Blues (19) 26 / Stormers (3) 28 (Final Score)

The Blues hosted the DHL Stormers at Eden Park, Auckland at 09:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game.  The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.

The Stormers grabbed the game out of the fire, with a last minute penalty… and the conversion won them the game.

Scorers:

Blues: 4 Penalties & 2 Conversions Luke McAlister, 1 Try Alby Mathewson, 1 Try Lachie Munro

Stormers: 1 Penalty Lionel Cronje, 2 Penalties & 2 Conversions Dewaldt Duvenage, 1 Try Juan de Jongh, 1 Try Johann Sadie, 1 Try Schalk Burger

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Teams:

Blues: 15 Lachie Munro, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Luke McAlister,  11 Sherwin Stowers, 10 Stephen Brett, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Peter Saili, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Ali Williams, 4 Anthony Boric, 3 John Afoa, 2 Keven Mealamu (captain), 1 Tom McCartney.
Replacements: 16 Pauliasi Manu, 17 Tevita Mailau, 18 Chris Lowrey, 19 Sean Polwart, 20 Chris Smylie, 21 Winston Stanley, 22 Rene Ranger.

Stormers: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Lionel Cronje, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt,  3 CJ van der Linde, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Steven Kitshoff, 19 Anton van Zyl, 20 Dewaldt Duvenage, 21 Danie Poolman, 22 Nick Koster.

Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

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