The DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls sealed handy Vodacom United Rugby Championship victories as they took the field in their eighth round of matches.
The Capetonians held out the Cell C Sharks for a 20-10 win in Cape Town and the Pretoria side earned a 21-13 win against the Emirates Lions in Pretoria on February 5.
The matches marked a repeat of last week’s encounters, but this time at different venues.
The Bulls again came away with the spoils against their Gauteng rivals at Loftus Versfeld to earn their second win in a row and they are third of the season, while the Stormers made the most of their home ground advantage and maintained their focus until the final whistle to bounce back from their draw last week.
The win for the Stormers allowed them to catapult the Sharks as the top placed South African franchise in 10th place on the standings (with 18 points), followed by the Sharks in 11th place and the Bulls in 12th place (both on 16 points), and the Lions in 14th place with 12 points.
