Springbok wings Breyton Paulse and Jean de Villiers scored three tries between them as the Stormers beat the Sharks 26-12 in their opening Super 12 match.
Two penalties from flyhalf Gaffie du Toit gave the Stormers a 6-0 lead before Sharks centre Trevor Halstead broke through the tackles of Springbok
centres De Wet Barry and Marius Joubert to set up Butch James for a try.
Paulse scored the first of his two tries four minutes before the interval after Joubert intercepted an overthrown Sharks pass on halfway.
De Villiers stretched the lead when he ran on to a Du Toit up-and-under to score in the lefthand corner in the 52nd minute. Paulse then made the game safe four minutes later when he collected De Villiers' grubber kick to run in from 20 metres.
Lock Nico Breedt narrowed the gap with a late try for the Sharks.
- REUTERS
