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The Currie Cup table-topping Sharks will have their unbeaten status sorely tested on Saturday when they visit a Blue Bulls team that will be seriously grumpy after having lost to the Cheetahs at the weekend. <\/p>\n
The Sharks, courtesy of their resounding 30-14 win over the Lions, are the only team not to have lost a game after two rounds of the new six-team |format. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t get any easier,\u201d admitted assistant coach Hugh Reece-Edwards. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Blue Bulls away is always a tremendous clash, one of those where we don\u2019t have to motivate the guys too much because they\u2019ll automatically be up for it. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be an interesting one, they will be desperate to win because they\u2019re playing at home, while we want to keep our roll going, we need to win it. And if we improve on the Lions game, then we can win it. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe know we have the game plan to beat them at Loftus, we just need to challenge the players to cut out a lot of mistakes.\u201d <\/p>\n
Reece-Edwards said the Sharks were disappointed not to have earned the bonus point out of the game after having scored three second-half tries. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something we really wanted, but the way the game turned out the scrums were taking a lot of time to set, so that ate up time and we had to make some changes \u2013 there were a lot of injury disruptions. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe were struggling to get momentum. So we will have to work hard towards achieving five-pointers, and to get better starts in games so that we get into positions where we don\u2019t have to chase the fourth try.\u201d <\/p>\n
The former Springbok fullback said the coaching staff were generally pleased with the performance. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe played some good rugby. We were quite happy with what was happening during the last 20 minutes of the first half after a tough opening quarter, but our ball retention wasn\u2019t good and we made too many loose mistakes. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut we knew that we could get the result, and we\u2019re really happy. I thought our decision-making was really good, just the accuracy and finishing off of those decisions was a bit lacking.\u201d <\/p>\n
One area where the Sharks did battle was the set scrums. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Lions have a very settled scrum, obviously, and our guys have been thrown together at short notice. They were up against a big pack, with a big weight advantage and the Lions took their opportunities against us at scrum time [including earning a penalty try]. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw that the previous week as well when they beat the Cheetahs. They came with the exact same attitude. So they came into this game riding high, while our scrum is still trying to find its feet.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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