Edinburgh's United Rugby Championship play-off aspirations have effectively ended following a 33-14 home defeat to Stormers in Cape Town. The match saw Stormers secure five tries, with Evan Roos scoring four of them, converted by Boan Venter. Edinburgh's defense struggled after Ntuthuko Mchunu was sin-binned early, compounded by Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu's missed penalties. Ross Thompson converted James Lang's opening try to level the score at 7-7 at halftime, but Leolin Zas' try post-break and a late three-try Stormers surge sealed the win. Edinburgh now sits 17 points behind the Glasgow Warriors-led top eight with only four regular-season games remaining, leaving no viable path to the play-offs.