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Demetri Catrakilis kicks a goal for the Stormers during their 15-13 win over the Stormers at Newlands Stadium.
First five-eighth Demetri Catrakilis has kicked the Stormers to the top of the South African Super Rugby conference scoring all his side's points in a bruising 15-13 victory over the Bulls at Newlands.
The win on Saturday (NZT Sunday), moved the Stormers to 30 competition points, one ahead of the Bulls with the third-placed Lions four points back after their tense 34-29 win over the Cheetahs earlier in the day.
A capacity 45,872 crowd was absorbed by a test-match like encounter in Cape Town in which both teams displayed heroic defence in South Africa's biggest domestic derby.
The Stormers forwards applied pressure on the visitors, particularly in the scrum, and forced the Pretoria-based Bulls into mistakes which Catrakilis punished with five penalties.
The home side led 12-3 at halftime but conceded the only try of the game a minute into the second half when halfback Nic Groom lost possession of the ball on the Bulls' 22.
Francois Hougaard initiated a brilliant counter-attack which was finished off by the blistering pace of his fellow winger Bjorn Basson.
The teams traded penalties after that, with Bulls first-five Handre Pollard booting his second to go with a conversion.
His miss, however, with a relatively easy chance 20 minutes from time proved costly for the visitors.
- Reuters
