Cape Town - After a largely impressive season in which he has catapulted himself into Springbok contention for the September/October World Cup, Damian de Allende is in need of a break.
The centre has played in every Stormers match this Super Rugby season and remains a crucial player to coach Allister Coetzee’s hopes of going the distance in the competition.
A rare error against the Brumbies almost proved costly, though. With just 14 minutes gone, De Allende gathered the ball and then stabbed a poor grubber straight to Joe Tomane as the visitors went 10 points clear.