The Stormers scored a morale-boosting 40-points-to-nil win, which lifted their foot off their Champions Cup pool, when they thrashed the Sale Sharks with a bonus point in Cape Town this afternoon. After losses to Toulon and Harlequins, the Stormers needed a bonus point win against Sale, a feat they achieved with more than 20 minutes
The Stormers scored a morale-boosting 40-points-to-nil win, which lifted their foot off their Champions Cup pool, when they thrashed the Sale Sharks with a bonus point in Cape Town this afternoon.
After losses to Toulon and Harlequins, the Stormers needed a bonus point win against Sale, a feat they achieved with more than 20 minutes still to play.
🤝 The forwards do the job as Sti Sithole powers over on his comeback game.
⛈️ 21-0 🦈 (46 mins)#STOvSAL #iamastormer pic.twitter.com/AGde6mRJUB
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) January 11, 2025
The Cape side scored six tries on the day, with Sale scoring nothing. The result puts them in contention for a place in the round of 16 of the Champions Cup.
The Stormers will now travel to Paris to face Racing 92 next Saturday evening.
💪 All power as @venter_hugo goes hard and low for our sixth try.
⛈️ 40-0 🦈 (72 mins)#STOvSAL #iamastormer pic.twitter.com/Zm6wQ8Wwqs
— DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) January 11, 2025
