The Sharks want another scalp ahead of the play-offs and Western Province are firmly in their sights at Newlands this afternoon.
Kick-off is at 5:05pm.
WP: 15. Dillyn Leyds, 14. EW Viljoen, 13. Pat Howard, 12. Michael van der Spuy, 11. Devon Williams, 10. Kurt Coleman, 9. Louis Schreuder, 8. Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7. Rynhardt Elstadt, 6. Rohan Kitshoff, 5. Gerbrandt Grobler, 4. Jurie van Vuuren, 3. Brok Harris (captain), 2. Tiaan Liebenberg, 1. Oli Kebble
Replacements: 16. Neil Rautenbach, 17. Justin Ackerman, 18. Gavin Annandale, 19. Anton van Zyl, 20. Patrick O’Brien, 21. Godlen Masimla, 22. Chevandre van Schoor
Sharks: 15. SP Marais, 14. Tonderai Chavhanga, 13. S’bura Sithole, 12. Andre Esterhuizen, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Lionel Cronje, 9. Cobus Reinach, 8. Tera Mtembu (Capt) , 7. Etienne Oosthuizen, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. Marco Wentzel, 4. Stephan Lewies, 3. Matt Stevens, 2. Monde Hadebe, 1. Thomas du Toit
Replacements: 16. Franco Marais, 17. Dale Chadwick, 18. Lourens Adriaanse, 19. JC Astle, 20. Khaya Majola, 21. Conrad Hoffmann, 22. Fred Zeilinga
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At newlands,but the u21s are completely losing it. From 20-32 ahead to trailing 44-32 in 10 mins
Pitty VS is not doing us any favours ..
@HeinF (Comment 1) : Sounds horrible 🙁
Soqja the Sharks will all be for nothing as we will be travelling to Jozi no matter what the result is (and WP will be waiting for the Bulls).
Shorks by plenty. 5 points in the bag.
Good luck to both teams
Ok this will be a one sided afair. Great try by Sitole
Siiithhole!!
loving the look of our backline
why are we kicking
Tell Reinach we don’t kick balls away!!!!
KingCheetah been very quiet today
Come on Sharks!!!
6 – 8
We turn the ball over way to easy
@KILLER SHARK (Comment 15) : we dont have enough numbers commiting quickly enough at the ruck
We don’t respect the ball. Great try wp
Try pat Howard
Wp b schooling us!
We should keep the ball and starve them of ball and built some momentum.
Wp 13-8 sharks after 22min
Send Reinach back to the Bok squad.
Again we seem to choke easier opponents? ??
@McLovin (Comment 5) : 🙄
20 – 8
Tackling optional for Sharks today
Wtf am i watching
@Mutley (Comment 7) : 🙄
Province keeping ball in hand tmo decision for a try now.if not they have a penalty anyway
No try
13 – 8
Only one team came to play today.
Would actually be great if this WP B-team beats the Sharks. Should banish any possible misgivings about how hard next week is going to be.
Why do we even bother? John go find us a Kopdokter 1st before thinking about a coach.
Nice see WP C-team enjoying themselves.
Too bad it’s a dead rubber.
Tmo says no try ball lost forward by wp
@JarsonX (Comment 33) : It’s a nothing match. 100 points either way won’t make any difference.
Somewhere between a practice and exhibition match this.
Sharks close to a yellow card with all the penalties wp score luckily for us
Pakslae in the making here
22 – 8
Ok this is not funny.
Sharks getting schooled by WP u/21. A little embarrassing to say the least.
Wp 20-8 sharks try converted
@McLovin (Comment 36) : We need to get have that killer instinct. If the Kiwis should ever play Singapore, do you think they will lose or do you think they will put up a 100+ score?
Well, on the up side they are in Cape Town and there`s a lot of international flights departing from here.
Take the hint BMH and get out of here . . .
@JarsonX (Comment 43) : You’re not the Kiwi’s and WP’s not Singapore. 😈
@JarsonX (Comment 43) : If they win the Cup, no-one’s going to give two shits about this match. 🙂
@Feather (Comment 41) : think only 2 players actually 21 or under
If you want to play like the Kiwis u need to play like that from junior levels. cant really bend a tree when its big.
Sharks looking slow and ponderous on attack, whereas WP making metres with ease.
@McLovin (Comment 45) : Understatement of note 😀
Brok Harris must surely be in line for a Bok call up now. 😈 😉
Wp 20-8 sharks 32min
Here endeth the season??
kicking ball away..how nice
Brok Harris the most underrated 13 with a step of a tighthead 😉
@KILLER SHARK (Comment 53) : Next week. 😈
Not seeing much leadership from tera or botes
Scrum penalty to us and we go for posts
To stand a chance, we need to sub the Reinach and Oosthuizen horror show.
Hard to play when you can’t get over the gain line.
Yes stop talking on the field and lead by example
@Poisy (Comment 58) : Pretty much says it all…
Wp 20-11 sharks 36min
Since the 3rd minute it’s not been pretty!
Hmmm would be nice if the sharks could actually catch a ball.
Nevermind, I don’t have time for this bull
What s more embarrassing?
A Losing to the Pumas at home.
B Losing to the Griquas at home.
C Not scoring a bonus point try against 14 Griquas.
D Losing against Hands & Hearts at Newlands
Pathetic first half from our boys
Reinach knocks the ball out of SP’s hands. WP scrum
@Original Pierre (Comment 66) : b
Cobus is killing us. Slow passing game and bad option taking. Hope he gets better.
@GreatSharksays (Comment 70) : everyone has been pathetic to be fair
Coaches of the Southern Hemisphere take note: Blueprint for beating the Sharks: Just send your weakest side.
Now WP schools the Sharks scrum as well
HT WP 20-11 SHARKS
Matthew Pearce might think that was entertaining…but I found it VERY frustrating!!
@Original Pierre (Comment 66) : e) All of the above
Well… this is embarassing.
C’mon Sharks, second half come back. Lets do this
@Poisy (Comment 74) : Could have been worse.
@RuckingFun (Comment 78) : 😎
@Pablo Dinero (Comment 79) : second half can only get better
I turned the match on just as we were leading 0-5 and had a scrum five out. Knock on an all WP from there. I’ll do my bit and stop watching!!
@Here be dragons (Comment 82) : lol it’s all your fault!!!
Wish I could`ve given that half time speech . . .
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And the second half is away
@Original Pierre (Comment 84) : it would have gone something like this im guessing ” :/##*&/#@ $##/^*^$ $#$$^^& hold on to ball ^$#/&”
Sp always makes the wrong decisions! Even my gf who doesn’t even like rugby has noticed
Reckon the 2nd half is going to be kak, no matter what the outcome.
Wp 20- 14 sharks 44min penalty by cronje
Wp 20- 16 sharks cronje penalty 47min
For Pete’s sake – new 9 please!
Cobus knocks on not picked up by ref we almost score
@Poisy (Comment 47) : ok let’s try this.
Sharks getting schooled by WP no name brands.
But I see we are closing the gap, there is hope for the 2nd half.
Jeepers, Jaco Peyper…how did you see a knock there?!?!
Chavanga knocks on line infront of him!
Oh hell!! Chavanga drops the ball with an open tryline!!!! AAaaaaaaaaaaaaRgh!!
Shocker of a drop by Tondi. Oh well…
Bwahahahaha
Chavanga just lost the ball
His Mind
Every last chance of ever becoming a springbok.
Hope he`s got some other skills, he`ll be hitting the job market real soon from my vantage point . . .
Wp 20- 17 sharks 52min
Ok, now that province C team is down to 14, maybe the sharks can spark something.
Wp get a yellow card
Now let’s start playing!!
Gotta run.
Enjoy the win folks. 🙂
20-20…
20 all now 54min cronje penalty after yellow card
Reinach off, Hoffman on…
Now Lwazis turn to pass to the ghost on the wing. Nice break, dumb finish
Aaaaand…another knock!!
Finally sharks are showing intent, but finishing is still poor.
Sp being a dumb $#@& again
Wp carry over ball 5metre scrum sharks ball
We win a penalty and kick for touch
Interesting, our driving maul hasnt been that special so far
Until then of course.
Try sharks from maul adriaanse
Wp 20-25 sharks conversion missed 65min
Two great return kicks off the kick offs by Hoffman.
Sharks keep knockin on the ball
Well sharks are now winning every set piece but the game is just getting scrappier and scrappier.
Wp 20- 25 sharks 73min
Wp 20-28 sharks fred penalty 75min
After 21 years of faithfull shark support, yes even the Kevin Putt years, I have never seen such a dismal display by a bunch of overpaid amateur surfers posing as professional rugby players.
The only good thing that can possibly come from this is that I hope to see the entire team plus management staff, if they even exist, donate their match fee to the SPCA this month! 👿 👿
Disappointing 2nd half by WP.
FT WP 20-28 SHARKS. PATHETIC GAME FROM THE SHARKS
A meaningless win, but a win nonetheless. Better than a loss and there was promise at times. Real fun will be next week against the Lions in JHB. At least its basically a neutral venue.
@Original Pierre (Comment 122) : @Poisy (Comment 124) : It wasnt always pretty, but the sharks took the second half 17 – 0. Once the youthful exuberance wore off, the sharks did dominate. If they had been more accurate, it could have been ugly. Sharks had nothing to gain and everything to lose here. Instead they have been kept grounded but still have the confidence of a win. Might just be an important issue against a Lions team who played touch rugby with the Cheetahs.
@Pablo Dinero (Comment 125) : great thing about a victory like this is that the players will know that they should have done better and will stay hungry to prove what they’re worth.
@JD (Comment 127) : Exactly! I am completely with you. Again, sharks were expected to win, and they did, but anyone who thinks this was the ugliest game the sharks have played all season, clearly didnt watch the losses to Griquas or the Pumas.
@Pablo Dinero (Comment 128) : ja bring on Jozi!!!!! Now is the time for the players to stand up and be counted!!!!!! GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!