Sharks race clear with bonus-point win
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:57
Bjorn Basson: Griquas' star has a licence to thrill. (c) Gallo
Despite four tries to Griquas' Springbok flyer Bjorn Basson, the Sharks still managed to secure a 48-30 bonus-point Currie Cup victory in Durban on Friday.
The win stretched the Sharks' victory run to seven and saw them race seven points clear at the top of the standings - following defeats by both Western Province and the Blue Bulls.
Basson's fourth try late in the match brought the Kimberley side within eight points of the Sharks, but in the final movement Craig Burden went over for the fifth try for the coastal franchise.
Sharks flyhalf Pat Lambie, who kicked his fifth penalty just minutes earlier, converted Burden's try - his fourth of the game.
Earlier in the half, Sharks fullback Monty Dumond had gone over for the bonus-point fourth try, but it was really Basson who stole the show in the second half with three tries in the final 40 minutes.
The Sharks opened the scoring early on, with Lambie slotting an easy penalty in the third minute, and he then made the first try when he made a break and sent the pass to Stefan Terblanche, who cantered over for the first try. Lambie converted and it was 10-0.
Not long after, Tendai Mtawarira was over after another superb build up, and the Sharks were up 17-0 at the quarter hour mark.
Bjorn Basson hit back for Griquas, though, with an opportunistic steal of the ball in a tackle and he broke away to score under the posts.
The Sharks quickly cancelled that out as Odwa Ndungane was put away by Monty Dumond for the Sharks' third try on the half hour mark.
Riaan Viljoen and Lambie exchanged a penalty before half-time as the Sharks went into the break with a 25-10 advantage.
After the break, Lambie added two more penalties as the Sharks looked to consolidate their lead, with Griquas flyhalf Naas Olivier getting three points back to make it 31-13.
It was then the Basson show, but his three second half tries were ultimately not enough.
The scorers:
For the Sharks:
Tries: Terblanche, Mtawarira, Ndungane, Dumond, Burden
Cons: Lambie 4
Pens: Lambie 5
For Griquas:
Tries: Basson 4
Cons: Olivier 2
Pens: Viljoen, Olivier
Teams:
Sharks: 15 Monty Dumond, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche (captain), 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Keegan Daniel, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Michael Rhodes, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Eugene van Staden, 18 Anton Bresler, 19 Skholiwe Ndlovu, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Andre Pretorius, 22 Riaan Swanepoel.
Griquas: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Richard Lawson, 13 Wilmaure Louw, 12 Barry
Geel, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Naas Olivier (captain), 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Burger Schoeman, 7 Rohan Kitshoff, 6 Davon Raubenheimer, 5 Cecil-John Kemp, 4 Michael Passaportis, 3 Jean Botha, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Steph Roberts.
Replacements: 16 Simon Westraadt, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse/Ivann Espag, 18 Johan van Deventer, 19 Gerhard Human, 20 Marnus Hugo, 21 Rocco Jansen, 22 Rudi Vogt.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Assistant referees: Lourens van der Merwe, Reuben Rossouw
TMO: Johann Meuwesen
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