Stormers come up short once more in New Zealand Super Rugby clash
Robbie Fleck’s team had their chances to end their long losing streak but came up short against Hurricanes
Cape Town — The Stormers were left to rue another missed opportunity when they slumped to a 34-28 loss to the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday. In a match in which the lead changed hands five times‚ the Stormers had their chances to end their lengthy losing streak in New Zealand. In the end they came up short due to their own errors and some dubious officiating. They now head to Auckland to face the Blues with mounting injury and availability issues. Lock Salmaan Moerat failed a head injury assessment (HIA) test during the Hurricanes match and is likely to miss the Blues clash. Flank Pieter-Steph du Toit is set to return to Cape Town as his wife is due to go into labour at any moment while lock Eben Etzebeth still has to pass his final HIA protocol to be cleared to play. Etzebeth suffered a concussion against the Jaguares 10 days ago that ruled him out of the Hurricanes clash. Against the Hurricanes two crucial lost lineouts at the back end of the match handed the initiative to ...
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