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)
TMO
Bissie?
Try awarded to Bissie!!
Sharks 14 / 3
The sharks put it out and drive it up to the line and maul it over to score a try, Bismarck du Plessis taking this one for the sharks!
22 Sharks continue to keep the force in there half and break the force line but the offload ends up in a knock on and the force have a go and looking strong even though a man down
Penalty Force, about 35m out
O’Connor slots it again
Sharks 14 / 6
24 a Knock on allows the force to have another go and the force win a penalty as Mvovo attempts a trip on a force player!
O’Connor makes an excellent break.
Penalty Force… once again kickable
14-9
James O’Connor has a go for the 3 points and makes sure of it!
James O’Connor kicks it with ease.
Sharks 14 / 9
Sharks is keeping the Force in the game with a lot of mistakes
Alberts makes a hash of a kick catch…. ball goes out… Force throw
Sharks scrum now after a skew Force lineout throw
Sri Lanka 146/3 (32.5 ov)
Good game both sides.
Strong Sharks scrums.
Try Steven Sykes!!
TRY Sykes
Flok ons twee Bulle gaan hier tekere oor n Sharks game met geen Shark in sig nie.
Sharks 19 / 9 as lambie kicks the worst conversion attempt in a very long time in rugby
3 tries down, 1 to go
Penalty Force on Halfway… offside
James O’Connor misses this one but it was far out.
Lemoenetyd
38 now with the Force, a kick goes to the Sharks who run it up only to be turned over and win a penalty. Sharks discipline will be a main concern in the change rooms
I want the Sharks to win, but the question is whether I want them to get the bonus point for tries…. well, I suppose they’ll get it anyway.
2nd half on
We must get our own bonus points HAHAHA, the Sharks job is now to prevent the Force from taking a point
Sri Lanka 146/3 (32.5 ov)
Australia
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
Match delayed by rain
Lambie lands a penalty which just goes in off the post
Sharks 22 / 9
42 The Sharks start the second half and the force have a go the Sharks win a penalty as the Force caught for diving in at the ruck!
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