Stormers coach Robbie Fleck was more relieved than happy with their 28-20 win over the Jaguares at Newlands on Saturday‚ which began their Super Rugby campaign positively. But it could have been different had the Jaguares stolen a win in a match where they were played off the park for an hour. The Stormers scored two first-half tries but left another four out there due to poor execution‚ which included poor handling and bad option taking. The Jaguares should not have been in the contest by half-time‚ and because they were‚ it set up a nail-biting finish. Stormers’ hooker Ramone Samuels was sin-binned in the 65th minute for killing the ball, and the visitors earned a penalty try from the ensuing scrum as the home team tried to keep them at bay with seven men. With about six minutes to go the Stormers again had to defend another 5m scrum, and this time Fleck ordered centre Damian de Allende to scrum at flank. After the scrum initially went up and was reset‚ the Stormers won a crucial ...
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