The Lions and Stormers added a touch of drama to the home straight of the United Rugby Championship (URC) on Saturday with stunning victories over the Sharks and Bulls.
In Johannesburg, the Lions produced an excellent performance to claim an emphatic 38-14 bonus-point victory, while the Stormers held on with everything they had to shut out South Africa’s leading team, the Bulls, for a nail-biting 19-16 victory in soaking conditions in Pretoria.
While the result blew the race to the SA Shield wide open, with the two coastal teams the only sides still in the running for local bragging rights, the Bulls managed to hold onto their third place on the table (on 41 points – three behind the Glasgow Warriors, who were pipped at home by the Ospreys). The Sharks remain in fourth place on 34 points.
The win for the Lions saw them shoot up to ninth place with 28 points (one point behind the eighth-placed Connacht) and tied on points with the 10th-placed Scarlets, 11th-placed Ospreys, 12th-placed Stormers and 13th-placed Benetton.
HERE IS HOW THE URC LOG NOW LOOKS AFTER THOSE IMPRESSIVE WINS FOR THE LIONS AND STORMERS
By all accounts, the battle for quarter-final spots is likely to come down to the wire in the next few weeks.
Fortunately for the Sharks and Lions they have a game in hand in Durban next week, which is where the SA Shield winner will be determined as both sides will also try to build on their positions in the competition.
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Src: TheSouthAfrican.com - https://rugga.co.za/stormers/updated-urc-log-after-stormers-lions-win/
