Saracens (20) 23 / 15 (3) Sharks (Final Score)
Saracens and the South African Cell C Sharks did battle in a friendly match which doubles up as a warm-up
game in preparation of Super Rugby, at Allianz Stadium, London at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
*******************
Scorers:
Saracens:
- Penalties – Charlie Hodgson (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – David Strettle (1), Charlie Hodgson (1)
- Conversions – Charlie Hodgson (2)
Sharks:
- Penalties – Tim Swiel (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Andre Esterhuizen (1), Heimar Williams (1)
- Conversions – Tim Swiel (1)
Teams:
Saracens: 15 Chris Wyles; 14 James Short, 13 Michael Tagicakibau, 12 Marcelo Bosch, 11 David Strettle; 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Ernst Joubert 7 Jacques Burger, 6 Justin Melck, 5 Mouritz Botha, 4 Steve Borthwick (Captain), 3 Matt Stevens, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Richard Barrington
Replacements: 16 Scott Spurling, 17 Nick Auterac, 18 Petrus Du Plessis, 19 Tom Jubb, 20 Takashi Kikutani, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Sam Stanley.
Sharks: 15 Tyler Fisher, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Willem Alberts, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Tera Mtembu, 5 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis (Captain), 1 Tendai Mtawarira
Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Dale Chadwick, 18 Lourens Adriaanse, 19 Stephan Lewies, 20 Jacques Botes, 21 Charl McLeod, 22 Heimar Williams, 23 Jaco van Tonder.
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth (England)
Assistant Referees: Matthew Carley (England), Gareth Copsey (England)
TMO: Sean Davey (England)
Timekeeper: David Hudson (England)
Nice kick by Charlie thought it was going wide
Saracens lead 23-15 after 69 minutes.
Well worked couple of tries earlier, was impressive bit of play by Mtembu that helped set up one of them
Saracens penalty. Sharks playing ball on the ground.
@ Loosehead:Balvinnie, Ardbeg, Bowmore, Monkey Shoulder some of the last tasting
Sharks clear directly into touch. Saracens line-out inside Sharks 22.
Sharks knocks on on own try line. Saracens scrum on Sharks 5 meter.
For a team that have a season behind them, their passing skills are way below par today
Just For Kicks wrote:
Bliksem donner!
Sharks turn over possession by McLeod.
Saracens on the attack. Play on Sharks 10 meter line.
Sharks clear from own 22. Saracens line-out just outside Sharks 22 meter.
21-17 to the Kings.
Sharks kicks out on the full. Saracens line-out on half way.
Couple of nice little runs by Duncan Taylor, Scott Johnson will be hoping he comes out of this unscathed ahead of 6 Nations, can’t understand why Saracens are playing him today, they must have been in discussion with SRU as Kelly Brown is not playing.
133 @ Loosehead:
Is that final score Loosehead?
Ball into touch. Sharks line-out on Saracens 10 meter.
Sharks lose ball forward. Game over.
I’m not sure how much good this match will have done for the Sharks, as they are unlikely to encounter weather like this again. At least they have had a good run out, but need a few match practices in the dry, I think!
Final score. Saracens beat the Sharks by 23-15.
@ Loosehead: When you come over for the World Cup with the other RT lads, we’ll have to put a couple of whisky tastings together!!
Looks like the rain arrived and made handling bit harder later in the game. Sharks have quite a bit to go and work on before Super rugby starts. Major concern will be the injury to Lwazi Mvovo.
139 @ Just For Kicks:
They may have to play in the rain in New Zealand, don’t know how many games they have there, also remember as the tournament starts so early in the year they could also catch good old Highveld thunderstorms.
Cheers all, till next time
Cheers guys. See you all later.
Cheers all, been nice to ‘chat’ a bit during live game, thanks Timothy for hosting
The 2 Yellow Cards and weak scrums and Cobus Reinach cost the Sharkz the game.
I was impressed with Esterhuizen.
Bullscot wrote:
No, final score is
Kings 21 Cheetahs 36!
Just For Kicks wrote:
Nou praat jy!
@ Loosehead:
#148 You will be relieved then Loosehead but don’t worry it was only a warm up game
Users Online
Total 99 users including 0 member, 99 guests, 0 bot online
Most users ever online were 3735, on 31 August 2022 @ 6:23 pm
No Counter as from 31 October 2009: 41,455,359 Page Impressions
_