Lambie inspires Sharks to victory
31 Jul 2010
GARETH DUNCAN reports on the Sharks’ dramatic 25-13 win against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
The Cheetahs looked the better team and deservedly lead 13-6 until the 70th minute. However, a three-try blitz in the last 10 minutes, which included a brace from inside centre Pat Lambie, secured the win for the Sharks as the home team suffered a late defensive lapse.
Coming off a big away victory against the Bulls last weekend, the Cheetahs displayed an impressive all-round performance at Vodacom Park. They were the better team on attack and their defence was the main reason they had a slim lead for most parts of the match. However, their inability to build a formidable lead cost them as the Sharks surged ahead in the dying moments.
The Sharks hard a poor first half as they hardly troubled the hosts with their static approach on attack. Their front row also had a poor game as they regularly leaked penalties and freekicks at scrum time.
The Cheetahs struck first as Louis Strydom converted a penalty. They suffered a setback moments later as scrumhalf Tewis de Bruyn was yellow-carded for a punch on loosehead prop Pat Cilliers.
Against 14 men, the Sharks only managed to score three points as inside centre Pat Lambie converted a penalty. They created try-scoring opportunities but they failed to convert them because of their problematic scrum and poor ball retention.
De Bruyn made amends when he returned from the sin bin as he scored a try from a quick penalty tap. From 30m out, the No 9 caught the Sharks napping and sidestepped tighthead prop Wian Herbst to dive over untouched. The Cheetahs went into the break 10-3 ahead.
In the second half, Strydom and Lambie traded penalties and it looked like the Cheetahs would go on to win the low-scoring affair. However, against the run of play, replacement prop Eugene van Staden scored a 70th-minute try to reduce the deficit to two points.
It seemed the Cheetahs were let off the hook as Lambie missed the crucial conversion – but No 8 Ryan Kankowski’s break saw Lambie stretch over moments later. The inside centre picked up a double as the Sharks broke down the right touchline soon after to seal the game.
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31 Jul 2010, 18:57 pm
JLP playing for the SHARKSSSSSSSSSS. Am so looking forward to it, big lose for the bulls i think.
31 Jul 2010, 18:59 pm
31 Jul 2010, 19:00 pm
@RedLion is born again(RL)-150:
Your team did so well. Mitchel is quite a coach – like the style of rugby he is bringing to the Lions. Maybe PdV should chat to the guy. Enjoyed the way they played.
31 Jul 2010, 19:01 pm
@sharks_lover(sharks_lover)-138: yeah right, you’re biased! You can’t think past your infactuation with deysel hahahahaha
we all know how little you know about rugby
31 Jul 2010, 19:03 pm
@RedLion is born again(RL)-152:
Just think, in the S15, these young Lions get handed over to **** Muirs care.
31 Jul 2010, 19:03 pm
JLP is MOM … Wiese’s hand is as big as JLP face.
31 Jul 2010, 19:04 pm
@David(David)-155:
31 Jul 2010, 19:04 pm
@sharks_lover(sharks_lover)-138: can’t clean out a ruck? Hahahahahaha
31 Jul 2010, 19:08 pm
@RedLion is born again(RL)-157:
BTW, why aren’t you at the Coke Tin?
31 Jul 2010, 19:10 pm
Elton Jantjies reminds me a bit of a young Andre Pretorius. The kid’s got great distribution skills.
31 Jul 2010, 19:11 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-112: I agree. As you know 5th gear is an economy gear without much further influence. He didn’t have much impact and quite frankly today was shown up for the limited player he is. He could not even do anything against a bonetired and disorganized Cheetahs team.
They should rather have remained in second gear and dug deep and hauled themselves up the hill. Instead, truth is, the Cheetahs ran out of steam at the end and lost their shape when Juan Smith went off. They lost the game more than what the Sharks really won it.
31 Jul 2010, 19:16 pm
@catleya(catleya)-161: LOL thats not what i meant when i said 5th gear, i meant they vooped they were cruiseing.
31 Jul 2010, 19:30 pm
Been watching all the games. Best loosie performance by a long shot was Potties today for the Bulls.
31 Jul 2010, 19:38 pm
Look, I quite like Lambie and think he has a big future,but come on! He played like an absolute r.e.tard for the first 65 minutes! He was beyond useless! His defence was shocking, he made at least 6 handling errors and his kicking was atrocious. He’s a god player but he actually had a very poor game until he got those walk-in tries. Kankowski was an animal and he deserved MOM much more.
31 Jul 2010, 19:42 pm
@catleya(catleya)-163: are you including the bledisloe?
31 Jul 2010, 20:02 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-165: Talking SA here Transie, but I reckon Potties just needs a couple more games for the Boks. I see he has bulked up a little bit and is looking good. I reckon we need to seriously look at bringing youngsters through in the rest of the Trinations. That knock to Juan Smith could happen in the week before the WC and then? Believe me, I rate Juan Smith, but he is far from ready for test rugby, and that knock and its effect is ominous, to say the least. Nobody else in SA has Potties workrate.
31 Jul 2010, 20:06 pm
@catleya(catleya)-166: Potties with Francois Louw and then you afford to put into the space that he requires
31 Jul 2010, 20:07 pm
@JL1(JL1)-167: Put Spies into space that he requires
31 Jul 2010, 20:46 pm
What happened to Ruan Pienaar, is he injured?
31 Jul 2010, 20:48 pm
@LD(LD)-34: juan de jongh would be a great signing, JDV is returning to the Stormers and JDJ is already being forced out of position by Fourie.
31 Jul 2010, 22:05 pm
Gareth, what a pathetic piece of writing. You spend one par/sentence do describe the last 10 minutes, the most exciting of the game???
1 Aug 2010, 02:43 am
KEO are not big sharks fans and there maths is pretty KAK.
1 Aug 2010, 06:13 am
I’m surprised The Sharks got a mention. The last few weeks have all been about the All Blands and Helium de Villiers.
Doom and gloom as only the South Africans can do it.
Lambie is a revelation. If Helium plays him in any way shape or form next season he’d better come up with a plan to have our forwards protect him because this little oke is going to be targeted in every opposition game plan.
He is lethal and a game breaker with an uncanny sense to read the game. Lambie, Ruan Pienaar and Fourie du Preez are masters at reading a game and adapting.
1 Aug 2010, 10:23 am
I agree great White & Frans Stayne allthough very different is our equivalent to CQ and Dagg when it comes to new talent on the block, Steyn been around longer as well & Snor *** wanker prick is pissing his talent down the drain Luke ******* idiot who knows sweet *** all about Rugby! ******* tool! Him & his assistance and every political porn in SA- Wankerz!
2 Aug 2010, 06:23 am
Good rugby by two teams that don’t learn, don’t listen.
The Cheetahs will have no chance with that impostor ‘I Jump on the mound’ Johnson, he is killing their forwards’ power game, if you must play a quota, play Floor: it’s just his undersized that counts against him and he has bulked visibly now.
The Sharks ditto: they never learn, they lost 6 games on the trot with The Beast and won five on the trot after they had dropped him, he is an impostor who degrades their tight five’s cohesion
Lambie is a jewel but he will go to Scotland no doubt, don’t know what can we do?
2 Aug 2010, 06:28 am
The Sharks will have no Ruan next season and nor the underrated Johan Muller, on the positive note Steve Meyer is a fine find, would be a mistake to drop him for Potgieter (above average FH/Cntr) because he stared showing he can get the Sharks moving and probing!
I watched Murray playing for the Lions: he is a totally different centre now, he played real well yesterday, another Management mistake, the Sharks should have retain him and dump Jacobs for good.
2 Aug 2010, 09:24 am
@Hondo(Hondo)-175: Jys a vuil 8!
2 Aug 2010, 09:25 am
drop Habana for gerhard vd heever now!!! shadowwwwwwwww try scoring machine
2 Aug 2010, 09:27 am
Divvy please bring Conrad Jantjies back! We need him!
2 Aug 2010, 09:29 am
Oh wait….rather pick Elton Jantjies. He had an excellent game against the Blue Poo
2 Aug 2010, 09:32 am
@quotas_sux(quota_conrad_jantjies_is_jorrie_muller)-178:
Isn’t Habana a left wing and van den Heever a right wing?
2 Aug 2010, 09:35 am
yeah, but does it really matter
2 Aug 2010, 09:36 am
@Hondo(Hondo)-176:
Murray is also exactly what is needed in the midfield. I stood next to him in a line at CNA in the Pavilion a few months ago and he is a big strapping lad. He runs a little stooped over which means he’d be difficult to stop on the run. Most South African rugby players run too upright which makes it nice and easy for an opposition player to tackle and push back. Juan de Villiers got badly injured against the Scots because of his body positioning. Bismarck is another that runs too straight.
The Boks also lack tall and strong backline players. The wings are particularily vulnerable and it has been a while since South Africa had imposing wings. Habana is caught out by his lack of size and it shows with his poor defensive record. The Ndungane twins as well. Fourie tackles too upright which means the opposition centre still makes vital yards before being brought down.
Bottom line, the Boks have let through easy easy tries through defensive ineptitude.
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