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Friday
15:10
United Rugby ChampionshipBritish & Irish LionsStormers

Stormers arrest their brief slump with victory over Lions

By PA
(Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

The Stormers rediscovered their winning touch but were made to fight hard for a 31-22 bonus-point victory over the Lions in Johannesburg.

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John Dobson’s men – the defending URC champions – saw their 14-match winning run in the competition halted by a draw at the Ospreys in round five before losing at Cardiff last weekend.

But they arrested that brief slump at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday against a Lions side who have now lost all three of their home matches this season, having won all three away.

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The Lions led 22-10 at half-time as Henco van Wyk’s try was complemented by a combined 17 points from the boots of Jordan Hendrikse and Sanele Nohamba.

A Stormers rally in the second half saw Sacha Mngomezulu, Clayton Blommetjies and Nama Xaba all go over, while Manie Libbok kicked eleven points in total.

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NB 1 minute ago
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Opponents would start blamketing Nick Frost and I don't see either Bobby or Harry as main lineout operators.

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NB 2 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

At his best he is a top operator, but there seem to be too many occasions when that is not the case.

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How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

Any news on that MJ?

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NB 3 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

He's excellent at the back of the maul but I don't think he's a top scrummaging hooker DW. You can try to shift the blame on to AAA as one recent poster did but it ignores the whole story.

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NB 4 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

I don't think he does if Skelton starts. Hard call but that's the way it is.

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NB 5 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

He's not a 'fake Australian', he's a Kiwi who understands and appreciated how Australians can play their best rugby.


Isn't that obvious to you? If not, why not?🙄

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NB 6 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

He's also trying to build somehting at home John, and that has to be respected. He wants Australian players playing in Aussie [like any good Kiwi]😁

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NB 7 minutes ago
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Yes he constant dissing of big Will at the other place was incredibly shallow and unobservant.


If you cannot see the value of a player like him, best to admit you need to visit an optician!


Pity he is out for Dublin though.

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J Marc 9 minutes ago
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Because with two conférences , you should wait 2 years for seeing Toulouse La Rochelle. And Canal + will not agree with that but supporters too...

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fl 10 minutes ago
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J Marc 11 minutes ago
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15,5K for the 8 first days of this season. It means 3 million people in a year only for top 14.

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WN 20 minutes ago
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What about the French teams that won in NZ in 1994 and in 2009?

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dw 22 minutes ago
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Hang on John remember your logic that Eddie was a better coach than Joe because Eddie's 2023 team beat Georgia by more than Joe's 2024 did? Well Joe has achieved what your randwick mates couldn't and beat England at Twickenham and Wales by heaps. Worth mentioning? Or more whingeing about Joe?

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WN 22 minutes ago
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dw 28 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

Makes sense but i can imagine the complainers would say Faessler scored a hat trick so you can't drop him! Maybe worth using the example of Bill Lawry getting dropped after scoring 100!

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dw 31 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

And yes those rich French clubs just love paying Aussie players well to do nothing! Clearly he is great value.

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JW 35 minutes ago
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