Reigning champions beaten at Cape Town stadium for first time since December 2021
They stretched the Munster rearguard as they patiently worked through the phases and the pressure inevitably paid off with tighthead Frans Malherbe scoring in the left corner after a sustained attack.
Libbok missed an easy penalty two minutes after the restart when he hit the woodwork but Munster had to dig deep to saturate enormous Stormers pressure. The introduction of Ben Healy for Jack Crowley at outhalf injected penetration to the Munster the game and after a good kick from the Edinburgh-bound player, his superb pass wide for fullback Mike Haley ended with Shane Daly getting around Senatla to score in the left corner with an excellent try.
Stormers hit back and got a try from captain Steve Kitshoff after going to the left corner with a penalty after 66 minutes but Libbok missed the conversion to level the teams.
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