Lions (20) 30 / Sharks (9) 30 (Final Score)
The MTN Lions hosted the Sharks at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 16:05 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.
In a humdinger of a match the MTN Lions and the Sharks drew 30 / 30 but it took a momentous effort for the Sharks to pull back a 21-point deficit and they managed to pull 14 of those points back whilst Butch james was off in the sin bin, yellow carded for a head high flying tackle on Keegan Daniel.
Scorers:
Lions: 3 Penalties & 3 Conversions Butch James, 2 Tries Cobus Grobbelaar, 1 Try Jano Vermaak
Sharks: 3 Penalties & 3 Conversions & 1 Try Patrick Lambie, 1 Try JP Pietersen, 1 Try Lwazi Mvovo
Teams:
Lions: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Dylan Des Fountain, 13 Doppies la Grange (captain), 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Deon van Rensburg, 10 Butch James, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 David de Villiers/David Bulbring, 19 Warren Whiteley, 20 Michael Bondesio, 21 Elton Jantjies, 22 Michael Killian.
Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Keegan Daniel, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Gerhard Mostert, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Eugene van Staden, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Marcell Coetzee, 20 Frederic Michalak, 21 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 22 Adrian Jacobs.
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant referees: Jason Jafta, Johan Greeff
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee
ek laaaaaaaaaik wat hier aangaan whaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
Lions ripping the sharks a new butt hole!
Lions 30 / 9
James has his kicking boots on as well.
Mitchell won’t know what to do with himself for the next month!
I am gob-smacked
@ grootblousmile:
What about the Sharks having to change their attack to protect Lambie from the defensive pressure of James? What about is distribution to the backline?
And is this the same pack of forwards thats been USELESS this year?
Im sorry, Elton has potentail, but compared to the other plonkers the Lions has at 10, how can James NOT have an effect on them?
Funny how the Lions have gone on a semi winning streak since he has arrived? hehehehe… coincidence?
(Yes, the Sharks are pretty shitty, but so have the Lions been for 3 years)
@ Scrumdown:
hahahaha, mud island.
Another penalty, another drive over the line and again Butch does the rest.
Butch or Steyn? Mmm, let me think…..
30 minutes to go… a lot of water to flow into the sea still
@ grootblousmile:
I think we all are a bit gob smacked. WTH! GREAT performance by the whole Lions team (and Butchie, hehehe)
@ Cheetah4eva:
dis nie ons styl nie ons trap hom met n hilux,nee ek het gehoor hy is onttrek oor sy swak blaasery
96@ Greenpoint-Gunner:
The Lions haven’t been shitty for 3 years. More like 10!
Penalty to the Sharks, kickble…
What do the Sharks do now?
They kick for touch
The Sharks ringing the changes
Try Skapie…
Things suddenly look a lot better, with Adi on, Michalak on, Bissie on!
moenie gaan le nie leeus vreet hierie gupie scummmmmmm!!!!!
Lions 30 / 16
Sharks have made 6 changes.
All they need now is a couple of injuries!
14 points in it… 25 min left
Whiteley on for Baywatch
Well I had the Tjarkies by 5 on Superbru.
Looks like my own team would like to shaft me!
mmm, I wonder if te Lions wont just implode in the last 20 again? Anyway, from an SA point of view I hope the Sharks win. But from a sh*ts and giggles point of view, I hope the Lions pulls this through.
Hollenbach injued, that’s not good news for the Lions midfield now….
Lions need to be the next team to score.
Hollenbach injured.
Hollenbach is up… looks like he will be OK
110@ Scrumdown:
Now thats what you get for turning your back on your team 🙂 nah you may still be right scrumdown still a fair amount of time left, am surprised to see this score
@ Scrumdown:
hahaha, yip, thats right. I think the last three has just been more, uuum, ok, lets just leave it.
C’mon Lions, does it for Mitchelle
Penalty Lions on about halfway, they kick for touch
115@ Bullscot:
Stopped guessing with my heart WEEKS ago, and that’s when the Lions started playing a bit of Rugby!
Head high tackle by Butch… yellow card… it was on Keegan Daniel
and you guys thought that james wasn’t his old self 😉
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