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DHL Stormers in driving seat against Sunwolves – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 16 Review

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The DHL Stormers defeated the Sunwolves 52-15 in their Vodacom Super Rugby match in Cape Town on Saturday evening to consolidate their place in the playoffs. In the earlier match played in Pretoria, flyhalf Lionel Cronje kicked a last minute penalty to steer the Southern Kings to a historic 31-30 win over the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.

Robbie Fleck’s Cape side received the Africa Conference 1 trophy afterwards for finishing top of their group and thereby qualifying for the knockout phase of the competition. His team scored eight tries against their Japanese opponents, with diminutive attacker Cheslin Kolbe dotting down a second successive hat-trick.

The rest of the try scorers were EW Viljoen, Seabelo Senatla, Damian Willemse and Dillyn Leyds (2).

The Kings finished clinched their second successive triumph on the road in Pretoria thanks to the winning penalty by Cronje, who kicked 21 points in total. Last week the Eastern Cape team defeated the Jaguares in Buenos Aires.

Makazole Mapimpi, Cronje and Malcolm Jaer were the try scorers, while the Vodacom Bulls’ tries were scored through Jason Jenkins, Duncan Matthews and Jaco Visagie.

Visagie’s converted try put the Pretoria team in the lead towards the end, however, in the end it was the winning kick by Cronje clinched a remarkable comeback win for the Kings.

The New Zealand sides now return to action next week following their break for the British & Irish Lions Series, when the final round of regular fixtures will be decided.

Vodacom Super Rugby information (click on the links below for access to the match centre):

FIXTURES AND RESULTS | LOGS | STATS

Vodacom Bulls 30, Southern Kings 31

Scorers

Vodacom Bulls 30 – Tries: Jason Jenkins, Duncan Mathews, Jaco Visagie; Conversions: Tian Schoeman (3); Penalties: Schoeman (3).

Southern Kings 31 – Tries: Makazole Mapimpi, Lionel Cronje, Malcolm Jaer; Conversions: Cronje (2); Penalties: Cronje (2); Drop goal: Cronje.

Scorers

DHL Stormers 52, Sunwolves 15

DHL Stormers 52 – Tries: Cheslin Kolbe (3), EW Viljoen, Seabelo Senatla, Damian Willemse, Dillyn Leyds (2); Conversions: Willemse (4), Kolbe (2).

Sunwolves 15 – Tries: Teruya Goto, Takesh Hino; Conversion: Ya Tamura; Penalty: Tamura.

Other results

Friday, July 7

Reds 16, 15 Brumbies;

Force 31, 22 Rebels;

 

Saturday, July 8

Waratahs 27, 40 Jaguares.

The updated logs after this weekend’s action:

Africa Conference 1

Pos Teams P W D L PF PA PD TF TA PTS
1 DHL Stormers 14 9 0 5 449 403 46 58 56 39
2 Vodacom Bulls 14 4 0 10 306 418 -112 34 53 20
3 Toyota Cheetahs 14 3 0 11 374 531 -157 44 72 17
4 Sunwolves 14 1 0 13 267 650 -383 33 93 7

Africa Conference 2

Pos Teams P W D L PF PA PD TF TA PTS
1 Emirates Lions 14 13 0 1 563 258 305 78 26 61
2 Cell C Sharks 14 9 1 4 382 296 86 37 34 42
3 Jaguares 14 6 0 8 372 357 15 45 43 29
4 Southern Kings 14 6 0 8 371 449 -78 46 58 27

Australian Conference

Pos Teams P W D L PF PA PD TF TA PTS
1 Brumbies 14 6 0 8 305 251 54 40 29 34
2 Force 14 5 0 9 273 393 -120 31 54 21
3 Reds 14 4 0 10 304 439 -135 43 55 21
4 Waratahs 14 4 0 10 385 482 -97 51 63 19
5 Rebels 14 1 1 12 207 537 -330 21 75 8

New Zealand Conference

Pos Teams P W D L PF PA PD TF TA PTS
1 Crusaders 14 14 0 1 522 272 250 74 33 63
2 Hurricanes 14 11 0 3 565 250 315 85 28 54
3 Chiefs 14 11 1 2 405 282 123 52 29 53
4 Highlanders 14 10 0 4 448 291 157 56 37 46
5 Blues 14 7 1 6 404 343 61 52 42 37
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