Chiefs hand Stormers first defeat

The Chiefs have got their two-game tour of South Africa off to the perfect start with a hard-fought 28-19 Super Rugby win over the Stormers in Cape Town.



Although their scrum was under immense pressure the whole game and their lineout misfired at times, Dave Rennie's side were impressive with ball in hand as Aaron Cruden, James Lowe and Sam Cane scored tries in an intensely physical and absorbing encounter at Newlands.



Cruden finished the match with 18 points and largely put his goal-kicking woes of the previous week behind him as he slotted two of his three conversions and three of his…