The Sharks travel to the Kanyamazane Stadium near Nelspruit this evening to face the Pumas in a Super Rugby warm-up game.
That match will not be televised, but our man on the scene, GWest, should be able to update us if the signal holds out.
Kick-off is at 7pm South African time.
In a late change to the team, we’re informed that Marcell Coetzee will start at eighthman in place of Tera Mtembu.
Pumas: 15 Carl Bezuidenhout, 14 Deon Scholtz, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Dewald Pretorius, 11 Rosco Speckman, 10 Tiaan Marx, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Doppies le Roux, 7 RW Kember, 6 Uzair Cassiem, 5 Eduan van der Walt, 4 Rudi Mathee, 3 Ivann Espag, 2 Jacques Momberg, 1 Vincent Koch.
Replacements: 16 Frank Hearne, 17 Drew van Coller, 18 De Jay Terblanche, 19 Corné Fourie, 20 Boela Serfontein, 21 Yaya Hartzenberg, 22 Reynier van Rooyen, 23 Coenie van Wyk, 24 Danwel Demas.
Sharks:15. Louis Ludik, 14. JP Pietersen, 13. Paul Jordaan, 12. Francois Steyn (Capt), 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Cobus Reinach, 8. Marcell Coetzee, 7. Jean Deysel, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 4. Anton Bresler, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Craig Burden, 1. Tendai Mtawarira
Replacements: 16. Kyle Cooper, 17. Allan Dell, 18. Wiehahn Herbst, 19. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 20. Lubabalo Mtembu, 21. Charl McLeod, 22. Meyer Bosman, 23. Odwa Ndungane, 24. Riaan Viljoen
Hope jordaan combines with steyn and score a few tries
Hey guys, im on the bus waiting to leave to the stadium
Nice Marcell acrually playing in his prefered position.I’d like to see what he can do at 8.
@juba_fan (Comment 3) : i will try and report on that for ya
@G West (Comment 2) : woot woot! Hope you get back alive
gmmm – either G got lost or he doesn’t have signal…
And we have game on
Sharks try
oh awesome!
Lambie misses conversion 5-0 to the Sharks
Try Sharks! Coetzee
Lambie converts 12-0
Sorry there is no clock or score board here
Second try was scored by botes not Coetzee
first try Ludik, second try Botes.
Yellow for JP, high tackle
G west – u cannot make these mistakes with me! LOL
Lots of penalties sofar
Try pumas
Conversion is good 12-7
JP back on
Try Sharks, from a driving maul. Botes scored. Lambie convers 19-7
@G West (Comment 22) : LEKKER
Thanks GWest!!!
Try pumas. Converstion succesful 19 – 14
That is a shocking scoreline…Sharks must wake up!
Try sharks, marcel coetzee. Conversion succesful 26 – 14
Whooo just got convo it WAS marcell!!
@Ice (Comment 28) : convo?
How do the Pumas score two tries against the mighty sharks?
@robdylan (Comment 29) : lol Rob Ysblokkie now totally in 7th heaven
@VinChainSaw (Comment 30) : haha….cos the Sharks are trying not to get injured
Charl on
@sharks_lover (Comment 31) : getting hung up on one player is never a good idea…
Allan Dell on yet?
Convo – eish – confirmation via conversation
LOL
Sharks try.
@Ludz (Comment 35) : see comment 34
Conversion missed
Botes’s 3rd try
Odwa on for Mvovo
Whole new front row for Sharks
Burden off, Cooper on, Beast off Herbst on, Jannie off Dell on, Fanco off Steph on
@Robdylan..seems I need to learn from your Brad Barrit bad experience…
@Ice (Comment 44) :
Eish. Out come the claws!
@robdylan (Comment 38) : haha, was just wondering where he came on tonight, TH or LH
@Big Fish – Rob has been wearing his false nails the whole day..and I was totally innocent…#miaaaauuuu
Sharks try. Conversion by bosman succesful 38 – 14
Hi Guys…..will the guy at the game please up-date the score
Lambi off viljoen on
oops…I posted too soon. Thanks
2nd Try!! Marcell!!
Mtembu on, deysel off
@robdylan (Comment 34) : very few of us can say we haven’t done that. I can safely say that I have only got hung up on individual players from a non-groupie point of view though.
I’m a firm believer in the “if he wasn’t famous would you still be his friend?” and “were you friends before he was famous?” acid test.
@robdylan (Comment 32) :
Is it working?
@Ludz (Comment 46) : he’s on at 1
Try jordaan
Conversion succesful… I think. Haha
@VinChainSaw (Comment 55) : man, I hope so!
Try jordaan, again. Conversion unsuccesful. Bresler off, franco back on
@robdylan (Comment 56) : I hope Ludz figured that out himself…Herbst at loosehead…Ha Ha would never work!
@G West (Comment 57) : Yes please! the best player on the field
Lost track of score, no intercom system really. Sorry guys
Botes, coetzee and ludik
@G West (Comment 60) : interesting. I wonder why Franco came back on. Was Bresler injured in any way?
@G West (Comment 64) : ?
Oops ludik… My bad
@KSA Shark © (Comment 65) : Bladdy hope not!
50-14
@KSA Shark © (Comment 65) : no just tired
Pumas try, conversion missed 50-19
Full time
Final score 50-19
@G West (Comment 70) : cool thanks, that’s good news
@G West (Comment 71) : thanks so much for the updates
and now the dreaded question. Any injuries????
@Stu (Comment 75) : I don’t believe so
@robdylan (Comment 76) : We can only hope. So it looks like it was a good final warm up.
When did the sharks start giving teams proper hidings..feels all new to me this. Let’s hope this is the start of a good campaign.
Are you ready for next week? YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!! GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!!
Good stuff Sharkies
Much better game to prepare for next week,than the softy vs the Leopards. Pumas still rusty, but alot tougher opposition than last week, and no injuries. Nowwe can get pumped for next weekend’s real action!
I don’t care much about the 50, but the 19 is a bit concerning.
Antz, baie geluk met jou verjaarsdag!!!
