Highlanders (6) 16 / Sharks (10) 30 (final score)

The Highlanders hosted the Sharks at Carisbrook, Dunedin at 08:35 SA Time on Saturday 20 March 2010. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast op SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Sharks won a hard and somewhat scrappy game by 30 / 16, scoring 3 tries and conceding 1 try.

The Sharks finally have their 1st elusive win after 6 games!

Scores:

Highlanders: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Israel Dagg, 1 Try Ben Smith

Sharks: 3 Penalties & 3 Conversions Ruan Pienaar, 1 Try Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Try Stefan Terblanche, 1 Try Adrian Jacobs

 

Teams:

Highlanders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Kenny Lynn, 12 Michael Hobbs, 11 James Paterson, 10 Robbie Robinson, 9 Jimmy Cowan (captain), 8 Adam Thomson, 7 Alando Soakai, 6 John Hardie, 5 Hayden Triggs, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Clint Newland, 2 Jason Rutledge, 1 Jamie Mackintosh.

Replacements: 16. Jason Macdonald, 17 Chris King, 18 Joe Tuineau, 19 Tim Boys, 20 Sean Romans, 21 Jayden Hayward, 22 Fetu’u Vainikolo.

 

The Sharks: 15 Patrick Lambie, 14 Stefan Terblanche, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Riaan Swanepoel, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Keegan Daniel, 5 Johann Muller, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 John Smit (captain).

Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Wian Herbst, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Jacques Botes, 21 Rory Kockott, 22 Waylon Murray.

 

Referee: Jonathon White (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Kane McBride (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

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