Jean Deysel leads the Sharks out tonight against former captain and friend John Smit, in an exhibition match sure to deliver much in the way of open, exciting rugby.
A full program is planned, with College Rovers hosting Varsity Cup champions Tuks in the curtain-raiser, starting at 5pm. After Rovers won the National Club Champs in 2010, plenty of their players came onto the Tukkies radar and tonight’s match will see a fair few Rovers Old Boys returning to Durban to take on their former club. It’s going to be a huge clash to decide club supremacy in the country, with Rovers record over the last few years seeing them rightly billed as the best open (i.e non-university) club side in South Africa.
The main match kicks off at 19h05.
Sharks:
15 Louis Ludik, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Tim Whitehead, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Sibusiso Sithole, 10 Riaan Viljoen, 9 Charl McLeod (vice captain), 8 Lubabalo Mtembu, 7 Jean Deysel (captain), 6 Francois Kleinhans, 5 Anton Bresler, 4 Jandre Marais, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Dale Chadwick
16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Julian Redelinghuys, 18 Peet Marais, 19 Chris Cloete, 20 Cobus Reinach, 21 Gouws Prinsloo, 22 Rosco Speckman
Barney’s Army:
15 Percy Montgomery, 14 Brent Russell, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Marius Joubert, 11 Joe Maddock, 10 Butch James, 9 Mark McMillan, 8 Shaun Sowerby, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Julian Salvi, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Jason White, 3 Faan Rautenbach, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Martin Scelzo
16 Pieter Dixon, 17 Danie Mienie, 18 Rob Linde, 19 Hottie Louw, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Stefan Terblanche, 23 Heimar Williams
Teams for curtain raiser:
Jonsson College Rovers: 15 Chris Jordaan, 14 Jors Dannhauser, 13 Nick Jackson, 12 Kobus de Kock, 11 Anton Verster, 10 Chris Micklewood (Captain), 9 Neil de Bruin, 8 Juan Language, 7 Kelvin Adam, 6 Kosie Haarhof, 5 Simba Bwanya, 4 Nikolai Blignaut, 3 Siko Sinelizwe, 2 Monde Hadebe, 1Kurt Schonert.
16 Chris Kemp, 17 Jandre Jacobs, 18 Johan van Wyk, 19 Conrad Stoltz, 20 Shannon Rick, 21 Kyle Wilkinson, 22 Mzo Mbona, 23 Calvin Carnezos.
Tukkies: 15 Hayden Groepes, 14 Deon Helberg, 13 Jerome Pretorius, 12 Debeon Draghoender, 11 Donavan Marais, 10 Willie du Plessis, 9 Clayton Stewart, 8 Jono Janse van Rensburg, 7 Jacques Verwey, 6 Frederick Eksteen, 5 Sthembiso Mhlongo, 4 Nqubeko Zulu, 3 Louis Ackerman, 2 Zane Botha, 1 Sabelo Nhlapo.
16 Kurt Haupt, 17 Kevin Becker, 18 Schalk van Heerden, 19 Lee Thompson, 20 Emile Temperman, 21 Cameron Dunlop, 22 GD Kotze
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Come Oooooooooooon . . . er wait a sec, who should I support here? Old Sharks or New Sharks ? 🙄
Why the hell did they schedule this at the same time as the final?? 🙄
Supersport should be ashamed of this coverage.
Great to see Sithole there….
@Hmmm (Comment 4) :
He is the only pace the Sharks have…
Odwa try! Conv missed
5 – 0
Classic Brent Russell!!!
Sharks 5 – 7 BA
Russel just made Sithole look pedestrian….from stand still running around Sithole who was unable to get a hand on him…
Russell try!
Sharks 5 – 7 Army
@Hmmm (Comment 9) : Brent’s still got it. 😎
The sound quality is pathetic.
Matfield offside
@JarsonX (Comment 12) : Supersport have just not come to the party here. Disgraceful.
@klempie (Comment 14) : The crowd makes the atmosphere and you can barely hear them 🙁
@klempie (Comment 14) : I haven’t been able to get the live stream.
@Hmmm (Comment 9) : He has been in fine form for Clermont.
Whitehead in the corner!
@JarsonX (Comment 15) : Capastagno should stick to rugby. He’s just NOT funny. 😕
@lostfish (Comment 17) : Now that I’ve seen him, I realise I miss him. 🙁
Sharks are much better than the army.
I’ve been keeping the flu at bay for the last two weeks…and I think I’ve finally succumbed. 🙁
@klempie (Comment 20) : I was gutted when he left for Province.
Joubert looks right at home in the Army 😈
@lostfish (Comment 23) : Yeh but we messed him around too much.
Sharks struggling to put away the old timers here…
Whitehead with his 2nd
Halftime
Sharks 19 – 7 Barmy
@klempie (Comment 25) : yeah and then Province made him leave the country 😈
Rob Linde decided to take a crap during halftime 😈
@JarsonX (Comment 30) : 😆
Lets pause the game to fix the Scrum Cam
@JarsonX (Comment 32) : And then you cant see anything anyways 🙄
@klempie (Comment 31) : Seriously 😆
Still 19 – 7 after 51mins
Bosman carded for a tip tackle on Kockett
Army gets a penalty try. Ludik carded for a deliberate knock down. Barney converts it
Sharks 13 – 15 Army
That’s players on the FIELD! 😈
Sharks 19 – 14 Army
That’s points on the BOARD! 😈
Linde looks like he is still clenching
Burden Bonus Point Try!
Cloete try no5
BAB’s should get 3 points here.
BB’s 22 – 16 BAB’s
4 mins to go….
Sharks 33 – 14 Army
66mins
Well done Baby Boks!
Sharks 40 – 14 Army
70mins
Dont know who scored the last try.
Specman try!
45 – 14
72mins
5mins left
Rob Linde consolation try!
FULLTIME
SHARKS 47 – 21 BARNEY
Really enjoyed the game. The first Sharks game where I have supported the opposing team. So good to see Brent and Shaun playing at Kings Park again.
I tell you what guys, Brent Russell still has the twinkle toes. Great to see him running around our youngsters. Such a shame how the Sharks and Wp messed that dude around. He could have been our own ‘wee Shane Williams
Sharks tries were scored by
Odwa, Tim (x2), Burden, Chris Cloete, Cobus Reinach and Rosco Speckman
@CapeShark (Comment 53) : Agreed. Russel made our wings look very pedestrian. Good game.
This game really made me laugh at the people who think Deysel is a fetcher. Kleinhans is a very decent fetcher. Saw him turnover the ball 4 times.
Burden had a awesome game. Kyle Cooper should never play at loosehead again. Couldn’t even bind properly.
The best wing on the park:
BRENT RUSSELL