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
@Polla – Hy het lank vir Tuks in die 80’s slot gespeel. Moerse groot ou en Blou Bul. Ons maak dit ‘n punt om die WP-Bulls games saam te kyk.! Groot Affies man ook. Sy Oupa, Pa broer en hy het almal Affies 1ste span gespeel. Diep Blou Bul gene daar!
87@Polla – Ek het ook eers ge-Army… maar ons het tien-teen-een selfde tyd ge-article… ek het net 1986 en halfte van 1987 Binnemuurs geswot, van September 1987 af ge-article… graad en Articles en Toelating alles klaargemaak binne 4 jaar.
@Polla –
Eish, ek moes op my tanne byt om nie daai een uit te buit nie!
@BonzaiGBS – Nee wat, ek dink die Lions behoort Boland ore aan te sit. Ek sien ek reply al vir myself ook vanaand!..en dis nog vroeg!
Tjarks 5 / ZIP
Ag Jammer, die Leopards!!!
@Stan – Ou Stan, jy kan maar vir my gooi, Ek nie ‘n sensitiewe WP ondersteuner nie, ek weet waar rugby in SA gebore en grootgemaak is en waar almal wens hulle kon rugby leer!..lol
@Stan – So oor nog ‘n 100 jaar dan kan die Bulle saampraat oor Rugby ontwikkeling in SA…lol
Naand All, how nice to see BonsaiGBS here for his first session!! 🙂
@BonzaiGBS – Janee Bonzaitjie..ek dink die luiperdjies gaan vanaand hard poefie teen die haaie!
@carol – Hey carol, Jap….it’s great…..how are you?
99@carol – Helloooooo
@carol – I believe we now have to change to the other tongue!…good evening Carol
@BonzaiGBS – I’m pretty excellent thanks, glorious evening here in the Cotswolds! Good to be alive sort of day!
@grootblousmile – 102 …Evening Tiger!! 😉
@carol – sounds great, im glad
@carol –
Greetings and salutations, Maid carol.
@Polla – 103 Heheheh, that is very kind of you, have you seen my efforts at Afrikaans!!
Did you have your picture taken in a cage by the way? 🙂 Lots of wire!!
Scores?
@Stan – 107 A very good evening to you Stan….I have done Sharks by 20, what do you reckon?
Try Mvovo
Wat gan an mense, my vrou kyk KAK op M-Net.
Hel man.
Tjarks 10 / ZIP
@carol -Actaully there is some Lions in the background!..It was taken at a Lion Park in the Eastern Cape. Come to think about it, that is where all Lions (and their supporters)!..lol
@BonzaiGBS – 106 Did you know that Postman Pat now goes by the nic of Journo Lion?
He is possibly coming to the UK next year, would be fun to see him again!
112@WilladieLeeu – Eishhhhhhhh, neem dadelik die remote af !
🙄
@carol –
It pains me to say that it will be much more than 20…..
@Polla – Yes I know.it’s Actually!…my fingers are wine driven again…
@WilladieLeeu – 😆
@WilladieLeeu –
Ek het ook nie veel simpatie met n man wat nie beheer in sy huis het nie….
Shake head in disbelieve…..
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