The Waratahs hosted the Sharks in Sydney, Australia on Saturday morning at 10:40 SA Time on Saturday. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Waratahs were gifted an undeserved win of 25 / 21 due to inept reffereeing, by Australian Paul Marks and his Australian Assistants, by not awarding the Sharks arguably a penalty try after a deliberate knock by Kurtley Beale, with the tryline clearly open… and by an equally inept TMO, Australian Mathew Goddard, who awarded a try which should never have been awarded. The Sharks were robbed by an Australian officiating team and questions about the absolute need for neutral refereeing will now again run riot.
Scores:
Waratahs: 2 Penalties & 2 Conversions Berrick Barnes, 1 Try Daniel Halangahu, 1 Try Tom Carter, 1 Try Tatafu Polota-Nau
Sharks: 1 Drop Goal & 1 Penalty & 1 Conversion Andy Goode, 1 Penalty Ruan Pienaar, 1 Try Ryan Kankowski, 1 Try Adi Jacobs
Teams:
Waratahs: 15. Sosene Anesi, 14. Lachlan Turner, 13. Tom Carter, 12. Berrick Barnes, 11. Drew Mitchell, 10. Daniel Halangahu, 9. Luke Burgess, 8. Wycliff Palu, 7. Phil Waugh (Captain), 6. Dave Dennis, 5. Kane Douglas, 4. Dean Mumm, 3. Al Baxter, 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1. Benn Robinson
Replacements: 16. Damian Fitzpatrick, 17. Sekope Kepu, 18. William Caldwell, 19. Ben Mowen, 20. Joshua Holmes, 21. Kurtley Beale, 22. Rob Horne
Sharks: 15. Stefan Terblanche, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Adrian Jacobs, 12. Riaan Swanepoel, 11. JP Pietersen, 10. Andy Goode, 9. Ruan Pienaar, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Keegan Daniel, 5. Johann Muller, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. John Smit (Captain), 1. Deon Carstens
Replacements: 16. Bismarck du Plessis, 17. Tendai Mtawarira, 18. Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19. Jean Deysel, 20. Jacques Botes, 21. Rory Kockott, 22. Waylon Murray
Match Officials
Referee: Paul Marks (Aus)
Ass. refs: Nathan Pearce (Aus), Steve Hardy (Aus)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Aus)
Go Sharks, turn your season around!
Good morning friend GBS hope you are doing good
ALWAYS, Tjarkie… always… die lewe is mos ‘n lied.
nou gaan my sign-a-vise punnisment vat 😆
Well, Tjarkie, hope for you that the Tjarks pull a rabbit out the hat here.
My superBru says Waratahs by 12 and my R-T SportsPool says Waratahs 34 / Sharks 22
thanks boet
Morning all. Come on the Sharks 🙂
Sharky your team is to good to lose 4 in a row, hope the wheel turns today, Good luck.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHARKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
As much I want us to turn the season around I cant see it happening today,the backline is flat but lets hope I am proved wrong..
8@ Winston – Hello, you’ve been scarse
What makes it worse is that the last time we beat the Waratah’s was in 2000.
All Ozzie team of match officials
Hello Oom Gbs,yeah its been mad these last few weeks,up in Jhb for my brothers wedding today,so had the bachelor party on Thursday and am looking for work so its been busy. Pity the Bulls are not playing this week 🙂
Morning Winston, enjoy it mate i have a feeling you will be laughing today.
Come on Sharks beat those bhaaaaaad Sheep.
I love the Toyota adds. 😆
Yeah Super,it scares me that they give the hallowed no 10 jersey to that pleb Andy Goode,I think I’m going to struggle to watch this today..
Good morning all (SA time), and good evening Syd time.
Looking forward to the Tahs v Sharks match, about to start. Let me tell you, there’s some bad weather around the eastern seaboard of Aus right now; the Super Saturday at the Melbourne race carnival was blown away this afternoon. Syd is a lot more settled right now, but who knows what’s around the weather-corner???
Best of luck to both sides.
I saw Stefan Terreblanche at gym the other day.its amazing how a guy who is 34 or 35 is so shredded,I think he spends half his life in the gym 🙂
15@ Winston – Should The Canes lose well against the Cheetahs, the Bulls might just still be top of the Log without playing at all…. hehehe
Well, enjoy the wedding and best of luck with the job-hunting bit… what type of position are you looking for?
19
Is the bad weather all part of that tsunami treads?
Lets just hope the Bulls are not peaking too early Gbs. Yeah,am the so called best man so lets hope my speech sounds okay 🙂 I’m looking for a financial manager position,am probably going to move up to Jhb cause the market in Durban is dead.
Waratahs 3 / 0
What an awful start by the Sharks.. Unacceptable.
Am keen to see what the first scrum is going to be like.
19@ Old Griquas Winger with the wonky legs – Hello friend, nice seeing you here
Droppie Goode!
3 / 3
Great drop goal by the pleb,but if’s still a pleb..
Morning All,
To think that rubbish like Muller, who can’t even catch a ball, is a Springbok and has captained the Boks.
To my mind the balance is better in the Sharks backline with a recognized flyhalf, even though it is Goode
I like the combination of Pienaar, Goode, Riaan Swanepoel and Adi
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