The Lions and Stormers flew the South African flag on a weekend the place the native teams’ stranglehold on the United Rugby Championship was damaged because the Sharks and Bulls got here up brief on the street.
The teams from Johannesburg and Cape Town have been full worth for their victories in Edinburgh and Parma respectively, however the males from Pretoria and Durban got here up second greatest in their clashes in Glasgow and Dublin.
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The first South African staff in motion over the weekend, the Lions, accomplished their three-match tour with an outstanding 22-19 victory over Edinburgh in the Scottish capital on Friday night, guaranteeing they return to Johannesburg with three wins from as many video games on the street in the north.
In Saturday’s first recreation, the Stormers grabbed a 3rd successive victory to stay unbeaten to date in this season as they beat Zebre Parma by 37-20 in northern Italy, with Junior Springbok captain Sacha Mngomezulu scoring 22 factors for the Capetonians.
However, the Sharks and Bulls have been dealt their first defeats of the season thereafter.
The Durbanites have been overwhelmed 54-34 in a high-scoring affair by Irish giants Leinster in Dublin on Saturday night, after which final season’s runners up from Pretoria got here up brief by 35-21 towards a fired-up Glasgow Warriors in Scotland.
With one match to go in the spherical – on Sunday afternoon in Treviso, the place Benetton host the Dragons at 15h45 – the South African teams are nonetheless in the top-eight on the log.
The Stormers are third with 15 factors from their three video games, and they’re adopted by the Bulls (fourth with 14 factors from 4 video games), Lions (fifth with 13 factors from 4 video games) and Sharks (seventh with 10 factors from three video games).
Glasgow Warriors outplay Bulls for second home win
The Glasgow Warriors produced an outstanding efficiency on assault and defence towards the Bulls in their United Rugby Championship conflict on the Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow on Saturday to outscore the guests by 5 tries to a few for a well-deserved 35-21 victory.
The win marked the hosts’ second in as many video games at house this season, whereas it ended the Pretoria outfit’s three-match unbeaten run.
The large distinction between the teams in the primary half was the Warriors’ capability to make use of their try-scoring possibilities, which noticed them snatch 4 tries for their bonus level, whereas they restricted the Bulls to at least one transformed attempt by Kurt-Lee Arendse.
The guests outscored their hosts by two tries to at least one in a tightly contested second half in which either side additionally obtained yellow playing cards, however the Glasgow Warriors’ sturdy first-half exhibiting was sufficient to seal the rewarding victory.
URC Scorers:
Glasgow Warriors 35 (28) – Tries: Matt Fagerson, Sebastian Cancelliere, Scott Cummings, George Horne, Josh McKay. Conversions: Horne (5).
Vodacom Bulls 21 (7) – Tries: Kurt-Lee Arendse, Bismarck du Plessis, Janko Swanepoel. Conversions: Chris Smith (2), Morne Steyn.
Strong second half sees Leinster shut out Cell Sharks in Dublin
United Rugby Championship log-leaders Leinster produced a shocking second-half flourish in their fourth-round conflict towards the Sharks in Dublin on Saturday to safe a 54-34 victory, which noticed the Durban facet endure their first defeat in the competitors this season.
The first half was gripping with either side scoring three tries, however Leinster’s three conversions to at least one conversion and a penalty objective by the Sharks noticed the hosts enter the sheds with a slender 21-20 lead.
Leinster hit their straps in full drive in the second half, scoring 5 tries to 2 by the guests – which marked fullback Aphelele Fassi and wing Thaakir Abrahams’ braces – as their correct execution and a crimson card in the dying minutes for Sharks centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg for a harmful deal with, allowed the hosts to stroll away with the convincing victory.
URC Scorers:
Leinster 54 (21) – Tries: Jason Jenkins, Garry Ringrose (2), Andrew Porter, Robbie Henshaw, Rob Russell, Jonathan Sexton, John McKee. Conversions: Sexton (7).
Sharks 34 (20) – Tries: Aphelele Fassi (2), Werner Kok, Thaakir Abrahams (2). Conversions: Boeta Chamberlain (2), Nevaldo Fleurs. Penalty objective: Chamberlain.
Stormers open European leg with solid win in Parma
Defending champions, the Stormers, continued with their successful begin to the brand new season after they defeated Zebre Parma 37-20 in their fourth-round United Rugby Championship encounter in Italy on Saturday afternoon.
The Cape outfit received each their opening fixtures on house soil and have now added a primary, bonus-point victory on the street in the Northern Hemisphere to their title defence.
Junior Springbok captain Sacha Mngomezulu, usually a flyhalf however taking part in inside centre on this event, delivered a elegant show and contributed 22 factors to the Stormers’ deserved triumph by way of a attempt, 4 conversions and three penalty objectives.
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URC Scorers:
Zebre Parma 20 (7) – Tries: Chris Cook, Ion Neculai. Conversions: Tiff Eden (2). Penalty objectives: Eden (2).
Stormers 37 (17) – Tries: Junior Pokomela, Neethling Fouche, Herschel Jantjies, Sacha Mngomezulu. Conversions: Mngomezulu (4). Penalty objectives: Mngomezulu (3).
Lions grab third win on road in Edinburgh
The Lions confirmed loads of guts towards a powerful Edinburgh facet to win their third consecutive United Rugby Championship tour match in the Northern Hemisphere by 22-19 in the Scottish capital on Friday night.
The two teams went into the halftime break stage at 5-5 after every scored an unconverted attempt, nevertheless, the match opened up after the break with either side utilizing their kicking recreation to achieve subject possession after which the driving maul to place factors on the board.
Both sides scored three tries apiece, but it surely was the Lions who clinched the match with a Gianni Lombard penalty objective close to the top. However, the crimson and white jerseys may have bagged a neater victory had it not been for some wayward goalkicking earlier in the encounter.
URC Scorers:
Edinburgh 19 (5) – Tries: Viliame Mata, Darcy Graham, Ben Muncaster. Conversions: Emiliano Boffelli (2).
Lions 22 (5) – Tries: Andries Coetzee, Henco van Wyk, Francke Horn. Conversions: Gianni Lombard (2). Penalty objective: Lombard.
The URC log seems to be as follows:
