{"id":320275,"date":"2025-12-01T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/320275\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:33:31","slug":"the-pre-game-quote-that-fired-stormers-to-win-over-munster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/320275\/","title":{"rendered":"The pre-game quote that fired Stormers to win over Munster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>united-rugby-championship<\/p>\n<p>    Referee Andrea Piardi speaks with DHL Stormers captain Salmaan Moerat, left, and Munster captain Tadhg Beirne during the United Rugby Championship match between Munster and DHL Stormers at Thomond Park in Limerick. (Photo By Shauna Clinton\/Sportsfile via Getty Images) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/the-pre-game-quote-that-fired-stormers-to-win-over-munster\/    <\/p>\n<p>There is now just one unbeaten team left in the BKT URC with the DHL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/stormers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stormers<\/a> having taken the spoils in an epic top-of-the-table clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/munster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Munster<\/a> Rugby.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams had won their opening five league matches, so something had to give at Limerick\u2019s Thomond Park.<\/p>\n<p>It looked as though Munster were going to capitalise on home advantage when they led 21-6 at half-time after running in three tries.<\/p>\n<p>But the Stormers racked up 21 unanswered points after the break to win 21-27.<\/p>\n<p>The game finished three tries apiece, but it was the goal-kicking of the league\u2019s top points scorer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/jurie-matthee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jurie Matthee<\/a> that ultimately proved the difference.<\/p>\n<p>The Player of the Match award went to the visitors\u2019 flanker Paul de Villiers who said: \u201cWe knew we were going to be tested. Playing Munster in Limerick is a massive challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing behind, we had to really dig deep and fight back. There were a few things that hadn\u2019t gone our way, but the way we reacted to it and responded in that second half, hats off to the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI read a quote before the game of someone saying \u2018I believe in belief\u2019 and I think that\u2019s what we had and showed. Even though it was tough at times, that belief really came through. It was surely a team effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good for us building and for the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a win that puts John Dobson\u2019s Stormers two points clear at the top of the table a third of the way through the regular season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"mens united-rugby-championship Referee Andrea Piardi speaks with DHL Stormers captain Salmaan Moerat, left, and Munster captain Tadhg Beirne&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-320275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}