Leinster Rugby vs DHL Stormers
Leinster | Official Matchday Programme of Leinster Rugby | Issue 11 Leinster Rugby vs DHL Stormers | BKT United Rugby Championship Friday 24th March, 2023 | KO 7.35pm | RDS Arena
Leinster | Official Matchday Programme of Leinster Rugby | Issue 11
Leinster Rugby vs DHL Stormers | BKT United Rugby Championship
Friday 24th March, 2023 | KO 7.35pm | RDS Arena
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COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA HOME GROUND: <strong>DHL</strong> STADIUM CAPACITY: 55,000 FOUNDED: 1997<br />
last time out<br />
<strong>DHL</strong> <strong>Stormers</strong> 29<br />
Cell C Sharks 23<br />
SATURDAY 04 MARCH | UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP · ROUND 15 | <strong>DHL</strong> STADIUM | REFEREE: AJ JACOBS<br />
The <strong>DHL</strong> <strong>Stormers</strong> made<br />
it a clean sweep of the<br />
other South African teams<br />
in the BKT United <strong>Rugby</strong><br />
Championship this season<br />
with a 29-23 win against the<br />
Cell C Sharks at <strong>DHL</strong> Stadium<br />
a the start of March.<br />
<strong>DHL</strong> STORMERS: Clayton Blommetjies, Angelo Davids, Ruhan Nel, Sacha Feinberg-<br />
Mngomezulu, Seabelo Senatla, Manie Libbok, Paul de Wet, Marcel Theunissen, Ben-<br />
Jason Dixon, Deon Fourie (captain), Ruben van Heerden, Ernst van Rhyn, Neethling<br />
Fouche, Joseph Dweba, Ali Vermaak.<br />
REPLACEMENTS: JJ Kotze, Brok Harris, Sazi Sandi, Connor Evans, Willie Engelbrecht,<br />
Herschel Jantjies, Jean-Luc du Plessis, Suleiman Hartzenberg.<br />
TRIES: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Dixon, Blommetjies, Davids<br />
CONS: Libbok 3<br />
PEN: Libbok<br />
CELL C SHARKS: Boeta Chamberlain, Werner Kok, Marnus Potgieter, Rohan Janse<br />
van Rensburg, Aphelele Fassi, Curwin Bosch (captain), Grant Williams, Sikhumbuzo<br />
Notshe, Vincent Tshituka, Henco Venter, Gerbrandt Grobler, Emile van Heerden, Hanro<br />
Jacobs, Fez Mbatha, Dian Bleuler.<br />
REPLACEMENTS: Kerron van Vuuren, Ntuthuko Mchunu, Carlu Sadie, Lappies<br />
Labuschagne, James Venter, Phepsi Buthelezi, Cameron Wright, Yaw Penxe.<br />
TRIES: Penxe, Janse van Rensburg, Williams<br />
CON: Bosch<br />
PENS: Bosch 2<br />
They were made to work hard<br />
for the win as they were down to<br />
13 men in the final stages, but the<br />
<strong>DHL</strong> <strong>Stormers</strong> did enough to clinch<br />
the full five points.<br />
The visitors struck first with a penalty<br />
from flyhalf Curwin Bosch, but the <strong>DHL</strong><br />
<strong>Stormers</strong> responded with a try as Sacha<br />
Feinberg-Mngomezulu took a great<br />
offload from Clayton Blommetjies to go<br />
over.<br />
The Cell C Sharks edged in front with a<br />
second penalty from Bosch, but those<br />
were to be their last points of the first<br />
half, as the home side took control with<br />
two more tries.<br />
The first was an intercept from flank Ben-<br />
Jason Dixon, who made a great read to<br />
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