Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and snubbed Springbok star as rampant Stormers nil Scarlets
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Evan Roos were in action for Stormers.
The Stormers had too much power and precision for the Scarlets as they picked up a valuable 34-0 victory on the road in the United Rugby Championship (URC) on Friday.
Crossings from Evan Roos, Paul de Villiers, Ruben van Heerden, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Imad Khan helped secure an impressive bonus point success in Llanelli.
This ruthless victory leaves the Stormers top of the URC standings ahead of Saturday’s matches while the Scarlets are rock bottom with two defeats to their name thus far.
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There was plenty of fanfare over the return from Springboks action of Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Damian Willemse after their title-winning Rugby Championship campaign.
However, it was the forward pack that laid the platform for this win as they turned the screw up front, with the frustrated Welsh side having little answer to their brute power.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu had a chance to open the scoring from range after a scrum penalty but struck the upright. But, that miss only delayed the inevitable for the Stormers.
Roos would get them on the board on 11 minutes with a dive from the back of a ruck, a score that was converted by Feinberg-Mngomezulu to give his men a seven-point lead.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu then made it 10-0 on 17 minutes off the tee before Ben-Jason Dixon and Taine Plumtree were sin-binned at different stages in the second quarter.
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The Stormers weren’t done though and with the clock in the red they finally crashed over after sustained pressure in the home 22, De Villiers the player grabbing the score.
The early stages of second period were fractured as the needle between the sides continued before Feinberg-Mngomezulu was yellow carded for hands in the ruck in his 22.
But that did not stop the Stormers from cementing their win just before the hour mark when Van Heerden powered over from close range for a score converted by Willemse.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu would later add the gloss of the bonus point on 65 minutes after collecting and dotting down a loose pass near to the left wing which made it 29-0.
The South Africans weren’t done there too as Khan’s clever snipe from the back of a scrum extended the margin to 34 points in what was a comprehensive away victory.
The teams
Scarlets: 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
Replancements: 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
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
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (FIR, 16th league game)
Assistant Referees: Ben Connor (WRU), Carwyn Sion (WRU)
TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR)
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