Hayden Parker brilliantly knocked over a drop-goal after full-time as Japan’s Sunwolves edged a thriller against the Western Stormers 26-23 to seal their first ever back-to-back wins in Super Rugby on Saturday. The Sunwolves had been headed for defeat just minutes earlier, after Sarel
Hayden Parker brilliantly knocked over a drop-goal after full-time as Japan’s Sunwolves edged a thriller against the Western Stormers 26-23 to seal their first ever back-to-back wins in Super Rugby on Saturday.
The Sunwolves had been headed for defeat just minutes earlier, after Sarel Marais’s long-range penalty, but a Parker penalty levelled it before his sublime drop-goal brought the Hong Kong crowd to its feet.
The Tokyo-based team have endured some torrid defeats since entering the competition in 2016, but they have now won twice in a row for the first time after last week’s 63-28 rout of the Queensland Reds.
The Sunwolves’ fifth victory was also their first away from Tokyo — and it extinguished the faint play-off hopes of the Stormers, who are languishing at the foot of the South African conference.
“We created history today,” said Sunwolves coach Jamie Joseph.
