The Vodacom Stormers produced another comprehensive, complete performance as they buried the Hurricanes 37-13 to power into second spot on the Super 14 log at Newlands on Saturday night.

It is a rare thing for two South African teams to be leading the southern hemisphere competition, but that is the reality after five rounds, with the champion Vodacom Bulls in the pound seats with a one point lead over the Stormers and with a game in hand on all the other teams.

The Crusaders were good in beating the Chiefs in Hamilton on Friday, but if the Bulls are looking for the main challengers to their current hegemony in the southern hemisphere, they could do a lot worse than start taking the threat posed by the Stormers quite seriously.

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