Stormers were the most penalised team in the URC for foul play (16, 10% of all their pens conceded were foul play) and dissent (4).
In soccer parlance, the Stormers set up vs Leinster with 10 men behind the ball and tried to nick one on the counter. They tried to win ugly and failed
HG Rugby
Judging from the reaction of a number of South African rugby pundits, the Stormers apparently lost the semi-final purely because of a marginal yellow handed out for what was at the very least a pen, when they were already 9 points and a man down, the latter for the most stonewall red you'll ever see
