The Stormers wanted to end the year with a bang and they did so with little consideration for their neighbours.
Soon after the Willemse try there was however collective exasperation for the visiting pack when flanker Fourie was at the back of a marauding maul that yielded five more points.
They tightened up for a while but they were unable to sustain their effort. The Stormers set up a midfield ruck after a line-out and when the ball emerged scrumhalf Paul de Wet, who has grown in that position this season, found space before offloading to a speeding Du Plessis. His slightly diagonal approach took him into the clear as he sped away unchallenged.
He dotted down twice in the second half as he often operated in concert with Dayimani who again wreaked havoc in the wider channels.Edwill van der Merwe tried hard but the Lions' attack was blunt. Even when they played themselves into threatening positions they were repelled by a team as organised as they were bloody minded. They were thwarted by Fourie at the breakdown, while their maul was emasculated when it needed to be full frontal.
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