Lions (19) 42 / Sharks (6) 16 (Final Score)
The MTN Golden Lions hosted The Sharks at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 17:30 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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The MTN Golden Lions are the Currie Cup champions for 2011.
The MTN Golden Lions was clearly more fired up, from the word go and already led by 19 / 6 at Halftime.
It was after halftime though that they really put foot on the pedal and eventually demolished The Sharks by 26 points, the final score being 42 / 16.
Well done and a hearty congratulations go out to the MTN Golden Lions and their supporters.
Scorers:
Lions:
- Penalties – Elton Jantjies (5), Jaco Taute (1)
- Drop Goals – Elton Jantjies (1)
- Tries – Michael Killian (1), Patric Celliers (1), Jaco taute (1)
- Conversions – Elton Jantjies (3)
Sharks:
- Penalties – Frederic Michalak (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Willem Alberts (1)
- Conversions – Frederic Michalak (1)
Teams:
Lions: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Doppies la Grange, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (captain), 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 CJ van der Linde.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse/JC Janse van Rensburg, 18 Warren Whiteley, 19 Cobus Grobbelaar, 20 Butch James, 21 Dylan Des Fountain, 22 James Kamana.
Sharks: 15 Patrick Lambie, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanché, 12 Marius Joubert, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Conrad Hoffmann, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Keegan Daniel (captain), 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Jean Deysel, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Eugene van Staden, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Marcell Coetzee, 20 Ross Cronjé, 21 Adrian Jacobs, 22 Lwazi Mvovo.
Date: Saturday 29 October
Venue: Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 17:30 SA Time (15:30 GMT)
Expected weather: Not the greatest – a chance of thunderstorms with a 60 percent chance of rain, a high of 22°C, dropping to 15°C.
Referee: Mark Lawrence
Assistant referees: Stefan Breytenbach, Marius Jonker
TMO: Johann Meuwesen
thats it then sal so van tyd tot tyd in loer om die tjarks se mo@re te koer,tot varsity cup 2012 cheers almal was nice,soos altyd
173746 Comments this site has seen since it’s inception…
Maak die Leeus almal bokke, maak die …..
240 @ Scrumdown:
Thanks Scrumdown… you guys help make Rugby-Talk what it is, what it has become.
From my side congrats!
For our Sharks friends… commisserations.
@ Scrumdown:
Enjoy it friend , it was your turn. Celebrate it.
Thanks for the company guys – will check in every now and then to see who’s about, otherwise see you all at the cricket/7’s/Baba’s match
Cheers for now
246 @ Just For Kicks:
Hey, nobody leaves the site… there’s plenty of talk left in us this year!
Yes me out too, i sound like a Lion today. Congratulated every Lion supporter and now it is Cricket tests to keep me busy.
I must say one last thing
ELTON you are a STAR
There’s a number of things to look forward to…
The SA Player Awards on 3 November
The various discussions about the 2011 Rugby season
Cricket
The Barbarians match on 26 November
Northern Hemisphere rugby (tonight there are 2 matches but we’ll give them a skip)
The IRB Sevens tournament in Port Elizabeth
Player Movement News
The start of Super Rugby preparations… very soon
…and the rest we’ll make up as they come…
@ grootblousmile:
Hey ou Webbie, ons het darem al n ver pad geloop op hierdie site. Moet se vandag was heel lekker al het my Blou span se kalwers net gespeel. Maar die Leeus was regtig vasbeslote an verdiende wenners
nou tjaaila ek vir vanaand
As a neutral for the match, maybe it would be good to give my opinion about some players who were not on form at all today.
I thought that JP Pietersen was ordinary.
Frederic Michalak was ordinary and it might have been good to move Lambie to flyhalf early in the game.
Beast was blown often for scrum penalties.
Skeate was nowhere.
Hoffmann was far below ordinary… maybe a lot of the Sharks backline woes can be ascribed to him.
Sharks midfield was just terrible.
Odwa Ndungane looked old and slow.
The Sharks lineout misfired worse than an old Zephur!
Beware of hailing the Lions players as “Sudden Bokke” but credit has to go to a number of players…
The Lions loosies and loosie subs were superb.
Bondesio’s service was crisp and he made no mistakes.
Jantjies was in bloody good form.
Hollenbach and Doppies controlled the midfield.
Killian was electric.
Taute is a man who must be very close to Bok contention.
Above all, there was unbridled passion and guts from the Lions, who with a great coach has become quite a team with awesome defence.
I thought in the Sharks outfit that Bismarck du Plessis tried very hard, so too Jannie du Plessis, Jean Deysel, Willem alberts… even Kankowski. Lambie was inventive, but had very little backline support.
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On the back of that Lions victory, there are a number of players who can be looking at bok spots in the near future
255 @ Just For Kicks:
Looking at this game… as well as the past season, SA player stocks are not bad at all.
Fullbacks: Jaco Taute, Pat Lambie, Riaan Viljoen
Right wings: Michael Killian, JJ Engelbrecht, JP Pietersen
Outside centers: Jaque Fourie, Juan de Jongh, Johann Sadie, Doppies le Roux, Robert Ebersohn
Inside Centers: Francois Steyn, Jean de Villiers, Alwyn Hollenbach, Francois Venter
Left Wings: Bryan Habana, Lwazi Mvovo, Sibusiso Sithole
Flyhalves: Morné Steyn, Pat Lambie, Elton Jantjies, Johan Goosen
Scrumhalves: Francois Hougaard, Charl McLeod, Dewaldt Duvenage, Michael Bondesio, Sarel Pretorius, Jano Vermaak
No 8: Josh Strauss, Pierre Spies, Duane Vermeulen, Ashley Johnson, CJ Stander, Ryan Kankowski, Willem Alberts
Blindside Flanks: Juan Smith, Willem alberts, Josh Strauss, Michael Rhodes, Arno Botha, Kolisi, Ashley Johnson, Dewald Potgieter, Jacques Potgieter, Jean Deysel
Openside Flanks: Heinrich Brussow, Schalk Burger, Derick Minnie, Keegan Daniel
No 5 Locks: Andries Bekker, Juandre Kruger
No 4 Lock: Flip van der Merwe, Gerhard Mostert, Rynhard Elstadt
Tighthead Prop: Jannie Du Plessis, Werner Kruger, WP Nel, Pat Celliers
Hooker: Bismarck du Plessis, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Adriaan Strauss, Bandise Maku, Tiaan Liebenberg
Loosehead Prop: Beast Mtawarira, CJ van der Linde, Coenie Oosthuizen, Dean Greyling
A decent coach can pick one hell of a side and mesh them into a monster Springbok side!
Positions where I would like some prospective Bokke to stick up their hands for future honours, or to add depth to meagre stocks are:
Right wing
Left Wing
No 5 Lock – a name for the future might be Eben Etsebeth, the upcoming young WP man
No 4 Lock
Tighthead Prop
Congratualtions to the Lions supporters, you deserve this one.
I loved the statement Doppies le Grange made after the match.
“John Mitchell took a bunch of ordinary guys and made them do extra-ordinary things”
Well done Lions.
To the Lions supporters here. Congrats to all the Lions supporters here. Well done to your Lions on beating my team. Enjoy the celebrations.
Was great to see a full Ellis Park again. Very good for South African rugby to have a good Lions team again.
@ grootblousmile:256 – Agree gbs. Sharks should have moved Lambie to fh or rather have started with him there. Odwa would have been safe at fb.
Hope to see Lambie starting at fh for Sharks next year.
256@ grootblousmile:
I hope that I never see CJ Van der Linde, Dean Greyling, Werner Kruger, Keegan Daniel, Pierre Spies, Ryan Kankowski, Charl Mcleod and Morne Steyn weraing the Green and Gold of the Springboks again.
@ Loosehead:
Huh
262@ superBul:
Hoe meen jy huh?
@ Loosehead:
Gooi jy sommer almal weg. Deur te se nooit?
Daai groot Shark voorry het nie juis beindruk teen die powder puff boys nie. So komaan Dean en Werner werk harder en vat daai plekke. Selfde geld vir seker vir Spies ook, hy het nou heel agter geraak, maar dink jy nie hy kan ook weer sy gat in rat kry nie? So kan ek seker vir almal wat jy daar genoem het se.
264@ superBul:
Greyling en Kruger was altwee hond sleg in die 3N, ons het beter stutte. Spies se tyd is verby, wanneer laas het hy rerig ‘n goeie game gespeel? Hy was ‘n bietjie beter as normall in party van die WB games, maar was nogsteeds sleg. Weereens het ons beter #8’s in die land.
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