The third and final game of the first round takes place at a wet and wild Newlands.
Both teams are unrecognisable after Bok call-ups and injuries have completely decimated the outfits that took part in the Super Rugby semi-final at this same venue just two weeks ago. WP will be keen to extract a measure of revenge for the humiliation the Sharks dealt them that day, but will they have the team to do it today? The Sharks look stronger on paper, but they’ve been through a fair amount over the last few weeks and may not be quite as up for this game as they should be.
Kick-off is at 19h10.
Western Province: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 JP du Plessis, 12 Marcel Brache, 11 Gio Aplon, 10 Burton Francis, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Jebb Sinclair, 7 Tyrone Holmes, 6 Deon Fourie (capt), 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Don Armand, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Deon Carstens.
Substitutes: 16 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 17 Brok Harris, 18 JC Kritzinger, 19 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Gary van Aswegen, 22 Damian de Allende.
Sharks: 15 Gouws Prinsloo, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Sbura Sithole, 10 Riaan Viljoen, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Tera Mtembu, 7 Jean Deysel (capt), 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Jandre Marais, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Dale Chadwick
Substitutes: 16 Monde Hadebe, 17 Julian Redelinghuys, 18 Peet Marais, 19 Francois Kleinhans, 20 Conrad Hoffmann, 21 Marius Joubert, 22 Rosco Speckman
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Go Sharks!!!!!!!!
Go Province!
But may the best team win.
Big Game for Jordaan vs Du Plessis….Big game for the youngsters…Go SHarks…and Terra is going to eat Sinclear…and Watch Gouws Prinsloo!!!
Kick off!!!
Anyone giving updates?
Penalty for Joe. Slotted. Province 3-0 up.
Another penalty. Province 6-0 up.
Hows the game? 6 – 0 WP doesnt sound promising
Ill dicipline costing us!!
Try Province. 13-0 up.
Bout 20min in?
13- 0?? Thats even worse
@Leviathan (Comment 10) : Stop the press! WP scored a try!
Liebenberg was in my FL squad for a minute and then got traded
So Rob has his answers – Viljoen and Burden both showing why they never start games or hold down places.
Sarks are poor so far
Come on Sharkies!!!
@KILLER SHARK (Comment 16) : As is the commentary here
13 – 3. Bosman with a long range penalty
http://cricfree.tv/setanta-canada-live-stream.php
Flourens cost reinach a brilliant try!!!!
Half time 13-3.
@Pablo Dinero (Comment 20) : For those who want to watch…
wow – this ref may as well be wearing a hooped jersey. Never seen such a biased display of officious KAK in my life.
@KILLER SHARK (Comment 16) : must be the jetlag.
Reinach and Botes great Chadwick and Sykes giving away 2 penalies each Lourens biased so we need to play a lot better to have a shot!
22 – 16 in favour of the sharks for those who want to know
Thank you for the updates!! How much time left?
Botes you @@@@@@@!!
@Argex (Comment 28) : Sharks 22 – WP 21, conversion to come. 10 mins left, sharks down to 14
Make that Sharks 22 – 23 WP.
Sharks 25 – 23 WP. Viljoen DG
WP to get a penalty shot 5 mins left
missed… Botes back on
6 tries
30 kicks
This ref does not know the definition of holding
Final minute.. Wp in their half..
Sorry WP
2 in a row at Newlands …. WooHoo
Sjoe!! Well done boys!!
Sharks win!!!
Nice guts by the boys there! And didn’t I have to eat my rash words – HUGE games by Viljoen and Burden!!!
Well done to all the boys.
En daar wen die Sharks weer vir W.P. Nie eers die swak referee kon hulle helpie !!! Province die Currie Beker kom NOOIT weer !!!
Cobus Reinach looks like quite a find at scrumhalf … playing behind a pack going backwards tonight. Looked solid … unlucky to be penlised for an offside – looked like a great intercept
Scrums were a bore .. mainly due to the 30 sec touch … pause ….reset
Well done Sharkies.
@Big Fish (Comment 15) : and Burden got MOTM. Must have had a MUCH improved second half.
@byron (Comment 39) :
3 out of 4 in 12 months…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 47) : What are you doing here? Plum is taking a break. He’s not being removed from the coaching position!