As it happened: Sunwolves v Waratahs
The Waratahs won 50-29, after leading 38-17 at half-time.
The Japanese side ran through four tries through Michael Little, Sam Wykes, Semisi Masirewa and Kazuki Himeno. Yu Tamura landed two conversions and a penalty, while Hayden Parker converted Himeno's try.
Meanwhile, the Waratahs ran through a whopping seven tries through Curtis Rona, Will Miller, Bryce Hegarty, skipper Michael Hooper, Taqele Naiyaravoro and a brace by Jake Gordon.
Flyhalf Bernard Foley impressed with the boot to land six conversions and a penalty for the Australian outfit.
In next weekend's Round 9 action, the Sunwolves host the Blues (Saturday, 05:05 SA time) and the Waratahs travel back home to take on the Reds (Saturday, 11:45 SA time).
Scorers:
Sunwolves
Tries: Little, Wykes, Masirewa, Himeno
Conversions: Tamura (2)
Penalties: Tamura
Waratahs
Tries: Gordon (2), Rona, Miller, Hegarty, Hooper, Naiyaravoro
Conversions: Foley (6)
Penalties: Foley
Teams:
Sunwolves
15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Lomano Lemeki, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Michael Little, 11 Semisi Masirewa, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Yutaka Nagare (captain), 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 James Moore, 3 Jiwon Koo, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Craig Millar
Substitutes: 16 Jaba Bregvadse, 17 Keita Inagaki, 18 Nikoloz Khatiashvili, 19 Wimpie van der Walt, 20 Edward Quirk, 21 Fumiaki Tanaka, 22 Hayden Parker, 23 Hosea Saumaki
Waratahs
15 Bryce Hegarty, 14 Alex Newsome, 13 Curtis Rona, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Taqele Naiyaravoro, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Michael Wells, 7 Michael Hooper (captain), 6 Will Miller, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Ned Hanigan, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Damien Fitzpatrick, 1 Tom Robertson
Substitutes: 16 Hugh Roach, 17 Harry Johnson-Holmes, 18 Paddy Ryan, 19 Tom Staniforth, 20 Jed Holloway, 21 Mitchell Short, 22 Lalakai Foketi, 23 Cameron Clark PLACE YOUR AD CODE HERE