The Sharks hosted the Chiefs at ABSA Park, Durban tonight in sweltering February heat and humidity and rain. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA. The Chiefs scored a 1-point win over the Sharks, 19 / 18 in the most difficult conditions possible.
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Scores:
Sharks: 6 Penalties Rory Kockott
Chiefs: 4 Penalties & 1 Conversion Stephen Donald, 1 Try Jackson Willison
Previous Super 14 results:
2009: Sharks won 22-15, Hamilton
2008: Sharks won 47-25, Durban
2007: Chiefs won 35-27, Hamilton
2006: Sharks won 30-21
Teams:
The Sharks: 15 Stefan Terblanche, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Monty Dumond, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Keegan Daniel, 5 Johann Muller, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 John Smit (captain), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Gerhard Mostert, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Jacques Botes, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Adrian Jacobs.
Chiefs: 15 Mike Delany, 14 Dwayne Sweeney, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Jackson Willison, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Brendon Leonard, 8 Colin Bourke, 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Liam Messam (captain), 5 Kevin O’Neill, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Nathan White, 2 Aled de Malmanche, 1 Sona Taumalolo.
Replacements: 16 Hika Elliot, 17 Ben Afeaki, 18 James McGougan, 19 Culum Retallick, 20 Jarrad Hoeata, 21 Junior Poluleuligaga, 22 Tim Nanai-Williams.
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Jonathan White (New Zealand), Christie du Preez (South Africa)
TMO: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)
29@ Loskoppie – Heavy rain, tjom!
All reading rt lol
Oupa vus lol
Tjarks give away another penalty. Bakkies would have been yellow carded for doing that.
Looks like a low scoring match coming up here
Stephen Donald misses a sitter
Conditions are terrible there for rugby. Hope the rain stops.
Chiefs 3 / 0
Do you hear the thunder their lol
Kokkerot going for posts….
3all
3 / 3
Kockett looks revolting, but good kick thankyou
17-3 to the Frogs
6-3 Sharks
YEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAA
Sharks 6 / 3
Keep those coming Rory. 6/3 Sharks.
Where is supa die Bloubul?
Trading penalties… John Smit gets a Yellow
feckkkkkkkkkk no man, how can the ref do that to Smit
6all
6 / 6
Time for a couple of tries guys, come now WAKEUP !!!
What awefull rugby
Kick, kick, kick…. fark
Whooa skopfest
Jannie Dup ??????????
GBS 😆
49 – Loosehead have no idea. He has not posted here for a long time
Now what happened to John Smit? Don’t see him on the field. Must have missed him going off while at the pc.
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