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Vodacom Blue Bulls 27 (15) The Sharks 39 (23)

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The Sharks capitalised on bad discipline, handling and kicking by the Vodacom Blue Bulls as they won an entertaining Absa Currie Cup match at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria by 39-27 on Saturday evening.

The Blue Bulls were behind 9-0 early in the match as Sharks centre Meyer Bosman made them pay for their ill-discipline with three long range penalty goals. When Springbok Sevens speedster Sibusiso Sithole scored a well worked try a bit later, the home team looked dead and buried at 16-0 down after only 18 minutes.

But they fought back well and never gave up. In the end the Vodacom Blue Bulls simply gave away too many penalties within kicking range, which Bosman and Sharks flyhalf Fred Michalak converted into points. The KwaZulu-Natalians’ two kickers had a good night with their boots, converting nine out of ten kicks at goal. The visitors also defended very well.

In contrast the Blue Bulls’ young pivot Louis Fouché struggled with the boot – he missed four out of his six kicks at the posts, which probably cost the team from Pretoria a second bonus point.

Two tries in the final two minutes, with the Sharks having already won the game, saw the Blue Bulls leave with one bonus point.

Scorers:

  • Vodacom Blue Bulls – Tries: Bjorn Basson (2), Warwick Tecklenburg, CJ Stander. Conversions: Louis Fouché, Francois Brummer. Penalty: Fouché.
  • The Sharks – Tries: Sibusiso Sithole, Craig Burden, Lwazi Mvovo. Conversions: Frederic Michalak (3). Penalties: Meyer Bosman (3), Michalak 3.

Teams:

  • Vodacom Blue Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Louis Fouché, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Warwick Tecklenburg, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Dean Greyling. Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Francois Venter.
  • The Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 Sibusiso Sithole, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Jean Deysel, 7 Marcell Coetzee, 6 Keegan Daniel (captain), 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Jandre Marais, 3 Eugene van Staden, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Dale Chadwick. Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Anton Bresler, 19 Alistair Hargreaves, 20 Jacques Botes, 21 Conrad Hoffmann, 22 Adrian Jacobs.

Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Log:
Pos. Team – P – W – D – L – PF – PA – PD – TF – TA – BPts – Pts

  1. MTN Golden Lions – 8 – 7 – 0 – 1 – 274 – 178 – 96 – 30 – 17 – 4 – 32
  2. DHL Western Province – 8 – 5 – 1 – 2 – 242 – 165 – 77 – 24 – 13 – 5 – 27
  3. The Sharks – 8 – 6 – 0 – 2 – 225 – 192 – 33 – 19 – 16 – 2 – 26
  4. Toyota Free State Cheetahs – 8 – 4 – 0 – 4 – 306 – 183 – 123 – 37 – 18 – 7 – 23
  5. GWK Griquas – 8 – 4 – 1 – 3 – 230 – 253 – -23 – 26 – 33 – 5 – 23
  6. Vodacom Blue Bulls – 8 – 4 – 0 – 4 – 198 – 227 – -29 – 22 – 23 – 2 – 18
  7. Ford Pumas – 8 – 0 – 0 – 8 – 158 – 275 – -117 – 17 – 32 – 5 – 5
  8. Platinum Leopards – 8 – 1 – 0 – 7 – 142 – 302 – -160 – 17 – 40 – 1 – 5

Absa Currie Cup First Division Log:
Pos. Team – P – W – D – L – PF – PA – PD – TF – TA – BPts – Pts

  1. Eastern Province Kings – 7 – 7 – 0 – 0 – 327 – 158 – 169 – 46 – 20 – 5 – 33
  2. Regent Boland Cavaliers – 7 – 6 – 0 – 1 – 316 – 120 – 196 – 42 – 15 – 7 – 31
  3. SWD Eagles – 6 – 3 – 0 – 3 – 186 – 232 – -46 – 23 – 30 – 2 – 14
  4. Tasol Solar Griffons – 7 – 1 – 0 – 6 – 201 – 293 – -92 – 26 – 41 – 7 – 11
  5. Valke – 6 – 2 – 0 – 4 – 161 – 227 – -66 – 24 – 29 – 2 – 10
  6. Border Bulldogs – 7 – 1 – 0 – 6 – 181 – 342 – -161 – 22 – 48 – 3 – 7


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