Force (9) 12 / Sharks (19) 39 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Sharks at NIB Stadium, Perth at 13:05 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.
The Sharks won well and convincingly but the attrition rate was also high with Odwa Ndungane spear-tackled and taken to hospital. Also looked like Willem Alberts was carrying an injury.
Bonus point in the bag for the Sharks on a very important away win.
Scorers:
Western Force: 4 Penalties James O’Connor
Sharks: 4 Conversions & 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Patrick Lambie, 1 Try Odwa Ndungane, 1 Try Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Try Steven Sykes, 1 Try Willem Alberts
Teams:
Western Force: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Nick Cummins, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Gene Fairbanks, 11 David Smith, 10 James O’Connor, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Ben McCalman, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Ben Whittaker, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Sam Wykes, 19 Tevita Metuisela, 20 James Stannard, 21 Alfie Mafi, 22 Rory Sidey.
The Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche (captain), 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 JP Pietersen, 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 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 John Smit, 18 Anton Bresler, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Conrad Hoffmann, 21 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 22 Lwazi Mvovo.
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Andrew Lees (Australia)
TMO: Julian Pritchard (Australia)
Good luck Sharks. Just looking at the weather in Perth. Damn hot there, but this is a night game so will be cooler. The wind does pick up quite a bit there in the afternoon. Should not be a bother though.
Hope we can get a win, even if it is by one point.
GO SHARKS
Cheers everyone, won’t blog during the game. Off with a few mates now to the club/pub to watch. Catch up later.
GO SHARKS.
Goooo Sharks!
Damn, spit-spit…. that was hard to say…. I feel dirty….. hehehe
@ grootblousmile:
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHARKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Come on sharks let us make it 3 SA wins from now on, you do the first round, round 2 is already in the bag and then the Bulls will try and make it a full house.
Arnold Geerts is now getting too old for this young game. 😀 Wonder if there is life long contracts with Supersport. He is almost as old as Riaan Cruywagen by now.
Sri Lanka batting at a low run-rate… only 97 / 3 now after 21.5 overs
I picked the Ozzmob to win by 18 or 3 wickets… so far so good
@ grootblousmile:
Last 5 ovs 19/0 RR 3.8
OK, players running out
Game ON!
Nice steal by the Sharks
Not in straight from Sheehan into the 1st scrum… Sharks free kick
Penalty Sharks on Force 10m line at the 2nd scrum… Sheehan offside
Lambie misses as he shanks the ball to the left… too much swing in his kicking trajectory again.
Penalty Force on about halfway
Inman dislocates his elbow… damn that looks sore!
James O’Connor slots the penalty
O’Connor 1 / Lambie 0
Force 3 / 0
Tryyyyyyyyyyy Oddone!
Well done man!
10 The Force looking strong but a fumble lets Odwa Ndungane in and he picks up and runs in a try for the Sharks
Sharks 7 / 3 as Lambie manages the conversion.
David Pockock also off the field injured
Sharks watching O’Connor like a hawk
Not straight into the lineout by the Force, Sharks scrum
Penalty Sharks on their own 10m line
Scrum Force after a good attack by the Sharks
Tight head Sharks… goodie
Foul play by the Force and almost handbags flying..
Bad spear tackle
RED card
Red Card for Sidey.
Oddwa is deriously injured, looks like a stretcher for him
17 Sidey – red card
Oddwa off on a stretcher.
Suppose Mvovo will come on and JP Pietersen will move to right wing… yes
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