Deysel deals Lions cruel blow
18 Aug 2012
RORY KEOHANE saw Jean Deysel produce a Man of the Match performance in the Sharks’ 30-14 victory over a demoralised Golden Lions outfit.
Deysel has been plagued by injury this season, but he confirmed his comeback with an outstanding performance which bodes well for the latter part of the Springboks’ Rugby Championship campaign. He ran in the last of the Shark’s three tries in the 65th minute, effectively closing the door on a consolation victory for the Lions who, beneath the cloud of relegation woe, would have been looking to salvage respectability with a victory in Durban.
The Golden Lions started well enough: JC Janse van Rensburg’s penalty try in the 16th minute answered Meyer Bosman’s opening penalty for a 7-3 lead. Despite a second penalty to Bosman, the Lions would keep their noses in front until four minutes into the second half when, following a third Bosman penalty, the visitors lost the lead and their fight. Despite being behind on the scoreboard, the Sharks’ superiority seemed inevitable and the momentum favoured them in a dominant second half. The victory completes an excellent eight days, having won two successive matches to assuage the heartache of their Super Rugby final defeat.
Deysel, who’s been in and out of the Boks squad, was the biggest winner given how highly he’s rated within the national coaching staff. His physicality was telling in all facets of play and will not go unnoticed in light of Keegan Daniel’s less than imposing 50-minute performance against Argentina in Cape Town.
The win will be particularly sweet in light of last year’s Currie Cup final defeat against the Lions and gives the Sharks the early running in the competition. Western Province, the Cheetahs, the Bulls and the Golden Lions have all lost already, and the numerous changes to the Shark’s starting line-up speak of the side’s depth in the 2012 season.
14 Comments
18 Aug 2012, 19:08 pm
do you still have the heart for rugby, dragons?
18 Aug 2012, 19:49 pm
That’s a very good question Bakkies.They should still be professional, give a good account of themselves and hopefully they get a run at another super franchise.
18 Aug 2012, 19:53 pm
I understand Jake is looking to recruit a developmental young lock,so there might already be an opening for one Lions player.
18 Aug 2012, 20:13 pm
@wnbb-2:
well it would seem they do.
that or the sharks are at their mercurial best.
18 Aug 2012, 20:25 pm
lions wilting
18 Aug 2012, 20:39 pm
All done and dusted for the Lions.Can the week get any worse?Thank God that there’s only Sunday to go.
18 Aug 2012, 20:45 pm
@wnbb-6: I am surprised. I gave this one to the Lions ! Guess I should have more faith in my team. Still time left though.
18 Aug 2012, 20:54 pm
I wonder if Butch James will come to the Sharks ?
18 Aug 2012, 21:21 pm
@Dusky-8: I hope not
18 Aug 2012, 23:06 pm
“Rory” Keohane – are you for real?
I don’t think so.
John Deysel doesn’t play for The Sharks – Jean Deysel does.
And he wasn’t part of the 2011 RWC Bok sqaud.
The loosies in that squad were:
Heinrich Brussow
Francois Louw
Schalk Burger
Willem Alberts
Pierre Spies
with Danie Rossouw as a utility forward.
Are you getting paid for this, “Rory”?
18 Aug 2012, 23:07 pm
sqaud = squad
Thankfully I’m not getting paid for this.
19 Aug 2012, 05:26 am
@puff-10: Mate like the saying goes its not what you know its who you know.
Really poor article in my opinion.
19 Aug 2012, 07:12 am
Who the f@ck is John Deysel?
This fella must have gotten into the dwarf’s stash…
21 Aug 2012, 13:19 pm
@trupisero-13: That was really funny LOL!
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