It was a case of mission accomplished for South Africa’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship franchises as they completed their second successive clean sweep of home wins in another memorable and significant round of action in the cross-hemisphere showpiece.
The Hollywoodbets Sharks set the tone for the round with a 21-15 victory against Cardiff in Durban on Friday, and the Vodacom Bulls built on this with a bonus-point 34-31 win against Munster in Pretoria on Saturday.
Later, the Fidelity Securedrive Lions registered a full-house of points with their 42-26 victory against the Dragons in Johannesburg, and the DHL Stormers rounded it off with a 33-14 win against Edinburgh in Cape Town on Saturday.
These results saw the DHL Stormers finish round 14 in second place on the standings (51 points) behind the Glasgow Warriors (55), followed by Ulster (47) and Leinster (46), with the Fidelity Securedrive Lions in fifth position on 43 points, courtesy of their fourth successive home win.
The Vodacom Bulls are still in eighth position (40 points), one point behind Cardiff and Munster (41 each), while the Hollywoodbets Sharks hopped one place up into 10th position (33 points) with four pool rounds remaining.
With the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup knock-outs starting next weekend, the Vodacom URC will have a brief hiatus before resuming with round 15 on Friday, 17 April.
