Glasgow Warriors bounce back in style with bonus-point win against ...

Glasgow Warriors bounced back from their defeat to the Sharks last weekend as they claimed a convincing 28-17 victory over the Stormers in Stellenbosch. 

The win not only ends their tour of South Africa on a positive note, but they also leapfrog the Lions and the Bulls to take second spot in the United Rugby Championship table.

After a close opening quarter in which neither team got any points on the board, the hosts thought they had broken the deadlock in the 24th minute but their try was disallowed after the ball went forward off Warrick Gelant’s hand.

The Stormers did eventually take the lead 10 minutes later as Gelant’s disguised pass set up Damian Willemse for the opening try, which Manie Libbok converted. But the teams went in level at 7-7 at half-time as Johnny Matthews touched down late in the first half.

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The Warriors went in front early in the second half as Sione Tuipulotu chased down Sebastian Cancelliere’s kick before going over for his side’s second try, with Adam Hastings adding his second conversion to make it 14-7.

The Stormers levelled things up in the 55th minute as Dan du Plessis showed great improvisation to work his way over before Libbok converted his try.

Glasgow thought they had responded with a quickfire try but Cancelliere’s effort was disallowed.

Libbok kicked a penalty to put the hosts 17-14 up, only for Kyle Rowe’s brilliant try – converted by Tom Jordan – to give Glasgow a 21-17 lead.

And the Warriors made the game safe as Henco Venter scored a bonus-point try, which Jordan converted, in the final 10 minutes.

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Ruhan Nel, 13 Dan du Plessis (c), 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 JD Schickerling, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Brok Harris
Replacements: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Willie Engelbrecht, 21 Louw Nel, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Suleiman Hartzenberg

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (c), 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Sam Talakai, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Jamie Bhatti
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Max Williamson, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Tom Jordan

Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU, 99th league game)
Assistant Referees: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU), Christopher Allison (SARU)
TMO: Chris Busby (IRFU)

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