It was a bitter-sweet result for the South Africans. FT | Leinster 22-22 StormersLeinster had won all 15 of their league matches this season to command top spot on the URC standings heading into this clash, which leaves the Stormers as the only side in the competition not to have been beaten by coach Leo Cullen's charges.
Having manufactured a 17-0 lead, however, the Stormers looked poised to secure a massive win, but the Leinster machine grew stronger and more clinical as the game progressed.
By the end, Leinster - fielding a largely second-string team after Six Nations duty last weekend - were comfortably the better side, and the Stormers needed a late try from Clayton Blommetjies to secure a share of the spoils.
The Stormers, loaded with returning Springboks Steven Kitshoff, Frans Malherbe, Marvin Orie and Damian Willemse in their starting line-up, clearly wanted this one badly.