The whole team played well but Kyle Cooper, Pieter-Steph du Toit and Pat Lambie, take a bow because you guys were great tonight!
At least there's one South African franchise that can beat the mighty Crusaders!
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaarks!!!
What a piece of shit you are, turning a great win by the Sharks into a pathetic dig at our other teams.
Tonight I have seen the ideal lock partner for Etzebeth - and he is a year younger than Etzebeth was when he made his name the first time. Pieter-Steph Du Toit - there is no doubt that his grandfather must be very - very proud of him.
I think that all the Sharks actually played well - the Crusaders launched attack after attack, but in the main the defence held up despite the missing of a few missed tackles and ultimately scored a try. However, they did what they normally do - when under pressure give away penalties and tonight it actually cost them to lose the game.
I would say that the Sharks used their backline much better this game and there was a number of good moves in evidence. Pietersen got involved much more than he did in the past and that was also a welcome sign. On the whole I would think that th signs are there that tries will come when they keep on doing what they did.
I think the Crusaders did very well - and there would be the fact that they are without Carter - he would probably have kicked the foals missed by Bleyendaal and the outcome could have been different - but that was not to be.
In my opinion the Crusaders tried their utmost in the first half to build up a lead - but two points were not enough - and they ran out of gas in the second half of the match.
ou rooitwit ever a crusty fan. How pathetic do you get rooitwit! Bwahahahahaha
Ou maaik please have yu no sense at all. The following would make a great Bok pack:
Beast, Bissie, Malherbe,
etzebeth, Bekker,
Deon Fourie, Vermuelen and Du Toit (7)
Reserves"
Coenie, Strauss, Botha and Elsatdt.
The abs cant come even cose to that lot.
Then we also have to see how Burger comes back as well as Alberts and there is also Labuschagne, Herbst who is playing better than Jannie in every respect. etc etc.
Scrummies are Reinach and Groom.
Lambie and Cat
Jean, Serfontein, Allende, Jordaan
wings Habana, JP, Van Der Heever
Full backs are a bit of a problem but I am hoping Taute will come right. Daniller will not let a Bok side down. He has a good all round game and is able to play a part in a running backline.
All we need is for Meyer to wake up and appoint a world class backline coach and also Nieaber as the defence coach.
Greatness beckons and the trembling of weak knees has reached us all the way from nz. Meyer it time to retake the throne form the usurpers and wc burglars.
Ou maaikie yes the lightweight (890 odd kg) Stormers pack did knock a lot of the fight out of the crusties. So of course we did the sharkies a favour.
A win is a win, but I didn't see the "great" Shark game you guys saw. The closeness of the score line shows the game could've gone either way. Sharks though my favorite SA team and came out on right side of the scoreboard and can't take anything away from that. Beeno see you're putting my bestowed honarary degree on you to good use. You're wrong though that Bok pack won't even get close enough to the AB's as they get outskilled and run off the park...in other words another RC for the AB's, but seriously you keep telling us how great the SA forwards are and how the Boks are unlucky to lose cause of twenty reasons or another from season to season....OK back it up with results show everyone on this forum how correct you are by showing us the numbers... a current win/loss ratio will do, or are we going to be subject to the infamous Beeno cyber sidestep.....again.
Well played Sharkies to sneak a win. Hardly suprising ol Beanob taking the credit - what a muppet.
Was a bridge to far after comprehensive smoking of Beanobs pretenders we finally came up against a real rugby team so congrats to the Sharkies for stopping our clean sweep of SA teams and no doubt we will see the Sharkies in the finals.
Beanob after the staggering loss to the Crusaders C team your goose is now completely cooked you plonker with the Cheetahs then Hurricanes about to put you away for good and it will be goodnight nurse Beanob. Try not to disappear down your little hole for a week like last time you wuss when it happens.
