Champions keep threepeat dream alive as Libbok fires wide

By GARY FITZGERALD

Stormers........... 21pts
Tries: Jantjies 27, Hartzenberg 79
Conversions: Libbok 29
Penalties: Libbok 3, 21, 45

La Rochelle ......22pts
Tries: Penverne 49, Alldritt 61, Sclavi 67
Conversions: Hastoy 50, 62
Penalties: Hastoy 54
Back-to-back champions La Rochelle kept their dreams alive of retaining their title by the skin of their teeth as Manie Libbok failed with a dramatic last-gasp conversion.
As the pressure built with the final kick of the game, Libbok sent his effort sailing wide of the posts in the gusty wind. Wing Suleiman Hartzenberg had set up a potential up...

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