British & Irish Lions player ratings vs Stormers, brought to you by Lovell Rugby.
Tim Swiel fired the hosts into an early lead from the tee before Adam Beard and Luke Cowan-Dickie crossed the whitewash for the tourists with Marcus Smith adding the extras, 3-14.
A third try in overtime from Jonny Hill, again converted by Smith, gave the Lions a 21-3 lead at the break.
Debutant Marcus Smith fed Louis Rees-Zammit for the best of the tourists’ sevens tries in the second-half, with six from forwards.
Tour captain Alun Wyn Jones completed his incredible return from injury as he played 30 minutes off the bench.
More to follow.
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RAGING BULL MAN OF THE MATCH: Luke Cowan-Dickie
DHL STORMERS: 3 (3)
- Tries:
- Cons:
- Pens: Swiel 19
BRITISH & IRISH LIONS: 49 (21)
- Tries: Beard 27, Cowan-Dickie 34, Hill 40, Conan 50, Fagerson 68, Rees-Zammit 75, Simmonds 77
- Cons: Smith 28,35,40,51,68,75,77
- Pens:
STATS ZONE – British & Irish Lions:
Embed from Getty Images- Most carries: Tadhg Beirne – 10
- Most metres made: Duhan van der Merwe 115
- Most tackles: Hamish Watson – 15
- Most tackles missed: Jonny Hill – 3
- Defenders beaten: Duhan van de Merwe – 9
- Offloads: Tadhg Beirne – 3
- Turnovers won: Luke Cowan-Dickie – 3
- Turnovers conceded: Stuart Hogg, Josh Adams – 2
British & Irish Lions player ratings vs Stormers
- 15. Stuart Hogg – 6.5
- 14. Josh Adams – 6
- 13. Elliot Daly – 7
- 12. Robbie Henshaw – 7
- 11. Duhan van der Merwe – 7.5
- 10. Marcus Smith – 8
- 9. Ali Price – 8
- 1. Rory Sutherland – 7
- 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie – 9
- 3. Tadhg Furlong – 7.5
- 4. Adam Beard – 8
- 5. Jonny Hill – 7
- 6. Tadhg Beirne – 7
- 7. Hamish Watson – 6
- 8. Jack Conan – 7
Replacements:
- 16. Jamie George 6
- 17. Mako Vunipola 6
- 18. Zander Fagerson 6
- 19. Alun Wyn Jones 6
- 20. Sam Simmonds 6
- 21. Gareth Davies 6
- 22. Chris Harris 6.5
- 23. Louis Rees-Zammit 7