It’s not often that we get to see every Currie Cup game over a weekend, and it’s not often that we see a 19h00 kick off in the Currie Cup, so will the Sharks be able to make it a trifecta of ‘not often’ situations with a dominating performance against the Leopards tonight.
The Leopards have are resigned to finishing last on the Currie Cup log, after a good start to the campaign and a surprise victory over the Pumas in the first round. Since then, the Leopards have struggled to keep pace, but will want to prove their worth in the next two games.
The Sharks have had to rethink their selections and made a big call by selecting Gouws Prinsloo at fullback, after some magnificent performances for the U21 team. Adi Jacobs also gets another chance in the midfield, and will want to show the coach what he can bring to the game.
Leopards: 15 Hoffmann Maritz, 14 Danie Dames, 13 Charl Weideman, 12 Joubert Engelbrecht, 11 Vainon Willis, 10 Wesley Dunlop, 9 Johann Laker, 8 Robert Kruger, 7 Luvuyiso Lusaseni, 6 Philip de Wet, 5 Brendon Snyman, 4 Brad Mockford, 3 Dewald Coetzee, Gavin Williamson, Jean-Jacques Rossouw.
Replacements: 16 Marius Fourie, 17 Alfred Wauts, 18 Christo van Niekerk, 19 Juan Pretorius/Siya Mdaka, 20 Liam Slatem, 21 Clayton Durand, 22 Jovan Bowles.
Sharks: 15. Gouws Prinsloo, 14. Sibusiso Sithole, 13. Adrian Jacobs, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Frederic Michalak, 9. Conrad Hoffmann, 8. Keegan Daniel (C), 7. Marcell Coetzee, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. Ross Skeate, 4. Jean Deysel, 3. Eugene van Staden, 2. Kyle Cooper, 1. Dale Chadwick
Replacements: 16. Monde Hadebe, 17. Wiehahn Herbst, 18. Anton Bresler, 19. Jan Andre Marais, 20. Ross Cronje, 21. Marius Joubert, 22. Stefan Terblanche
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No last minute changes then 😈
Sharks by 16.
sharks by 30!
Sharks by 33
Common Sharks!
Sharks by 21
Well it boils down to the Sharks to make a win
come guys we can’t give our CC up to the Snoils never so we must do better
Game on TV?
Sharks met 26
And I am chuffed that SS is showing this game…
My mate interviewing Plum
any 1 got a link to stream it, cant find it anywhere??
@Ben (Comment 8) : yes yes yes!!! 😉
@Franshark (Comment 11) : Nice! I can watch the game and don’t have to do updates! 😉
OMG they just interviewed plum. He says its wonderful that stef will get his 100 tonight and also when he LEADS the team next week. Can u believe it, someone is already going to do dropped for stef no matter how good they play tonight.
@Ben (Comment 12) : you can chirp on the side 😉
Go botes go botes
Penalty to Leopards going for line out
Knock on and Mvovo just can’t pick the ball up clean..
Scrum, collapsed, Leopards a hole 20k’s heavier
@Franshark (Comment 16) :
If there is one thing I hate, its giving away a penalty because a forward decides to drive the ball when he knows there are no cleaners behind him. Stupid by van Staden.
@Ben (Comment 12) : oh come on Ben at least get us sth photos maybe
Collapsed again and Sharks gets the penalty, Prinsloo kicks @ line out
Great interplay by the sharks, they get awarded a penalty, this one they kicking @ goal… 38 meters
@RuckingFun (Comment 10) : Have you found any? http://www.myp2p.eu seems to be non-functional.
Mich PK
Sharks 3 – 0 Leopards
7 min
Another penalty to the sharks and Prinsloo go for side line
Sharks loose it and the Leopard clears
Hoffman knocks…
Leopard scrum
Forward pass and now the Sharks get the scrum
Midfield, inbetween the 10 and 22
Free kick, sharks to the 5 meter line,
ADI!!!
That’s the kind of line a 13 should run! And that’s why you should have been starting all these seasons. 🙁
Great line ran by Jacobs and receives a good ball by Bosman
Sharks first try
Fuck yeah
Mich Converts
Sharks 10 – 0 Leopards
15 min
@Big Fish (Comment 30) : AMEN!!!
Mich kicks into the corner, leopard return on their own 22
Line out for the leopards Sharks 22
@Big Fish (Comment 30) : Maybe it’s been shrewd tactics by Plum to keep Adi fresh to start at the business end of the competition? *hopeful grin*
Great tackle from Adi, ball loose, prinsloo kicks and it goes into touch, leopard 22
Go Sharks!!! 😀
Sharks turn over and Hoffman knocks again
@Culling Song (Comment 37) : 😉
GO Sharksssssssssssssssssssss Gooooooooooooooo we should of been 14 /0 by now
Sharks with some good play again, 2 meters out… Penalty
Cooper and Coetzee are way too selfish with the ball – they need to learn to pass to the man in space!
Halfbacks are not creating structure for the backs so far.
Line out opted
Sharks drive over the line, Botes try
Mich Conversion missed
Sharks 15 – 0 Leopards
23 min
@Big Fish (Comment 44) : 🙂
Ok guys enjoy i’m going just go and watch the game
GO SHARKS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@Culling Song (Comment 37) :
You can wipe that hopeful grin of your mug – we both know that aint true. 😉
Chadwick is a real penalty machine, unfortunately. Great in the scrums, but he needs to really work at that.
Sharks run towards the line and Hoffman knocks on….
28:44 minutes into the game they show the best footage of the match: Marius Joubert on the bench, not the field
Free kick to Leopards @ scrum…
@Culling Song (Comment 52) : 😆
Leopards awarded a penalty and kicks the ball into sharks22
@Culling Song (Comment 52) :
Bwaaahaaahaaa! 😆
You forget the other WWII veteran we are carrying. 😉
Leopards into sharks 22, agan and they knock it
MJ onto the pitch… Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!
MJ on for Adi
@Culling Song (Comment 52) :
And at 33:29 Culling Song’s worst nightmare comes true and Joubert replaces Adi due to injury. 😥
Sharks tackle the Leopards out 5 meters from the try line
Busy utilising my full arsenal of expletives at the moment…
Sharks scrum, 8meterfrom the sharks goal line, penalty and the sharks clears
Leopard turn the scrum.. Wins the ball…
Sharks 15 – 0 Leopards
HALF TIME
@Big Fish (Comment 60) : Pulled hammy… ARGHHH !!!! 😥
@Culling Song (Comment 62) :
Hope the family have something to occupy them somewhere else for the next 45 minutes then.
Another unconvincing performance so far. Most of the players look flat. We need more urgency, decisiveness and continuity. I hope the 2nd half offers more stay awake moments.
2nd half to be 14/3, bonus point for the sharks and full points for me 😉
sharks scrum pushed off the ball, lineouts a shambles, scrumhalf up to sh1t. Lets just get the 5 points and cut our losses.
So you guys exited about tomorrow mornings game? Or is it nerves….
@cody0007 (Comment 70) : we need a tiny bit of confidence to take in the Lions game. The players need to pull up their socks.
@cody0007 (Comment 70) : on the button 007
Thankfully we subbed Eugene. Lazy schmuck.
Sharks gets a scrum early in the 2nd half
De Wet intercepts, leopards 2meters out
Leopards scrummy gets the try
Dunlop converts
Sharks 15 – 7 Leopards
43 min
Its all disjoined. Where’s the structure and the patient build ups?
Sharks penalty, leopards 10, line out opted
@beet (Comment 68) :
Spot on. Its hard to play with a powder-puff pack, but one thing you HAVE to do is play quick ball-in-hand rugby, so that you don’t get dominated by the bigger pack.
I’m not sure if its the coach or halfbacks who are failing to adapt, but its really naïve.
Sithole over but called back
TMO! for sharks try
No try, penalty, 5 meters, line out opted again
Sharks penalized for obstruction
Sharks work their way up into the leopards 22; penalty, line out again 😡
Hoffman must have fallen on his head in recent times. Its the only way to explain his pathetic choices on when to kick, when to pass and who to pass to.
We look a lot better playing the ball wide.
Sharks loose the ball again @ line out and releave fot the leopards
Sounds like not finding a live stream is a blessing. Friends reruns on Sky much more exciting. Never, ever thought that would be the case 😥
Sharks back to leopards 5 meter, Mvovo try
terrible ref. He asked question ‘ give me reason not to award try’ tv ref says inconclusive. Why no try?
Come on Sharks!! 👿
Thank goodness for Deysel. Not my favourite player but the most determined guy on the park in a black and white jersey.
Conversion missed
Sharks 22 – 7 Leopards
54 min
The Sharks need to design more plans to get the ball in the hands of Mvovo. Like France with Clerc or Ireland with Bowe. Lwazi knows how to finish.
Good break by prinsloo, thrown away by Daniel
2 starting xv tries so far.
Conversion over
Sharks 20 – 14 Leopards
57 min
Sigh… senior players need to stand up.
And unfortunately Oupa steps onto the field.
Dames get in for a leopards try
@Big Fish (Comment 99) :
And one does! Well done Deysel!
Nice try Sharks.
Hoffman scores, stef involved in his 100th game
Conversion over
Sharks 27 – 14 Leopards
61 min
How much time left?
How is Prinsloo playing?
The slow internet is getting the better of me 👿
Comon SHARKS
@Franshark (Comment 106) : You should be able to handle it being a Sharks supporter. FRUSTRATION is a built-in factor
15min left
sharks scrum, their own 22; penalty, prinsloo clears
Were the Leopards Wes Transvaal in die ou dae?
Come on Sharkies!!!
@Pablo Dinero (Comment 105) : Gouws has hardly touched the ball. Apart from a poorly struck up and under, no mistakes tho. Made one break and had one good offload that I remember.
@rhineshark (Comment 108) : 😉
sharks have bonus point, so prepare for a diabolical ending performance from our heros
Deysel is having a good evening
@beet (Comment 113) : add a missed touch kick from a pen.
Leopards line out, sharks 22
WTF is up with the Sharks? 🙄
The level of play in this game is appaling.
6min to play
@Big Fish (Comment 120) : Lions Cheetahs final. Unless the Boks go out tomorrow, in which case the Sharks will win the CC.
how many tries have we scored?
WTF Prinsloo, you doos.
@RuckingFun (Comment 123) : 4.
@klempie (Comment 119) : @Big Fish (Comment 120) : its a virus
Daniel, charge down try
Conversion over
Sharks 34 – 14 Leopards
78 min
One more Sharks
Yes, Sithole over
SBU!!!
I expect many more my son – many more!
Well done Sithole.
He saved himself from getting a 3 on the Otto rating system.
Conversion over
Sharks 41 – 14 Leopards
FULL TIME
@Big Fish (Comment 131) : How was that step off his right?
Well done Sharks 😎
Next stop, BOKKE to clap the Ausies…….
well done sharks!
@Big Fish (Comment 131) :
In the green and gold it will be even better..what a player.
MOTM Deysel
Nice down to earth interview with Deysel. Good attitude both on and off the field tonight.
@klempie (Comment 122) : I will gladly let us get klapped, rather than have the Boks fall out of the RWC.
For the sake of Sharks rugby, we simply can´t afford to win the CC with the returning Boks, because it will only plaster over the massive cracks in our system.
Performers in Lions jerseys, like Whiteley and Rhodes, are a case in point.
cheetahs will beat Griquas with 5 points. Cheetahs have superior points difference, so sharks must get bonus point against lions to get home semi. Tough one!
@rhineshark (Comment 141) : what happened to the good old days when it was province before country lol?
@cody0007 (Comment 143) : 😀