{"id":9269,"date":"2012-03-24T15:26:32","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T13:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/rugby-waratahs-storm-back-to-overcome-sharks\/"},"modified":"2012-03-24T15:26:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T13:26:32","slug":"rugby-waratahs-storm-back-to-overcome-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-waratahs-storm-back-to-overcome-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Waratahs storm back to overcome Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">SYDNEY, March 24<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; New South Wales Waratahs put<br \/>\ntheir season firmly back on track by coming from behind to beat<br \/>\na tiring Sharks side 34-30 in an entertaining Super Rugby<br \/>\nencounter at the Sydney Football Stadium on Saturday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coming off two successive defeats, the Waratahs trailed the<br \/>\nSouth Africans 24-13 early in the second half with their season<br \/>\nthreatening to implode before it had really begun.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tries from fullback Bernard Foley and pugnacious centre Tom<br \/>\nCarter in five minutes approaching the hour mark got them back<br \/>\nin the contest, however, and winger Tom Kingston crossed the<br \/>\nline four minutes from time to clinch the bonus-point win.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Sharks had the better of the first half and scored tries<br \/>\nthrough winger Lwazi Mvovo, number eight Keegan Daniel and<br \/>\nhooker Bismarck du Plessis but faded in the Sydney sunshine as<br \/>\nthe long journey from South Africa began to take its toll.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m over the moon,&#8221; Waratahs skipper Benn Robinson said in<br \/>\na pitchside interview. &#8220;This team delivers under pressure all<br \/>\nthe time. It&#8217;s been hard for us the last three or four weeks but<br \/>\nwe&#8217;ve stuck together and stayed strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both teams tried to run the ball from all parts of the pitch<br \/>\nbut it was the visitors who got the first try in the third<br \/>\nminute when Mvovo was set free to sprint to the line by<br \/>\nimpressive centre Meyer Bosman.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Waratahs scrumhalf Brendan McKibbin scored all of his team&#8217;s<br \/>\npoints in the first half with the first try, which he converted,<br \/>\nas well as two penalties.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Sharks used the rolling maul effectively throughout the<br \/>\nmatch and it was from catch and drives that skipper Daniel and<br \/>\nBismarck du Plessis crossed for tries either side of the break<br \/>\nto give them an 11 point lead.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even after Foley and Carter had scored their tries to put<br \/>\nthe home side 27-24 ahead, Sharks flyhalf Pat Lambie pegged them<br \/>\nback with two penalties.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, March 24 (Reuters) &#8211; New South Wales Waratahs put their season firmly back on track by coming from behind to beat a tiring Sharks side 34-30 in an entertaining Super Rugby encounter at the Sydney Football Stadium on Saturday. 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