South Africa's Stormers defied strong Jaguares pressure in a scoreless second half to win 13-8 at Velez Sarsfield on Saturday and register a fourth victory in five Super Rugby matches.
BUENOS AIRES: South Africa's Stormers defied strong Jaguares
pressure in a scoreless second half to win 13-8 at Velez Sarsfield on
Saturday and register a fourth victory in five Super Rugby matches.
The Stormers led 6-3 midway through the first period after
two penalties by Kurt Coleman and a solitary reply from Nicolas Sanchez
before the home flyhalf was sent to the sinbin for the second time in
three games.
The visitors, already camped on the Jaguares line, made the
most of their extra man to notch the first try as fullback Cheslin Kolbe
sidestepped three defenders before going over.
With Coleman's conversion, the Stormers opened a 10-point
lead but the Argentine team cut that back to five with a try in added
time, the returning Sanchez making a break and centre Jeronimo de la
Fuente touching down.
Jaguares let themselves down in the opening half hour with
handling errors that prevented them from building the same penetrative
attacking runs that thrilled their fans in a 30-26 defeat against the
Chiefs last weekend.
The hosts charged down to the Stormers end from the restart
following a break by lock Tomas Lavanini who fed Tomas Lezana but the
young flanker dropped the ball as he was going over the line.
The Jaguares continued to take the game to the Stormers and
won a penalty. The normally reliable Sanchez missed his second kick of
the match and replacement flyhalf Santiago Gonzalez also failed to score
with an effort from the halfway line.
The Argentines, who suffered a third successive defeat,
would not have been flattered if they had snatched victory but the
Stormers underlined their experience and pragmatism by holding on for
the win.
(Editing by Tony Jimenez)
- Reuters
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