LIVE: DHL Stormers vs Exeter Chiefs
Follow the live updates as the DHL Stormers head to Sandy Park for a Heineken Cup quarterfinal clash.
MATCH UPDATES
1′ The match at Sandy Park has kicked off.
5′ Tough conditions. It’s windy and the home team are on the attack. But our defence continues to hold firm. Still no score.
10′ Still no score. We move into the Exeter 22m but a penalty is forced and the hosts clear.
15′ ⛈️ 0-7 ❌ (14 mins). Good kick in behind and the home team score.
22′ Jack Nowell scores. Exeter lead 14-0.
30′ Chiefs score again. 21-0.
40′ ⛈️ 0-21 ❌ (Half time). Big second half performance coming up.
41′ Second half underway at Sandy Park.
45′ No.8 Sam Simmonds goes through for the fourth try for Exeter to make it 28-0.
52′ The pressure eventually tells as the forwards do the hard work to get us in position, before the backs finish the job with Damian Willemse dotting down to make it 28-5.
58′ Ruhan Nel scores, but it is disallowed by the TMO.
61′ Suleiman Hartzenberg scores in the corner as the comeback continues. 28-10 now.
74 – Exeter score from a maul and that should be that as they lead 35-10.
76 – This team refuses to give in. Marvin Orie chases a charge-down hard and gets our third try, with the ref eventually convinced to award it by the TMO. The conversion makes it 35-17.
80 – Exeter sore one more time from an intercept and that secures the 42-17 win.
MATCH BUILD UP
Centre Ruhan Nel will play his 50th DHL Stormers match in the Heineken Champions Cup quarterfinal against Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park on Saturday. – FULL ARTICLE
FOURIE INJURED, REPLACED BY POKOMELA
Heineken Star of the Match in the 32-28 victory in Cape Town Deon Fourie has been ruled out with a Medial orbital wall (eyesocket) fracture, so his place at openside flank is taken by Junior Pokomela.
The only other change sees Marcel Theunissen start at the back of the scrum, with Hacjivah Dayimani set to make an impact from the replacements bench.
NEL LOVING THE KNOCKOUTS
DHL Stormers centre Ruhan Nel is loving the intensity in the knock-out phase of the Heineken Champions Cup, which will be taken up a notch in the quarterfinal against Exeter Chiefs this weekend.
Nel was a vital cog in the DHL Stormers team that claimed a 32-28 win against Harlequins in their Round of 16 clash at DHL Stadium next week and is looking forward to testing himself again at Sandy Park in Exeter on Saturday. – READ MORE
VAN HEERDEN TAKES US BEHIND ENEMY LINES
As a former Exeter Chief, Ruben van Heerden knows exactly what lies in wait for his DHL Stormers teammates at Sandy Park this weekend. – FULL STORY
TWO FOR ONE AS MUNSTER COME TO CAPE TOWN
