The Stormers showed deadly finishing touches, defeating the Southern Kings 38-13 in a pre-season friendly at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
After a tightly contested first half, with the Stormers slightly ahead at 12-10, the Cape side took control.
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Number eight Nick Koster and centre Jean de Villiers both dotted down within 15 minutes after the break as the visitors stretched the gap to 24-10.
The Kings were constantly on defence with the Stormers' accurate recycling of the ball keeping their opponents on the back foot.
First Koster burst through when the Kings defence simply ran out of numbers with fullback Joe Pietersen adding the conversion.
Ten minutes later, Pietersen provided the final pass for De Villiers to cross over untouched.
The Kings, by then, had lost Zane Killian to a yellow card as the Stormers forwards worked well together in driving for the line, resulting in referee Lourens van der Merwe heavily penalising the Kings in the mauls.
Scrumhalf Falie Oelschig kicked a fine penalty from near the touchline to narrow the gap, but soon afterwards the Kings made a hash of a lineout.
It resulted in Bryan Habana, playing at inside centre, bursting through a gap to set up Pietersen for a try which the fullback converted to put the Stormers well up at 31-13.
While the hosts had occasional moments when they threatened the Stormers, the Kings were forced to make numerous tackles to keep the visitors at bay.
It again proved too much for the home side when replacement flyhalf Burton Francis crossed for the final try of the match, which Pietersen again converted.
Not surprisingly, the game ended with the Stormers on attack, as they came close to scoring again but Gio Aplon lost the ball as he made a dart for the line after the hooter had gone.
Aplon had dotted down the first try of the match when he outstripped the Kings defence after a kick ahead in the fourth minute.
After a tightly contested first half, with the Stormers slightly ahead at 12-10, the Cape side took control.
Super 15 rugby live
Stomers rugby live
Number eight Nick Koster and centre Jean de Villiers both dotted down within 15 minutes after the break as the visitors stretched the gap to 24-10.
The Kings were constantly on defence with the Stormers' accurate recycling of the ball keeping their opponents on the back foot.
First Koster burst through when the Kings defence simply ran out of numbers with fullback Joe Pietersen adding the conversion.
Ten minutes later, Pietersen provided the final pass for De Villiers to cross over untouched.
The Kings, by then, had lost Zane Killian to a yellow card as the Stormers forwards worked well together in driving for the line, resulting in referee Lourens van der Merwe heavily penalising the Kings in the mauls.
Scrumhalf Falie Oelschig kicked a fine penalty from near the touchline to narrow the gap, but soon afterwards the Kings made a hash of a lineout.
It resulted in Bryan Habana, playing at inside centre, bursting through a gap to set up Pietersen for a try which the fullback converted to put the Stormers well up at 31-13.
While the hosts had occasional moments when they threatened the Stormers, the Kings were forced to make numerous tackles to keep the visitors at bay.
It again proved too much for the home side when replacement flyhalf Burton Francis crossed for the final try of the match, which Pietersen again converted.
Not surprisingly, the game ended with the Stormers on attack, as they came close to scoring again but Gio Aplon lost the ball as he made a dart for the line after the hooter had gone.
Aplon had dotted down the first try of the match when he outstripped the Kings defence after a kick ahead in the fourth minute.
