Crusaders (34) 44 / Sharks (18) 28 (Final Score)
The Crusaders and the Sharks did battle in a game “Hosted” by the Crusaders at Twickenham, London, England at 17:00 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
What a game!
Scintilating rugby, game of all time in the History of Super Rugby!
5 Tries by the Crusaders, 4 tries by the Sharks.
Scorers:
Crusaders: 3 Penalties & 5 Conversions & 1 Try Dan Carter, 2 Tries Sean Maitland, 1 Try Israel Dagg, 1 Try Zac Guildford
Sharks: 1 Conversion & 2 Penalties & 1 Try Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 1 Try Willem Alberts, 1 Try Alistair Hargreaves, 1 Try Odwa Ndungane
Teams:
Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Chris Jack, 19 Jonathan Poff, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Matt Berquist, 22 Adam Whitelock.
Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 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 Eugene van Staden, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 Gerhard Mostert, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Conrad Hoffmann, 21 Adrian Jacobs, 22 JP Pietersen.
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Stuart Terheege (England)
TMO: Dave Pearson (England)
Try Sean Maitland
Saders 13 / 7
Try Carter… so easy
Classy tries by the Saders, ouens. Seem to be able to pierce the Sharks midfield with alarming regularity.
Saders 20 / 7
34@ fender:
Sony Bill Williams is a MASTER in midfield
Penalty Sharks, on Saders 10m line, J-L Potgieter goes for posts
Saders 20 / 10
Pot-Louie Jacquegieter nails one..
Saders are looking ominous…. all over the park
Try Israel Dagg
Crusaders just way too clever at the moment…
Phweeeew…. gonna be a long day for the Sharks
Saders 27 / 10
Eishhhhhhhhhhhh, bonus point try for Guildford
Saders 34 / 10
Try Jacques-Louis Potgieter
Saders 34 / 15
Pot-Louis goes in but his kick doesn’t go over.
Dan Carter and Sonny Bill Williams is a letal combination to spark Saders running
Penalty Sharks, kickable… yeah go for posts
ek het gedink die shark gaan sukkel maar die vertooning is swak..die shark senters is crap!
Over
Saders 34 / 18
Lemoenetyd
Champagne Rugby by the Southern Hemisphere in the Northern Hemisphere.
Wonder what those Bleekbene thinks about the Super Rugby Series now… when their rugby is usually not even this exciting over a whole 80 minutes
Sjoe, what a first half – can they keep it up in the second?
I was wondering how many people would attend a Heineken Cup game at Loftus…..
2nd Half On!
Penalty Saders
Saders 37 / 18
Try Sharks??
Hargreaves
TMO
ek dink die vodacom cup is beter as die heineken cup.
Try Aawarded
Odawa Ndungane scores
Saders 37 / 28
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