Leinster dropped from the top of the United Rugby Championship standings after losing to the Stormers in Cape Town. While the Hollywoodbets Sharks clinched an impressive away win over Scarlets.
Glasgow’s bonus-point win over Zebre Parma earlier in the day sees the Scottish side hold a four-point advantage at the summit with just three rounds to go.
The dominant South Africans earned a bonus-point victory after tries from Ben Loader, Samaan Moerat, Herschel Jantjies, Willie Engelbrecht and Warrick Gelant, with fly-half Manie Libbok converting four and adding three penalties for a personal haul of 17 points.
Max Deegan and Rob Russell went over for tries for Leinster with Sam Prendergast adding a conversion.
Sent him to the corner shop for some chips and coke. #STOvLEI #iamastormer #dhldelivers @Vodacom #URC pic.twitter.com/C8yvqah8Ij
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) April 27, 2024
Kurt-Lee Arendse and Canan Moodie both ran riot as the Bulls returned to winning ways in the URC with a thumping 61-24 win over Ospreys at Loftus Versfeld.
Ospreys would have headed to Pretoria feeling confident after stunning the Stormers in Cape Town a week ago, but it was a different story this time around.
Moodie and Canan each scored two tries as the home side ran in nine tries in all in a thoroughly dominant performance.
FULL TIME 🏆🏆🏆🏆@Vodacom #URC #BackTheBulls pic.twitter.com/WGgSKC8Vrv
— Official Blue Bulls (@BlueBullsRugby) April 27, 2024
Munster became the first European team to win at Ellis Park in the United Rugby Championship (URC) this season after demolishing the Lions 33-13.
It was a sixth successive league victory for the champions and completed a successful two-match tour of South Africa having dispatched the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld a week earlier.
But Graham Rowntree’s side had to work hard for their scores and they spent lengthy spells of the second half defending their line having built a 28-6 lead before securing the bonus point in the final minute.
𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲: Emirates Lions 13 – 33 Munster
— Lions (@LionsRugbyCo) April 27, 2024
What a battle out there tonight, by our Lions! 🦁 Joburg, rest assured, we're coming back stronger than ever! 💪#LIOvsMUN @vodacom #URC #UnitedWeRise#LionsPride🦁 pic.twitter.com/t8AJOTkChg
Then finally, Werner Kok scored a hat-trick of tries to help the Hollywoodbets Sharks to just a fourth United Rugby Championship (URC) victory of the season as they beat the Scarlets 32-27.
Both teams are out of the play-off picture with three games remaining but the South Africans will hope to end a disappointing season on a high note.
Vincent Koch also crossed for the Sharks with fly-half Siya Masuku kicking three conversions and a penalty.
Ryan Elias, Kemsley Mathias and Ioan Nicholas scored tries for the home side with Sam Costelow kicking the rest of their points.
Final score😮💨@vodacom #URC #SCAvSHA pic.twitter.com/Rmu1v06MUc
— The Sharks (@SharksRugby) April 26, 2024
