Bulls (13) 23 / Sharks (16) 26 (Final Score)
The Vodacom Bulls hosted the Sharks at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 17:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
In a battle royal, the Sharks were victorious, snatching a place in the play-off’s with a 3-point win.
This match was an advertisement for rugby!
Scorers:
Bulls: 3 Penalties & 2 Conversions Morné Steyn, 1 Try Gerhard van den Heever, 1 Try Francois Hougaard
Sharks: 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Patrick Lambie, 1 Penalty & 1 Conversion & 1 Drop Goal Frederic Michalak, 1 Try Stefan Terblanche, 1 Try Lwazi Mvovo
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Teams:
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Fourie du Preez, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Akona Ndungane.
Sharks: 15 Patrick Lambie, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Stefan Terblanche (captain), 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Keegan Daniel, 5 Alistair Hargreaves, 4 Gerhard Mostert, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 John Smit, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Ross Skeate, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Adrian Jacobs, 22 Louis Ludik.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Mark Lawrence (South Africa), Christie Du Preez (South Africa)
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee (South Africa)
OK Natal lets have one for the fans please, pity one of the teams has to go out. Sharks to be sublime and unpredictable, Bulls to be impassioned and predictable. may the best team win.
Haven’t looked at the log, but what happens if it’s a draw with both teams getting a bp for 4 tries? Hence 3 log points each.
just hope ‘witkol’ Kaplan doesn’t try to steal the show with a whistle happy ‘do as I say’ performance!
@ Scrumdown:
to go through there is 4 points needed. Waratahs got 5 points against Brumbies
@ 4man:
4man yes let us hope the win is fair
no injuries
no referee mistakes
and the spirit of the game is great
Must say it feels like a tention packed afternoon, i am nervous.
Go Sharks.
Wish Alberts was starting with Deysel today.
best wishes to both teams, my the best team win.
Game ON
Sharks kick off
Penalty Sharks
Over
Sharks 3-0
score 3-3
Penalty Sharks
Sharks 6-3
Nice one Lambie.
Drop goal Sharks
9-3
Penalty Bulls
missed from his own half by Morne Steyn
penalty missed by Sharks
Bulls no continuity , making bad mistakes. Sharks far more accurate
Penalty Bulls under the posts
Sharks 9-6
Penalty Sharks, second one against Bakkies
missed
Try Sharks
16-6
Try Gerhard vd Heever conversion Morne Steyn,
Sharks 16-13
This is a tough battle, Bulls hanging on. Witch team will win this game????
Lemoenetyd
Come on BOOOLS!
Great game of rugby – good advertisement of the saffa game. Unlike the Bulls/Stompies where handling errors and mistakes defined the game.
@ superBul:
Ciao you magnificent beast!
I miss bigblubaas. Times like this, I am glad to be single 🙂
Don’t have to miss the important things in life for unimportant things like weddings!
2nd half started
Morne kicks off
If Sharks win 4 points they finish 6th but if Bullies win, they finish 5th with the easier play off.
Turkey this is nerve wrecking, wish the Bulls get going fast
Penalty missed by Lambie
@ superBul:
Yip this one is going down to the wire in my opinion. Just heard that a fan is shining a laser into lambie’s eyes when kicking for posts! That’s unimaginable!!! I can’t understand such people, should be taken out and hung over the posts for a week or two!
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