The Sharks hosted the Platinum Leopards in round 2 of the Currie Cup. The Sharks won 34 / 20, scoring 5 tries in the first half.
The match progressed much as I predicted, Sharks hit hard early and often with tries from Vulindlu, Mvovo and Andries Strauss.. and then again Andries Strauss… and was ahead 22 / 0 after barely 30 minutes, also having missed 3 conversions already but having bagged their bonus point for tries.
A converted intercept try from R W Kember as well as a penalty by Jean Tiedt made the Leopards’ score more respectable after early wayward kicking at goal by Clayton Durand.
Before halftime though the Sharks scored again, making the halftime score 27 / 10
After halftime the Sharks started bringing on replacement after replacement and one could see that their intensity levels had dropped and that they were playing a game to ensure minimum injuries.
The Sharks had cleared their replacement bench about 15 minutes before full time.
The Sharks kept attacking but could not penetrate the Leoppards sudden good defence and the Leopards actually “won” the 2nd half 10 / 7 after scoring yet another intercept try through Jovan Bowles and converting another Jean Tiedt penalty, compared to the Sharks solitary converted try by Albert van den Berg.
All in all a scrappy game, but mission accomplished for the Sharks who now jump to 45 Log points and straight into the semi-finals.
To say much more about this dour game would do injustice to rugby… this was a game of going through the motions for a champion team against a team which should not even be allowed to compete in the same competition.
Harsh words… very harsh… but true !
Points:
Sharks: 1 Conversion Juan Hernandez, 1 Conversion Monty Dumond, Tries Luzuko Vulindlu & Lwazi Mvovo & Andries Strauss (2) & Jaques Botes & Albert van den Berg
Leopards: 1 Conversion Clayton Durand, 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Jean Tiedt, Try R W Kember & Jovan Bowles
Fri Sep 25 2009 at 19:10 (local time
Venue: ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Altitude: 12m / Capacity: 55,000
Teams:
Sharks: 15 Stefan Terblanché (captain), 14 Luzuko Vulindlu, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Juan Hernández, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Albert van den Berg, 4 Alistair Hargreaves, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Skipper Badenhorst, 1 Patric Cilliers.
Replacements: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Deon Carstens, 18 Steven Sykes, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Monty Dumond, 22 Adrian Jacobs.
Leopards: 15 Danie Dames, 14 Jovan Bowles, 13 Deon van Rensburg, 12 Berndt Theissinger, 11 Jan van Zyl, 10 Clayton Durand, 9 Jean Tiedt, 8 RW Kember, 7 Thabo Mamojele, 6 André Swanepoel (captain), 5 Draad Linde, 4 Ligtoring Landman, 3 Os van der Walt, 2 Gavin Williamson, 1 Divan Kotzé.
Replacements: 16 Pellow van der Westhuizen, 17 Nardus Lombard, 18 Bennie Adams, 19 Riaan Swanepoel, 20 Chris Erasmus, 21 Neil Jacobs, 22 Bom Samaai
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Assistant referees: Luke Burger, Reuben Rossouw
TMO: Shaun Veldsman
@Karen –
Niks fout om n Leeu ondersteuner te wees nie. Ons ken pyn.
@K9-MonsterLeeu – Ek stem..speel vir Skalla no 8! met Brussouw en Stegman op flank!..
301 @WilladieLeeu – Ek weet 😉
@K9-MonsterLeeu –
Ons is 4 e op die log, dus was ons diepte nie te kak nie en het ook die meeste Bokke gelewer wat regtig punte tel.
Niemand kan 10 spelers verloor nie, en jy kan net soveel goeie diepte aankoop.
Gaan kyk die ouderdom van die span wat die laaste paar weke gespeel het en jy sal sien dis beswaarlik ouer as 21. Kyk die volgende paar jaar…..
@grootblousmile – KFC in Brakpan!! Yikes…….Don’t forget the salad, do KFC do salad? Not really a place I often visit! 🙂 Perhaps I should get out more!!
@WilladieLeeu – en ons hou van pyn!!!! Dis hoekom ons leeus bly.
@K9-MonsterLeeu – Ja..Daai Jaco was ‘n goeie “verkoop”..bulle bly hom speel!..lol
Monnas se spelers ken ek. Probleem is dat Bulle die bestes raaksien. Soos klein Bradley Moolman. Woerts is hy weg bulle toe!
306 @K9-MonsterLeeu – Ai mmmm pyn 😉
@Karen – 294 I think once we see him we will forgive him anything!
@carol – the other day I went to our local KFC. They told me I could order anything except chicken…..they had no chicken!!!!!
@Polla –
En los vir Spies en Juan uit?
@Polla – Ja….ons ouens hier moet wakker skrik!!! Baie talent maar die bestuur is hyper$#%
309 @carol – Not much of a Brad Pitt fan 😉 Lions supporter – well that is still ok 😉
Nou hoe stuur n mens n fototjie?
Hi Boerboel, how is Cape Town this evening?
So no Jean tomorrow, hope he settles into Munster OK, shame it is not him going to Bath, I would have made a point of going to watch him play at the Recreation ground!
@Polla –
Burger en Planko op die bank en 2e helfte vir Juan en Spies vervang…Of haal een vleuel af en skuif Spies soontoe. Lekker skok vir die opposisie veleul!
@Stan – Juan speel partykeer glad te veel op sy ace – nie ‘n groot fan van hom nie
@K9-MonsterLeeu –
So waar, so waar.
@K9-MonsterLeeu – 310 Seriously? A bit of a gaffe there!
@Polla – Juan is ‘n yster maar Spies sukkel op no8.
@carol – I am going to miss Jean and tomorrow at Newlands not to see him – arghhh sob 🙁
@Stan – Die probleem is dat meeste van daai ouens kom nie van die Bulle af nie. Ek het voorheen ‘n ontleding gaan doen en gesien dat maar 30% van die spelers van bulle omgewing is. Hulle kan nie die mas opkom sonder die huidige bul bokke nie. Die ander sterk provinsies (WP, Sharks, Cheetahs and Lions) begin nou hulle jong spelers behou deur hulle akademies. Ek voorsien nog so 3 goeie jare vir die bulle en dan is almal weer op par! Daarna gaan daar een provinsie wees wat weer vir 5 jaar gaan dominate!
@carol – Serious!!! Or I could wait for 30 mins for them toe slaughter me a chicken…was late on a Sunday evening 🙄
@WilladieLeeu – Mail vir GBS jou foto.
@Stan – Sodra Spies weer doen wat ‘n 8steman suppose is om te doen, sal ek hom ondersteun. Hy is nou niks meer as ‘n showpony nie. Self Luke Watson speel n beter 8steman game as hy!
@Karen – Hoor Rassie en Braam van Straaten is in gesprek. Weet jy iets daarvan?
Cheers guys – I am outa here – have a fun evening and enjoy the rugby tomorrow 😉
@Karen –
Ek is self nie gek oor hom maar hy is baie werd in die lystaan, sy gewig in die skrums en n baie goeie baldraer met n dodelike afstamp.
Ace?
@Stan – Ek sal veer eerder vir Spies op daai vleuel speel soos jy seg. Hy het dit. hy moet dit net reg gebruik!
326 @K9-MonsterLeeu – Nog niks gehoor nie maar sal Maandag kyk of ek iets kan hoor – hulle bespreek altyd die goed by Bellville/Durbanville rugby klub – of jy hallucinate vanaand lmga.
Wel geniet die rugby more – ek sal maar vir die WP by Nuweland gaan support.
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