Howzit Paks
Howzit Paks
good luck Stav
Brisk start by everybody...
1st scrum up and. Sharks put in
Steady scrum and the Sharks play some territory
Howzit Plum & Blob.
Sharks draw first blood with a penalty. 3-0.
Penalty Sharks and they go for 3
3-0 Sharks
Morning evrybuddy
Edwill with a great take to set up attacking position for the Sharks.
Sharks maul not effective.
my feed's slapgat. jus seen the penalty
never seen most of the guppies
Sharks camping on the Connacht line but strong defence from the home team.
Why the cutout to Edwill? Put it through the hands. Isolated and turned over. Pedestrian attack from the Sharks.
Sharks turned over again.
Our players just can't wait to kick the ball. Two kicks in one movement there.
Finally some scrum dominance
Sharks get another shot at goal . . . Jean Smith converts and it's 6-0.
Sharks isolated into contact, no one cleaning out, result painfully slow ball.
Vissies slot another 3
6-0
Connacht on the attack for the first time and they score.
That's how ya do it.
And Connacht shows how it's done. Aki through a halfie, offload into space, pass wide, try.
Con artists go over through Mullins
Nice offload by Aki there, great timing on it
Looks like a lovely evening over there from that goal shot, makes me almost want to be there.
Braun overdoing the break inside around the ruck.
Same old Sharks with no attacking shape despite copious amounts of ball
No rhythm from the Sharks, the old story. Slow hanging pass back to a dude who wasn't where he was supposed to be tanking the momentum, and when a productive offload finally comes from Koch it is knocked.
Sharks making no meters in contact, Connacht dominating the collisions. Another knock.
And the Sharks knock it
Seems it doesn't matter which players the Sharks use, the game plan is non-existent.
It's like watching a primary school side.
Nice strong run by Mavesere and he cops a boot to his mouth for his efforts.
Probably first time this team's played together
Penalty Sharks and Smith kicks it over from half way. Back in the lead. 9-7.
Nice penalty goal by Smith.
Better ruck work from the Sharks and they draw a penalty...they're taking a shot from halfway...probably 55-60m on angle but he slots it
7-9 Shark
Nice 50/22 there
a mega net gain
Very nice kick from Smith and it's a 50/22. Sharks back on attack . . . no, there's a penalty instead. Was that for kicking the ball away? No matter, Smith slots it and it's 12-7.
Jean Smith keeping the Sharks in this.
They slot another penalty
7-12 Sharks
Smith looking better than Jordan has lately. 12-7 Sharks, Connacht will need to get their hands on the ball and keep it for a bit, they're being beaten by defensive penalties.
Anyone looks better than Jordan . . . except his brother of course.
Good work by Kunene coming in to shut down the space wide.
Devine's boxies have been shit.
Sharks get lucky after a few ricochets but then Mapimpi can't gather a regulation pass and it's out.
Here comes the rain.
This should be interesting
I only saw now from a wide shot that it's pouring with rain.
Well apparently not such a lovely evening as it seemed to me earlier as the rain comes down.
Nice pressure take by Gilbert there, in the rain
Penalty for obstruction against Connacht is a bit harsh but I'll take it.
Haha the Sharks bought that obstruction penalty there.
I don't agree with that call
Sharks go for the corner and will try to maul
Tough obstruction call against Connacht.
Half time. The scoreline flatters the Sharks who have largely been crap.
They don't maul, and instead go to the backs and end up knocking it on
half time
Looked like a bit of a knock on the ground by Edwill. And now they knock it anyway. Dire stuff from both sides.
Also thought I saw a knock on.
Connacht will have the wind behind them in the second half, usually worth a few points at the Sportsground. Connacht not great under the high ball, scum is starting to creak, but they have defended well and took their one chance well. Think I'd make them the marginal favourites despite the 5 point gap.
Stav your guys need to kick as many high balls as possible in this half
Not so sure about that Stav, the Sharks have some firepower to come off the bench . . . Ethan Hooker and Vincent Tshituka.
We also have a prop named Lee-Marvin Mazibuko on the bench. Be afraid.
Mavesere shows good strength again.
Sharks with momentum in Con's half and they choose to kick
Eben penalised. He's been so anonymous I forgot he was on the field.
Very scrappy from both teams. The rain has gone but I guess it's still very slippery.
Connacht not looking much better than the Sharks out back.
Where has this ref been all my life.
i like how he's handling things.
Connacht get a penalty 10 out and go for the corner.
"Very scrappy from both teams. The rain has gone but I guess it's still very slippery."
You'd think in this age of nano technology we could developed material for balls that becomes more grippy when wet.
Connacht are in. Scores tied with the conversion to come.
Cons over right under the posts
14-12 Con Artists
Connacht over. 14-12 in the lead now. All started by a wing taking on the defense instead of booting the ball away, leading to a penalty which set up the opportunity.
Shakes again kicking possession away when they have momentum
And again...FFS!!!
What is wrong with this Sharks team?
Apparently our sides know they're clueless about attacking so they just kick.
Scrum to the Cons in the middle of the field, they get it out, break into the Sharks 22 and are on a penalty advantage...
They'll take 3 here
Connacht winger knocks on with try line bgging . . . but it's advantage and they get the penalty.
Big knock by Connacht with a man open on the edge.
Stupid play and stupid game management from the Sharks
Good pressure from Connacht and they're over again.
We need Lee Marvin.
Mauls not working for either side.
Well deserved try for Connacht bringing some productive rugby.
And Con score another
If they slot the conversion they'll go 9 points clear...
nope
19-12 Con
Great rip by Con and another good pass by Aki almost big trouble for the Sharks
Hooker with a nice take from his opposite number.
Hooker immediately making an impact
Advantage ball and Braude just boots it straight to Connacht.
Penalty Sharks and Smith will go for poles. He misses.
Another fucking pointless kick from the Sharks...WTF!!!!!!!
but they back for the penalty and this'll shrink the lead to 4 if he gets it
nope
19-12 Cons
Stav wasn't joking about the wind.
Mdanda penalised for holding on.
And now the sharks get rucked off the ball...to be fair, Con went past the ruck there right in front of the ref
Pathetic defence from the Sharks and it's another try for Connacht.
Stav will be grinning.
Con in again.
Haha 26-12
I think that's enough for me.
Later dudes
#JPmustFALL
Hooker charges it down and then tackles the man without the ball. Penalty Connacht.
Had some stream hiccups, just in time to see Connacht score again. Potgieter missing a tackle Andre would never.
LOL, Hooker smashed him. Some frustration in that hit.
ouch ... 26-12
Hooker does well to keep that in and then make it available but then it's hoofed away aimlessly.
Jesus, kick, kick, kick.
Now Masuku kicks it away.
High tackle by Tshituka gives Connacht a penalty to take the game out of reach.
It's over. 29-12 and that's almost certainly the game.
Forde has had a good game for Connacht.
SOS to Jake White, Sharkies.
I've never heard of this scrummie Everson Ceano but he's already an improvement on Braude.
17 down and still the Sharks kick.
Sharks put a few phases together but then Smith fumbles and gets clattered in the tackle, Connacht get possession.
It's a tough job being a Sharks supporter. Spare a thought for me, I also support Tottenham Hotspur.
LOL, three or four phases and then the Sharks kick it away.
Credit to Connacht. They dominated the second half . . . as Stav predicted.
Well done Connacht. Shamus Double-Barrell is MotM.
Wat 'n kakspul. Well done to your boys Stav and good half time call, good stuff in the second.
I'm off to bed. Sympathy, Rooi.
Now Smith kicks it out on the full. It's a shambles.
Full time 29-12. Well done Connacht.
Sharks are never going win anything major without a global calendar. They don't have access to their full strength team often enough and there seconds are either not good enough or the coaches are not good enough to get enough out of theirs seconds to mount any sort of consistent challenge.
Think that's 5 wins out of 6 for Connacht in their last 6 encounter with the Sharks so for all their South African Galactico's they have on their roster Connacht have made them their bitches.
Well done Stav ... our lot were an embarrassment
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Glad i missed the shit show...
What you missed Draad...
"Sharks get momentum as they break into Connacht's half. They rumble ahead and get past Connacht's 10m. Sharks kick the ball away"
Totally braindead.
They don't have access to their full strength team often enough
It's just as shit as this one. Take Esterhuizen's influence out and there's nothing. They don't even know how to use him properly. Last game it took them almost the entire first half to give him one ball to run onto.
Imagine being 17 points down with 8 minutes to go and you're still kicking the ball to the opposition. What even is that?
Ja. We tend to kind of blame coaches like Jake and Meyer for wanting to play how they do.
I've been guilty of slating Meyer.
But one has to wonder if they are not simply doing the best with what they have. There doesn't seem to be an understanding of what momentum's is and how to bring your backs in to capitalise on momentum. And it's not just the Sharks. It's a theme in our rugby.
We have pace, power and raw telnet but I swear lack about 20IQ points on average.
Yestrday I WROTE THAT THE S harks ware abd travellers with what I call dosastrous hal-backs and centers,
I could not watch the whole game - but Etzebeth played and was what I would call insignificant,
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Dear lord please let the Sharks play something worth watching.
Very B-team looking Sharks, meh.