The Crusaders hosted the Sharks this morning at the AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Crusaders ground the Sharks down and scored their 4-try bonus point with a minute to go. Saders 35 / 6.
Scores:
Crusaders: 3 Conversions & 3 Penalties Daniel Carter, 2 Tries Zac Guildford, 1 Try Adam Whitelock, 1 Try Quentin MacDonald
Sharks: 2 Penalties Rory Kockott
Teams:
Crusaders: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 George Whitelock, 6 Kieran Read (captain), 5 Brad Thorn, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Ti’i Paulo, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Joe Wheeler, 19 Richie McCaw, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Adam Whitelock, 22 Colin Slade.
Sharks: 15 Stefan Terblanche, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Adrian Jacobs, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Johann Muller, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 John Smit (captain), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Deon Carstens, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Keegan Daniel, 21 Andrew Goode, 22 Riaan Swanepoel.
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Vinny Munro (New Zealand), Keith Brown (New Zealand)
TMO: Kane McBride (New Zealand)
Foute, eish, raak nou grys.
Pienaar skop weer direk uit…
Woods of rugby, a bit of song…
Sharks scrum gaan bietjie agteruit…
87….hmmmm nie net ‘n jonger model nie maar seker ook ‘n BLOU model…. 🙂
Crusaders steal the ball but knocks it…
Pienaar is very tentative and even shoddy… come on man, put your hart into it!
Tjarks penalty…
Line out Sharks, stolen by Crusaders…
More al die kampioene en ander mense.
Vir die wat rugby op radio wil luister:
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‘Click’ op ‘listen live’, dan hoor julle hoe ek lewendig uitsaai.
Stop dit nou Trips, jy trek my aandag van die rugby af.
No firepower in Tjarks backline… again
Sharks would do better to try and keep ball in hand more…
Kicked out directly Petersen
Just when we start doing something we mess up. Here goes Saders now.
Dankie bdb.
100 🙂 ag okay man!!!!
Saders showing good continuity.
JP Pietersen saves the day
Nice JPP.
105 – Dankie 😉
101 – GBS, There lays the problem. Our backline.
Cmooooooooon Sharkies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Smit besig om Crocket te skrum…
As I predicted, this is turning out to be a low-scoring game… so far.
Kankowski flocking up ball behind thescrum….scrum Crusaders.
Penalty Saders…Carter to kick
Ons kort beter agterspelers.
just think if the sharks can win here the saders stats wont look good….. played 3 won 1!!!!!
10 – 3 Crusaders
Carter converts…
Saders 10 / 3
Now to see if Sharks can keep their composure…
Amper tackle Ellison Pienaar se kop van sy lyf af 😯
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