The Sharks are back in Durban again and know that, once again this week, nothing less than 5 points will do if they want to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.
The Blues are just as desperate, though and in order to really capitalise on two easier matches to come (against the Lions and Cheetahs), they’ll need to throw everything they have into coming away from Durban with some points.
It’s not going to be easy for them, though, as the Sharks have bested them every time these two sides have met since the Super 12 was expanded to 14 teams in 2006.
Ref: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
ARs: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Christie du Preez (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Venue: ABSA Stadium, Durbana
Kick-off: 17:05 SA Time, 16:05 BST
The Sharks: 15 Patrick Lambie, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Willem Alberts, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Johann Muller, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 John Smit (captain).
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Michael Rhodes, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Riaan Swanepoel, 22 Lwazi Mvovo.
Blues: 15 Isaia Toeava, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Benson Stanley, 12 Luke McAlister, 11 Rudi Wulf, 10 Stephen Brett, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Peter Saili, 7 Serge Lilo, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Filo Paulo, 4 Kurtis Haiu, 3 John Afoa, 2 Keven Mealamu (captain), 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Tom McCartney, 17 Tevita Mailau/Charlie Faumuina, 18 Andrew Van der Heijden, 19 Viliami Ma’afu, 20 Chris Smylie, 21 Rene Ranger, 22 Paul Williams.
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Shame you do have to feel for these Poms. This morning, some chick on Rock Radio was going absolutely nutters for the “fantastic” and “perfect” weather they’re having here. Sunny with a high of 19C!!
😆 😆 😆 😆
How red-blooded Saffers can live in this country is beyond me! 🙄 🙄
Sharks are playing like fools!
@robdylan (Comment 3) : What’s the score?
@klempie (Comment 2) : I find a way
@robdylan (Comment 5) : Is that way quids? 😛
@klempie (Comment 4) : no score yet
Sharks are going to concede a card her soon
0-3 Blues
@robdylan (Comment 8) : great. 🙄
20min
Sharks 0 – 3 Blues
JP’s pulled a hammie… Lwazo coming on
How are our boys doing?
Mvovo on for JPP
STefan butchers another try
GO SHARKS !!!
Jeez, but sTefan is having a poor season
Rob you making nervous…give us somethin positive pls.
Defence 🙁
try to Peter Saili under the sticks
10 – 3 Blues lead
@Just a Fan (Comment 18) : nothing positive happening, I’m afraid.
It’s 3-10, but Ruan is lining up a shot
6-10 now
10 – 6 Blues lead
Is it safe to assume that 4 tries is a pipe dream?
The Sharks seems to outplay themself at the moment 🙁
Use the bloody turnover ball !
too much kicking… this is stupid.
Ruan also doing far too much hand-waving
This game are like watching paint dry 😉
@klempie (Comment 25) : I think a win is a pipe dream
Ruan just kick straight 😉
we need to take Stef out and shoot him
Move Lambie to outside centre and Oupa Stefan to 15 👿
Lambie is a machine
Try Pienaar !
Try Pinie 🙂
That’s also a try by Goode ! 😛
11 – 10 Sharks lead at halftime !
Pines misses the conversion, so we’re up 11-10 at half time
@Charlie (Comment 38) : just you and me, mase?
Smaak soe broe van another mother, full blood Shark supporters ek skiem 😉
is it a long weekend?
11-10 at half time??
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
GO SHARKS !!!
To busy shouting at my TV, so can’t comment 🙂
Awww crap. May 1 falls on a Saturday!! 👿
Not really, on public holiday on Tuesday in Republic 😉
where did oubaas run off to?
@Charlie (Comment 47) : Herhaal in Engels asseblief? 😛
@ Klempie, you awake now ?
@Nita (Comment 45) : know the feeling. SHOCKING half of rugby from the sharks
@Charlie (Comment 47) : And a school holiday on Monday, so if one was clever one would have put in leave for Monday, making it a long weekend.
Sieke ma supper time vi Oubaas 😉
@robdylan (Comment 48) : Robster. I got told by the dude checking me into the hotel that I didn’t have much of a Saffer accent whatever the hell that means. I actually get that quite regularly from foreigners so I guess that puts paid to your theory about me so desperately wanting to be a Bull. 😈
Is EVERYTHING conspiring against me tonight?????????
Now that the cat has been found there is a thunderstorm ond my Satelite signal is gone.
🙁
@Charlie (Comment 50) : That sentence made no sense boeta!
I expected a lot more from Mvovo, seeing as he finally gets a change to play. I’m stepping away about a metre to go shout and coach some more 🙂
@ Nita, I know 😉
@Charlie (Comment 47) : @Nita (Comment 52) : So is there a public holiday on the 4th?
@robdylan (Comment 48) :
I’m here now.
fortunately LTV4E hasn’t died on me well not completely
@ Klempie, the first on was suppose to be only 😉
@klempie (Comment 59) :
Why would the 4th be a public holiday?
and now my LTV4E has frozen as well 😳
oh man… more stupid rugby
Is naybody watching on livetv4ever / IT’S s stopping and buffering now and again. I didn’t see the try!Sharks don’t look great.
Mvovo, wa wa voom !
wow, nice to have a winger with pace! Mvovo is a star
@KSA Shark © (Comment 62) : Exactly. They’re the ones on about a holiday on Tuesday tho. Makes no sense.
That was a try by Oupa 👿
Sharks starting to get on top of the physical battle, perhaps?
@klempie (Comment 68) :
I could have understood if they thought there would be a holiday on Monday but that would also be wrong IMO. I thought they only got the holiday moved to the monday if the sunday was the actual holiday.
Goode lining up a pen
14-10
@Charlie (Comment 69) :
@robdylan (Comment 70) :
my Live TV is still sitting on MUller getting spoken to for the stiff arm in the ruck where Lawrence has just turned around the penalty. waiting for the screen to unfreeze so the Blues can kick. 🙁
Sth is wron with Piennar’s leg or foot. He was grimacing after that last kick in 1 half and is no longer doing the kicking
Sharks are wasting ball by kicking… sound familiar?
I have TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@robdylan (Comment 76) :
TT is that you???????? I thought you left the site?????? 😛
@KSA Shark © (Comment 74) : you’re about 10 minutes behind
14 – 10 Sharks lead miss PK by Brett
@robdylan (Comment 79) :
I’m live again TV signal is back.
Mathewson just broke and lost the ball.
5 + Phases
Blues 6
Sharks 0 😳 😯
Swannie and hargreaves on for Stefan and Muller
@KSA Shark © (Comment 83) :
Strauss not Stefan
The tank is on 😉
Sharks now have 20 minute and if they don’t keep ball in hand and play attacking rugby, then they might as well just go off the field.
Ek stem Rob !
Kockott on for Goode
We don’t need the fancy stuff, just get the ball to Mvovo !
BEAST !!!
Kockett you can do it !
for the 2nd time tonight Lawrence gives an extra 10m against Toeava for talking back to the ref. 😳
Slow down ice, I can’t afford you getting a yellow card. My FL can’t afford any minus points.
@Charlie (Comment 91) :
and KockOtt does it. 😉
Yes Rory ! 17 – 10 Sharks lead
17-10. Huge kick from Monkey Kockott
68min
Sharks 17 – 10 Blues
What a kick by kockott 😛 Go Sharksssssssssss 😀
HARGO!!! 😈
we need to beat the Blues by 13 to go above them on the log if they get no BP
Kockott slots a PK
Sharks 20 – 10 Blues
72min
Good maths Oubaas 😉
Sharks lead 20 – 10
well, I guess the semis were kind of gone before this game anyway. A win will be good enough for me
@Charlie (Comment 101) :
complicated maths.
We are on -18 they are on 8 difference of 26. So we actually need to get 14 more than them to go above them
The Bulls and Stormers did not do us much of a favour against the Reds 🙁
Paul Williams looks like teh shoe bomber
Sharks need a try 🙁
@Charlie (Comment 104) :
No worries we’ll repay them by beating both of them 🙄 😛
@ Oubaas 😈
Why the drop ?
Ruan Drop Goal!!!!!!!!!
Sharks 23 – 10 Blues
drop goal???? 23-10
Nice drop by Ruan. That is it Blues cant win this one 😎
@Charlie (Comment 106) : Need 3 more…
Paint is dry 😉
FULL TIME
Sharks 23 – 10 Blues
Well done Sharkies
And we stay below the Blues on the same PD but less tries 🙁
WELL DONE SHARKS. 5 wins in a row now.
Well that will be Blues out of the semi race now. Sharks done their job. Blues will probably pick up wins against the Lions, Cheetahs and Chiefs. Still wont make a semi now losing to the Sharks.
Well done Sharks.
the 3 deaths on LMS in this game send us to a Nelson of Deaths
9 still alive with a lifeline.
20 still alive with no lifeline.
111 out of the game.
my LMS performance.
Round 11: You picked Highlanders and they lost (No lifeline left – you are dead) 😥
Round 10: You picked Blues and they won
Round 9: You picked QR Reds and they won
Round 8: You picked Chiefs and they won
Round 7: You picked HSBC Waratahs and they won
Round 6: You picked The Sharks and they won
Round 5: You picked Vodacom Bulls and they won
Round 4: You picked CA Brumbies and they won
Round 3: You picked Hurricanes and they won
Round 2: You picked Crusaders and they lost (LifeLine used) 🙁
Round 1: You picked Vodacom Stormers and they won
Well done Boys. I just lost all my patients with the kicking by Stefan and Goode. We needed the tries and what do they do, kick into the Blues’ hands and then we need to spent all our time tackling to get the ball back. The Sharks are turning into their own enemy by making things hard for themselves.
@Charlie (Comment 114) : 🙂
I’m still in, but with only Lions, Force and Cheetahs left, I’ve got trouble coming.
no interviews?
ok folks – I’m outta here. Well done, Sharks. Looked like we were heading for a loss there at one stage.
@Nita (Comment 122) :
We all need to face facts that 4 tries were really of no consequence here today.
We had NO chance of making the semis. That eneded when the Waratahs won.
I said it from the start of Super 14 we need to do less kicking and keep ball in hand 🙁
Well no interviews after. Must be the feed from Durban with the bad weather.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 127) : Yes agree, then even if we got the 4 tries and Tahs never won still don’t think we would have made a semi. So just to keep the Blues out of a semi. Sharks done their job.
Pity a few calls went against us in a few games where I think we should have won. We would have been in for a semi now. Suppose that how it goes.
Anyhow proud of our boys getting another win.
@Puma (Comment 130) :
YIP Very proud.
How many teams go from 5 losses in a row to 5 wins in a row? Not many
GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!
If we have nothing to lose from now on let try and entertain the faithful crowd and worldwide supporters by scoring tries IMO 😉
@Charlie (Comment 132) :
Like that last game in the S14 last year against the Bulls.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 131) : Yes, not many can come back from that. Also every game we lost we picked up a bonus point. Could so easy have gone our way. Pity. Now the biggies against the Bulls and Stormers. Derby game are the hardest of all.
GO SHARKSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Cheers all.
Some really stupid tactical play by the likes of Stefan and Goode, but a great win anyway.
The Sharks pack is amazing, while Deysel is so powerful it’s scary. The way he bounced Haio was beautiful to watch.
So no semi – but 5 losses leading to 5 wins is a testament to real grit and heart. Well done lads!
Oh – and I must mention that Lambie is much quicker and stronger than he looks, and will be a legend. 😆
Ek stem Fish ! Hoor ! Hoor !
Well done Sharks. Great pack. Backs maybe not all so goode. 😉
@robdylan (Comment 32) : 😯 😯
@Nita (Comment 45) : eeeee
@robdylan (Comment 51) : sharks could of done much much better they were playing like the xv sharks was watching the game but counldn’t comment 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 63) : looks like you had a bad week-end me friend 😥 no tv 😥
@KSA Shark © (Comment 77) : eeeeaaahhh at long last but for how long 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 93) : it shows you krok mustn’t shave his beard off the hair on the face makes him kick very very good 😆 😉
@Charlie (Comment 106) : what happened to that 2nd try i think but ref didn’t give it that ball from where i was sitting could see that the ball was on the touch line but no try 😕
@KSA Shark © (Comment 121) : eee Reniek will be please she seems to want everybody dead 😳
@robdylan (Comment 124) : gee got the same what are we going to do me friend 😕
@KSA Shark © (Comment 131) : just think IF we had WON ALL our games we would of been right at the top 😥
@Big Fish (Comment 135) : agree what a great young player he is just hope he stays with the sharks and not run for money money 😕
@Chaz (Comment 145) : 😈
@Charlie (Comment 114) :
the Sharks took “winning ugly” to a completely different level.