Ben Muncaster scored a brace of tries as Edinburgh celebrated their first win of the United Rugby Championship season thanks to an emphatic 38-7 bonus-point victory at home to the Stormers.
Stormers moved off the bottom of the United Rugby Championship table with a 36-5 victory over Zebre Parma at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.
Ospreys recovered from last week’s shock defeat to Dragons with an impressive 37-24 victory over Stormers in a titanic battle in Bridgend.
Play-off contenders Edinburgh suffered a comprehensive defeat in Cape Town as United Rugby Championship rivals the Stormers cruised to a 43-21 victory.
Leinster continued their 100 per cent start in the Investec Champions Cup with a crushing victory over Stade Francais on Saturday.
In the Champions Cup clash between the Stormers against Sale, winger Leolin Zas went from hero to zero after his audacious in-goal offload went pear-shaped.
The Stormers recorded their first Champions Cup win of the season, beating Stade Rochelais in Cape Town on Saturday.
La Rochelle winger Dillyn Leyds has opened up on what has given the back-to-back European champions the edge in the last few seasons, citing man management as a crucially important factor.
It was not a game to live long in the memory, but Stormers had enough class and quality to prevail in bonus-point fashion.
