John Dobson gets the better of Jake White as Stormers beat Bulls

The Stormers beat the Bulls in their United Rugby Championship (URC) clash at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.

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Over 40 000 spectators saw the home team run out 26-20 winners after the Cape side lead 16-10 at half-time.

It as yet another win for Stormers head coach John Dobson over his Bulls counterpart Jake White for the seventh time – out of seven attempts.

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Despite being outscored by three tries to two, the Stormers had three penalties and two conversions by flyhalf Manie Libbok to thank for their win.

Fullback Damian Willemse added a drop goal.

TEAMS

Stormers

15 Damian Willemse, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Deon Fourie (captain), 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Sti Sithole

Substitutes: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Willie Engelbrecht, 21 Keke Morabe, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Clayton Blommetjies

Bulls 

15 Willie le Roux, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 David Kriel, 11 Canan Moodie, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw (captain), 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Reinhardt Ludwig, 4 Janko Swanepoel, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp

Substitutes: 16 Jan Hendrik Wessels, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Deon Slabbert, 20 Mpilo Gumede, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Sebastian de Klerk