{"id":9043,"date":"2012-03-18T03:17:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T01:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/rugby-sharks-recover-after-early-onslaught-to-beat-reds\/"},"modified":"2012-03-18T03:17:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T01:17:33","slug":"rugby-sharks-recover-after-early-onslaught-to-beat-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-sharks-recover-after-early-onslaught-to-beat-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Sharks recover after early onslaught to beat Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">DURBAN, March 17<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; The Sharks mounted a remarkable<br \/>\nsecond-half comeback to defeat defending champions Queensland<br \/>\nReds 27-22 in their Super Rugby match at Kings Parks on<br \/>\nSaturday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trailing by 17 points late in the first half, the Sharks<br \/>\nfought back to hand the Reds their first loss of the season<br \/>\nafter three successive wins,<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Reds, who were hampered by injuries to first-choice<br \/>\nkickers, centre Mike Harris and flyhalf Ben Lucas, during the<br \/>\ngame scored with their first foray into Sharks&#8217; territory.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hooker James Hanson found a way through a ruck to score, and<br \/>\nflanker Scott Higginbotham scored a second after the home side<br \/>\nfailed to clear their lines.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both scores were converted and, when Ben Lucas slotted a<br \/>\npenalty, the score was 17-0 after 32 minutes with the Reds<br \/>\ndominating possession 70-30.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Replacement lock Jandre Marais finally halted the slide when<br \/>\nhe went over for a converted try, before a dangerous tackle by<br \/>\nDigby Ioane on the stroke of halftime resulted I a yellow card<br \/>\nfor the Australia winger.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Patrick Lambie sent over the resulting penalty and added<br \/>\nanother straight after the interval to cut the gap to four<br \/>\npoints.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sharks captain Keegan Daniel put his team in front for the<br \/>\nfirst time after 54 minutes, but they went to sleep after the<br \/>\nrestart and were punished accordingly by Nick Frisby, who raced<br \/>\ndown the right to score in the corner.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Durban side again had an answer and fullback Riaan<br \/>\nViljoen cut inside cleverly on the opposite end to score a<br \/>\nconverted try that took the gap to five.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DURBAN, March 17 (Reuters) &#8211; The Sharks mounted a remarkable second-half comeback to defeat defending champions Queensland Reds 27-22 in their Super Rugby match at Kings Parks on Saturday. 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