The penultimate weekend of the regular season of Currie Cup action comes to an end in Bloemfontein where the Cheetahs host the Sharks, a match that has a major bearing on the final outcome of the log.
The Cheetahs are out of the play-off spots after the Bulls victory last night, and will need a win over the second placed Sharks to get back in contention. A loss tonight, together with other results going against them, could see them ending on the bottom of the log come the end of the final round of matches next weekend.
The Sharks need to win to have any hope of finishing in the top two spots on the log, a spot that will give them the inside edge come the semi finals, considering that they are the only team unbeaten at home. A loss today will leave matters out of their own hands, a place Sharks fans found themselves at this stage of the season quite regularly.
Free State Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Nico Scheepers, 13 Robert Ebersohn (captain), 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Phillip van der Walt, 7 Francois Uys, 6 Lappies Labuschagne, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Ross Geldenhuys, 2 Hercu Liebenberg, 1 Marcel van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 AJ Le Roux, 17 Brummer Badenhorst, 18 Waltie Vermeuelen, 19 Davon Raubenheimer, 20 Tewis du Bruyn, 21 Phillip Snyman, 22 Phillip Burger.
Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Meyer Bosman, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Keegan Daniel (captain), 7. Jean Deysel, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Anton Bresler, 4 Jandré Marais, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Pieter Dixon, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Peet Marais, 19 Tera Mtembu, 20 Cobus Reinach, 21 Riaan Viljoen, 22 S’bura Sithole.
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SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!
Cheetahs!
Come on Sharks! End the weekend on a high!
This weekend rugby watching salvage time right here folks… all the games up to the Boks were golden, then the massive let down, now hopefully redemption
what time is kick-off?
Anyone have a link?
@durbsguy (Comment 6) : Not yet… looking
@durbsguy (Comment 6) : Do you know anyone with DStv?
@klempie (Comment 8) : Not in Spain…
Supersport have cocked this up properly… streaming coverage only starts at 19h30
@Pablo Dinero (Comment 9) : Doesn’t matter. I’ve been waiting for someone overseas who knows someone with DStv to try a proxy experiment.
no wonder I can’t get it to work
@klempie (Comment 11) : I tried ñlast week and couldnt get it to work..
@Pablo Dinero (Comment 13) : What proxy did you use? What problems did you experience?
proxy won’t help if the game isn’t being streamed
Hmm… I tried a free proxy, that was probably part of the problem. My error was that the regional setting was detecing I wasnt in the SA region. In other worfds, it was the proxy that was a cock up, not the technique
Cheetahs 8 – 0 Sharks
Rhule try
@robdylan (Comment 15) : Meanwhile Cheetahs are winning 10 – 0
@Pablo Dinero (Comment 18) : 🙁 Damn. Also trying live streaming. Its an unpredictable beast…
meyer bosman gets killed by rhule…robdylan….. 😀
Better from the Sharks. Penalty right in front
10 – 3 yet?
Cheetahs 10 – 3 Sharks
Penalty Bosman
Dixon off injured
Injury looks quite serious. Cooper on. Sharks 22.
cricfree.tv has it on channel 2 rubbish quality though
@Pablo Dinero (Comment 16) : Try 41.164.142.132 on port 8080. It’s the fastest free one in SA according to HideMyAss.
It’s a Neotel hosted server on behalf of Afrinic. http://www.afrinic.net/en/about-us/origins
More details here.
http://whois.domaintools.com/41.164.142.132
Let me know.
@klempie (Comment 26) : Will try just now, in and out, getting kids to go to bed
Odders over to the left of the posts
bosman converts it’s 10 apiece
10-all, according to that crappy live stream
Looks like JP broke thru a gap and gave it to the everpresent Odwa Ndungane to score
Still 10-all
Odwa is over again this time to the right for a penalty 5m out
Odwa scores again off a nice breakout by the sharks!!
15-10 to the sharks
Cheetahs throwing the ball around, it’s champagne rugby from them but then a knock-on just as they were looking threatening
Missed penalty by the cheetahs, and it’s still 15-10 to sharks
Cheetahs playing exciting running rugby but silly mistakes undermining their cause. Sharks so far living off scraps and making the points count
C’mon Sharkies…. had some decent results today and would be nice if you overtake the Lions this evening.
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Oh Rob….you didn’t! 😮
Does anyone know who scored?
Paul Jordaan…
Odwa has been on fire this year!
I’ve never been a big Odwa fan but he has outdone himself this season.
22-13 to the Sharks
Man, for all his impressive physique, Jean Deysel sure is ineffectual…
25-13 to the Sharks.
25-18 Penalty kick successful for the Cheetahs
Conversion, CapeShark, not a penalty kick.
Whoah! Another penalty for the Cheetahs literally seconds after the last. 25-20… 🙄
@TRF_Ezequiel (Comment 49) : Sorry dude watching the crappy live stream and it halts in a few places! 😥
CapeShark, the Cheetahs scored (going from 13 to 18 points) and got a conversion afterwards for 2 additional points.
Sorry guys, i’ll just report on the actual score. My live play on this stream is terrible
http://cricfree.tv/live/live_rugby_streaming/currie_cup:_cheetahs_v_the_sharks/998
Try this one… It’s running fine overhere…
Cheetahs getting into the game more and more. Doesn’t look good. I fear a same course of action as the match in Durban (Meaning the visitors giving away a win in the end)
Bad decision from Daniel to kick for goal by the way.
Chadwick with a terrific tackle, sent the guy 5 metres backwards
Cheetahs with a line-outs 5 metres from our try line.
Jafta … Players going off their feet because the player is isolated and were pinged?
Cheetahs getting a lot of penalties , I fear you may be right TRF, i think they are looking good for stealing this one! 🙄
Tense last period coming up.
23-25 to Sharks.
Sharks get a penalty shot at goals
Multiple infringements by Uys. Final warning for the Cheetahs. Yellow card at the next penalty.
That should have been a yellow!
FFS, why are they turning down shots at goal??!!!
Try by Botes, TMO checking to see a second movement.
@CapeShark (Comment 64) :
Because shots at goal from the touch line are only a 40% success rate and we need a 4th try for the bonuspoint.
TRY AWARDED!!!! BONUS POINT!
@TRF_Ezequiel (Comment 65) : whew, smart decision would have been to take the shot at golas, but Keegan is a brave man…
Try Botes! Bonus point! No stupid errors now.
Penalty to the cheetahs. Deysel off his feet
Penalty missed still 32 – 23 to the Sharks
TRY!!! KYLE COOPER!!! Massive run by Allan Dell from the line-out, gaining 15 metres, Cooper takes over and crosses the line!
Try Cooper, that should be it.
Allan Dell nearly scoring on debut.
@Here be dragons (Comment 73) : You a Mark Shuttleworth fan?
Try by the Sharks – Looks like Kyle Cooper bullocking over. Riaan Viljoen misses the umissable conversion right in front. What did we see in this guy?
What is it with the top try scorers today? Jansen, Ndungane and Rhule all score twice!
Soft try by the Cheetahs, Ruhle allowed to canter thru and land on a runway virtually
That’s the game 37 – 30. Well done Sharks. Took the bonus point and added a nice 5th, good thing as Rhule’s try was very soft at the end.
We are 1 match away of being log leaders at the end of the season and with 12 players missing, not bad, I’d say!!!
37-30 and the Cheetahs get 1 point to take them to 5th, leaving the Bulls dead last, again 😀
@klempie (Comment 74) :
Not in particular (not that I have anything against him!).
Viljoen rushed that conversion, didn’t do my nerves any good.
Wait…so Cheetahs stay ahead of Bulls AND we top the log?! Woooooo.. 😎
@Here be dragons (Comment 80) : Here be dragons is his venture capital company.
@klempie (Comment 82) :
Yeah, I have read about him and his involvment with Linux programming.
Bonus point win, as long as we get something next week, we will stay top of the log.
There is a possibility we play Griquas twice in a row now, at home… That’s exciting!
@Here be dragons (Comment 83) : Ah. Was wondering if that was the inspiration for your username. It’s the only other place I’ve heard it.
@klempie (Comment 85) : So the Bulls are still bottom of the log and the Sharks won. 😉
@klempie (Comment 85) :
That’s cos you are an IT nerd. Here be dragons was often used in ancient maps as a tag for exotic, unexplored lands like Africa. You missed the classical reference.
Awesome result. How did JP go?
So the Sharks and Lions are the only teams guaranteed currie cup status next year. Pieterson was great in patches. You can see he needs some match fitness though.
@Big Fish (Comment 87) :
That’s cos you are an IT nerd. Here be dragons was often used in ancient maps as a tag for exotic, unexplored lands like Africa.
I know that. 🙄
http://www.hbd.co.za/
@JarsonX (Comment 86) : Yeh, I’m happy. 😎
@Big Fish (Comment 87) : No idea. Didn’t really watch the game.
@Argex (Comment 88) : Even WP can end dead last if they lose next week. Amazing close competition!
@klempie (Comment 85) :
Old latin quote. Always thought it was a cool phrase.
@JarsonX (Comment 86) : So next week we want,
A Sharks win
A Lions win
A Cheetahs win…if we can’t have that, then a Cheetahs win with enough BPs to keep the Bulls in last place.
@TRF_Ezequiel (Comment 92) : Stupid that there are semi-finals.
@klempie (Comment 89) :
“Ah. Was wondering if that was the inspiration for your username. It’s the only other place I’ve heard it.”
Confused much? 😈
Yup, incredibly close. Imagine WP going down? That would be insane!! The winner of WP and Cheetahs are assured of a spot.
@Big Fish (Comment 96) : Dummy. Read the first line on the website.
@klempie (Comment 98) :
I refuse. You need to improve your communication skills if you don’t want to die alone.
FYI: Waiting for my flight at ORT. Just whiling away the time. 😉
@Big Fish (Comment 99) : Returning from business or pleasure?
Well I believe your future Sharks skipper announced his arrival with a nice little run to set up Kyle Cooper’s try
Allan Dell?
@klempie (Comment 100) :
Leaving for business. All flights to Dubai out of CT were fully booked. Pilgrimage time in Saudi soon…
@Big Fish (Comment 103) : Right. Well enjoy the sand I guess…
Where is Allan Dell seen long-term?
He has been playing hooker recently, has he not?
@klempie (Comment 104) :
😆
Thanks mate!
@TRF_Ezequiel (Comment 102) : that is the man am reffering to
@Here be dragons (Comment 105) : he’s been playing prop with the u21s. Danie Mienie has been the man seen as cover at hooker
My mistake, thanks! Some promising young front-rowers coming through. Good times!
@Here be dragons (Comment 109) : ya, him wearing 16 off the bench for u21s gets a lot of people confused. They think he’s covering hooker most of the time
Great win for Sharks but I still think we need cover for 1 and 3, scrum was under presure tonight.
How irritating was Andy Capistagnio’s commentary re. Ruhle, even in the post match interview he kept on drooling over him…..while interviewing the Sharks players 🙄