Stormers (10) 10 / Crusaders (23) 29  (Final Score)

The DHL Stormers hosted the Crusaders at Newlands, Cape Town.  Stormers was forced to change their team. Dewald Duvenhage out, Louis Schreuder in. That disruption did not cost them the game, they also lost their inspirational captain at half time. Schalk Burger did not return from the changeroom, he broke a finger. The forwards of the Crusaders dominated the Stormers. At scrumtime the Stormers were not up to it. More to follow…..

Scorers:

Stormers: 1 Penalty & 1 Conversion Peter Grant, 1 Try Bryan Habana

Crusaders: 5 Penalties & 2 Conversions Dan Carter, 1 Try Sean Maitland, 1 Try Robbie Fruean

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Teams:

Stormers: 15 Conrad Jantjies, 14 Gio Aplon, 13Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Louis Schreuder , 8 Nick Koster, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (C), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw.

Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Schalk Brits, 20 Nick Groom , 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Johann Sadie.

Crusaders: 1 Wyatt Crockett, 2 Corey Flynn, 3 Owen Franks, 4 Brad Thorn, 5 Sam Whitelock, 6 George Whitelock, 7 Richie McCaw (C), 8 Kieran Read, 9 Andy Ellis, 10 Dan Carter, 11 Zac Guildford, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 13 Robbie Fruean, 14 Sean Maitland, 15 Tom Marshall.

Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Luke Romano, 19 Matt Todd, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Matt Berquist, 22 Ryan Crotty.

Match Officials:
Referee: Craig Joubert (SA)
AR 1: Jaco Peyper (SA)
AR 2: Stefan Breytenbach (SA)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (SA)