The Waratahs play their penultimate tour game against the Sharks in Durban this afternoon.
The S14 will end in tears for one of these two teams today. Both sides are still in with a chance of qualifying for the semi finals with the Sharks still having hopes of a home semi-final. Both teams are also low enough on the table for a loss to all but assure them of not qualifying for the semi-final.
The Waratahs media machine has spent the last couple of weeks whining about the Waratahs not being treated well in SA. We can only hope that the one city that hasn’t been whined about can show them that we are also pretty awful hosts by giving them an almighty thump.
Venue: ABSA Stadium, Durban
Kick-off: 15:00 Local time
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
ARs: Joey Salmans (South Africa), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
The Sharks:
15 Stefan Terblanche, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Bradley Barritt, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Johann Muller (captain), 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements:
16 John Smit, 17 Deon Carstens, 18 Albert van den Berg, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Monty Dumond, 21 Riaan Swanepoel, 22 Luzuko Vulindlu.
Waratahs:
15 Lachie Turner, 14 Rob Horne, 13 Timana Tahu, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Daniel Halangahu, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Phil Waugh (captain), 6 Ben Mowen, 5 Will Caldwell, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements:
16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Chris Thomson, 19 Luke Doherty, 20 Brett Sheehan, 21 Peter Playford, 22 Tom Carter.
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The SB picks are a little one sided. I hope the result is? 😉
Picks for Sharks 34227 (88.79%)
Picks for Waratahs 4259 (11.05%)
Picks for draw 63 (0.16%)
It was raining at KP earlier. Hopefully it dries up enough for some running rugby. Keep the ball in hand damnit!! 👿
@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) : I am going with the main stream this time 😆
@rekinek (Comment 3) : 😆
Klempie
Are you going to the Bulls game next week?
I am STILL in the office. 👿
Better get out of here in the next 2 minutes.
Next F%^&Er who walks into my office WILL get a KLAP on the earhole. 👿
@KSA Shark © (Comment 6) : What graft do you do KSA?
Those of you that were online when the Sharks played the Cheetahs will remember me telling you before the game started that I had a funny feeling about that game…
The Cheetahs won.
I got a funny feeling about this game too.
The game the Sharks finally put it all together.
I have a funny feeling the Sharks are going to hammer the Tahs…
@Villie (Comment 7) :
Works on his wife’s nerves.
@Morné (Comment 9) : hehe…yeah I know that 😉
@Villie (Comment 5) : Bulls game’s in Durbs boet.
@Morné (Comment 8) : Not a confident start here…
ST tries a drop from halfway. Got the distance but shaves the left post.
Great territory gaining kick from Ruan from our 22 takes the lineout well into their half.
howzat ill be following on the radio today 🙁
@Villie (Comment 7) :
Not a lot. 😛
@KSA Shark © (Comment 16) : You back at home?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 16) :
My Title Is Analyser Specialist.
@klempie (Comment 17) :
yip am at home now.
Good chase up from an ST ground gaining kick sees Turner skew it off the boot to give the Sharks a lineout.
PK Waratahs and then some argy bardy on the ground.
Going at goal
raining now.
PK for Sykes coming in from the side.
Tahs go for PK. Over
0-3 Tahs.
And now it’s raining. 🙁
Over
Sharks 0 – 3 Waratahs
17min
Sharks line out 8m out after they should have scored.
What is Mexted doing on Vacation in Dbn? 2nd week he has been there now.
Ag no man…poor pass from Botes! That should have been a try!
@klempie (Comment 25) : PK Sharks after JM gets sacked in the lineout.
Ruan going at goal.
@klempie (Comment 11) : Yes I know that. Are you going to it? Are you going with a group?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 18) : In what field?
@klempie (Comment 28) : Over.
3-3
Mexted is aghast at how South African supporters stay away from games due to a spot of rain. 😛
Over
Sharks 3 – 3 Tahs
23min
@Villie (Comment 31) :
Petrochemical and Oil & Gas
im going to have a nervous breakdown everytime ruans gona kick at goal
@Villie (Comment 30) : Nah. Will be organising some people to go to the B&I Lions v Sharks next month. Have 3 or 4 tickets still avaiable at face value of R230 if you’re interested.
Burgess and Turner are slippery customers.
Piss poor tackling by the Sharks.
and there the radio signal goes
Mexted gives TT the bird by shouting the praises of ST’s counterattacking abilities. 😆
@klempie (Comment 40) : 😀
Try Tahu in the corner. Wonderful defense by the Sharks.
How wrong I seemed to be.
Sharks in slo-mo.
Unsure of themselves and doing everything at half pace.
Not converted.
3-8 after 30 mins.
@klempie (Comment 42) : 🙁
@klempie (Comment 36) : I’m still trying to make plans to come over for the Boks vs Lions. Want to go to the first 2 tests….but need to organise a ticket for Loftus
Can’t see us winning this one today…we not looking good 😥
@Morné (Comment 43) : Completely agree.
PK Sharks and they take the scrum.
That was damn stupid…scrum on attack 8m from the line and we get done for early engagement!
@klempie (Comment 49) : And they’re penalised for early engagement. 🙄
Knock on Sharks, guess who????????? 😛
High tackle on Baritt
RP going at goal
VERY concerned about Kanko’s form….he just not playing well at all this season!
PK Sharks for high tackle so Ruan puts it over. Not convinced it was high but I’ll take it.
6-8 37 mins.
Over
Sharks 6 – 8 Waratahs
38min
HT 6-8.
We are just nowhere. Flat, no spark.
HALF TIME
Sharks 6 – 8 Waratahs
Barritt making loads of tackles as per usual. Good to have him back!
@klempie (Comment 57) :
One good half of Rugby!
That was the bad half, good half to come.
I see Griquas are hammering BB in Vodacom cup final!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 60) : True.
Naas gives us some insight into Darren’s mood at HT. Apparently he “is soooo nervous”. You can me in on that as well.
@klempie (Comment 63) : count *
@Villie (Comment 61) :
Justice for the TMO gifting the Blue Bulls the 1Mil last year????
Blue Bulls 19 – 28 Griquas
80min
@klempie (Comment 63) : Has he given up on supporting the Lions and changed allegiance to the Sharks now?
and me
Pissing it down atm.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 65) : 😈 😀
Griquas have won the 2009 Vodacom Cup
The 1 Mil will be well used and is much deserved by the Griquas.
2nd half on. GO SHARKS!!!
We need a John Smit against Fiji poesklap speech.
push sharks push
@KSA Shark © (Comment 70) : I still think it’s a joke that VC has a monetary prize and ABSA CC gets you nothing.
TT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you see that play from Stefan?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!
Hate being pessimistic…but honestly even if we win today, I just can’t see us winning the Super 14 this season. We have lost something…that “spark” that was evident earlier in the season
Tahs wheel a Sharks scrum on their own 5m. 🙄
@klempie (Comment 74) :
I think the reasoning is to give the smaller unions a chance at winning some bucks. It has worked this year.
plum is a doos
RP slots a PK
Sharks 9 – 8 Tahs
44min
good kicking thus far by ruan
Andy Capostagno loses thousands of female fans with a gender related quip.
In the meantime, RP slots a penalty.
9-8
it sounds like the tahs has all the possession
Beale botches a 3 on 1 overlap 😆
McCleod plays from an offside position and Tahs take the kick.
9-12
@klempie (Comment 82) : And Murray Mexted loved it too!!
Smit ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😎
@klempie (Comment 85) : I mean 9-11. 😳
go johnnie smit
come on sharks, time to score!
Stefan great chip and the Sharks are right on the Tahs Tryline.
Crowd audio pathetic again. 👿
ST makes a fantastic kick from halfway and we are all over them on their tryline off the bounce. Where is TT? 😈
@KSA Shark © (Comment 91) : Seriously bro, I don’t know what you are talking about. I don’t hear it. You’re getting old. Sounding like my mom when I used to live there.
Sharks go over the line and it is being refered to the TMO.
please let it be a try
TRY BIS!!!!
John Smit made that….if it’s given!
fook!
@klempie (Comment 93) :
The crowd Audio sounds like you are hearing it through a brick wall. All muffled.
Sound fine most of the time.
@klempie (Comment 96) : It’s been ruled a knock. Shaun Veldsman is a fucking doos.
Where is Bob today? Is he not watching the game?
LOL Lawrence got that knock on wrong.
the sharks look better with js on the field. shows what a shocking captain jm is. plum needs a wake up call.
Definitely a better half by the Sharks.
How long can the Tahs absorb this pressure?
jpp jou bliksem!
@JarsonX (Comment 105) : 😳
OMFG. JP gets blown up for a double movement over the tryline. Lawrence has fucked that up.
GReat tackle by Burgess on JP…saves a try 😡
Sykes playing excellent rugby this season…most improved Sharks player without a doubt!
Burgess off. Sheehan on. I’m grateful for that.
RP going at goal
well done ruan jou ou doring
Over
Sharks 12 – 11 Tahs
61min
RP gets a PK over which I, like Mexted, am mystified over.
12-11
@KSA Shark © (Comment 113) : beat you by less than a second 😎
Keegan on, Botes off
TJ Screws the Sharks as Stefan has his foot on the line when he fields a kick from the Tahs in our 22 and the TJ gives the throw to the tahs. 👿
stefan is a mamba. i love the guy.
someone give the prick a red card
@KSA Shark © (Comment 117) :
And the Tahs score from there.
Now let’s see what happens to the TJ for f%^&ing us over?
Try Tahs. ST fucks up on defense. TT will be glowing.
I think that’s the game. After all that pressure we put on the Tahs that is going to be heart breaking.
can’t the idiot fall on the ball.
Dman…try to Tahs. TT will be having a field day
@klempie (Comment 121) : no i feel vindicated for my dislike for the guy.
and then he stuffs the rstart up. prick.
ST kicks off into touch for the umpteenth time.
66min
Sharks 12 – 16 Tahs
Tahs smash our scrum again and wheel us.
ok membership is open to my exclusive club. stefan is a prick club.
Sharks scrum gets DRILLED!!
Sharks have 62% possession in the 2nd half and done nothing with it.
johan misses his umpteenth tackle of the day.
1000 comments for me yay! 😛
@JarsonX (Comment 133) : at least we have something to celebrate. 😆 😆
@JarsonX (Comment 133) :
😎
Sharks used up all their scrum strength last week it seems. 😕
stefan you biscuit. that is a gain of two meters.
MASSIVE last 8 minutes. Our season depends on it!!
handling errors :
11 – 11
equally as crap 😉 🙄 👿
@try time (history forgets losers) (Comment 137) :
I didn’t see you comment when he made those great plays in the first half and early in the 2nd half.
How you can take joy out of seeing a Shark make a cock up is beyond me? Whether it makes you feel vindicated or not.
@Villie (Comment 138) : do you really want to watch 3 more games from this bunch.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 140) : are you sure it was plays. i saw one, the rest of the time he kicked away possesion
Surely that tackle without the ball is a card?
wtf stefan, there goes your springbok chance
if you like football then stefan is a great player. if you like passing that rugby is famous for, then get rid of the clown.
i guess the rain is down in africa.
it is PISSING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!
Barrit’s out cold.
Shoulder from Sheehan to Barritt’s chin knocks him out cold!!!!!!!!
well done brad. you did well. sorry the team let you down.
let’s hope we have a citing officer who can meet deadlines this week.
if Sheehan doesn’t get cited for an intentional shoulder to the head???????????????
@klempie (Comment 148) : He’s ok now. but off.
@JarsonX (Comment 144) : and our season, well done sharks, you lost it all by yourselves. I still love u, so better luck next time.
cheers sharks. give the bulls a place next week. rest our boks.
FULL TIME
Sharks 12 – 16 Waratahs
Seems we will have to wait another year to win the S14. 😕
well done stefan you single handedly lost that game. take a bow.
Bye guys. See you all for the Lions tour.
well johan was right if you lose you could be 9th. looks like thats where we could be.
Log updated
Sharks go 6th
Waratahs go 7th
both on 36 log points
It was just wasn’t meant to be Sharks. The losses to the Reds and Cheetahs were the death knell of your season. I’ve supported you guys the whole season but I’m afraid I’ll be wearing my horns next week.
i wonder what johan is going to blame now?
maybe rose isn’t that bad.
@Clanerk (Comment 160) : what Sharks supporter wouldn’t be seriously disappointed but sorry, I will never don another ‘hat’
Long Live The Sharks – win or lose !!!
@Clanerk (Comment 160) : i’ll join you. the bulls have played attractive rugby this year. something sharks have not done once.
@KSA Sharkette (Comment 163) : i am not donning another hat, i am supporting a team that deserves it.
@try time (history forgets losers) (Comment 165) :
And i think the Bulls deserve you. 😆
I can’t believe that a team can go from favorites to totally shit in a couple of weeks
Piss-poor effort this.
Officials were useless, but the sharks were truly awful.
The 9-10-12 axis was new, but Ruan should have risen above that, while we just never have patience in execution.
I am tired of all the excuses – let me just say that Morne was right, and that Smit should have started every game at hooker – this season showed up Bismark and Muller big time.
@Big Fish (Comment 168) : ye how many times have we put 7+ phases together this season.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 166) :
To be fair, supporters deserve better than the shit that has been dished out by the Sharks in recent weeks.
I wont be supporting the Bulls, but I wont bother watching the game either.
hopefully adolf relooks at the sharks depth.
@KSA Sharkette (Comment 163) : You guys have almost made the semis 3 years running now, the Sharks are an awesome team, I wish I could understand your disappointment but I’m a Lions supporter, our season is never on a knife edge.
With the amount of injuries to key players you’ve had this year it’s no wonder you’re caught just short.
@KSA Sharkette (Comment 163) : And I’m supporting the bulls purely from a SA perspective.
@Big Fish (Comment 170) :
I will support my team through thick and thin.
Win or lose.
none of this we are the owners becasue we buy season tickets or supporters gear or any of that crap.
The Sharks are the team I support and I will support them forever.
if they are crap i will be dissappointed like tonight, but I will NEVER sink so low as to support another team when they are playing MY team.
SHARKS FOREVER.
I won’t go into hiding when we have a bad season. 😉
Are we going to have another one of those tank lanning pieces this week where he suggests one team must throw the match to help the other get into the semi’s or a home semi? 😆
fuck the Bulls. Sharks forever. Agree with Andre. The Sharks at their worst are still a country mile better than any other team. This is my passion. You fairweather fans can all go support someone else now
@robdylan (Comment 176) : Ban them all 👿
@Clanerk (Comment 177) :
brussow does an excellent steal off of matfield as Matfield tries to hold it out with one hand before he passes.
Almost results in Nokwe scoring.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 174) :
I was gonna keep a dignified silence, but I cant keep still…
Since the advent of professionalism, sports teams are like any business – subject to objective standards and accountable.
But that is not my point.
Fans sacrifice a lot to support their teams, and support them financially. Therefore they have a legitimate expectation that they in turn give their best.
This Sharks team hasn’t evolved all season – and has ended with a whimper.
Call me what you like, but I reserve the right to call them a bunch of chokers who need to sort their egos out.
I will support the team – but I will NEVER pretend that we are performing well when we aren’t, or follow them blindly when they self-destruct; I reserve the right to criticise and object.
I wrote one exam today, and write another tomorrow – I could have used my 90 minutes much more constructively; as I intend to do next week.
@Clanerk (Comment 177) : good plan! 🙂
cheer up, all. It’s just rugby. At least our moms still love us
Now if there’s one team I hope crashes and burns it’s the Cheetahs, the only time they ever get up for a game is against the other SA teams. I hope they’re gone next season, I’d rather see the Kings lose every game than watch those losers.
@Big Fish (Comment 180) : yeah, of course we’re gonna criticise, dude. But we don’t ever walk away. At least, I don’t. I care too much for that
@Big Fish (Comment 180) :
No issues with anything that you have said, but you haven’t said you will now be shouting for another team when they play against your team. 😉
I hope there’s a similar article on Terblanche as the one on Rose. Let’s not forget Earl was playing out of position.
@Clanerk (Comment 185) :
🙂
ok. Remember I didn’t see the game. Was Stef really that bad? What did he do wrong?
@robdylan (Comment 187) : In the second half he was. He’s been good all season to be honest but wasn’t at his best today.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 184) :
Noted. 😳
@robdylan (Comment 187) :
Take a pick.
He out-Earled Earl.
Muller couldn’t tackle a corpse, and Bismark was Bismark – ie: a front-row version of Frans.
oh well. So he’s not the answer for the Boks then. Hope they pick Ludick
It was the most shocking display I saw from a Sharks team in 3 years.
@Morné (Comment 191) :
Maybe longer.
@Morné (Comment 191) : worse than the semi last year?
@robdylan (Comment 193) :
By a country mile mate.
I would have thought…
The Sharks would have approached this game, especially in the forwards, as the final… they looked like a bunch of girls.
I would have thought…
That the tight 5 would have gone in and donnered everything in their way… they looked like wet fish.
I would have thought;
That even though their backline is disrupted, they would have played a simple territorial game and build a lead through mistakes the Tahs make in their own half… they all wanted to be superhero’s.
I would have thought, that the senior members of that squad – of which there is lots with a plethora of Bok caps btw – would have taken charge at half time, set an example, and played typical SA rugby and dominate physically in the contact situation… they were made to look like amteurish fools.
I would have thought;
The Sharks wanted this… clearly I was wrong.
@Morné (Comment 195) :
It almost seems as if that bye weekend was only long enough for the injuries to recover, NOT long enough to rejuvinate the guys. 🙁
I’ll start of by blaming Plum for inconsistency, every game a different front row. Then Muller, why is he captain, he cant lead a mouse to a piece of cheese. Then the players, for becoming big headed.
Unfortunately i think its the start of the Sharks downfall, its gonna be a few years before we see a trophy again. Next week we should field a new team, a few green laaities for the future.
I love the Sharks and will always support them, i even supported them when we were at the bottom of the log. Sharks Forever!!
@Morné (Comment 195) :
😥
I hope things will be better when the CC starts, when does it start anyways?
PS: I hope theres not to many Sharks in the Bok squad, the guys really needs to get their form and confidence back.
@JarsonX (Comment 199) :
Have no idea when it starts haven’t seen any fixtures anywhere.
Starts 10 July.
10 Boland v Platinum Leopards Boland Stadium, Wellington 15:30
10 Vodacom Free State Cheetahs v GWK Griquas Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein 19:10
11 Vodacom Blue Bulls v Xerox Lions Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 15:00
11 Vodacom Western Province v Sharks Newlands Stadium, Cape Town 17:05
@KSA Shark © (Comment 201) : what a start, against wp again 😈
@JarsonX (Comment 202) :
At Newlands Again. 😆
Maybe we’ll start off well and implode later. 😉
so stefan will probably be cited and suspended for imitating rory, TT will be happy about that 😉
@Morné (Comment 195) :
“That the tight 5 would have gone in and donnered everything in their way… they looked like wet fish.” They were very wet…..in fact nearly everyone at ABSA were very wet 🙂
@JarsonX (Comment 197) :
I supported them when they were in the “B” section…long time ago….I still think that upon reflection….many of you diappointed fans will realize that we did not have much luck second half of S14…injuries took their toll!
Cheer up…the Sun actually rose this morning!!! 🙂
@Clanerk (Comment 182) :
Nice fish that!
🙂