Golden Lions (6) 26 / 18 (3) Cell C Sharks (Final Score)
The Cell C Sharks and Xerox Golden Lions did battle in the ABSA Currie Cup at
Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg at 14:15 SA Time (12:15 GMT).
This was the live match discussion article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 2 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Golden Lions:
- Penalties – Marnitz Boshoff (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Lourens Erasmus (1), Courtnall Skosaan (1)
- Conversions – Marnitz Boshoff (2)
Sharks:
- Penalties – Joe Pietersen (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Joe Pietersen (1), Francois Kleinhans (1)
- Conversions – Joe Pietersen (1)
Teams:
Xerox Golden Lions |
Cell C Sharks |
| 19 September at 14:15 SA Time | |
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Game On.
Boshoff clears from deep.
Forward pass by the Sharks.
Lions scrum.
Lions running it early on.
Poor drop attempt be Boshoff.
Game being played at a high pace by the home side.
Lions loose the pill on the ground.
And then Erasmus strips it for the Lions.
Helter skelter stuff.
Hannekom knocks it 5m from the Sharks line after a clever Mnisi grubber.
Defensive Sharks scrum.
Redelinghuys’ feet slip.
Reset.
Sharks clear but miss touch, and Combrink puts it out 3 m from the Sharls tryline.
Marx strips it again in the maul & Cronje makes 25m before being caught and the Lions eventually knock on the Sharks line again.
Not enough patience from the home side.
FFS the Lions are making too many silly errors.
Sharks break out then get nabbed for holding on.
Lions kick it out for a line out on the Sharks 22.
Lions drive from the line.
Penalty advantage.
10m out.
Boshoff breaks the line but the ref’ adjusts the pass from Mnisi to be forwards.
Back for the penalty.
TMO for possible punch by the Sharks.
Nothing in it. More of a slap than anything.
Sanity prevails.
I must say this young ref’ (Jaco vd Westhuizen) seems to get better every week and handles the games very sensibly.
Lions go for the corner with the penalty.
5m line out.
And they lose it!
And then give a penalty away!
Great steal by Wentzel.
Sharks for poles from 47m out, 5m in from the far touch line.
Pietersen misses right.
Reinach with a skew put in and the AR makes the call.
Lions scrum on the Sharks 10m line centre field.
Flip, Mnisi sells Hanekom a hospital pass.
Game still scoreless after 25 minutes.
Kickable Lions penalty at scrum time.
Boshoff for poles.
Over.
Lions 3 / 0 Sharks
Ref’ decided Skosaan knocks.
Looks harsh.
Sharks scrum in Lions 22.
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