Lions vs Sharks live thread

Coenie and Thomas concede a scrumming penalty....Jantjies butchers it. And then another stupid penalty from Oosthuizen.

Lions silly passing in their 22 leads to Sharks try......an amateurish game so far.

slow start to the game

Thomas du Toit concedes a second scrumming penalty......who was it who said he is a greart scrummager. Jantjies misses another sitter.

Dan du Preez almost in carrying Kleintjie Kriel over.

Marx dominating the breakdown

Mvovo runs over Kleintjie.

Sharks line speed disrupting Lions offloading game....can they sustain the effort though.

Dan du Preez knocks on the kickoff.....man these kids have terrible hands.

Wonderful lineout steal by Mostert

 Cant believe I am going to say this but come on the Lions.

Bosch knocks over another long one, he looks a little fragile at the back but he can nuke the ball. Half time.

Whiteley commends the drop goal.....as smart rugby. So much for the noobs!

 When Jantjies is under pressure - it is ugly to see.   The man was utterly useless in the first half.   Making a kick-in from the 22 out of touch - missing two kicks at goal - passing poor as well.  This is sick to see how he and Mapoe destroyed the Lions in the first half.  
The Sharks were much better in the forward play as well.   
An upset looks to be on the cards.

Third penalty agaist Thomas Sans Engine. Bloody silly card from the ref.

Wee Mostert scores. I expect the Lions should start playing better now

 Sky has lost this signal due to heavy  rain

Kriel through a feeble tackle by Bosch.

 Kriel scores but Jantjies pushes the conversion wide. 13-14 sharks.

Sharks losing possession too much

certain obstruction 

 Doos Oosthuizen.

Oosthuzen costs the Sharks again, try nullified.

In goes du Preez off a dominant scrum that they kept straight.

 The Du Preez twins are a force in defence ad going forwar d WHEN they manage to keep hold of the pill.

Mtembo for du Preez.....how is this guy still being selected.

Now Combrink chokes.

 Lions aren't gonna go much further with this display with the boot.

Mvovo two screw ups in one move.
First time I have wanted the Lions to win. What a kick by Combrink

 Jantjies was poor - desperately so and so was Mapoe.   Mozart is talking BS a gain about Combrinck.   The man is always wrong because he does not know anythng about rugby.

Mvovo stupidly offside......Combrink nails it from a huge distance.

 FFS oom Mik e, give it a rest dude

Congrats Lions.  I only saw the last 10min, but listened the rest on the radio...how fair was that yellow that swung the match for the Lions?

 Congrats Lions and supporters, glad the Lions won even if it was against the Sharks. 

 Hurricanes will fancy their chances after that display by the Lions.Crusaders vs Huricanes final I am picking

I have to say that early tackle call was big....it wasn't just shoulder to shoulder. Great tension and many of the mistakes were created by pressure. The Sharks dodn't do enough with the yellow.....and Mvovo needed to put the ball down into the 22 rather than take it into contact. The Lions aren't the same team without Whiteley, that should tell us something.

 Sader, the Canes will pit at least 25 on today's Lions....don't discard the Cheeefs just yet. I picked Stormers for a win on Superbru just for the hell of it, but the Ciefs should win this one but for the miracle I'm gambling on.

 
My condolences to the Sharks. We didn't deserve to take this match.

It was a disgrace. Absolute pathetic.

Heaven help us against the Canes next week.

 The Canes had the Lion's number last year, and after today it doesn't look good for the Lions, but lots can happen in one week in rugby.

 
We won in the end. It was tough going right from ther onset. I still can't believe we came away with the win.

Jantjies is as pathetic as they come under pressure .... and we want him as our Bok 10?

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaaa!!!

Madness.