Chiefs (3) 15 / Sharks (6) 9 (Final Score)
The Chiefs hosted the Sharks at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton at 08:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
In wet conditions it was never going to be champagne rugby and the Chiefs toughed out a hard win by 15 / 9.
Scorers:
Chiefs: 1 Penalty Tim Nanai-Williams, 4 Penalties Mike Delany
Sharks: 3 Penalties Patrick Lambie
Teams:
Chiefs: 15 Tim Nanai-Williams, 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Tana Umaga, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Brendon Leonard, 8 Liam Messam (captain), 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Scott Waldrom, 5 Isaac Ross, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Nathan White, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Ben May.
Replacements: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Sona Taumalolo, 18 Romana Graham, 19 Fritz Lee, 20 Taniela Moa, 21 Mike Delany, 22 Dwayne Sweeney.
Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9. Charl McLeod, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Keegan Daniel, 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 Anton Bresler, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Conrad Hoffmann, 21 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 22 Adrian Jacobs.
Referee: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
Assistant referee: Kane McBride (New Zealand), Nick Briant (New Zealand)
TMO: Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
Sharks with a driving maul from thelineout which followed the penalty
Chiefs hold them up well and the ball gets turned over
Chiefs scrum under huge pressure from the Sharks
@ grootblousmile:
How’s our captain doing at loosehead?
Penalty Sharks, near their own 10m line.
Too much kicking away of quality ball by Lambie… right down the throats of Masaga & Sivivatu…. that MUST stop
34@ Pietman:
Struggled at the 1st couple of scrums, now scrumming well
lambie se geskop op die gevaar manne van die chief gaan backfire.
37@ Piet visagie:
Hello Vis-Ogie… groet jy nie?
Lambie kicks it out, taken back by the Sharks into their 22… Chiefs lineout inside Sharks 22
@ Piet visagie:
Dis wat my worry, daai skoppe na agter…
Chiefs 1m out
Good Sharks defence on their line, Chiefs pressing very hard
hallo grootblousmile. more is dit oorlog op loftus.
Lemoenetyd
Sharks 6 / 3
43@ Piet visagie:
Ja, groot oorlog… ek sal daar wees in die Perslosie
Ek bou net gou ‘n Game Thread vir die volgende wedstryd… nou-nou wer by julle
@ Pietman:18 – Piet so you finally made the champers. Good hope you enjoyed it…hehehe.
Ja, the rain not allowing for a good game here. Plenty handling errors from both sides.
2nd Half on
Penalty Chiefs, on the middle spot
Delany goes for posts.
Over
6 / 6
grootblou smile.al sa span wat in is vir n behoorlike pak slae is die cheetahs.die lions speel beter maar oortuig nog glad nie.
Penalty Sharks on their own 22, they kick for touch… and knock in the lineout
51@ Piet visagie:
Ek dink ook die Cheetahs gaan verloor teen die Waratahs
Penalty Chiefs, kickable… about Sharks 10 m line
Over
Chiefs lead by 9 / 6
Sharks better start making their first time tackles stick.
Penalty Chiefs, 54m out… they go for posts
Short and a bit to the left.
Botes on for Kanko… Kanko has been sub-standard
Proooooooooovince!!
Proooooooooovince!!
Proooooooooovince!!
Ludik throws a badddd pass with a clear overlap from a great turn-over
die bloubul skop nie na die pale nie
die bloubul skop nie na die pale nie
die bloubul skop nie na die pale nie
nou vra jy my nog hoekom ek skree!! 😯
Penalty Sharks, on Chiefs 10m line, middle of the field… Lambie goes for posts
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