Excellent maul by the Sharks and they win a penalty. Lineout just 5 out . . . try? Is Immelman over? Good finish if it is . . . but no, his hand touched the ground. No try.
Excellent maul by the Sharks and they win a penalty. Lineout just 5 out . . . try? Is Immelman over? Good finish if it is . . . but no, his hand touched the ground. No try.
Penalty advantage was played and Jordan sets up the lineout . . . Sharks must score here . . . Koch . . . Ox . . . still not getting over . . . Siya finishes at last! 7-0. Good continuity from the Sharks.
JJ finishes a try after good work by Mapimpi. 14-0.
Zebre score through Gesi after a rather lucky bounce. 14-7.
Jaden kicks possession away again.
Aerial ping pong until Tshituka wins it and gives to Koch who . . . ummm . . . kicks possession away!
Some really poor kicking from the Sharks results in a Zebre penalty.
Sharks are making some silly mistakes.
Zebfe pack is lighter but tigerish.
Some good work by sharks backs.
Zebre score and it's 14 all.
Will the Zebre run the Sharks off their feet.
Sharks had better wake up!
Zebre make the Sharks pay for all the aimless kicking and score. 14-14.
Is this a banana peel I see before me?
Immelman drops one. Sharks are really missing Fassi.
Now Mpimpi gets yellow and Zebre on attack.
Zebres showing a lot more energy and enterprise.
Sharks look so much better when they keep ball in hand. Same applies to Zebre. Mapimpi gets a yellow although it didn't look intentional. Sharks have lost the plot.
Fassu is a big loss.
Zebre take the lead with a penalty.
Makazole gets yellow...again.
JJ didn’t look that swift chasing the wing and then that nothing dive instead of following the play.
Penalty is over. 17-14 to Zebre.
What a break by Kolisi and Great try.
Sharks tale the lead. 21-17
Siya shows his brilliance yet again. Best try of the game so far. Sharks back in the lead.
What a try by Kolisi…did a Kolbe on the Zebra.
Wow...a bit of luck but well done Siya!!!
Kolisi playing his more natural game for the Sharks….he is hardly used by the Boks in a ball carrying role.
Tshituka, Ox and Phepsi all take it up strongly and Sharks win a penalty. Jordan sets up the lineout
Very good period of play from Sharks leading to a try by Koch.
Sharks have lifted their intensity.
It's 29-17 to Sharks.
More good continuity from the Sharks and Koch scores.
More like it . . . even though Jaden twice almost messed up the move.
Kolisi quite often shows great work out wide.
Another BS post by Mozzie having a go at Rassie.
Hopefully that 15 minute period halfway through the 1st half was just a blip . . . but it definitely coincided with a spell when the Sharks kicked too much.
Zebre playing well when they get some space but the 21 botches a certain try.
Oops
Mapimpi back. I'd forgotten he was off.
Hit me with a tariff HasBeen. If you can’t see Kolisi is playing a more natural role you are blind as well as verkrampte.
Half time. 28-17 to the Sharks.
Off to watch the Cape Epic for 10 mins.
Not sure I can handle the stupid comments from our resident rugby noob who hasn't yet twigged that Kolisi is playing in a different position. LMAO!
It's not April 2nd American freedom day Mozzie.
Man is Trump doing well in the polls. Demonrats in Congress are polling at their worst ever.
Hahahahahaha.
Hi Beens and Rooi
Caught the back end of the 1st half.
How did Jordan play?
Hi Moz.
Its nice to see we're making this a regular thing.
Jordan not great but not bad either. Some poor kicking from hand but his brother was even worse in that regard.
I thought Kolisi normally plays like a 3rd center for the Bokke...ah, well, what do I know...
Well I hope Time Stamp gets back for the second half …his comments are invaluable. Great insights like ‘Mapimpi back on’ ….ROFL!
Yes April the 2nd could be ring the cash register day….I’m planning to sell my put spread into the uncertainty.
Immelman drops another one. Sharks have been poor in the air. Now Hooker knocks on under no pressure . . .
Mapimpi also not ready to go gentle into that good night.
Zebre score after a poor pass from Penxe.
Now Penxe knocks on . . . get Esterhuizen on and put Hooker on Penxe's wing.
Great scrum from the Sharks and they win a penalty. Sharks should be well ahead in this game considering their forward dominance.
Nice try Zebre.
Jordan got skinned. Lol it's the lack of thigh gap that slows him down.
Oh for goodness sake!
Zebre intercept Jaden's poor pass and look like they've scored . . . checking . . .
Early tackle on Mapimpi surely?
What the hell JJ?
Look at how he slowed down there instead supporting Mapimpi.
Yep Jaden is no pace merchant….terrific try by the Zebras.
Try given. Jaden is a joke! Zebre lead.
Zebre take the lead.
Terrible from the Sharks.
Indeed, how Jayden pips Williams is totally beyond me
Draad for your edification….Kolisi carried the ball zero times against France, zero times against England and once against the ABs. So much for playing center.
Shiytsharks
Immelman off and Esterhuizen on. Who will go to fullback?
Jordan to fullback and Hooker to flyhalf? No . . . Penxe to fullback. God help us!
Penalty surely . . . yes . . . Sharks on the attack here . . .
Either our resident rugby noob doesn't know that a #8 carries the ball more than an openside fetcher or else he hasn't noticed the number on Siya's back. It's one of the two.
Phepsi over but held up.
How the F does Pepsi allow himself to be held up in that position????
This is one of Saffex's "Boks"
Another intercept after Bongi can't control. The attack is snuffed out and to add insult to injury, it's a 50/22 for Zebre who are now on attack in the Sharks 22.
Drop goal attempt is missed. Sharks survive.
Sharks working hard to lose this game.
They play in fits and starts with a slew of unforced errors.
Jaden kicks it back for Zebre to have another attack. Get this clown off.
What a kick from Mchunu!
Fez Mbatha on for Bongi and throws a no-look pass into touch.
The Sharks have so many good players but oh my word they suck!
Another penalty and the Sharks will go 5 points behind if he slots it.
This ref is a bit blind though
Jordan gives away a penalty. Sharks still behind with less than 20 to go and a Zebre penalty kick to come. Pathetic.
Very poor penalty ref. Are you blind?
It's over. 34-28 to Zebre. Hendrickse brothers are having a mare.
Now Esterhuizen is on (it was Henco Venter who replaced Immelman earlier).
France’s 7….equivalent to our 6 Kolisi carried the ball 11 times to Kolisi’s zero….does that help Time Stamp.
Siya's hands let him down but his foot was probably already out. Lineout to Zebre.
JJ is off for Esterhuizen.
Scrum penalty to the Sharks. The scrums have been good, the lineouts not bad but it's the game management (ie the Hendrickse brothers) that are losing this game.
Penxe pretty toothless on attack but it's a penalty to the Sharks. Take the scrum!
What's the bet nothing comes from al these scrums.
i have a feeling he's gonna penalise the Sharks next
Scrum came up...reset.
The ref is gonna turn this around
Sharks wasting time
Come on Sharks wake up!
Yellow for Zebre!
nice
Yellow for Zebre. Another attacking scrum for the Sharks.
How long will this scrum go on for?
What would we do without the scrum.
Good skip pass by Esterhuizen and Hooker finishes it. But it's in the corner . . .
Jordan nails it! Yes! Sharks lead by 1.
Nice!
Sharks finally get over and Hendrikse slots a difficult kick from the corner.
Note how AE set up that try.
Esterhuizen and Hooker do the business.
Now Esterhuizen knocks on. Zebre with a scrum in the middle of the field and only 2 mins to go . . .
Long injury delay for Dominguez.
More poor decisions by Sharks.
Sharks need a general like Pollard.
The hooter goes. Sharks win.
Poor performance by the Sharks but I'll take the win. Only Siya and Ox were good for the Sharks. The rest were either average or poor.
Lekker Vissies.
geez, they really tried to lose that one
The worlds greatest 13(JJ) was invisible.
AE set up the winning try...
Take the win BUT.
Sharks have good set pieces and flair in the backs but they are not a smart side and lack intensity. Play in spurts and make too many silly errors.
Siya saying Sharks make it hard for themselves. 100 percent correct.
Siya named MOtM and he quite rightly blames the poor out of hand kicking for the poor performance. He says they spoke the whole week about getting the ball out to touch because Zebre's only threat was their broken play counter-attacking . . . but Jaden and Jordan just kept hoofing it up into the sky.
Mapimpi had a good game…the scrum penalty is our equivalent of the loaves and fishes.
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I'd expect the Sharks to take this one quite comfortably.
Ok . . . jinx out of the way . . . it's also the kind of fixture that has seen the Sharks have shockers over the years.
Looking forward to seeing Esterhuizen back in the 2nd half. I suspect he'll come on and Hooker will replace one of the wingers.