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Stormers vs Scarlets: Yaqeen Ahmed's late double seals 52-40 URC win

The Scarlets wiped out a 33-14 half-time deficit to draw level at 40-40 with 15 minutes left, before the replacement flyhalf scored in the 75th and 79th minutes.

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The Stormers built a big lead against the Scarlets and then lost all of it. Two tries in the last five minutes from replacement flyhalf Yaqeen Ahmed got them home 52-40 in Cape Town on Saturday 24 October.

At half-time the United Rugby Championship match looked settled, with the hosts 33-14 ahead.

Ahmed settled it. He scored in the 75th minute, then added a second try in the 79th to clinch a bonus-point win.

A 14-try match

The game produced 14 tries: eight for the Stormers and six for the Scarlets. Scarlets outside centre Joe Roberts scored three of them. For the hosts, flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu converted six of his eight attempts.

Scrumhalf Haashim Pead, one of the players handed a first start for the match, scored his first Stormers try and was named Player of the Match.

The Stormers made only 68% of their tackles and missed 29, and the visitors made 21 linebreaks to the Stormers' 15.

Round five next weekend

The Stormers stay in Cape Town for round five next weekend, when they host Ulster. The Scarlets stay in South Africa and play the Bulls in Pretoria.

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