Stormers Seabelo Senatla

Stormers Seabelo Senatla in action. Image: Stormers website

Stormers advance to Champions Cup quarters

The Stormers will wait to see if they face Exeter or Montpellier in the next round of the Champions Cup after beating Harlequins.

Stormers Seabelo Senatla

Stormers Seabelo Senatla in action. Image: Stormers website

The Stormers will wait to see if they face Exeter or Montpellier in the next round of the Champions Cup after beating Harlequins.

It was a match for the neutrals at DHL Stadium on Saturday, 1 April.

Stormers power into last eight

The home side entertained and then some with some truly on brand rugby. In fact, the final score of 32-28 will flatter the visitors, who scored a few tries at the death with the match result already decided.

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In all, the Stormers scored five tries in front of a crowd of 33 502, the biggest crowd for a DHL Stormers match at the stadium.

The match got off to a fast start as the Stormers kicked things off with a fantastic team try, which was finished by flank Deon Fourie.

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Harlequins responded with a maul try from No.8 Alex Dombrandt to level the scores, but those would be their only points of the first half.

The Stormers pack came up with two maul tries as first captain Steven Kitshoff scored before Fourie grabbed a second.

That gave the home side a 10-point lead at half-time, which was an advantage they were made to work for as they defended their tryline impressively in the final stages of the first half.

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Willemse scores a stunner

They added to that early in the second half when Damian Willemse went aerial to finish in the corner and bring the crowd to their feet.

Flyhalf Manie Libbok added three more points from the kicking tee, before another maul try from replacement flank Willie Engelbrecht made the game safe.

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Harlequins scored three late tries, but it was not enough as the home team booked their quarter-final place.

Stormers vs Harlequins
Stormers vs Harlequins LIVE scores. Photos: Backpagepix/Getty Images

Points
Tries: 
Fourie 2, Kitshoff, Willemse
Cons: Libbok
Pen: Libbok

For Harlequins:
Tries: 
Dombrandt 2, Esterhuizen, Marchant
Cons: Smith 3