Stormers romp to four-try win over Reds in Super 14

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BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — South Africa's Western Stormers climbed off the bottom of the Super 14 rugby standings with an bonus-point 34-16 win over Australia's Queensland Reds at Lang Park on Saturday.

The Cape Town-based team played enterprising rugby to come away with four tries in their third straight win in Brisbane and the sixth win in their past 10 games in Australia.

The Stormers had been winless in their opening three matches, but they produced adventurous attacking rugby to sink the Reds, who were coming off their dire 43-11 loss to ACT Brumbies the previous week.

Led by flanker Luke Watson, hooker Schalk Brits and fullback Conrad Jantjes, the Stormers ran the Queenslanders off their feet with their expansive attacking game and had three further...