La Rochelle wing Dillyn Leyds and Bath No 8 Dan du Preez scored tries in winning efforts in another busy weekend for South Africans abroad.
French Top 14
Flank Tiaan Jacobs came off the bench in Bordeaux Bègles’ 51-28 win against Lyon at the Stade Chaban-Delmas. Former Eastern Province lock Janse Roux started for Lyon.
Tighthead prop Nick Schonert scrummed down for Vannes in a 43-40 loss to Pau at the Stade de la Rabine.
Former Stormers wing Dillyn Leyds scored a first-half try in La Rochelle’s 38-13 win against Clermont.
Scrumhalf James Hall and fullback Tristan Tedder featured for Perpignan in a 55-25 defeat to Racing 92 in Nanterre.
Rob du Preez was a centre replacement in Bayonne’s 35-32 win against Stade Français at the Stade Jean-Dauger.
English Premiership
Loose forwards Dan du Preez and Jaco Coetzee and midfielder Bernard van der Linde helped coach Johann van Graan’s Bath to a 40-34 win against the Exeter Chiefs, with Van der Linde and Du Preez dotting down in the first half. Ethan Burger started at loosehead prop for the Chiefs.
Springbok lock Jean Kleyn and replacement loosehead prop Dian Bleuler featured as Gloucester hammered Harlequins 48-0 at Kingsholm Stadium. Fullback Tyrone Green and tighthead prop Simon Kerrod were substitutes for Quins.
Former Maritzburg College hooker Corbin Thunder ran out for the Leicester Tigers in a 24-19 win away against the Newcastle Red Bulls.
Lock Ernst van Rhyn and No 8 Jacques Vermeulen started in the Sale Sharks 21-17 win against technical director Brendan Venter’s Saracens in London, with the latter copping a first-half red card.
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