Sharks smash woeful WP
15 Sep 2012
RYAN VREDE saw the Sharks comprehensively beat Western Province 43-27 in difficult conditions at Kings Park.
Durban was battered with a sustained torrential downpour which completely waterlogged the surface. This made any sort of skill beyond a high punt or forward-based phase play near impossible and consequently adversely affected the quality of the match. The Sharks mastered the conditions while WP sunk. Furthermore, their discipline was atrocious, with Jebb Sinclair and Tyrone Holmes red carded for punching and Wilhelm van der Sluys (harshly) yellow carded.
Bombs were blended with grinding forward play, the Sharks better at taking advantage of the infringements forced through this method, Meyer Bosman kicking five penalties to go with four conversions for a 23 point haul.
Despite dominating large passages of play, WP simply never threatened to regularly break down a physical and accurate Sharks defensive unit. Their rolling maul got some purchase, but beyond that their tactical kicking game lacked the consistent precision to drive them into good field positions and their ball-in-hand play was uninspiring. The Sharks absorbed the pressure well, refusing to undermine their cause by becoming loose and profited as a result.
Bosman and Demetri Catrakilis traded three pointers to get the scoreboard going before Sharks flank Jacques Botes finished a slick move. The match meandered through dour passages thereafter, Bosman and Catrakilis continuing their boot war to leave the Sharks 16-12 ahead at the break.
Bosman banked six more points after the restart and the odds swung in the Sharks’ favour when Sinclair decked Jean Deysel to earn an early shower. Keegan Daniel scored shortly thereafter, sniping through the middle of a ruck to score.
WP’s rebuttal was good, Louis Schreuder driving over from close range after the defensive line had been depleted, Catrakilis adding the extras. But that good work was undone when Holmes jabbed Botes, who rubbed salt into the wounds by scoring shortly thereafter.
Schreuder intercepted and sprinted 80m to score, giving WP faint hope of what would have been a remarkable result in the circumstances. But Joe Pietersen missed the conversion that would have put them in contention for a draw. The game ended with a five-man WP scrum conceding a penalty try.
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15 Sep 2012, 21:05 pm
Ja-nee, Veldsman. Ek is nou baie beswaard.
15 Sep 2012, 21:05 pm
SHAUN!
Trevor Noah should get hold of him
15 Sep 2012, 21:07 pm
Lions and Sharks tied at the top.
15 Sep 2012, 21:07 pm
5 points in the bag and 4 in a row.
15 Sep 2012, 21:08 pm
15 against 12 and the Sharks rely on a penalty try for the bonus point. What a joke. A total farce.
15 Sep 2012, 21:08 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-99: Dont get me wrong I see truth in what u say and have probably been the most reserved of most forsome time as I dobelieve too the glimpses se saw against Eng plus a starting Goosen with Lambie, Connie & Bismark back in the mix it will be brighter when the time comes Also I actually agree not to have Started Goosen todY his time will come hopefully sooner than later. Would have had him on at 25/30min todY tgough and Greyling well hope the lord he sorts his kak out..
15 Sep 2012, 21:12 pm
And I expect to see Lover boy Pierrie back st Curry Cup and Super rugby to prove inclusion into the team like Brussow and every other non Bulld player please!
15 Sep 2012, 21:13 pm
@I am a stormer-105:
If wp kept their side up we would have scred anyway.
You cheat you pay.
Wp played like thugs today, shamefull to be honest
15 Sep 2012, 21:13 pm
Or change the definition of the use of the term Quota to “Bulls player”
15 Sep 2012, 21:13 pm
Cool Runnings on TV
15 Sep 2012, 21:14 pm
@I am a stormer-105: The records dont have a comments section
15 Sep 2012, 21:15 pm
@I am a stormer-105:
Yes it was, with the ‘I didn’t see that’ try that Reinach scored plus WP thuggery on the field you can be greatful that Wp were’nt on the losing side of 50 points.
Would be nice if WP could play with just 15 men and win wouldn’t it.
Bad loser.
15 Sep 2012, 21:17 pm
******* Y O U meyer i was the only one with issues in my household now youve gone and turned my son into an ALL BLACK supporter as well.
well played you D O O S
15 Sep 2012, 21:19 pm
So the question should be asked, is WP the new dirty boys of SA rugby, and wil they try to give Greyling a contract?
15 Sep 2012, 21:20 pm
Is WP’s new motto, “if you can’t beat them, beat them up”?
15 Sep 2012, 21:20 pm
@viewer-11:
that was the isipingo lagoon farknut – a bit like the liesbeek river.
no sane person goes near it.
15 Sep 2012, 21:20 pm
Grateful OCO, grateful
15 Sep 2012, 21:20 pm
@OCO-112: Wouful.Kak game
15 Sep 2012, 21:20 pm
@Mr Black-114:
Not a pretty blue eyed boy…. will never happen?
15 Sep 2012, 21:20 pm
Wouful = woeful
15 Sep 2012, 21:23 pm
On the plus side??????????????? who can heyneke cal on?????????
15 Sep 2012, 21:24 pm
not one of them could even land a solid punch………………….
15 Sep 2012, 21:25 pm
Will have to stick with Greyling?????????????
15 Sep 2012, 21:26 pm
@phil72-123: Pat Cilliers should be fit again. Better to have a second tighthead on the bench anyway.
15 Sep 2012, 21:29 pm
@saru1983-113: fok nee bru! U need to sort him out chop chop! Get him a dvd of boks greatest hit ever or something! Replay the trinaTions winz and RWC winz over a few times and dont let him watch anotherbok game until Goosen Starts!
15 Sep 2012, 21:29 pm
actually jebb landed a pretty decent ice hockey punch,put deysel on his *** should have followed it up though with a kick to the groin and a few hammer fists to the temple and that would b all she wrote folks
15 Sep 2012, 21:29 pm
@katman-124:
But does he have a solid right hand?
15 Sep 2012, 21:30 pm
weird game….
watersports pitch…
goofed tmo…
and a timid little touchjudge.
could have been a good game otherwise.
15 Sep 2012, 21:32 pm
@phil72-127: Dunno. But Pat spelt backwards is tap, and tap is slang for punch. So draw your own conclusions.
15 Sep 2012, 21:32 pm
@saru1983-126: ja and then he’d be banned for life x_x
15 Sep 2012, 21:33 pm
@saru1983-126: Deysel undoubtedly has a glass jaw.
15 Sep 2012, 21:33 pm
Klaasen and v/d Merwe have already blown 4 match points in the Davis cup double against the Canuks. Just finish the fckers off already.
15 Sep 2012, 21:34 pm
is it fair to say that…….
wp/stormers are the shark’s bunnies this season?
just asking.
15 Sep 2012, 21:36 pm
@charo-133:
Break back mountain………….
15 Sep 2012, 21:36 pm
@charo-133: no but the bulls are wp’s bunnies
15 Sep 2012, 21:36 pm
@saru1983-113: Hmm. You may want to.also try convince him Morne’s great grandmother is part of die Broederbond and he hadabsolutely no choice and his families lives depended on it.. Ja thats may be ur best bet.. Tell him the ANC were also involved.. If theres a chance its a slim one..
15 Sep 2012, 21:37 pm
Jebb’s jolly jab jeopardises jubilation. Meh, I suck at this.
15 Sep 2012, 21:37 pm
@Guns-37:
@Dawn-41:
sorry
no time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world
We are the champions – my friends
And we’ll keep on fightin’ till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
15 Sep 2012, 21:39 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-138:
Province…………….. die currie cup kom weer………………………
Bunch of wannabees ( dean greyling impersonators)
15 Sep 2012, 21:40 pm
U may also want to show him the Bulls Super R win over the Chiefs and convince him they can speel & add Pierrie’s pappa also a big shot in die Broederbon..
15 Sep 2012, 21:41 pm
on to more important matters….
so hm has reportedly said that he might have screwed up by keeping morne on as the goalkicker?
does this mean that frans should have kicked?
or, better still……
that goosen should be the kicker?
hopefully the latter.
and…. that he sees a future at 15 for lambie
15 Sep 2012, 21:42 pm
Player’s punch Province’s Pitfall.
15 Sep 2012, 21:42 pm
@phil72-139:
sorry
this is a song for champion teams only
15 Sep 2012, 21:45 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-143:
Will have to exclude WEE PEE (aka Stompies) then………………
15 Sep 2012, 21:45 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-138: Spies, Morne, Greyling, Kirchner still currently a bunch of moffies! Its no secret they share beds! Part of Meyers training!
U know i may even cut Morne some slack he has been a good servent of the game till now! But the otheres eish… And thst blarry one dimensional Potsmacker!
15 Sep 2012, 21:46 pm
15 Sep 2012, 21:46 pm
@Mr Black-108:
@trupisero-111:
@OCO-112:
If you read my earlier comments, i said that the behaviour of the players out there – Sinclair and Holmes – was dof and totally inexcusable. And they will more than likely get a suspension.
Very much in line with Greyling’s earlier in the day.
The Sharks adapted to the conditions better today and deserved their win. And bear in mind that the U/20′s was called off because of the appalling conditions.
15 Sep 2012, 21:47 pm
@Guns-145:
Stop watching back break mountain……… Getting old now!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 Sep 2012, 21:51 pm
@charo-141:
morne needs to have two options put before him.
1. the moerse uitkak ‘kry jou kop reg’ hairdryer treatment option.
2. quietly drop him to the bench or right out the match day 22.
one of these two will lead us to the promised land.
frans needs to get fitter and i have no faith in lambie as fh or fb.
goosen or jantjes at fh.
hougaard or the cheetah (not sarel) at sh.
pienaar, hougaard or jp at fb.
15 Sep 2012, 21:56 pm
Goosen to 10, Morne out of 22.
Jean to 12, Frans to 15, Zane out of 22.
De Jongh to 13.
Pietersen to get better fast.
That’s the backline sorted. Let me think about the pack for a moment.
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