Awesome Odwa sinks Lions

Awesome Odwa sinks Lions

23 Jun 2006

The Sharks cruised to a 33-22 win against the Lions in the Absa Currie Cup on Friday, after leading 22-10 at the break.

Keo.co.za has learnt that Odwa Ndungane will be included in the Springbok squad for the away leg of the Tri-Nations. Any doubts lingering in the mind of coach Jake White should now be gone after yet another commanding performance from the dreadlocked winger.

Ndungane produced two moments of magic in Durban that resulted in two crucial first-half tries.

With the teams level at 3-all after the first quarter, the Sharks sent it wide to Ndungane who took the tackle near the touchline and offloaded to Carl Bezuidenhout. The debutant fullback managed to ground the ball on the line just before making contact with the flag, and the TMO awarded the try after studying several replays.

A few minutes later, the Sharks winger received possession in midfield, sent Doppies la Grange the wrong way with a dummy, before switching with Jacques Botes who scored under the posts.

That double strike helped settle the Sharks after a shaky start.

The Lions had opened the scoring when their forwards bashed it up the centre of the field, before a long skip pass from Earl Rose found Louis Ludik. The fullback straightened the line, sucked in the last Sharks defender and gave the try-scoring pass to Wylie Human.

Human scored another when he intercepted a pass meant for Adrian Jacobs, but the Sharks went over again just before half-time when a grubber from James sat up perfectly for Andries Strauss.

James extended the Sharks lead with a penalty soon after the break, but it was his missed tackle that saw Human claim his hat-trick. Rookie Lions scrumhalf Rory Kockott had missed his first three attempts at goal, but he finally sent the ball through the posts to make it 25-15.

The Sharks pack dominated in the Super 14, and their Currie Cup version looks just as dangerous. The Natalians made good use of the driving maul throughout the game and were finally rewarded when Bismarck du Plessis went over on the hour mark. The hooker, relishing a rare start, followed that up with a rampaging run down the left-hand touchline, bouncing off three Lions defenders, and was deservedly named Man of the Match.

Another James penalty made it 33-17, but a last-minute try from Springbok Sevens star Jaco Pretorius gave the Lions a bonus point.

Apart from Pretorius and Human, the young Jo’burg backline struggled to get going. Kockott had a shocker at scrumhalf, Rose was solid if unspectacular at flyhalf and Jorrie Muller was his usual erratic self on the wing.

Wikus van Heerden had a decent game at flank, but he’s simply not in the same class as a Schalk Burger – the man he’s expected to replace in the Bok side at some point this season. The Lions captain should have earned his team a second bonus point after the full-time hooter, but lost the ball over the tryline when tackled by Ryan Kankowski.

The Lions player who advanced his cause the most was young tighthead Brian Mujati, who more than held his own against former Bulls loosehead Kees Lensing.

For the Sharks, Johann Muller, Venter, Botes and Du Plessis were dominant up front, while Grant Rees (who played for the Wildebeest in the Vodacom Cup) did well outside Ruan Pienaar, James and Strauss.

Sharks - Tries: Carl Bezuidenhout, Jacques Botes, Andries Strauss, Bismarck du Plessis. Conversions: Butch James (2). Penalties: James (3).
Lions - Tries: Wylie Human (3), Jaco Pretorius. Conversion: Rory Kockott.

By Simon Borchardt


179 Comments

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  • 1.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:16 pm

    no1 winna winna!

  • 2.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:19 pm

    the game hasn’t even started yet simon?

  • 3.xsaffa: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:21 pm

    go u good thing, sharkies by 25….

  • 4.Bloem Leeu: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:22 pm

    Lions to beat the guppies by 15

  • 5.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:23 pm

    that lions team looks a little suspect……

  • 6.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:25 pm

    Lions by 9

  • 7.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:26 pm

    I heard Earl was injure and Jody took his place…

  • 8.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:26 pm

    Province to beat pumas by 70!

  • 9.cab: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:34 pm

    like to say ROAR, but meeu is probably more the word with that lions team. could be a bit of a rogering this…

  • 10.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:35 pm

    ‘rogering’?

  • 11.cab: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:38 pm

    bit like the nose-picking sensation, except finger is up the bum.

  • 12.lebscrooge: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:38 pm

    Louis Ludik is a friend of mine. I hope he has a great one on debut

  • 13.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:40 pm

    oh.

  • 14.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:42 pm

    it starts at 7 doesn’t it? gonna watch my first cc game on kudu. man, i hope they dont mess it up like they did with the two scotland games.

  • 15.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:43 pm

    nice sharks lineup, bye bye kitties.

  • 16.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:44 pm

    kners,

    rsg is covering it as well, so at least you will have audio

  • 17.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:51 pm

    PA it is really irritating when they promise it live and then mess it up cos i know i will see the game eventually so i avoid any form of spoiler about the result, so i dont even get to listen to audio then.

    anyway, after many abusive mails i think they will have figured it out.

  • 18.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:56 pm

    Great forwards the sharks have, actually the whole team.

    Going to be a difficult one for the inexperienced Lions but think they will scrap it by two after a Jorrie drop goal in the dieing minutes.

  • 19.PissAnt: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:58 pm

    kners,

    dont ever become a rugby analyst, you have to look at it 30 odd times!

  • 20.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:58 pm

    Tjarkie team looks way too good for the unfortunate Lion Cubs!!

  • 21.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:02 pm

    Were you in Jansen lebscrooge

  • 22.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:04 pm

    hello groot.
    Check biekie die WP. Hulle gaan die pumas se gat skop.
    die pumas is net so goed soos die blou bulle.

  • 23.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:07 pm

    Skimmie, Skimmie, Skimmie,

    WEEEEEPEEEE kan dalk, ek sê dalk, die Pumas se gat skop…….maar die Bulle bly BAAS van die arme Bergbokkies!!!!

  • 24.Zhak: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:07 pm

    Will kuduclub have it live?

  • 25.Grrrr....I'm a Lion!: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:14 pm

    LIONS!!!

  • 26.Nella: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:17 pm

    Does kuduclub show the games if you are in the UK?

  • 27.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:17 pm

    yeah zhak, well they say so but they mess it up sometimes. but it depends where u r. not in the uk but many mainland european countries. check on the site.

  • 28.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:17 pm

    Zhak,

    Delayed live, which means they don’t edit the game, they show it as first recorded.

  • 29.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:17 pm

    No nella, not in the uk.

  • 30.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:17 pm

    Shame Grrr….,

    Big game (loss) for you on the cards tonight, hey?

  • 31.Nella: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:18 pm

    I expected it to be like the super 14. Only audio. Any idea anyone?

  • 32.Nella: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:19 pm

    Thanks Kners.
    They sell you a big dummy with that. Promise you all the rugby you can take and then give you Kobus, Corne and Hugh on audio!!!

  • 33.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:22 pm

    Hmmm, i have seen super 14 games live (not delayed at all) on kudu. last weekend i figured out that u can go to http://www.mediazone.com (they supply kudu with the stream) and choose the game and then log onto kudu from there. you then watch the games through mediazone.

    it worked for me and the game was only on kudu a day later (they had problems, fancy that). so if u r a kudu subscriber try it, i am already on mediazone and the streaming starts 5 min before the game.

    go to the game, click on “live stream” and then it will ask you to choose who to log in through. choose kudu, log in and there you go.

  • 34.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:22 pm

    No, UK only has selective internet access!

    They don’t belong to the WWW!

  • 35.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:25 pm

    The sentence “Nurse I spy gypsies run” can be read backwards and forwards.

  • 36.Zhak: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:26 pm

    That sounds good, Knersboy. I think I’ll give it a shot.

    The Sharks should win easily, by the way.

  • 37.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:32 pm

    Zhak, if u r in the UK you will not be able to watch because mediazone (like kudu) checks the location and so it wont give u the rights.

    the trick i described above is only for people who are in a country where u can watch the games on kudu and it is only to overcome the incompetancy of kuduclub when it comes to live stream.

  • 38.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:33 pm

    yeah, i also think they will win easilty, go my boys, go.

  • 39.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:39 pm

    The world chicken population is more than double the human population, while the world cattle population outnumbers the population of China

  • 40.lebscrooge: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:44 pm

    No hmmmm, stay in the koshuis with him at university of Johannesburg

  • 41.Knersboy: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:44 pm

    i cant believe we cant be abusive anymore…

  • 42.Nella: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:47 pm

    TGIF!!! Sitting on the train home. Should be good watching tomorrow. Argies to take the AB’s. Irish to klap the Wobblies. And Bokke and u21s to donner the Frogs!!!

  • 43.grootblousmile: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:49 pm

    Nella,

    You got 3G or something on the train??

  • 44.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:49 pm

    I’m getting nervous again.

  • 45.Hmmm: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:53 pm

    Kners,

    I was only messing about….

    I enjoyed it when Ig posted in advertisement to mediazone that mediazone show the games delayed live in certain areas….which means unedited recorded footage….I though it to be amusing at least…..like almost everything it seems….

  • 46.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:54 pm

    You better be nervous cos I will abuse you into next week vir al die strond wat jy hier pos.

  • 47.Nella: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:54 pm

    Think its O2 mobile web. What could be better than keo on the way home? Talk **** and no traffic. Just a bunch of sour poms. Man these bloody brits!

  • 48.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:54 pm

    HSDPA?

  • 49.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:56 pm

    50!!!!!!! HAHAH!

  • 50.Skim: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 18:56 pm

    50!!!!!!!!!! COME ON!!!

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