'Road warriors' Stormers seek notable hat-trick
Rainbow Cup SA programme, the Stormers already looked dead and buried as title contenders. Successive, unbearably tight home reverses – to the Sharks (33-30) and Bulls (20-16) – left them winless after two rounds and with the prospect of a particularly taxing next three fixtures: “on the road” each time against the Lions, Sharks and Bulls respectively. Yet suddenly, at the two-thirds mark, the picture has changed quite dramatically for them. Saturday’s avenging triumph over the Sharks on a heavy Kings Park pitch, coupled with that heart-stopping late snatch of the spoils against the...