Cape Town - The Stormers got their 2018 Super Rugby pre-season warm-up matches off to a winning start when they blanked the SWD Eagles at Outeniqua Park on Saturday.
The Stormers won 77-0 after leading 35-0 at half-time.
The Stormers fielded a young match-day squad, but still had enough firepower to run 11 converted tries past the Eagles in front of their home crowd in George.
The Stormers take on the Bulls in their second warm-up match on Saturday, February 3 at Boland Park in Wellington before kicking off their Super Rugby campaign against the Jaguares at Newlands on Saturday, February 17 at 15:05.
Scorers:
SWD Eagles
Nil
Stormers
Tries: SP Marais, Chad Solomon, George Whitehead, Cobus Wiese, Juarno Augustus (2), Raymond Rhule, Damian de Allende, Herschel Jantjies (2), Rikus Pretorius
Conversions: Whitehead (5), Marais (3), Joshua Stander (3)
Teams:
SWD Eagles
15 Leighton Eksteen, 14 Marlo Weich, 13 Kirsten Heyns, 12 Tyler Fisher, 11 Adi Jacobs, 10 Robbie Petzer, 9 Dillin Snel, 8 Fabian Booysen, 7 Freginald Africa, 6 Janneman Stander (captain), 5 Cornell Hess, 4 Wiehan Hay, 3 Basil Short, 2 Jacques Vermaak, 1 Teunis Nieuwoudt
Substitutes: 16 Reinhardt Stears, 17 Lux Koza, 18 Vuks Sofisa, 19 Ruben Schoeman, 20 Anton Smit, 21 Wayne Wilschut, 22 Johan Steyn, 23 Aiden Joseph, 24 Divan Nel, 25 Lyle Delo, 26 Christo du Plessis, 27 Francois Kemp, 28 Logon Vorster, 29 Ganfried May, 30 Kyle Hans, 31 Brad Wanies, 32 Denver Prins
Stormers
15 Sergeal Petersen, 14 Raymond Rhule, 13 SP Marais, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Sihle Njezula, 10 George Whitehead, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Cobus Wiese, 6 Steph de Wit, 5 Christopher van Zyl, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Chad Solomon, 1 Alistair Vermaak
Substitutes: 16 Dean Muir, 17 Jakobus Janse Van Rensburg, 18 Caylib Oosthuizen, 19 Ruben De Villiers, 20 Eduard Zandberg, 21 Luke Stringer, 22 Jacobus Van Dyk, 23 Herschel Jantjies, 24 Joshua Stander, 25 Christian Ambadiang, 26 Rikus Pretorius, 27 David Kriel, 28 Ramone Samuels, 29 Wikus Groenewald, 30 Jaco Coetzee