Sharks (9) 30 / Reds (14) 28 (Final Score)

The Sharks hosted the Reds at ABSA Stadium, Durban at 17:05 SA Time. This is the match Thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Sharks won a nail-biter 30 / 28, not scoring 4 tries in the process but allowing the Reds to score 4 tries.

Scores:

Sharks: 3 Penalties & 3 Conversions Ruan Pienaar, 1 Try Odwa Ndungane, 1 Try Jacques Botes, 1 Try JP Pietersen

Reds: 4 Conversions & 1 Try Quade Cooper, 2 Tries Will Chambers, 1 Try Greg Holmes

 

Teams:

The Sharks: 15 Patrick Lambie, 4 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 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 Craig Burden, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Andries Strauss, 22 Lwazi Mvovo.

Reds: 15 Peter Hynes, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Will Chambers, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Jake Schatz, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Van Humphries, 4 Adam Byrnes, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Sean Hardman, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 Saia Faingaa, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Jack Kennedy, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Leroy Houston, 21 Ben Lucas, 22 Rod Davies.

Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Vinny Munro (New Zealand), Marc van Zyl (South Africa)
TMO: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)

320 Responses to Sharks vs Reds – Game Thread

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  • 151

    Sharks need to think of a better game plan at half time..

  • 152

    At least the Shark Tank looks full…..

  • 153

    144: naand Pietman, wat sê jy van die Bulle se wedstryd van vanoggend, het jy gekyk ?

  • 154

    Bennie de Boekwurm
    Ja, vanoggend vinnig daar by pa op Swellendam gekyk, ek was op die pad Robertson toe, maar ek het voor die einde maar gery.
    Bulle was hondkuk, nes WP.

  • 155

    Sharks hae only had 31% possession… that is not nearly enough!

  • 156

    I know you may not be interested but Cambridge just won the boat race!!

    Just bringing some intenational sporting flavour to RT this afternoon!! 😆

    Well it is the interval!! What is everybody drinking?

  • 157

    Shit weather in Cape Town.

  • 158

    Btw, what are the Durbanites gonna do with that moosa stadium next to KinGS Park……looks like another white elephant to me.
    It is probably going to be empty most of the time, like the Independence Stadium im Mbatho, not to mention all those stadia in S-Korea built for the 2002 WC, never to be used again, except for music festivals.

  • 159

    Right Sharks i am back from work, let this 130kg unfit Bull help you push them back down under.
    Go Shaaaaaaarkssssssssss

  • 160

    159 – Sharks need to wake quick in the 2nd half. Otherwise I see a whitewash of all saffa sides this weekend.

  • 161

    Sharks need to commit one more player to the breakdown at every ruck and drive over the ball. These Reds are way too loose around the fringes and are being allowed to get away with playing and scrapping from there. Suck them in and make them work for their possession.

  • 162

    Eishhhhh, would just 1 farking SA Team make it easy for us… sometime soon!

  • 163

    . . . and this easter toothache has woken me up at 1 am in the morning, just so I can watch the Sharks game.

  • 164

    155: probleem van al ons spanne die naweek, nie genoeg balbesit nie, en as ons dit kry … skop ons dit weg. Spanne soos Reds en Blues behou besit geduldig, een fase na die ander, dan lei dit tot strafskop of drie.

  • 165

    Kankowski’s finger is broken.

  • 166

    G’day OldQua, good game this.

  • 167

    Skop, flokken skop, flokken skop…

    Besit Sharks… kry dit en hou dit…. donner man.

    Al die simpel SA spanne het dieselfde siekte….

  • 168

    Is that a try?

  • 169

    Oi…. try from a forward pass… Will Chambers again.

  • 170

    Cooper cutting Sharks to pieces…

  • 171

    164; afskop het nou net my punt bewys, 2 maal skop RP, en die spel eindig met Reds wat warm aanval, en Sharks wat moet verdedig, verdedig, verdedig.

  • 172

    Try awarded……oh dear.

  • 173

    Thought that was a forward pass by Cooper???? Well try given.

    Reds are all over us.

  • 174

    Replace Goode now… bring Kokkerot on at 9, move Ruan to 10…. kakker it cannot go.

  • 176

    Pietman @ 166 -g’day old mate. Another try to reds; looks like a good match, Hope you’re well?

  • 177

    169 – GBS, That what I thought it was a forward pass. The ref not up to it again. Thought this ref was better than most but missed that.

  • 178

    Pienaar misses…

    Nee flok, as ek ‘n sagte fokkertjie was het ek my flokken polse afgekou!

  • 179

    GBS/bdb
    Pointless kicking sickness setting into all SA teams, shitty gameplans obviously….

  • 180

    Eish, hier kom ‘n bonuspunt wen vir Reds, en hul gaan hierna nog Ellispark toe ook !

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