STORMERS BOOK LAST-16 SPOT WITH WIN OVER LEICESTER

THE Stormers secured their place in the Champions Cup last 16 with a 39-26 win against Leicester Tigers at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday

It was an entertaining clash which saw the Stormers outscore the English Premiership span by five tries to four in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

The Kapenaars started strong and struck first as Evan Roos powered his way over after a break from centre Jonny Roche put them into the 22.

They followed that up with a maul try in the corner, with hooker Andre-Hugo Venter dotting down to make it 12-0.

The visitors hit back with two quick tries of their own, as first fullback George Pearson and then centre Will Wand crossed to put them 14-12 up.

The Stormers ended the first half on the front foot and after Dylan Maart had fumbled a certain try on the line, captain Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu slotted a penalty to make it 15-14 at the break.

The Tigers scored a maul try early in the second half to take the lead back, but they didn’t have it for long as Leolin Zas crossed for the Stormers’ third after a series of jitz offloads.

The game hung in the balance and the hosts were down to 14 players when Feinberg-Mngomezulu was shown a yellow card, but despite that setback they were next to score as lock JD Schickerling threw a geharde dummy to open the defence and go through for the bonus-point try.

Replacement scrumhalf Imad Khan put an exclamation on the win with a try at the death.