenberg went over for a fifth-minute try for the home side, with Damian Willemse adding the extras.
But the Irish province fought back and Tom Farrell crossed after Tadhg Beirne popped the ball out to him following a strong forward drive. Munster went ahead after 26 minutes when Eoghan Clarke touched down from a fine rolling maul.
Marcel Theunissen and Ruhan Nel scored tries as Stormers moved into a 21-12 lead with 46 minutes on the clock. Gavin Coombes crashed over after superb work again from the Munster back to reduce the South Africans’ lead to 21-19 with 12 minutes remaining.
But a Willemse penalty and drop goal extended the Stormers lead before Nel’s second try secured the bonus point. Willemse converted to claim a personal haul of 14 points and move the home side off the foot of the table.
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Even though Moana played well and fully deserved their win it has to be also acknowledged that the Crusaders contributed substantially to their own demise. Poor defense, bumbling control of possession, and of course penalties conceded derails any team. Q.E.D.
Go to commentsOpportunity missed by the Crusaders. A slack effort at their home base means their chances of winning the competition has taken a severe hit. Drua now knows that they have a royal chance of replicating the dose and unless the Crusaders can tighten their defense and stop conceding possession so readily it will happen.
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