Libbok drops in to seal Stormers win

By SAM JACKSON

Bulls ................19
Stormers ........23 
The Stormers secured a narrow victory at a packed Lotus Versfield to do the double over their South African foes.
Chris Smith nailed four penalties in the first half to give the Bulls a 12-3 lead, with Manie Libbok’s chip shot in reply.
Marcel Theunissen’s 29th-minute try narrowed the gap for the Stormers, after Herschel Jantjies had used his inside centre Dan du Plessis to take the ball up.
The Bulls defence was exposed on the blindside of a scrum and a sharp pass from Jantjies picked out an unmarked Theunissen on the left wing...

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