London Irish: (0) 14 |
Try: Penalty, Fischetti Con: Jennings |
Stormers: (21) 28 |
Tries: Penalty, Nel, Hartzenberg, Davids Cons: Mngomezulu 3 |
London Irish were reduced to 13 players as their hopes of qualification for the Heineken Champions Cup last 16 were ended after a defeat by Stormers.
Stormers took the lead with a penalty try before Ben Loader was sent off for a high tackle on Manie Libbok.
Ruhan Nel and Suleiman Hartzenberg scored before the break, and Irish were down to 13 after the interval as Ciaran Parker was shown a red card.
Angelo Davids secured the bonus point but Danilo Fischetti added a late try.
More to follow.
Line-ups
London Irish: Loader; Cinti, Morisi, Van Rensburg, Hassell-Collins; Jennings, White; Goodrick-Clarke, Willemse, Chawatama, Ratuniyarawa, Simmons, Gonzalez, Pearson, Rogerson (capt).
Replacements: Ruiz, Fischetti, Parker, Munga, Basham, Cunningham-South, Powell, Dykes.
DHL Stormers: Willemse; Hartzenberg, Nel, Du Plessis, Davids; Libbok, De Wet; Kitshoff (capt), Dweba, Fouche, Evans, Orie, Fourie, Pokomela, Dayimani.
Replacements: Venter, Vermaak, Harris, Miller, Dixon, Engelbrecht, Ungerer, Feinberg-Mngomezulu.