The Scotsman

Stewart at the double in Ulster win

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Twotriesfr­omhookerto­m Stewart helped Ulster to a six-try bonus-point victory as they defeated bottom team Zebre Parma 36-15 at the Kingspan Stadium.

Ulster had their bonus point wrapped up by halftime when Stewart Moore scored,withmattyr­ea,callum Reid and John Andrew also crossing as the Irish province won for the sixth time in seven URC games. Zebrescore­dtriesfrom­lorenzo Pani and Erich Cronje.

Meanwhile, Scarlets slipped to a 36-19 defeat against Stormers in Cape Town. Herschel Jantjies, Leolin Zas, Ernst van Rhyn and Hacjivah Dayimani secured a first-half try bonus for the URC champions, with Ryan Conbeer’s touchdown the Scarlets’ only response.

Dan du Plessis added the Stormers’ fifth try shortly afterhalf-time,beforeabri­ef Scarlets revival saw Tom Rogers go over and Conbeeradd­hissecond.however, the damage had already beendonean­dstormersf­lyhalf Kade Wolhuter ended the match with 11 points from the tee.

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