Munster hosted the Stormers in Round 2 of the United Rugby Championship and had to work hard to secure a 34-18 win.
The Stormers were the better team for the first 30 minutes, however, Munster slowly took control of the match thereafter. Munster was rewarded for their efforts with a try after the time was up on the clock for the first half.
A new Munster team came out after the first half and started to dominated immediately. Munster scored 3 tries from the back of 5m lineout maul while the Stormers struggled with their discipline.
08:22 Warrick Gelant scored the Stormers first try as the visitors started the match like a house on fire (00-05).
19:38 Leolin Zas scored the Stormers 2nd try with great work by Ruhan Nel who made the final pass to Zas (00-12).
20:00 DHL Stormers started like a house on fire and if it was not for Manie Libbok who missed several kicks the Stormers' lead could have been substantial.
29:42 Warrick Gelant converted the Stormers 1st penalty (00-15).
41:03 Jack O’Donoghue scored Munster's 1st try after Munster set up camp in the red zone of the Stormers for a good 5 minutes (07-15)
40:00 The Stormers were the better team for the first 30 minutes, however, Munster slowly took control of the match thereafter. Munster was rewarded for their efforts with a try after the time was up on the clock. Game on.
42:53 Salmaan Moerat sin-binned with a yellow card.
45:52 Jean Kleyn the man that scored the try for Munster (14-15).
50:41 Keynan Knox scored Munsters 3rd try in 12 minutes to take the lead for the first time in the match (19-15).
55:48 Jack O’Donoghue scored his second try from a 5m lineout maul (24-15).
60:00 Munster in control from the second that the second half started. The ten minutes Moerat was off the field cost the Stormers 12 points and the lead.
65:03 Tim Swiel converted a penalty for the Stormers (24-18).
67:10 RG Snyman scored off the back of a 5m lineout maul for Munster (31-18).
80:44 Ben Healy converted a penalty for Munster (34-18).
Scorers:
DHL Western Province: Tries: Warrick Gelant, Leolin Zas. Conversion: Manie Libbok. Penalties: Warrick Gelant, Tim Swiel.
Munster: Tries: Jack O’Donoghue (2), Jean Kleyn, Keynan Knox, RG Snyman. Conversions: Joey Carbery (3). Penalty: Ben Healy.
Munster: 15. Mike Haley, 14. Calvin Nash, 13. Keith Earls, 12. Rory Scannell, 11. Shane Daly, 10. Joey Carbery, 9. Craig Casey, 8. Gavin Coombes, 7. Jack O’Donoghue, 6. Peter O’Mahony (c), 5. Fineen Wycherley, 4. Jean Kleyn, 3. Keynan Knox, 2. Niall Scannell, 1. Dave Kilcoyne. Replacements: 16. Diarmuid Barron, 17. Jeremy Loughman, 18. Stephen Archer, 19. RG Snyman, 20. Jack O’Sullivan, 21. Rowan Osborne, 22. Ben Healy, 23. Simon Zebo.
DHL Stormers: 15. Warrick Gelant, 14. Sergeal Petersen, 13. Ruhan Nel, 12. Dan du Plessis, 11. Leolin Zas, 10. Manie Libbok, 9. Stefan Ungerer, 8. Evan Roos, 7. Willie Engelbrecht, 6. Nama Xaba, 5. Salmaan Moerat, 4. Adre Smith, 3. Neethling Fouche, 2. Scarra Ntubeni, 1. Brok Harris. Replacements: 16. Andre-Hugo Venter, 17. Leon Lyons, 18. Sazi Sandi, 19. Ernst van Rhyn, 20. Marcel Theunissen, 21. Godlen Masimla, 22. Tim Swiel, 23. Rikus Pretorius.