{"id":8341,"date":"2012-02-26T02:34:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T00:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/rugby-pietersen-kicks-stormers-to-opening-win\/"},"modified":"2012-02-26T02:34:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T00:34:22","slug":"rugby-pietersen-kicks-stormers-to-opening-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-pietersen-kicks-stormers-to-opening-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Pietersen kicks Stormers to opening win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">CAPE TOWN<\/span> Feb 25 (Reuters) &#8211; Joe Pietersen marked his<br \/>\nStormers return by kicking 21 points to help them begin their<br \/>\nSuper Rugby campaign with a 39-26 win over the Wellington<br \/>\nHurricanes on Saturday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The hosts&#8217; three-try victory at Newlands was slightly<br \/>\novershadowed by what appeared to be a serious knee injury to<br \/>\ntheir South Africa flanker Schalk Burger in the first 15<br \/>\nminutes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes had all the possession during the opening<br \/>\nexchanges but once it turned over their South African opponents<br \/>\nscored immediately.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gio Aplon dummied expertly and then squeezed between two<br \/>\nplayers before racing more than 50 metres to land the opening<br \/>\ntry five minutes in.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beauden Barrett, who also scored 21 points, replied with a<br \/>\npenalty before Burger&#8217;s injury, with Pietersen knocking over<br \/>\nsuccessive kicks to extend the lead further.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After another three points from Barrett, the New Zealanders<br \/>\nwere reduced to 14 men when Tristan Moran was penalised for<br \/>\nrepeated infringements after 28 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Burger&#8217;s replacement Siya Kolisi carried the ball over at<br \/>\nthe back of a structured line-out drive from the second foul,<br \/>\nalthough Barrett again slotted over a penalty to keep the<br \/>\nHurricanes in the game.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The sin-binning of Ben May for taking out the legs of an<br \/>\nopponent meant the visitors were down to 13 before the interval.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, they coped admirably, and after conceding a drop<br \/>\ngoal to Gary van Aswegen, Tim Bateman scored a try just after<br \/>\nthe halftime siren had sounded following an angled run.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE TOWN Feb 25 (Reuters) &#8211; Joe Pietersen marked his Stormers return by kicking 21 points to help them begin their Super Rugby campaign with a 39-26 win over the Wellington Hurricanes on Saturday. 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