Rainbow Cup SA 2021 – Round 3: Xerox Lions vs DHL Stormers – Live Game Article

Published 15 May 2021 | By grootblousmile

Lions (22) 37 / 39 (15) Stormers (Final Score)

The Xerox Lions and DHL Stormers did battle in Round 3 of the Rainbow Cup SA 2021 at

Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg, South Africa on 15 May 2021 at 13:30 SA Time (11:30 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport Rugby on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Lions:

Penalties – Jordan Hendrikse (2)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Wandesile Simelane (1), MJ Pelser (1), EW Viljoen (1), André Warner (1), Rabs Maxwane (1)
Conversions – Jordan Hendrikse (3)

Stormers:

Penalties – Abner van Reenen (1), Tim Swiel (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Dan du Plessis (2), Bongi Mbonambi (1), Marcel Theunissen (1), Edwill van der Merwe (1)
Conversions – Abner van Reenen (2), Tim Swiel (2)

Teams:

Xerox Lions	DHL Stormers
15 May 2021 at 13:30 SA Time
Team: 15 EW Viljoen, 14 Rabz Maxwane, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Burger Odendaal (Captain), 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 André Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 MJ Pelser, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Sti Sithole Replacements: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Emmanuel Tshituka, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Fred Zeilinga, 23 Dan Kriel	Team: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Abner van Reenen, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 David Meihuizen, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff (Captain) Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Allister Vermaak, 18 Neethling Fouché, 19 Ben-Jason Dixon, 20 Johan du Toit, 21 Juarno Augustus, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Tim Swiel

Referee: AJ Jacobs
Assistant Referees: Rasta Rasivhenge, Morne Ferreira
TMO: Cwengile Jadezweni

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grootblousmile on 15 May 2021 at 3:21 pm

Stormers penalty advantage… drop attempt… missed.

Back to the very kickable penalty…
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grootblousmile on 15 May 2021 at 3:23 pm

Xerox Lions (22) 37 / 39 (15) DHL Stormers (Final Score)
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grootblousmile on 15 May 2021 at 3:24 pm

Wow… so the Stormers grabbed it right at the end… with about 3 minutes to go they were still trailing by 8!

Stormers win by 2 points at the end!