Sharks finish in pole
12 Oct 2012
JON CARDINELLI reports that a 42-3 victory against Griquas has allowed the Sharks to finish the Currie Cup league in first place.
The Sharks went into this match having already secured a home semi-final. And yet, John Plumtree will be thrilled to have ended the league phase with such a resounding victory.
Friday’s result at the Shark Tank will see them taking plenty of momentum into the play-offs. It also places them in a strong position to host the Currie Cup final.
They cannot be overtaken by the other play-off contenders, and if they can win next week’s semi-final, they’ll feel confident that they can go all the way in a decider staged at Kings Park.
Griquas struggled to match the Sharks’ physicality in Friday’s match, and were guilty of too many basic errors. They were mistakes the Sharks punished, scoring 15 points inside the first half hour. It was a barrage from which Griquas did not recover.
The visitors had a chance to strike back when Sharks captain Keegan Daniel was sin-binned for cynical play in the 31st minute. But again, Griquas failed to hold on to the ball, handing possession back to the Sharks.
In fact, it was the Sharks who would score next despite the disadvantage, Lwazi Mvovo finishing to further stretch a commanding lead.
Griquas suffered a further setback when wing Jannie Boshoff was yellow-carded for a spear-tackle right before half-time. Pat Lambie failed with the ensuing penalty attempt, but managed to convert a subsequent opportunity after the break.
Lambie played a telling part in two of the Sharks’ three first-half tries. A well-weighted grubber created a try-scoring chance for Louis Ludik, as did an inside ball to Mvovo.
The Sharks flyhalf kicked well out of hand, and was successful with seven of his nine kicks at goal. It was an all-round performance that will boost Lambie’s confidence ahead of the play-offs, and also give national coach Heyneke Meyer food for thought ahead of that end-of-year tour to Europe.
Special mention should also be made of the Sharks’ defence. Once Griquas were more than two scores behind, they began kicking every penalty opportunity to touch. And on every occasion, the Sharks defence managed to hold out.
Griquas’ failure to secure any log points from this fixture means that they will remain in fourth position below Western Province. There is a chance, however, that Griquas will be overtaken by the Cheetahs and Blue Bulls on Saturday.
304 Comments
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12 Oct 2012, 23:15 pm
@cab-98: watch the Sharks no name Locks, tell you what, they dont stand back an inch for any other lock in this country, and they still lighties
12 Oct 2012, 23:17 pm
SL you might be right in interplay but I never been a catt man for centre – I don’t want walter little – I want frankie bunce, sella, horan, guscot -cut that muthafkn line ekse – granted SBW special but jordaan no sbw – actually sbw piura this world good – dm fkn ABs hardly pick him – that’s a fkn playmaker supreme.
12 Oct 2012, 23:18 pm
Of course all your players are bought..who you trying to kid ? the Real Madrid of SA rugby that’s sharkshits – Mercenaries United
12 Oct 2012, 23:19 pm
No sharks locks r **** that’s where u all wrong. Wp take tgemnto the cleaners – u blinded there.
12 Oct 2012, 23:22 pm
@rangerman-89: who’s your halfwit cntface.. you another little wet behind the ears little fckface just like the other little fckface creep you bumchum with who needs your nose wiped clean for you punkarse little prick who thinks he’s smart when he’s not..
little arsewipe watch your manners or you get the hiding you deserve you pisswilly little cn’tfaced prick from sharkshit country.
12 Oct 2012, 23:22 pm
@cab-102: CAbby JOrdaan is a play maker with massive speed, he attacks the gain line at pace, NOw as for SBW ? what makes him good also is that his backline team mates understand him. In Fransie you have a simular player, but who runs off the ball?? who reads his play?? in the Bok setup?/ noone,
Tonight you saw Lambie making play, after passing runniong off the inside center, JOrdaan running into spaces, I aint saying it is all just Sharks and not how i mean it, but those are examples i can give,
Many oin here didnt like Adi Jacobs, yet he read play well and ran beautifully off the ball.
The reason i dont rate the WP centers is because its all stump Kar. Maybe with the tons of new players coming in that they bought that might change
12 Oct 2012, 23:24 pm
@cab-104: LIke they did in the 5 times we met this year??
Kanko took so many balls off the WP locks
12 Oct 2012, 23:25 pm
12 Oct 2012, 23:26 pm
Ja ok I watch jordaan but I’ve seen de Jong – that’s a mofo crying shame – the boks are yelling out for that inciciveness.
Fm this ***** next to me looks like a lil ***** – better hit the train
12 Oct 2012, 23:28 pm
@cab-109: Dont get me wrong CAbby , i woulda had JDJ in the Bok starting 15
12 Oct 2012, 23:29 pm
JOrdaan still lighty , will get his chance one day
12 Oct 2012, 23:30 pm
107 SL u boys caught them just at wrong time – get those buggers all fit and I know which way that ones gonna go most times , which is why wp no 1 and sharks no 6 (sneaked) – your claim to fame is heating a weakarse reds away and a depleted stormers twice – no disrespect – I seen far stringers sharks teams – they not weak but they not great either – 2007 far better and they finished no 1 too – unfirubately fkd up by habana in once of crazy knockout final – should never have hapoened
12 Oct 2012, 23:32 pm
Boks back line should include these players
Rhule
Serfontein
Jordaan
De Jongh
Mapoe
Maybe Brache, JP Du Plessis, Whitehead
with Hougaard at scrum half and perhaps Le Roux, Coetsee, Goosen making up the FB / LW / FH positions.. they would carve the current Boks up
12 Oct 2012, 23:34 pm
@cab-112: you p1ssed or what.. wtf is wrong with you .. couple too many whiskeys or whats fck’d your brain tonight?
12 Oct 2012, 23:36 pm
@fitz1ella-114: @cab-112:
12 Oct 2012, 23:36 pm
Jordaan could even go to 10
With Rhule, Serfontein, Jordaan, Brache, Mapoe, De Jongh, Coetsee, Hougaard
who needs dead beat slow coach mediocre play makers here.. we could take on the AB’s at their own game and smack them silly if our coaches would get out of their dead beat chicken sh’t arse end of nowhere dead ended brainlessness.
12 Oct 2012, 23:37 pm
@fitz1ella-83: Shut up Andy Capistanio no one cares . Fact is every province buys players.
Re your opinion on Lambie ,you are clueless bud. Sad to say we support the same side
,pisses me off that I may be in the stands cheering for wp alongside such a shmuck and not know it hahaha
Lambie is the best 10 in the country .Your just an ******* !seriously no one takes your opinion seriously . Your incoherent rants are directionless and lack intelligence and are a good indication of the quality of person you are. I must admit it makes me smile watching you get wound up so easily hahahaha GOOD NIGHT TERD.
12 Oct 2012, 23:41 pm
@fitz1ella-116: Fokkof moegoe.Van hierdie game weet jy niks. Jy dink jy’s slim met jou spannetjies en dinge, maar jy weet duidelik niks nie. Bepaal jou by kakhuisvloere en jou Joe Cocker versameling.
12 Oct 2012, 23:42 pm
@katman-118: abuse him
12 Oct 2012, 23:42 pm
OK i wont leave yet, this is gonna get interesting!!!
12 Oct 2012, 23:43 pm
@wpallday-119: Good to see another good fair WP Supporter
12 Oct 2012, 23:45 pm
@sharks_lover-121: Fair ,I just don’t like that oke!!
12 Oct 2012, 23:46 pm
@wpallday-122:
12 Oct 2012, 23:46 pm
@wpallday-117: go fck yourself .. what you know about wound up and what you know about rugby is about equal.. zilch and zero… keep on smiling.. up your own fat naught … Lambie is an OK fly half.. under current prevailing circumstances perhaps the best we got for a fill in .. but he ain’t no world beater and won’t ever become one.. so if its mediocrity you happy to be content with stick to your mediocre rugby opinion.. thats about all its ever good for.. middle of the road medium paced – medium deliver – medium performance mediocrity.. I far prefer to go for the best.. not the middle of the road meandering between OK and so so average.
12 Oct 2012, 23:47 pm
@wpallday-122: Yes but you do seem to give credit where it’s due, even when it is not a Province player.
12 Oct 2012, 23:47 pm
@wpallday-119: He’s a poepol of the highest order. Thinks this forum is his to stink up with his potty mouthed tantrums day in and day out. Fck him. He must go. And I’ll tell him every day I see him loitering here like a piss drenched and crazy bum.
12 Oct 2012, 23:50 pm
@katman-118: @wpallday-119: come on your little cn’ts let see you little fuckups take on the big daddy.. here they come out the woodwork.. one .. two.. three..next.. this little runtcunt ring of wetarse fuckwits who think their sh’t that oozes out their slimy backsides smells like cherry honey blossoms…
common fckfaces let see what you got you miserable feeble fucknut morons..
I got plenty more rugby savvy oozing out my baby pienkie than you got through your entire brainless skulls.
12 Oct 2012, 23:54 pm
@fitz1ella-127: How come EVERYONE thinks you’re a fcked in the head doos? Do you think this is coincidence? Do you think EVERYONE has got it wrong? Or is it perhaps because you’re not only several olives short of a Greek salad, but also an arrogant, miserable, self-congratulatory old kont?
12 Oct 2012, 23:55 pm
@fitz1ella-124: I’m sorry, I cant take you seriously .But you are amusing!! And for that you deserve some credit
I think its time you learn how to use punctuation properly and learn that an ellipses has three dots in it… <-like that. Or are you not educated? The odd spelling mistake is permissible but I cannot comprehend what you say half the time?! If you speak like you type you are most certainly inebriated far to often. Sharkievarkiesmacuk bwahaha
Anyway you are entitled to your opinion ,even if it is incorrect.
12 Oct 2012, 23:56 pm
@fitz1ella-127:
> Joe Cocker
I thought you loved Bob Dylan
12 Oct 2012, 23:57 pm
@katman-126: you ready for another smack to your over aggrandized racist cntfaced arrogance.. keep coming you and that little bumchum scum molly coddled piece of sharkshit trash you hang with here.. now you found another little slimy cn’t to eat up all your over dosed arrogant feces .. this wpallday prick .. keep it coming runtcunt.. you and that ranger fckwit prude need your fat little arsewipe ego smacked from here to kingdom come punkface trash.. come get more medicine you little feeble fckwit piece of garbage.. come on cn’tface come get what you deserve.
You reckon you the high society mayor who is gonna wade into the fray with your high society law and order.. come get it fckface I wipe the floor with you same way as I did yesterday.. fckface garbage.. who the fck you little runtcunt think you are HUH..Mr. almighty cleverdicky bird PUNK.!!
12 Oct 2012, 23:58 pm
@sharks_lover-125: Thanks ,I try! I am a Lambie fan !
12 Oct 2012, 23:59 pm
@fitz1ella-131: What are you talking about ?
13 Oct 2012, 00:01 am
@fitz1ella-131: You incriminate yourself with every loony post. Read that sht again. Tell me, what would the neutral observer make of you? Do you think you might come across as a little cooked in the pip? It certainly appears so.
13 Oct 2012, 00:03 am
@katman-128: are you the everyone here fckface.. you and who else punkarse little prick..? you and that wetarse baby rangerprude need to get educated regarding what comprises simple manners or else get fck’d up every time you stick your pisswilly little insubordinate wet behind the ears inconsequential nose where it don’t belong .. feeble little punk.
You want this blog to sail along nice and kosher and smooth with no profanities.. then LEARN a little bit of common decency manners and get your Fat little overblown ego out your wet behind the ears little dickybird pants… little fckface nobody who thinks he’s such a cleverdick smartass somebody.
13 Oct 2012, 00:03 am
@wpallday-133: Ha ha ha, that’s the beauty of Skoppie. He has no idea at all. It all just blurts out like some kind of tourettes spuitpoep.
13 Oct 2012, 00:05 am
@fitz1ella-135: I think you should take up golf, Skoppie. You need something to calm you the fck down, focus you and teach you to deal with the disappointment you are. Golf is the game.
13 Oct 2012, 00:08 am
@fitz1ella-135: Dude I feel sorry for you! You have some anger issues ! You need to go on a self help course of something!
And a grammar and spelling course!
@katman-136: I find it interesting he can accuse you of being rude ,the in-congruence and irony of his posts ,well ,they make me LOL !!
If PDV where a prick ,which he isn’t, that’s who I would think were blogging !
13 Oct 2012, 00:08 am
@katman-134: think whatever you like .. I told you once before I got ZERO credibility to protect here.. that garbage sh’t is what you hold dear as some kind of ‘civilized’ pseudo honorable intentions… it means fckall to me.. I got NO honor or dignity to defend or protect here.. all I show you is the unadulterated raw knuckle unbridled straight laced truth…without no bells or whistles .. or hidden agendas.. straight out straight honest truth.. take it or leave it .. any way you wanna do.
13 Oct 2012, 00:08 am
@wpallday-138: were*
13 Oct 2012, 00:09 am
“I got NO honor or dignity”… a little louder please?
13 Oct 2012, 00:10 am
@wpallday-138: Oh, he’ll accuse you of all sorts of things. He’ll call you a nazi, a racist, a biggot. Or even worse, he’ll call you a meat eater, wine drinker… even a golfer. His insults know no bounds.
13 Oct 2012, 00:10 am
@wpallday-138: feel sorry for yourself moron .. your self pity is irretrievable here.. you pathetic attempt at being self righteously sane shows you just a fool who thinks he knows whats cutting when he unfathomably don’t…
13 Oct 2012, 00:11 am
@fitz1ella-139: “I told you once before I got ZERO credibility”
Damn straight.
13 Oct 2012, 00:13 am
@katman-142: His posts are just an indictment on his own character .
13 Oct 2012, 00:13 am
@fitz1ella-143: @fitz1ella-143: There you go. Now you’re “self-righteous” for simply being sane. I told you he’s missing some circuits.
13 Oct 2012, 00:14 am
@katman-146: Meant for @wpallday-141: of course.
13 Oct 2012, 00:17 am
@fitz1ella-143: Here’s my self righteous and smug attitude again for you ; I’m superior in intelligence to you ,so keep quite.
13 Oct 2012, 00:18 am
@katman-142: I see some salient truths have been sinking in penetrating through all that thick ego rampant self righteous arrogant skull.. good least you starting to get the message you nowhere near as f’ng smartypants high society educated and wise as you thought you were. Keep coming for more eventually maybe the reality of who you thought you were gets through to you getting the message and you start to realize you need some real education to get taught about what actually matters in life… and it ain’t all that smartypants bumph you thought was propping you pseudo intelligence up.
13 Oct 2012, 00:20 am
@wpallday-148: that’s what you think you miserable little fuckface.. that’s what little arsewipe creeps like you actually think.. and that is PRECISELY why you are NOT.. you stupid imbecilic little moronic useless half witted self righteous stupid ignorant dunce..
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