Our man at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Pierre, will give us updates from this untelevised encounter.
Kick-off is at 7pm.
EP Kings:
15 Scott van Breda 14 Siyanda Grey 13 Tim Whitehead 12 Shane Gates 11 Siviwe Soyizwapi 10 Gary van Aswegen 9 Tobie Botes 8 Luke Watson 7 Devin Oosthuizen 6 Thembelani Bholi 5 David Bullbring 4 Steven Cummins 3 Charl du Plessis 2 Albe de Swardt 1 Lizo Gqoboka
Reserves: 16 Michael van Vuuren 17 Tom Botha 18 Brenden Olivier 19 Cameron Lindsay 20 Shaun McDonald 21 Enrico Acker 22 George Whitehead 23 Sergeal Petersen
Cell C Sharks XV: 15. Jaco van Tonder, 14. Jongi Nokwe, 13. Heimar Williams, 12. Quentin Crocker, 11. Sizo Maseko, 10. Fred Zeilinga, 9. Hanco Venter, 8. Jacques Botes (C), 7. Johan Meyer, 6. Francois Kleinhans, 5. Marco Wentzel, 4. Wiehan Hay, 3. Wiehahn Herbst, 2. Franco Marais, 1. Danie Mienie
Replacements
16. Jacques Taylor, 17. Sangoni Moxoli, 18. David Fisher, 19. Khaya Majola, 20. Cameron Wright, 21. Jean-Luc du Plessis, 22. Tyler Fisher
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Still about 45min to go, who is with me 😆
will be flicking inbetween here and the lions
I am, won’t be posting, only reading. Am sitting in total darkness while nature is attempting to destroy the Cape…and my humour, with some success I might add.
Teams taking the field
Sharks to kick off
Sharks collapsing the maul, pen Sharks
Zeilinga slotting from 10m
2min gone, Sharks 3 Kings 0
Sharks not rolling away from the kick off, pen Kings, going for touch
Kings pick and drive from lineout, over for the 1st try, Luke Watson
v Aswegen misses
Kings 5 Sharks 3
good attacking play from Venter to put Kings in their own goal area but good clearance from Botes
Very much end to end stuff at the moment, both teams looking to attack
Kings running from deep inside their 22, lost forward in tackle, Sharks scrum on Kings 22
Strong run from Meyer but Kings manages to keep it in the air, turn over ball, Kings scrum, still inside their 22
Sharks manages turnover ball, swings it wide, good touches from Zeilinga, and Nokwe is over in the corner
Sharks 10 Kings 5 10min gone
Kicking is the last option for both side, Kings camping on Sharks try line, 3rd pen 3rd kick to touch
Sharks steal ball from line out
Shark lost the ball in the tackle, scrum Kings ball,
Kings make a mess of it close to Sharks line, Sharks run it out of their 22, kicks down field
Sharks take it further up field, Kings clear, lineout just outside Kings 22
Kings flinging it wide, defenders beaten easily, Soyizwapi slicing through defender, Kings 5m out
Ball comes out goes to the right and Gates gives over for his 1st try
Conversion over from van Aswegen
Kings 12 Sharks 10 25min
Sharks defense in 6s and 7s, Kings back on the try line
Kings over, but ball lost forward over try line
Sharks not rolling, Kings pen, kicking for touch
Go Sharks! Concentrate, defend, work together!
Sharks pen again, Crocker handed a yellow, Kings kicking to touch, skew
Data is too slow for the pace of this game, Kings back in Sharks 22, driving maul and over, McDonald
van Aswegen converts, 17 – 10 to Kings 35min
Sharks been defending for the last 20min or so, back inside Kings half, just outside Kings 22
Sharks in a great position inside Kings 22, but Kings get turnover ball, running it outside of their 22, ball goes over touch line, but sharks back in their half
Kings attackers cutting Sharks wide open, Bholi over after running a clear 50m, tackled just on the try line but momentum takes him over, van Aswegen converts
HT: Sharks 10 Kings 26
Eina. Four tries to zero down.
I mean four to one.
Kings (26) – Tries: Watson, Gates, McDonald, Bholi
Conv: van Aswegen (3)
Sharks (10) – Tries: Nokwe, Conv: (1) Pen: Zeilinga (1)
C’mon Sharks! Unleash the fury!
@vanmartin (Comment 39) : Sharks are just defending, Kings full of running, even from deep inside their 22
Lions 14 – 10 Rebels
Franco off injured. Looks like his shoulder.
Edit: Oops. Wrong thread!
Game is under way, Kings continuing where they ended the 1st half
This Sharks XV side has no mojo. None.
@pierre_mackie (Comment 42) : Thanks for the updates! Enjoy the game!
Sounds like they could care less!!!!! Botes must be upset!
@robdylan (Comment 43) : Why do you think that is?
Kings replacement McDonald causing chaos, over in the corner, Gary misses,
Sharks 10 Kings 31 35 min
Sharks 10 Kings 31 45min
Sharks better have a good talking to at half-time and try to turn the tables around a bit in second half. There are good players in Sharks XV!
Meseko scored Zeilinga conv
Sharks 17 Kings 38
Maseko on the attack again, but tackled over the touch line and not releasing the ball
@pierre_mackie (Comment 50) : That’s more like it but still a heck of an uphill battle ahead for the Sharks
Kom Sharkies!
Crocker try
Heimar with a good break, off loads to Crocker and goes over, Jean Luc conv
Sharks 24 Kings 38
@robdylan (Comment 54) : Yes!!!
Sharks scored two quick tries, getting back in the game abit
Kings lineout pen deep inside Sharks 22
@pierre_mackie (Comment 57) : Need two more to really get back in this game. May the 4th be with them.
Kings in good position, but Sharks def holding
Tom botha scores for the Kings,
Gary misses
Sharks 24 Kings 43 61min
@pierre_mackie (Comment 61) : That’s probably enough to take the game.
Kings are running everything
test of fitness for both teams, perfect conditions for running rugby
Lions game is error upon error for anyone who cares.
I care a lil bit 😉
This Shaun McDonald is just rolling over the players
Gates splitting the def in half and offloads to van breda, but not enough legs to carry him over, tackled out cm from the try line
Sharks are just def wave after wave of attacking running from the Kings
Sharks lineout back inside Kings half, 10min to go
grey scores, van breda converts
Kings 50 Sharks 24 5min left
Sharks back in Kings half, Sharks also throwing the ball around in the closing min
Sergeal breaks away but ball lost forward, Sharks scrum still inside Kings half
Sharks 24 Kings 50 2min left
Sharks hands letting them out wide, Kings scrum, put money on they gonna run this one
Kings pen, illegal scrumming
last action of the game, Sharks inside their 22
ball goes into touch, game over
FT: Kings 50 Sharks 24
pity the game wasnt televised, very entertaining match, full of running rugby, can see Carlos’ influence
Thanks Pierre 😎
So yet another gutless showing from the Sharks XV?…Might as well revert back to the Wildebeeste, different name, same results 🙄
Congrats to the Kings, that’s quite a score!
@JarsonX (Comment 82) : 😉
@FireTheLooser (Comment 83) : the Sharks didnt really have any ball to work with, and at times tried to convert to the Kings game plan, but didnt have good forward ball , Sharks were prob def for 60min and as soon as the game opened up they had no answers on def
They couldnt get any ball to Maseko and Nokwe, looked dangerous with the little they go and both scored.
Forwards were also abit lightweight, couldnt stop the driving maul from the lineout, and McDonald was causing havoc with his strong runnig
@pierre_mackie (Comment 87) : it’s a bit of a worry as some of these guys will be in the running for Currie cup squad and Super rugby next year.
No worries, Our B team.
I am very disappointed with the results. Most of these would be in our Currie Cup team (especially with the Bok commitments). If they can’t beat the queens in a friendly, how would they defend our Currie Cup?
@JarsonX (Comment 82) : Only a Pleasure . . . 😎
On a more serious note, I seriously hope we don`t have to rely on these guys to retain our Currie Cup . . .
Hopefully some Stormers and Bulls impress Heyneke this afternoon so he`ll drop some Sharks Bokke before the Tri Nations! 😈
@BluffShark (Comment 90) : the Kings played some good rugby, you cant play rugby if you dont have possession, and thats what the Kings did, they kept ball in hand and even ran from deep inside their own 22, suppose the Kings had more to prove