Hurricanes (6) 26 / Sharks (13) 29 (final score)

The Hurricanes hosted the Sharks at Westpac Stadium, Wellington at 08:35 SA Time on Saturday. This is the match thread for discussion of the match. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Sharks won after the hooter had gone with a Ruan Pienaar Penalty from halfway, 29 / 26.

Scores:

Hurricanes: 3 Penalties Willie Ripia, 1 Penalty & 2 Conversions Piri Weepu, 1 Try Ma’a Nonu, 1 Try Victor Vito

Sharks: 2 Conversions & 5 Penalties Ruan Pienaar, 1 Try Patrick Lambie, 1 Try JP Pietersen

 

Teams:

Hurricanes: 15 Cory Jane, 14 Tamati Ellison, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Andre Taylor, 10 Willie Ripia, 9 Tyson Keats, 8 Rodney So’oialo, 7 Karl Lowe, 6 Victor Vito, 5 Michael Paterson, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore (captain), 1 John Schwalger.

Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Jacob Ellison, 18 Bryn Evans, 19 Nick Crosswell, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 David Smith.

 

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 Willem Alberts, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Alistair Hargreaves, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 John Smit (captain).

Replacements: 16 Tendai Mtawarira, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Waylon Murray, 22 Odwa Ndungane.

 

Referee: Ian Smith (Australia)
Assistant referees: Kane McBride (New Zealand), Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
TMO: Shane McDermott (New Zealand)

246 Responses to Hurricanes vs Sharks – Game Thread

  • 31

    21
    Yeah , yeah Saintie, thats how it is , the fact is they blew a great chance, that would have moved them from the bottom dwellers league.

  • 32

    First time tackling here has been rubbish..

  • 33

    #29

    The great ones? Amazing what one week and one victory can do, albeit against a bottom of the log team 🙂

  • 34

    Lol,said by the guy who’s team have not been in the Semi Finals since 2004 and have already thought they have won the competition in week 5 of the tournament 🙂

  • 35

    The Saint

    😆

    The Cheetahs were there for the picking and got plucked. The reds are playing good rugby and after some bad play from the Reds they still managed to win.
    Anyways this the reds my team last night won…Brumbies!!

    Next time dont tip against my team!!

  • 36

    With the exception of Goode, this is the best Sharks team that Plumtree could pick. If Ruan was at 10 and Fairydust at 9…I would even have rated them.

  • 37

    35,problem is they Cheetahs have no depth and they have lost 3 very good players and there captain could not play for personal reasons. Does anybody know what these personal reasons were?

  • 38

    33
    just chirping you,
    but imagine the Lions beating the Highlanders yesterday..
    Great ones would be a understatement……

  • 39

    Goode is murder,cant wait for him to go back to England..

  • 40

    The Lions wont win a game this season,no chance..

  • 41

    #34

    I have never declared my team to be the Great ones, never said they were going to win the S14, I chose to remain quietly confident of at least a good showing.

    You can check up on me, I never bragged because I don’t wanna jinx them.

  • 42

    37
    Smith het gister aan Sport24 bevestig sy pa is weens hart- en nierprobleme in ’n ernstige toestand in ’n Bloemfonteinse hospitaal opgeneem.

    “Ons hoop en vertrou net op die Here,” is al wat ’n hartseer Smith per SMS laat weet het.

  • 43

    Morning EVERY-FARKING-BODY…. fark, just SuperBul greeted me back!

  • 44

    Morning everyone.

    DAMN MISSED MOST OF THIS…………….NO POWER THIS WHOLE MORNING IN OUR AREA…….AFRICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Now that I got that off my chest.

    See my sharkies must have scored a try.

    SHAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSSS

  • 45

    43 – GBS, Snap we logged on together. Only we have had no power the whole morning. So finally on now.

  • 46

    more GBS

    Wat is jy so grumpy? PMS?

  • 47

    Saint,I believe in my team.if I dont who will 🙂 Fair enough,but a problem with Stormers supporters is that they have big mouths at the moment,Sharks are out of the Super 14,Bulls have won 5 from 5 and are still not making big statements..

  • 48

    45@ Pama – Hey, no I’ve been on for a while, just nobody has bothered to greet me!

  • 49

    This Goode guy is a clown watch him if he kick a poor kick, it looks like he pulled a muscle, that facial expression. Every time. But never gets off.

  • 50

    Hi Puma,hows it going bud,all is well that ends well,you have power now 🙂

  • 51

    How is young Lambie under that high ball??? AWESOME

  • 52

    Now we need Frans back to play with young Lambie 🙂

  • 53

    #47

    Please refrain your statement to “Some of the Stormer supporters” hehehe

  • 54

    46@ Duiwel – Nee, ek’s heel OK, daa’sie foutie!

    Try Sharks???… No Try…. fark!

  • 55

  • 56

    Damn hell thought that was a try.

  • 57

    54 – GBS, Damn thought that was a try.

  • 58

    Apologies Saint,did not mean to generalise bud 🙂 Its like saying all Bulls supporters have no brains :p

  • 59

    Damn,we wasted a great opportunity..

  • 60

    #52

    I heard rumours that Frans Steyn is already playing with a guy or two…there were allegedly some photos… 😮

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