Scarlets' hopes of a United Rugby Championship play-off place are hampered by a bonus-point defeat by Stormers in Llanelli.

One of the Stormers' star performers has signed for an English Premiership club in his bid to realise his dream of playing Test rugby for England.

The DHL Stormers kept themselves in playoff contention with a 29-17 win over the Scarlets in the Vodacom URC on Saturday evening.

The Stormers opened the scoring with a try from Ben Loader in the 13th minute, followed by another try from Deon Fourie just three minutes later. Despite a missed conversion, the Stormers ...

In the second 40, two late tries and some hard tackling secured the five points and a 29-17 United Rugby Championship victory ...

In the second 40, two late tries and some hard tackling secured the five points and a 29-17 United Rugby Championship victory ...

Kick-off is at 3pm and is available to watch live on S4C, S4C Clic and BBC iPlayer, with coverage starting at 2.45pm.

The bonus point win lifts the Stormers into the top eight of a congested URC log and sets them up well for their coming clash ...

Burly Springbok midfielder Andre Esterhuizen returns to the Sharks' match-day squad for Saturday's URC clash against Italian ...

Loader moved to the United Rugby Championship club after Irish folded ... having come up through the club's academy. "Ben was another player at Irish that was thriving there when they ran into ...

George Skivington has highlighted Ben Loader's ability to play full-back as well as wing as Gloucester Rugby have confirmed the signing of the former London Irish flyer ahead of the 2025/26 season.