Sharks (17) 27 / Force (15) 22 (Final Score)
The Sharks hosted the Western Force at ABSA Stadium, Durban at 19:10 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Sharks struggled to put the Force away, did not score 4 tries but won 27 / 22.
End of the Super 14 season for these 2 teams.
Scores:
Sharks: 3 Conversions & 2 Penalties Ruan Pienaar, 1 Try Lwazi Mvovo, 1 Try Ryan Kankowski, 1 Try Jacques Botes
Force: 2 Penalties Brett Sheehan, 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion James O’Connor, 1 Try Nick Cummins
Teams:
The Sharks: 15 Patrick Lambie, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Riaan Swanepoel, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Alistair Hargreaves, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Patric Cilliers, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Charl McLeod, 21 Andy Goode, 22 Andries Strauss.
Western Force: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Nick Cummins, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Ryan Cross, 11 Cameron Shepherd, 10 David Hill, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Ben McCalman, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Ben Whittaker, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Sam Wykes, 19 Tom Hockings, 20 Justin Turner, 21 Sam Harris, 22 Mark Bartholomeusz.
Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Mark Lawrence (South Africa), Marc van Zyl (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
To add, JS is paying dearly for the shifting from pillar to post by his two major coaches.
His captaincy was not great for the Sharks this year.
He can not be used this way again if we want him to lead the Springboks to a WC.
Some of the younger hookers went past him at a serious rate.
Loosehead is the only place he must concentrate on and fight his way past Steenkamp.
Let me be blunt, SA can do better without a John Smit in his current form.
I said the unthinkable now , but watch it. I might be the first who saw the writing on the wall. John looked bad yesterday when he left the field. Maybe he is injured or just fed up with Plumtree. Time will tell.
Hak Hak, die Sharks is maar KAK!
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