I'll start the thread but I'm not sure I'm going to comment much, firstly because I have a meal to cook and there's a lot of other sport I'll be flicking to and secondly because I don't want to look like Billy-no-mates again as I did on the earlier Bulls thread posting all by myself.
Will be interesting to see how Siyaya goes at flyhalf and the contest between Juju and Limoncello should be good.
Come on Sharks!
Howzit Rooi....I have a few things to do today too...good luck..
Ja man my feeds keep freezing every minute or two, it's frustrating to watch like that. Think we must be having network issues here, internet is slow across the board since yesterday.
Benetton were through for all money but Limoncello of all people throws a terrible pass and it breaks down.
Where is "here" Pakie?
Some amazing handling first by Bradley Davids and then Edwill leaps to take a chicken wing pass from Williams and scores.
They are checking for an earlier knock on though . . . it's from Juju but it didn't go forward and the try stands.
Siyaya pulls the rather simple conversion and it's 5-0 to the Sharks.
The brilliance of Julius….he knocked it out of the back of his hand. What a player van der Merwe is.
Howzit Moz, yes Juju was trying to take a crash ball but the handling after that was top class.
If that doesn’t bring Dave back I don’t know what will…impressive by Julius
Juju shows great strength and pace to score.
Siyaya pulls another kick left. He looks really talented but maybe someone else should be taking the place kicks. Davids is a decent enough kicker.
10-0.
I’ll also be in and out Rooi, busy morning..
No question Juju is a talent. He's just lacked consistency up until now.
Siyaya shows his skills as he leaves a few defenders for dead.
No worries Moz. Mapimpi is off with an injury and some guy called Ethan Bester is on for him. Never seen him before.
Benetton hooker in trouble here for a no-arm slightly late tackle. He gets a yellow.
Sharks take full advantage of the extra man and Siya is over,
Now who takes the conversion? Good call, it's Bradley Davids. His attempt is even worse but I think it's the right thing to spare Siyaya.
15-0.
Siyaya takes Davids' box kick bravely and well. Shakrs send it wide but Jaco Williams misses it . . . still in possession though and Siya makes another good run . . . Juju goes for a gap but is brought down. After all that the Sharks get a penalty. Mapimpi is back on by the way, must have been a HIA.
Benetton were through for all money but Limoncello of all people throws a terrible pass and it breaks down.
Limoncello's pass is a weakness. I'm lost in the long empty stretches of the Northern Cape, Rooi.
Anywhere near Lutzville Pakie?
Case in point on Julius…Edwil was calling for the ball a few minutes ago and he went inside and then an errant pass.
Never realized it’s Julius vs Menincello….that’s an interesting match up.
Nah, quite a ways from Lutzville.
Sharks handling is a lot better today. Mapimpi takes another big hit and I suspect his day is now done.
Hey, Sharks actually leading, only paid attention to the score now.
That's probably going to be upgraded to red. It should be straight red, not even an attempt to wrap.
Check the first post Moz. So far it's Juju 1, Limoncello 0.
Benetton get another yellow for the dangerous hit on Mapimpi. Sharks should run riot here.
Long break for the Mapimpi injury and while we were waiting, the card has been upgraded to red.
Yeah red card from the bunker.
Jaco Williams can't take a try-scoring pass, but they go back for an advantage. Sharks still on attack.
How did Edwill finish that? Another try for the Sharks. Edwill managed to wriggle through 3 defenders.
Siyaya back on kicking duty and this time he pushes it right. I suspect he was over-correcting for the previous pulls but it was a tough kick and a better strike.
That's the half. Sharks lead 20-0 with 4 tries.
Walk in the park...about time...
AE shows his power again as he crashes over. 25-0 with the kick to come.
Kicking duties back to Davids and he makes the first successful Sharks kick. 27-0.
Juju's turn to score a power try. Good straight running.
Sharks have a recognised kicker on in Jean Smith and the conversion is good. 34-0.
In that last move Esterhozen was blindside…..saw the opportunity on the open side and sprinted over, then released Julius with the perfect offload.
And Juju is in for his hat trick. Limoncello who?
And again by the same two players