Happy Good Friday to all readers! Our Friday kicks off with a scrumptious match between the Hurricanes and the Sharks, a match that is sure to keep us on the edge of our chairs throughout. We can only hope for the correct result at the end of the eighty minutes.
The Hurricanes hosted the Cheetahs last weekend, ran out to lead them 36 – 11 and somehow managed to lose the encounter. We can all be sure that defence is something that they would have worked on in the build-up to this match, and the Sharks can expect a tough encounter.
The Sharks are still without Pat Lambie, and have also lost Odwa Ndungane to a groin injury, meaning we will see Louis Ludik start his game of the tour. Another first time starter is Craig Burden, with the coaching staff giving Bismarck a breather on the bench. We are sure to see both him and Deysel exert some pain in the second half.
Hurricanes: 15. André Taylor, 14. Cory Jane, 13. Conrad Smith (Captain), 12. Tim Bateman, 11. Julian Savea, 10. Beauden Barrett, 9. TJ Perenara, 8. Faifili Levave, 7. Karl Lowe, 6. Jack Lam, 5. Jason Eaton, 4. James Broadhurst, 3. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2. Dane Coles, 1. Ben May
Replacements: 16. Motu Matu’u, 17. Michael Bent, 18. Jeremy Thrush, 19. Mark Reddish, 20. Chris Eaton, 21. Tusi Pisi, 22. Charlie Ngatai
Sharks: 15. Riaan Viljoen, 14. Louis Ludik, 13. JP Pietersen, 12. Tim Whitehead, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Frederic Michalak, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Keegan Daniel (Captain), 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Marcell Coetzee, 5. Jandre Marais, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Craig Burden, 1. Dale Chadwick
Replacements: 16. Bismarck du Plessis, 17. Wiehahn Herbst, 18. Anton Bresler, 19. Jean Deysel, 20. Jacques Botes, 21. Meyer Bosman, 22. Marius Joubert
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So Joubert is the chosen one. 🙄 Go Sharks!!! 😛
Is Plum trying to lose? Why is Oupa there?
Let’s just hope that the Sharks take advantage of the beating that was handed out to the Canes last week.
Does anyone know any truth in the rumour that Hougaard will be playing in blue and white hoops next season?
Good luck Sharks !
Go Sharkies!
@Die Kriek (Comment 2) : I agree. What was the point of sending Jordaan on this trip?
Gooooo Shaaarks!!!!!!
What time is kick-off? Working on a Friday sucks. 🙁
So we’re going for tries…
Why is Burden starting ahead of Bis?
Morning already a kick off it was 9h35 SA time
Go Sharksssssssssssssssssssss Goooooooooooooooooooooooo
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) : Kicked off already at 9:35
@klempie (Comment 11) :
keeping the best for last lets just hope we hold up the score until then
5 minutes in…whos giving updates?…please….
@Captainsharkboy (Comment 15) : Nothin much is happening. Scrappy start. Hurricanes giving away a few penalties and free kicks.
Sharks 5m out!!
It ends with them half a metre from the line with a penalty to the Canes for holding on.
Go Jp help him go sharksssssssssssssss nearlly there go boys
Mistakes before the post Shit 👿
P for the canes
Sharks back in the 22.
Lots of crash ball atm. And it ends with the Sharks holding on again.
come on sharks we need this win 👿
Try Canes
Shitttttt
its called tackle Sharks
try Canes
Converted by Barrett
And breakaway try by Taylor who slides between two Sharks forwards and swerves past McLeod to score. Barret converts.
Hurricanes 7 – 0 Sharks
14 mins
McLeod!!!
TMO McLeod might have scored try
Taylor is quick…like what I’m seeing from the Sharks. There’s urgency, commitment, hunger etc.. guys seem very ready for this one. Like the numbers we are throwing to the rucks.
Twinkle toes down the sideline and he’s in the corner…but is his right foor in touch. The ball appears to be down fractions of a second after the foot. No try.
No try, foot in touch before he grounded the ball
@lostfish (Comment 28) : Would be nice for the Sharks to be the ones to strike back for a change.
marcell concedes a penalty in the canes 22 & then misses andre taylor for the Canes try…
Canes 7 – 0 Sharks
Penalty Sharks, Michalak going for posts
Sharks set up the maul…and they win a penalty for an offside infringement by the Canes.
Fred will kick from 30, 20m from left hand touch.
@lostfish (Comment 31) : Pity
great Michalak
Canes 7 – 3 Sharks
18 minutes
Hurricanes 7 – 3 Sharks
18 mins
come on Sharks stop them
TMO has been asked any reason why I can’t award the try
Canes try going tmo
This is going to be a long day! 🙄
i don’t see the ball at all
Try Canes…what a fucking joke….you can’t see shit!!
@Ben (Comment 44) : you can that again
Try awarded
@klempie (Comment 46) : I don’t know what the ref saw but the TMO couldn’t see anything either.
@klempie (Comment 46) :
agree i just hope we arn’t playing against that ref
@lostfish (Comment 42) : Tricky one. From the cameras, it was difficult to see one way or the other.. still try it is.
Barrett converts
Canes 14 – 3 Sharks
Jackson awards a try by asking “Is there any reason I can’t award the try?”
But there are bodies everywhere and no replays show the ball anywhere. The TMO is forced to answer, there is no reason why you shouldn’t award the try.
Daylight thieving.
@klempie (Comment 53) : Jackson must have xray vision if he was able to see that ball being grounded.
@lostfish (Comment 54) : As the commentators said, the only justification is that he saw the ball on the ground later. But even if that was the case, who’s to say it wasn’t the result of a second movement?
Sharks in the Canes 22
Sharks are back in the 22.
More crash ball and the Sharks are 5m out.
Canes turn the ball over
And it ends with Fred isolated and the Canes hold him up against the support of the Sharks’ forwards and steal the ball off him. *sigh*
@Megatron (Comment 33) : Bwhahahahaha you are sooooooo transparent in your comments. 😆
It’s like me commenting on Matfield. 😆
The Sharks have 68% possession. 😕
Sharks conceded 9 turnovers, missed 6 tackles and have had 70% possession
Sharks not taking their chances!
where is Lambie 😕
@klempie (Comment 53) : I’d say the correct question would have been “was the ball grounded” kak question by the Ref! FFS
Sharks have a lineout 10m out.
Yes, Fred shouldnt really be the one trying to crash over.
Sharks give away another penalty 10m out
The Sharks are playing really fucking stupid rugby when it matters, ruining all their good work.
What a waste
Canes now awarded another penalty for Sharks not supporting their body weight
What 👿
the cane swas off sides 😈 👿
McLeod arguing with the ref gets told not to talk like that
McLeod blown up for going off his feet. Barrett misses.
Barrett missed the penalty
Canes 14 – 3 Sharks
29 mins
From bad to worse
The Sharks should not fall too far behind here….they do not have close to the same attacking ability of the Cheetahs….especially at wing where the Sharks wings are some deal less impressive as the Cheetahs…
So we cannot refer to last week to predict and outcome or comeback…
Now they are playing stupid rugby in their own 22!!
McLeod runs back about 10m to throw in a quick lineout, then Sharks awarded a scrum 5m out due to unplayable ball
Why are they trying to run it out of their own 22 when they’re 11 points down??
Give the backline ball man Keegan. Shocking by the ref..
Sharks push Canes back int he scrum
Sharks still trying to run the ball out of the 22
MASSIVE PUNCH UP!!!
Now there is a huge big brawl on the field
I’ve never seen a punch up that big!
Wow Jannie!!
It was JduP that went to the face of a Canes player after provocation.
After that, it all went downhill.
Jannie du Plessis is going to be cited for a punch
@lostfish (Comment 90) : A snotklap… 😛
Touch judges didn’t see anything and neither did the ref so he has issued a white card, they think it is a penalty against JdP, so penalty to the Canes
@klempie (Comment 91) : It was a open hand slap
Hurricanes 17 – 3 Sharks
34 mins.
Jannie conceding a lot of penalties today…
@lostfish (Comment 93) : That’s what a snotklap is. 😛
Sharks are in a hole here
Barrett goals the penalty
Canes 17 – 3 Sharks
Burden fucks up the throw on our own 22.
Sharks kick off goes over the 10 m line and the wind blows it back, all the players stop playing and Canes got a scrum on the halfway line
Canes on the attack
Canes playing it smart. Forcing the sharks to play from deep and sharks are obliging with penalties
Hey all,
In my opinion, the sooner we get rid of idiots like Jannie, the better …..
@Hmmm (Comment 78) :
Sharks need to regroup and rethink…else they will lose a games against the Hurricanes they should have won…ala LIONS
Penalty Canes for Sharks offside. Right in front.
Penalty to the Canes, Sharks offsides
The main gripe most of us have had with our poor breakdown play continues unabated. And our indiscipline makes a comeback.
Hurricanes 20 – 3 Sharks
37 mins
Barrett kicks another penalty
Canes 20 – 3 Sharks
38 mins
After 3 straight games against Aussie opposition, the sharks are finding out the kiwis are a different proposition. Another penalty, a deeper hole. Sharks need to get into this game.
We’re in for a hiding 🙁
Not sure if we can dig ourselves out of this one.
Time to get back to neutral refs.
First of all the 2nd try should never have been at all. No way could the ball been seen. Then the punch up none of the linesman had seen anything or the ref. So a white card was for 3 players. Then he awards Canes a penalty against us.
Jannie slapped they player, not sure if he will get a ban for that probably will knowing the kiwis.
Sharks 5m out!!
And they screw up another one with Chadwick going straight off his feet in support!
Michalak is fucking pathetic!
Sharks on the 5m line, Chadwick giving away another penalty right on the line
Chadwick the chop – 2 penalties in a row, you dumb fuck!
Give Fatwick a rest!
KSA….do you get what I was saying ESPECIALLY against the Hurricanes hold onto the ball…
Michalak should have passed that to Viljoen instead of hanging on
Geez.. another chance absolutely screwed.
Try Canes, Sharks are rudderless
Savea in the corner. This is a nightmare.
My God its painful being a vSharks supporter! Plum brinh on Bosman and send Freddie to France!
Game over, disgusting display by the Sharks
We are simply playing stupid rugby here.
Come on Sharks we far better than this. Get it together in the 2nd half.
As soon as we get to the line someone efs it up!!!!!!! Damnit man!
Lets hope we can replicate the Cheetahs comeback. Otherwise, we´re going to get a well-deserved hiding.
HT Hurricanes 25 – 3 Sharks
@Puma (Comment 125) : I hate to say it but Keegan isn’t a strong enough leader, he seems to get bogged down when the going gets tough.
@Ice (Comment 126) : Surely you meant FUCKS IT UP.
Hurricanes 25 – 3 Sharks halftime
This is a hiding. Sharks showing lack of finishing ability. Canes showing the exact opposite. Oh well, time to focus on blues next week
Glory boy Fred should fark back to France asap!
Calm down guys.
It`s our own fault for building up their chances.
Fact: We were by far the worst looking SA side last weekend, that much we all agreed on.
So is it fair of us to expect them to win against the top NZ team?
@rhineshark (Comment 130) : she probably does but there are kids who read this site.
This is not the Sharks team i know nothing is working for us at all, well lets hope we can pick up like the cheets did otherwise we can just pack up and go home and try 2013 👿
Pathetic! An embaressment!
Should have gone into half time 20 – 10 instead 25 – 3 and its basically game set and match
Will Beast be available for our home games? Hoping he is.
Really hope Lambie is ready for next week. We need to just forget this game and hope like hell we can beat the Blues next week. Unless we can do a Cheetahs come back here, but I doubt it.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…when the chips are down KEEGAN is not a man who can rally the troops. This is the kind of situation Barney would be able to manage. As lostfish put it…RUDDERLESS.
sorry to say this this but the sharks are plain useless
, chadwick has no brains at all, he still cant tackle, jannie is the brain fart of old, michelak is worse then last week , hell its a joke
You can’t blame Keegan though, the whole game we’ve been stringing together promising moves only for our dumbfucks to mess it up at the tail end. Really, Coetzee might be a good runner but he holds on, never passes and gives away penalties. Add him to the Chadwick and Jannie idiot parade and is it any wonder we’re playing so shit.
2 tries wasted by Fred going for the line alone.
@Original Pierre (Comment 134) :
this game is the only one i know they are playing well or have i got it wrong
@Puma (Comment 139) : puma no capt means this sharks team is as useless as the anc 😆
@klempie (Comment 140) : Agree. We simply don’t have a good captain at all. Only player I can think of with the same qualities as John as a captain is Lambie. For now doubt the senior players will want him as captain, but Plum should just have made him captain, seeing he will be playing with Sharks for years to come.
they show potential all over the place but achieve nothing 😆
The problem is, next week we will be without Jannie, so our front row will be tested… I guess at least Schonert will justify his plane ticket.
@sharks_lover (Comment 145) :
i still KD is not the right Cap for the S15 CC yes but not the S15
but thats me
@sharks_lover (Comment 145) : hahaha. Howzit bro, how you doing.
Jeepers we are rubbish this week. Make Lambie the captain. He should have been no matter how young he is.
We need Bosman on the field. Someone who actually passes when he’s supposed to! Twice now michalak has decided not to pass close to the Canes try line amnd both times we lost the ball! Really missing Lambie in this one! 😥
@Puma (Comment 150) :
agree but where is he
To think I am missing my son’s rugby festival to watch this [email protected] 👿 I am sick of this management and serial offenders who will not be mentioned!
@sharks_lover (Comment 147) : Yes we were all over them at the start and have nothing to show for it. Makes me go bonkers.
@sharks_lover (Comment 145) : WOW! Been some time since someone got away with a statement like that! Kudos!
@Puma (Comment 150) : hiyas bro, naw bro , this team is a bunch of individuals , no team effort, KD aint the greatest capt yes , but not much he can do when studity reigns throughout the team
@Ben (Comment 151) :
agree 😆
and Michalak he should know he has a team to play with or is he the only one on the field 🙁
@klempie (Comment 155) : lol klempie just being honest , we support and support and support and will keep on doing so, but hell sometimes we have to say it like it is
@Ben (Comment 114) : Agree, it’s the second time he doesn’t pass the ball 5m out. Need to bring on Meyer Bosman. Don’t know whether Chadwick is unlucky or just lacks concentration. We’ve come back from situations, but we had Alberts playing his best rugby. Need to move Alberts to lock, bring on Deysel, Bismarck and Meyer Bosman. Get Freddie off the pitch.
Hey guys what’s the score please?
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 153) : i went to my gran son Bultjie Rugby there is now way that i’ll put sharks first and that day they lost also
@sharks_lover (Comment 156) : For sure, like I said in a post above, we simply playing stupid rugby here today.
The games is’nt over yet. The Cheetahs managed to win from a similar position.
I have to go. Enjoy the debacle.
The Sharks can not finish their chances because they get blown for kak! The Canes seem to be holding on, going offside at will. I can clearly understand Jannie’s frustration when he delivered that pk (and I don’t mean the penalty kick)
@GreatSharksays (Comment 159) : boeet chadwick is clueless , this happens every match , he is a good scrummager no doubt , IT ENDS THERE
On a Positive Note:
Maybe Plum gets a bad case of homesickness while he`s there and decides to quit?
@lostfish (Comment 135) : Good, it will teach them how tough it is to be a Sharks supporter.
@chaz (Comment 152) : Pat will be back next week. Well hope so.
Come now Sharks!! Re-group!!!!
Still deciding if I’m going to watch the second half. Oh what the hell.
Penalty to the Sharks, Canes slowing the ball down. Freddie kicking for posts.
@Loosehead (Comment 163) : hahaha. Loosie, that is your Cheetahs bud, doubt my Sharks can do the same thing. We playing daft rugby out there today.
The Sharks not looking good, 3rd week blues? But they will win the Blues next week
Canes 25 – 6 Sharks
@Mutley (Comment 174) : Beat the Blues is the saying
Penalty to the Sharks for Canes hands in the ruck
We have the wind at our backs. Clever rugby needed.
Viljoen set up the lineout just outside the Canes 22
@Just a Fan (Comment 160) :
Canes 25 Sharks 6
43min
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 153) : I saw the writing on the wall ages ago so I’m not too upset at this stage. Maybe we need this pain for things to change. It’s not too late though.
I need a Sharks win for my SB
Timmy makes a clean break but his pass gets intercepted
Canes having Frog for dinner tonight! 🙄
Think we will have to regroup for next week. Just can’t see us coming back today. Hoping we can, but doubt it.
@Ben (Comment 171) :
WE are SHARKS and Black and White no matter what and that is a try
Petersen you beauty
Sharks win their own line out and set up a maul and Pieterson in for a try!!!!
@Ben (Comment 171) : Hahaha! There´s no ways you were NOT going to watch 😉
Especially now that JP´s scored!
Canes 25 – 11 Sharks
And my fave player scores a try !!!
Michalak adds the extras
Canes 25 – 13 Sharks
Yes, I like Keegan, he’s my fellow Dalian but no man, don’t think he’s the man to lead us.
Petersen is really growing into the outside centre spot, won’t mind at all if he is the Boks centre
Canes 25 Sharks 13
46 min
Hopefully the Canes suffering some scars from last weeks blown lead. Sharks need to exploit that
Canes are going through the phases
TMO try?
TMO for a try to the Canes
@rhineshark (Comment 189) : Oh, did JP score a try? 😆
he totally lost that ball
I don’t think he had control of the ball
He scored
And we gift them a try straightaway. Our defese is atrocious 👿 👿 👿 👿
Try awarded
Canes 30 – 13 Sharks
@Mephy (Comment 201) :
i was just about to say that dame ref will award the try no matter what happens 👿
No ways!
Im still very hopefull…
That try should never ever have been awarded.
Bloody cheating kiwis.
Barrett unable to add the extras
And there goes my SB points 👿
Wrong call I think and I am neutral in this game
Mvovo knocks Jane back on his ass
@Puma (Comment 209) :
Agree we are playing against the hole dame lot 😈
And again a sketchy call goes the way of the Canes. Gifting them tries tonight
They get the benefit of the doubt, why not give it to McLeod as well?? Even the NZ commentators reckon it was not a try..
We want neutral refs from next year, this damn reffing system where a home team has their own damn ref, assistant refs and tmo is not on any longer.
Bring back neutral refs otherwise we will see this biased reffing for ever.
The only good thing about this game is points for FL.
@Ice (Comment 216) : Absolutely. Then McLeod’s try should have been awarded.
Bloody cheating kisiw.. 😛
Penalty to the Canes on the 5m line, Jannie has a chat with the ref and he gives the Canes a 10m walk
Jackson is a douche!!!!
@Puma (Comment 219) : meant kiwis.
We´re not losing because of the officials people 🙄
That penalty was bollocks
@Ice (Comment 216) : Aussie commentators didn’t think so either.
Can they pleeeease just send Jannie home!
The tackler not letting go and the ref duly awards his team a penalty …. this is a farce of refeering and they expect us to believe that there is no bias? Please man.
3 mistakes by the Canes let slip, and then we get blown up, for kak!
@rhineshark (Comment 223) : Agreed, but that penalty was bollocks
Penalty to the Sharks for Canes not supporting bodyweight.
Come on boys, you still can do it!!!!
Deysel warming up on the side and coming on for Coetzee
Deysel and Bresler on
The ball is stolen from Burden again around 10m out
Come now boys! Another 1st 10 min second half play, paleeeeeessseee!
Try Canes, again
That’s a brilliantly done try from nothing for the Canes
no this is not working at all i’m just going to give up 👿
Canes 35 – 13 Sharks
And its GAME OVER. Let´s hope the Canes also think so.
Pierre…our boys are just not used to rucking….they are getting to the rucks too late. Mallet doesn’t have a job….:-)
Barrett’s conversion charged by Ludik
Canes 35 – 13 Sharks
This game is a bloody farce! Sure the Sharks aren’t at their best, but we are being robbed! Mr. Jackson is missing a great game
Chadwick is replaced
The Sharks needs Beast and Lambie back
If our boys wake up we might just make it its only a big 22 points diffs
Good night Guppies! Bloody useless!
This ref is shocking. Leckie caliber…
Canes knock on, scrum to the Sharks
Bosman on for Michelak
Bosman on for Michalak.
@VanWilder (Comment 248) : We would’ve done better with Bryce having the whistle
Aussie commentators saying the Michalak has cost the Sharks 1 maybe 2 tries and I can’t disagree.
@Die Kriek (Comment 252) : A blind man would have better vision 😈
Starting to get scrappy
Mark Hinton on twitter – Canes with assistance from officials, putting the hurt on Sharks with almost no ball.
@lostfish (Comment 254) : The Canes are having a free-for-all.
@lostfish (Comment 253) : Why Aussie commentators?
Now Jannie gets pinged at the scrum for not binding.
Jannie what are you doing tonight?
Botes on for Daniel
And dumbfuck can’t even bind now ……… please please tell him to go away from Kzn, please.
Who is capt now?
Can we score 20 unanswered points in 20 minutes?
Penalty to the Sharks, Viljoen sets the lineout on the 5 m line
Burden might have scored
Tmo try for Burden?
@lostfish (Comment 253) : He cost us 2 tries. Damn why did Plum not start with Bosman if Lambie was out injured??? 😈
Try for Burden in the corner
Try Burden!!
Burden looks like he might have done something to his leg
Bosman pulls the conversion to the left
Bismark replaces Burden
Burden off, Bismark on
Canes 35 – 18 Sharks
Penalty to the Sharks
Sharks took the lineout and then end up losing possession and conceding a penalty
Ref justifies the guy getting aggro and taking a shot at Viljoen by telling Botes “He shouldn’t ave kicked the ball away then” ….. really? This is a ref?
Bosman just got runover
A crap! Now Joubert is on 😥
MJ is on for Whitehead
Jannie is off and being replaced by Chadwick
@Mephy (Comment 278) : Bloody cheating kiwi refs. 😛
Penalty to the Canes
Overall a shocking display by the Sharks. The Canes made us their bitches today. Simple as.
Canes set up the lineout
Its time for a new coach. I’m sorry I really like Plum but he just plain and simply can’t get the best out of these bunch of guys!
@Ben (Comment 287) : Same errors week after week after week.
As I see the Canes charging towards the line I can only think – I hope the player who scores is on my FL team
Try Canes…
Sharks are KAK = Fact!
And just to REALLY rub it in we hand them another try on a silver platter.
It was almost Smith and then he popped it up to Thrush who went over.
PLUMTREE OUT!
BASHFORD OUT!
STREAULI OUT!
The Sharks are just plain kak. We have to face facts.
Barrett adds the extras
Canes 42 – 18 Sharks
6 tries to 2
I don’t care what anyone says..the sharks deserve to be at the bottom..they not showing anything worth talking bout..we have championship players..but we play so kak
Heading for the lower end of the table. Same old, same old under Plumtree.
boys and girls we can blame the ref all we want? the sharks were plain rubbish tonight , thats the truth of it
We had more possession but couldn’t do anything with it.
Reds vs Brumbies now
@sharks_lover (Comment 300) : Yep. The ref was terrible. Exceptionally terrible. But we cannot use that as an excuse.
We are just plain kak.
Another season of mediocrity under Plumtree.
PLUMTREE OUT!
against a lighytweight pack our scrums were just so so
our defence? no guts at all , no backbone, attack? i guess had its moments
skill levels poor , hell the list goes on 🙄 , and this coming from me says a lot as i basicly never trash my team, but hell what i witnessed today was a abortion
By the way. Where is the Riaan Viljoen that played for the Cheetahs last year? This one is clearly not the same guy! Send Michalak back to France already please! He’s no team player!
I think I made a kakhuis full of points on FL through the Canes though.. 🙄 BUT THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT!
@siorc (Comment 295) : I’m just glad I didn’t get my hopes up else my entire long weekend would have been messed up..I’ve accepted that the best we’ll do this season is a mid-table finish. Our basics are just in the rubbish bin. Might need to thing about moving JPP back to the wing and have MB and TW as our centres. Enjoy the weekend guys, have a good one.
We lost this game for 2 reasons. Our ball protection was shockingly bad and we just have no clue how to score of phase play. The Sharks only score of turnovers and we had way to much of the ball. We were killed by a team that played 2 fetchers. We lost the ball at least 7 times while on attack less thab 8m from their goal line.
@GreatSharksays (Comment 307) : Mid table would be a HUGE achievement for a team playing like this!
If it wasn’t for the threat of relegation I would be praying for losses the rest of the games just so the three stooges of Plumtree, Bashford and reece can be set to pasture, would be nice for Rudi to follow them but one step at the time. Then get decent coaches who will review the captaincy and build us a team that can at least be contenders! This was absolute rubbish! And no excuses The Bulls are delivering without almost a whole new team! This is a coaching thing! Oh and then send Freddie back to France Joubert to an old age home and I think its time Jannie paid more attention to his wife and medical carreer, he delivers nothing but penalties! I just cannot describe the rage I am feeling right now!
Tim Whiteheag and JPP are basically the only 2 positives from this game. Actually feel Burden had a good game too.
@Ben (Comment 311) : and coetzee
@Ben (Comment 309) : Lol..we might even make the play-offs but won’t make it to the semi’s. We have a string of home games which we should win. Another fact we need to accept quickly is that the Stormers are going to play in this year’s final and have a very good chance of winning that match.
Well at least the Sharks didn’t let me down this weekend. I got the win point on SB.
Okay just had to have a swim to cool down….hehe.
Sure we never played our best today, but we got screwed by once again a useless kiwi ref, much like Bryce used to cost the Sharks.
@GreatSharksays (Comment 313) : They have a brilliant coach the Stormers. Hope they win this thing if the Sharks aren’t in the play-offs.
@GreatSharksays (Comment 313) Well good on the Stormers, rather a saffa team won it than a kiwi side. Especially after today.
Hope Stormers whip the Landers backside tomorrow, for that matter hope the Bulls klap the Saders as well.
@Puma (Comment 315) : Come on Puma! The ref didn’t cost us this game.
1 LMS pick for this game and it was for the Sharks. lifeline lost.
175 entered
16 alive with a lifeline
34 alive with no lifeline
125 eliminated
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 310) : Sure we lost today and rightfully so, we were not great, but if it was not for the ref we would have not lost by that margin, not ever.
@Ben (Comment 318) : No I never said he did Ben. BUT he cost us when we were in good positions many times.
Their one try should never ever been allowed as well, otherwise they should have awarded McLeod his try.
I honestly don’t know how the Lions managed to lose against the Sharks…
@Puma (Comment 321) : 😎 He was crap I agree but the blame has to be put at the feet of the players and more importantly, the coaching staff.
@Hmmm (Comment 322) : Uhm. The Lions NEVER beat the Sharks in Super rugby.
@Ben (Comment 318) : Agreed, the sharks wouldn`t have won even if I was the ref.
@Puma (Comment 321) : I´m as pissed off as you, but McLeod´s foot was in touch and if I was the TMO would also have given Smith the try. As far as all the ruck penalties against us – our own poor technique is to blame and not the ref.
@rhineshark (Comment 326) : I wouldn’t have given the Smith try. It was clearly lost forward.
There was also the dodgy call “can you give me any reason why I cannot award the try” for their 2nd, when it didn’t seem probable at all that they had scored. I suggest the call was wrong, it should have been the more usual “try or no try”.
But no, whilst the reffing was shocking, the Sharks can only blame themselves. They are very poor and we are in for a long season.
Plumtree must go.