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)
Almost a try for Mvovo… last pass forward
Great scrum by the Sharks , demolished the Force
Penalty Force, McLeod offside at the scrum… relieving kick
@ grootblousmile:
45 the force defense taking a couple knocks. The force win a scrum the sharks win it and have a go and go wide and Mvovo runs it in but recieved a forward pass
Not straight into the lineout by Bissie, Force scrum
Maybe 3rd time lucky by Mvovo
Penalty Force.. straight in front
Sharks 22 / 12
52 Force scrum and make a run but struggling to make ground they put it up and mvovo collects and makes a run for a try but once again the reff calls them back as the beast was offside
Maybe 3rd time lucky by Mvovo,
10 point swing
Fark, kak handling by the Sharks… come on man, concentrate!
54 O’Connor has a shot at the posts and makes sure of this PENALTY
JP Pietersen off, seriously injured, Jacques-Louis Potgieter on
Sharks squandering chances left right and centre
Sharks offside, penalty… easy one
Force goes for touch, lineout 5m out
Sharks escape….
Penalty Sharks…. now be clever, slow it down and kick for touch, then drive….
59 The force with it but a fumble allows the Sharks to knock it downfield and the Force collect and boots the ball into the Sharks 22 and the Sharks return!
57 Force at the wheel again and metres away from the line and the Sharks defending like demons and the reff calls it back as the Sharks were off side!
Alberts down injured… he has’nt been feeling OK for a while now
Damn, the Sharks lineout goes awry… but the Sharks get another penalty.
Sadly the Sharks is paying a heavy prize with all the injuries.
Force offside again… another penalty
Lineout 5m out
They drive well… Force penalised again… card time??
Force steals the lineout
Come on ref, it should be a penalty against 3 Force… hand on the ground at the scrum
5m scrum for the Sharks
Strong Sharks scrum, Force pops it up… scrum again
Kanko en Spies sal nuwe truuks moet leer
Offside by Force…. when is it card time?
63 The Sharks win a penalty as the Force go off there feet at the ruck. Lambie puts it out and the Sharks win another penalty as the Force werent 15m from the lineout!
67 The Sharks win a scrum infront of the Force line after being called back for a knock on! The Sharks go for the push over and the Force are force up! Sharks using the forwards then go wide but a the Force are penalised for being offside!
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