A much improved second half performance from the Stormers earned an 18-13 victory over the Bulls at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday in an all-South Africa maiden United Rugby Championship (URC) final.
The Cape Town outfit were fortunate to be only 7-3 behind at half-time after a timid first-half from them before a crowd restricted to 31,000 -- half the capacity -- by coronavirus protocols.
Within six minutes they were level at 10-10 and replacement hooker Andre-Hugo Venter, a son of former Springbok Andre, scored a pushover try when the Bulls were a man short due to a yellow card. "But the vibe was good in the change room at half-time because we knew we could still win. We drastically reduced the number of unforced errors and kept the ball far more."
Defeat completed a disappointing weekend for the Bulls from Pretoria after surrendering a two-year grip on the Currie Cup, the major national competition, on Friday when the reserves lost in the semi-finals.
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