The Sharks XV take on the Pumas in the Vodacom Cup tonight, with a home semi final up for grabs. Join us here for live updates via Sharksworld representative Gerard West.
Good luck to the Sharks XV and the fringe players that need the game time desperately.
The Sharks XV
15. Gouws Prinsloo
14. Sbura Sithole
13. Jerome Pretorius
12. Riaan Swanepoel
11. Rosko Specman
10. Guy Cronje
9. Conrad Hoffmann
8. Marcell Coetzee
7. Jean Deysel (Captain)
6. Francois Kleinhans
5. Jandre Marais
4. Anton Bresler
3. Wiehahn Herbst
2. Craig Burden
1. Dale Chadwick
Replacements
16. Kyle Cooper
17. Sabelo Nhlapo
18. Daniel Adongo
19. Peet Marais
20. Cobus Reinach
21. Heimar Williams
22. Kobus de Kock
Pumas:
Carl Bezuidenhout;
Deon Scholtz,
JW Jonker,
Tiaan Marx,
Dewald Pieters;
Coenie van Wyk,
Tian Meyer;
Doppies le Roux,
Jaco Bouwer,
Corné Steenkamp,
Boela Serfontein,
Rudi Mathee,
Ashley Buys,
Hans van Dyk,
Dawie Steyn.
Replacements:
Pellow van der Westhuizen,
Brett Nel,
Dee-Jay Terblanche,
Eduan van der Walt,
Martin Sithole,
Shaun Venter,
Ashwin Scott.
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Go Sharks XV, kick some Puma ass!!
hello all and welcome to Mbombela Stadium Nelspruit!
There is a nice crowd here. Way more people than i and the organisers expected.
@G West (Comment 2) :
Sorry boet, I was supposed to put the thread up much earlier..
@G West (Comment 2) : hey hey!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 1) : Are the Sharks 15 facing the Oumas tonight
@Danman110 (Comment 5) : typo of the year so far
@robdylan (Comment 6) : I’m expecting more or less the same result 😀
Hope Deysel has a cracker Alberts needs his help.
Go Sharks XV!!!
@Danman110 (Comment 7) : can’at believed I’m being forced to watch the Griffons v EP while this game ain’t on TV
4min very physical game so far. Pen Sharks, 22meter line-out.
try! After a huge build-up from the Sharks half. Converted 7-0 to the Sharks
Why would they show the ep kings game again wen we have a game like this on
@G West (Comment 10) : yes please! Any idea who scored it?
@robdylan (Comment 8) : Yes can’t believe we have 10 sports channels and on 207 they decide to show the national yearling sale.
@sharkbok (Comment 11) : cos they’re eeeejits!
11min. Try saving tackle in the corner, man down injured. Sharks line-out on their own 5meter
@G West (Comment 10) :Bru is this going to be a long night of very vague comments? 😀
Haha yup I agree dam this is gonna be crap with no sharks this weekend
Gouws Prinsloo was the try scorer
@G West (Comment 18) : thanks 🙂
@beet (Comment 16) : now now…
17min. Sharks scrum 50meter line. But after a phase they loose it, out on the touch.
man, this Griffons-Kings game is boring
19min. Pumas knock on Sharks22 and the Sharks clear up field.
Try! Hoffman after Sharks line-out on Pumas 22. Converted. 14-0 to the Sharks
@G West (Comment 24) : Good stuff. This is going really well.
@G West (Comment 24) : Go Hoffman hope he gets more game time against the Canes.
Try! Pumas drive over from a line-out. Coverted. 14-7 to the Sharks.
26min. Riaan Swanepoel monster tackle but it was late. 45min pen kick to Pumas, but they miss.
29min Pen! Pumas win another penalty infront and nail it. 14-10 to the Sharks.
home quarterfinal 🙄
36min try! Pumas no13 beats 4defenders and scores in the corner. Converted 14-17 to the Pumas
very tight physical game here.
how is deysel playing?
39min. Pen! Sharks nail a penalty after the Pumas obstructe. 17 all
tight match
and hoffman and burden?
40min Sharks defend their line after a bad knock on in their own 22. Pen to the Pumas after advatage was called numerous times but they miss. Halftime 17 all.
Hoffman, Burden, Deysel and Bresler are all having a huge impact on the game. Hoffman reall playing well and given crisp service to the backline. Deysel and Bresler bee huge on defence and carying the bal forward.
43min. Pen to the Pumas right infront the posts for offside. And it is over. 17-20 to the Pumas.
sry for the vague updates. Doing this on a phone
47min. Sharks build up to the Pumas 22 but loose it forward. Scrum to the Pumas.
C’mon SharksXV
51min. Scrum turned Sharks ball. Sharks drive from the Pumas 22. Try! The Sharks get fast ball and jerome Pretorius beats 2defenders and scores. Conversion missed. 22-20 to the Sharks.
52min. Pumas try for a drop goal and miss. Sharks win a penalty from the restart and go for a line-out.
@G West (Comment 40) : You’re doing a good job Gerard. Like the Pumas, you started slowly but now things are flowing. The idiot that said you were vague should get shot 😀
54min. Sharks loose the ball forward on the 5meter line of the Pumas after Deysel almost broke the line.
@beet (Comment 45) : I LIKE!!!!!
59min forward pass by the Pumas, Sharks scrum. Kyle Cooper comes on for Burden
@robdylan (Comment 22) : 😛
Perceptions, Perceptions.
Supersports headline “Kings beat Griffons in 13-try thriller” 😆
62min. Pumas win a line-out and drive for the line, ref plays advantage and calls a penalty try as the Pumas cross the line. Converted. 24-27 to the Pumas.
😯 penalty try?? was it the correct call?
65min. Pumas brake but get cought. Penalty to the Sharks and go for a line-out. Sharks go up and under but its poor and Pumas collect and attack.
@G West (Comment 50) : 😳
C’mon Sharks XV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 49) : Griffons 36 – Kings 38 73min.
68min. Sharks turn it, and scores a brilliant try. But the ref calls it back and its a missed penalty by the Pumas. Cant work out why the ref called it back .
@KSA Shark © (Comment 53) : C’mon home 1/4 final!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pumas vs Sharks XV at Mombela Stadium, Witbank
Referee: Quinton Immelman
@Danman110 (Comment 54) :
The Eastern Province Kings scored seven tries but still had to hang on for a nailbiting 45-43 (halftime 21-10) win over the Griffons in a wildly entertaining Vodacom Cup match played at the North West Stadium in Welkom on Friday afternoon.
72min. Try! Hoffman breaks down the line and gets caught at the Pumas 22 but he offloads and the ball gets spread to the other side of the field and Rosko Specman scores. Coversion missed. 29-27 to the Sharks
@G West (Comment 59) : yeah baby!!!!!!!!!
C’mon keep it that way Sharks XV
76min. Sharks defending for their live. Pumas try to gain with their forwards.
@G West (Comment 61) : eish, way to tight a game
77min. Sharks turn it but concede a penalty, but the Pumas miss with the kick.
@G West (Comment 63) : 😳
😳 eish
@KSA Shark © (Comment 58) : You gotta Love Rugby I found myself screaming at a game I had no interest in watching.
@Danman110 (Comment 66) : 😀
@Danman110 (Comment 66) : 😆
surely its game over?
😕 did we win?
80min. Penalty to the Pumas for coming in from the side. The go for a line-out. They drive and win another penalty for pulling down, this is how they got the penalty try. Line-out again. Sharks knock in the line-out.
Sharks turn it and boot it out! Sharks XV win 29-27.
😳 phewwwwwwwwwww thank goodness goooooooooo sharksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
@G West (Comment 72) : AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the updates. MUCH appreciated. 😎
Sjoe that was close! But a win is a win 🙂
What a game that must have been. Thanks Gerard. To be able to text while watching a tense finish takes some doing. Well done.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 74) : When and where is our home quarterfinal?
Great stuff Sharks XV!
Awesome SharksXV I love these tight games!
@beet (Comment 77) : Not decided yet.
There could still be quite a few log position changes with results still coming in for today and tomorrow’s games.
Will only be finalised at about 18:00 tomorrow after the last game.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 80) : I Doubt it will be at home.
We will in all likelyhood emd 3rd.
That (I think) would mean we play 2nd in the other section at their home.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 81) : I thinked 😉 correctly
1.2.1 QUARTER-FINALS
After the completion of the single round in each section, the four teams with the most log points in each section will play against each other in the quarter-final matches as follows:
North 1 versus North 4
South 1 versus South 4
North 2 versus North 3
South 2 versus South 3
I predict we will be going to Kimberly to play the griquas in the 1/4 finals.
Good night.
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@KSA Shark © (Comment 80) : Crap you’re probably going to be right. I guess it’s an AWAY showdown with WP if the Leopards can’t do us a favour.
Well home now, and back in front of the pc which makes it so much easier to type. I think i need a small laptop or something cause man it was really hard to do live updates on a phone, plus the game was really tight and physical. Plus we all know men can’t multi-task no matter how hard we try! hehe. Deysel was huge tonight and is really looking in good shape! But i must take my hat off to Conrad Hoffman, definitely my man of the match! He was all over the show, had a major impact on attack and made some great breaks, he really is a talented player with a lot of potential.
Sorry again for the updates being vague and few in between.
Will try this again but hopefully not on a phone. 😳
Oh and Daniel Adongo is freaking massive!!! the dude stands out like a lion stuck in a dead tree that has no branches! He really is an impressive looking player, he did not get a lot of game time tonight so i will not try and rate him but he definitely makes an impact just by his size and build.
@G West (Comment 87) : It’s not everybody’s cup of tea, but there’s more good rugby at Nelspuit Hoerskool tomorrow in the Nu Power Cup incl. Waterkloof vs HTS Middelburg. Many are of the opinion that Waterkloof is the best schoolboy team in SA this year and HTS has this l/fwd Kwagga Smit who’s an “yster” and will hopefully be joining the Sharks Academy next year.
@G West (Comment 86) : G.West well done mate, keeping everyone here up todate. Only just read it here now.
Pleased to hear Deysel had a good game same with Hoffman. Sharks gonna need both to be in top form for the rest of the S15. hehehe Odongo sounds huge!! 😛 Would like him to get more game time really.
Anyhow well done to our Sharks VC side.
@beet (Comment 85) : Yip it will probably be WP they are undefeated thusfar.
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Well played. Good team you have here.
@Speed7 (Comment 91) : Who are you and how did you get Speed7’s login details. 😛 😉
Well done GWEST. It’s bloody hard to do updates on a phone especially when it’s a high scoring game. Good job and congrats to the Sharks XV!
Thanks G West. And that’s why I want us to invest in Adonga, his size, speed and aggression will be a weapon for us for years to come!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 92) : 😆
Well done GWest.
@beet (Comment 88) : until and if they play grey college!!!
Thank you all for all the cool 😎 messages 😳 .
Next time i will try to do better thou. I’am thinking of doing live text commentary for all the games, i just need to get one of those Drifta decoders for dstv 🙂