Bloemfontein it is – as the Shark face the first away challenge of their 2013 Currie Cup campaign.
Each side has a 1 from 2 record. Who will take a big stride this week?
Kick-off is at 19h10
Free State Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Riaan Smit, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Boom Prinsloo (captain), 5 Lodewyk de Jager, 4 Teboho Mohoje, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Hercu Liebenberg, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Freddie Ngoza, 19 Davon Raubenheimer, 20 Kevin Luiters, 21 Willie du Plessis, 22 Joubert Engelbrecht.
Sharks: 15 SP Marais, 14 Sizo Maseko, 13 Louis Ludik, 12 Heimar Williams, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Fred Zeilinga, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Jacques Botes (captain), 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Keegan Daniel, 5 Marco Wentzel, 4 Edwin Hewitt, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Kyle Cooper, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Rayno Gerber, 18 Peet Marais, 19 Tera Mtembu, 20 Cobus Reinach, 21 Butch James, 22 Jaco van Tonder.
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Ai PLEEEEESE!!!! GO SAAAAAKS!!!!
Come on boys we need four points (I would love 5 though)
Big game boys!! Push hard, we up against a good FS side which we need to meet with brute force.
lets do this
@GreatSharksays (Comment 3) : for sure
Hrmmm Jafta again. Hope he has a better day at the office this evening.
3 all
5min
I hate japhta-great run by heimar-possible try by Chadwick
no try, accidental offside
Drop goal, Fred,
VS 3 – 6 Sharks
13 min
The worst restart I’ve ever seen by smit
great defence Sharks
poor clearance by Mcloed, VS, back to score the try….
VS 8 – 6 Sharks
22 min
Sharks putting the VS back on attack by poor line out play…
Rhule try
VS 15 – 6 Sharks
27 min
We are playing crap, cheetahs are all over us….
We are playing crap, cheetahs are all over us….we put ourselves under pressure and the cheetahs capitalise
Sharks penalty, line out opted
Send off, second time
yes please
we have to score here
yellow for VS kaptain
Just blew it again…
Holy shit. What a bunch of kak. I don’t know who’s worse. Us or Jafta. 😯
frekket. … VS get away…
DEYSEL over…
At last…well done Jean
VS 15 – 13 Sharks
HT
Try deysel 15-13 cheetahs ht
Jafta has been poor this year … very inconsistent and he misses tons
We have been terrible so far
VRYYYYYSTAAAT!!!! 😈
Yes Deysel!!! Jeez thank god!
Japhta: jy het teveel te se.
Herbst: ek se fokol
Except for Cooper our tight 5 is nothing to write home about. I wonder what happened to their “vow” of last week.
What happened to SP Marais… I missed that?!
Now we see why Burden has become a hooker. 😆
what the he’ll is all the kicking for.. Our shirts are not blue….
As much as I want Fred Zeilinga to be a success, he hasn’t covered himself in glory tonight.
Fuck man Zeilinga!!!! Stop it with your shit kicks!!! 👿
@rhineshark (Comment 41) : Time for Butch – as long as he keeps his head…
Jafta needs to read scrumming for dummies because he has not got a clue
Man I am getting old. I am now having “naps” when I get home from work. 🙄
Anyway, what’s happening with the Sharks? Is the R1000 I put on them for the championship looking any better?
@MerckZ (Comment 42) : Our forwards are not doing their jobs so Butch will have to be LOTS better to make a difference here…
@byron (Comment 43) : You talking about the “use it or lose it” we just lost?
@klempie (Comment 44) : 😆
No
@rhineshark (Comment 47) : It’s pathetic, bro. I’m 33! 😐
yesssssss!!!! Great play Cobus…
Ludik try. Eventually, after Burden butchered the best quick ball opportunity we had all game.
VS 15 – 18 Sharks
66 min
@klempie (Comment 48) : 😆 😆 😆
I wish there was a pissing myself laughing emoticon.
@rhineshark (Comment 52) : 😛 Aren’t you also there or thereabouts?
WTF Reinach!!!!! 👿
@klempie (Comment 53) : 46. But I manage to stay awake, bru.
Jack’s on ice helps. 😉
Sharks need another score, 3 points wont win it for them
@rhineshark (Comment 55) : I would’ve thought alcohol only makes one MORE sleepy?
@klempie (Comment 57) : Not ALL booze bro. Tequila or JD gives me wings when I’m buggered.
Jason Jaftha was a breath of fresh air in South African refereeing… 3 years ago.
Now he’s just another self-important dictator with a whistle who gets many, many things wrong.
@MerckZ (Comment 59) : True. I used to like him a lot. But of late not so much. 🙄
lucky
ag my …..
knock on. …. yessssss
@MerckZ (Comment 59) : Agree.
Lucky as hell, but we’ll take it.
@rhineshark (Comment 58) : Interesting. I only started drinking this year. Can’t say I care for it.
@klempie (Comment 64) : Do you have a tipple you can call your favourite?
I’m not sure if Jafta was trying to say sorry but the Sharks got away with murder… we had every reason to lose that game
VS 15 – 18 Sharks
FT
@klempie (Comment 66) : That is really strange. You only started drinking alcohol at age 32?
@rhineshark (Comment 67) : Off the top of my head, the only things I’ve enjoyed are caramel vodka, bubblegum daiquiri and a skylab. I had a suitcase once, which has JD in it I believe. Yuuuuuuuuck!
@rhineshark (Comment 70) : 33. On my birthday actually. Premature mid-life crisis thing.
@klempie (Comment 71) : Suitcase is disgusting dude! That’s like drinking single malt whiskey with Oros. 😯
@rhineshark (Comment 73) : What’s the other part in it? I forget.
@klempie (Comment 72) : To be really honest I’m more of a joint and fruit juice kind of person, but it’s difficult growing your own ganja in the Vaterland and I don’t trust anyone here enough to try and buy any.
@klempie (Comment 74) : I think it’s passionfruit?
I’m off to an outdoor festival along the Rhine. Cheers gents!
Mightily surprised. But really happy.
@rhineshark (Comment 75) : 😆 Aren’t you a bit young for that?? 😆
Great result from some excellent defence. Kept the cheetahs scoreless for 50 minutes. And the Cheetahs attack was really potent.
Well done Sharks! I must admit, I didnt expect a win here 😳
Any news on SP’s injury? Hope he’ll be fit to play next week.