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
@SA Barbarians – Twee spanne wat als het om te verloor dit gaan bloed k@k en hare wees vandag op loftus en die een met die meeste b@llas gaan wen
@K9-MonsterLeeu – 420
Ja ou maat, ons onderskat niemand nie.
@smallies72 – 421
My geld is op julle wat skaap b@llas met ‘n suur sousie eet hehehe
@K9-MonsterLeeu – ek pers dink hulle sal n fout maak as hulle ons onder die bomme gaan gooi
@smallies72 – ek stem……
@SA Barbarians – quas kan die wereld vir die wp warm maak en dalk net 2e le na vandag twee moose games vandag
@smallies72 – Ja stem saam. Mens weet nooit watter Kwas gaan opdaag nie. Op hulle beste is hulle bliksems.
Die Kaap is swaar bewolk – hoop maar die reen bly weg, maar ek dink die kanse is goed vir reen vanmiddag
@SA Barbarians – As dit reen gee ek die game vir die poubloues die twee pakke is gelyk ma naas gaan dan die verskil wees
@smallies72 – 428
Ek sal nooit vergeet hoe Vrystaat die WP op Nuweland in die reen geklop het nie. Snaaks dat ‘n span wat in die reen oefen soms sukkel om in die reen te speel.
Hellooooooooooo
Go Bullsssssssssssssss !!
@Loosehead – 409 – Bulls Supporters are just getting in ‘The Zone’!! I have put Bulls by 15 and I think I put the highest margin in our pool!!
Talk about over confidence now the Bull Boks are back!! 😐
@grootblousmile – hoesit soon to be graet blue frons
@grootblousmile – 430
GBS have now tried to post a few times and it keeps telling me ‘Link Broken’ Not sure whats going on.
Will switch of my ADSL and restart it. First see if this post goes through.
@SA Barbarians – is nogal ne
@carol – 431
Morning Carol, Congrats on Englands win yesterday in the Cricket.
With their Boks back Bulls will be a different team. When Bulls need to win the normally do. Bulls to win today but not sure if it will be 15. By 7
433@Puma – When you’re in JHB next, maybe I should give your tired PC some “wings”…. I just cannot take it that the Oerwoudkat with the shoddy knees should suffer and battle so much…. oi !
Hehehe
432@smallies72 – Tonight I will be MoerrrrrrseBlouGrin
@grootblousmile – 436
It done it again gbs. Said ‘Link Broken’ But see my post went through to Carol and the previous one. Not sure whats happening.
Maybe it needs the wings boeta 😆
@Puma – Hi Puma, are we still neck and neck on the cricket? Not a great start there for both of us! Hahah
Did you get the mail with the pug dogs?
@grootblousmile – Morning GBS, how gaan dit skattebol? 😉
You all have an advantage on me as far as SuperBru is concerned…. early on a Friday morning I always give my Currie Cup Prewiew and Predicions here on the blog… like I did yesterday… so you therefore see what I have picked on Bru, yet I was never privvy to what you guys and gals have picked…
Sharks bitterly disappointed me last night in the 2nd half…
440@carol – Uitstekend (Tremendous) !!
And there in the Cotswolds ?
@grootblousmile – Wen eers chnmma.een ding is seker dht gaan groot wees
443@smallies72 – Games tussen die Bulle en die Staat is ALTYD groot… ek sien baie uit na die game.
@grootblousmile – 442 – A bit overcast to be honest, but dry. Going out soon, what time are the Bulls playing your time?
445@carol – 5:05pm
445@carol – When is Muddy Isle doing the Daylight Savings Time switch ??
@grootblousmile – Ja moftus sal seker vol wees
448@smallies72 – Loftus ook…. hehehe
@grootblousmile – Dis mos da wa die mans vir mekaar liefling sing lol
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