According to Supersport's Gavin Rich, it remains a remarkable feature of the Stormers season that the matches they have lost have been by such narrow margins, while their wins have tended to be by the proverbial mile.
"Not one of their eight victims has come within 10 points of the Stormers, let alone the seven you need to garner a bonus point. Of the five wins scored against New Zealand opposition, the closest one was the 12 point victory in Auckland over the Blues. That is some record.
"And yet while this suggests the Stormers should not be dropping games like those to the three Australian sides, I cannot quite go along with the theory that had those three games been won, the Stormers would now be sitting unbeaten at the top of the log.
"It just doesn’t work like that, and while it is an over-used old cliché, that little phrase about learning something from defeat is nonetheless a meaningful and relevant one. In a tough competition like the Super 14, you have to accept that there will be days you are slightly off your game, and most opponents in this competition are good enough to punish you when you are."
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