The Stormers provided the only ray of light on a gloomy weekend for three of the four South African sides in a challenging third round abroad in the United Rugby Championship (URC this past weekend).
John Dobson’s team outplayed the Scarlets 34-0 for a valuable bonus-point win in Llanelli, but it was a disappointing day of action on Saturday as the Lions went down 41-15 against Benetton in Treviso, the Sharks suffered a heavy 31-5 defeat against Leinster in Dublin, and the Bulls were downed 28-7 by Ulster in Belfast.
These results saw the unbeaten Stormers claim the top spot on the standings tied on 14 points with the only other unbeaten team in the competition, Munster, while Bulls’ defeat saw them drop five spots on the table down to sixth place with 10 points.
The Sharks and Lions, who have yet to win a match this season, find themselves on the lower end of the table in 13th and 15th place respectively with two and one point.
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The Sharks and Lions will look to turn things around this week when they return to South Africa, whereas their counterparts, the Stormers and Bulls, will remain abroad, where they face Zebre Parma and Connacht respectively this weekend.
Elsewhere, it’s Edinburgh v Benetton, Dragons v Cardiff and Ospreys v Glasgow.
