The DHL Stormers continued their great start to the 2025/26 Vodacom United Rugby Championship, beating the Scarlets 34-00, to secure a three-match unbeaten run, earning a bonus point at the Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli.
The Stormers lead 17-00 at the halftime break; however, with the Scarlets conceding fourteen penalties in the first half, the Stormers have only themselves to blame for the fifteen-point lead at the halftime break. The second half was a scrappy affair; however, the Stormers did enough to secure a bonus point for their efforts.
The Stormers dominated the early exchanges, and following eleven minutes of play, the Stormers set up a maul ten meters from the Scarlets' tryline. At the end, it was Evan Roos who bulldozed his way over the tryline for the Stormers’ first try. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu converted.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu converted a penalty following two missed attempts to extend the Stormers' lead to 10-00 following sixteen minutes of play in the first half.
With time up on the clock, Paul de Villers scored off the back of a five-meter lineout-maul to extend the Stormers' lead to 17-00 at the halftime break.
With twenty-four minutes still to play in the second half, Ruben van Heerden bulldozed his way over the Scarlets’ tryline. Damian Willemse converted to extend the visitors' lead to 24-00.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu picked up a bouncing ball in the Scarlets’ red zone to score the Stormers' fourth and bonus-point try, extending the Stormers’ lead to 29-00.
With time running out, Imad Khan sniped next to a dominant scrum to extend the Stormers' lead to 34-00, which was the final score.
Teams:
Scarlets Rugby: 15 Blair Murray, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Johnny Williams (c), 11 Ellis Mee, 10 Joe Hawkins, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taine Plumtree, 7 Dan Davis, 6 Jarrod Taylor, 5 Max Douglas, 4 Tristan Davies, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Alec Hepburn. Replacements: 16 Kirby Myhill, 17 Sam O’Connor, 18 Archer Holz, 19 Steve Cummins, 20 Ben Williams, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Sam Costelow, 23 Macs Page.
DHL Stormers: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Ruhan Nel (c), 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 JD Schickerling, 3 Sazi Sandi, 2 JJ Kotzé, 1 Ali Vermaak. Replacements: 16 André-Hugo Venter, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Deon Fourie, 22 Imad Khan, 23 Jurie Matthee.