Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored 26 factors in an emphatic victory for the Stormers towards fellow Vodacom URC playoff contenders Benetton in Cape City on Saturday.
The Stormers produced a dominant first-half efficiency to race right into a 30-0 lead on the break, and scored seven tries in a 56-5 bonus-point win at Cape City Stadium.
Victory for the Capetonians, who beat Connacht in an exciting conflict final week, noticed them climb from eighth to sixth on the desk with two rounds remaining of the league levels, whereas Benetton dropped to eighth.
Tighthead prop Sazi Sandi opened the scoring early along with his first attempt for the Stormers, and flyhalf Feinberg-Mngomezulu saved the scoreboard ticking with three conversions, two penalties and a drop objective.
🔥 Scorching Sazi goes via the hole! #STOvBEN #iamastormer @Vodacom #URC pic.twitter.com/agnl8n1ghF
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A fast tap-and-go from Feinberg-Mngomezulu paved the way in which for centre Dan du Plessis to attain below the posts, earlier than speedster Seabelo Senatla dotted down after slick work from HIA substitute Suleiman Hartzenberg.
Regardless of a close to 10-minute interval of scrum resets near their line, the Stormers held agency defensively. Nonetheless, Sandi’s repeated infringements earned him a yellow card simply earlier than the interval, leaving the house aspect to begin the second half with 14 males.
👀 Can’t take your eyes off this for too lengthy. #STOvBEN #iamastormer @Vodacom #URC pic.twitter.com/PwlBYbh6zO
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No 10 Jacob Umaga sliced via for the guests’ solely rating of the match after the restart, however the Stormers hit again via Marcel Theunissen, who powered over to safe the bonus level earlier than Damian Willemse’s yellow card lowered the hosts to 14 once more.
The numerical drawback hardly mattered as left winger Leolin Zas intercepted and raced clear for a long-range rating. When Benetton substitute Siua Maile was sin-binned for a harmful hit on Evan Roos, the floodgates opened.
Man of the Match Paul de Villiers scored his first Stormers attempt off a driving maul, earlier than Feinberg-Mngomezulu added the ending touches with a late attempt of his personal to finish the rout.
The Stormers have per week off as groups swap into European cup mode till the URC resumes on the weekend of 9 and 10 Could. John Dobson’s males return to motion at house to Dragons, earlier than closing their league marketing campaign with a go to from Cardiff (16 Could).
Nonetheless, Dobson will likely be sweating over the health of 40-year-old prop Brok Harris, who was pressured off following a head knock within the closing 10 minutes of Saturday’s encounter.
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