VIDEO: Moyano hat-trick sinks the Sharks

The 29-13 win is the Jaguares' sixth consecutive victory.

The Argentine outfit, watched by the biggest crowd to attend a Super Rugby match in the South American city, are experiencing a dramatic turnaround.

Having lost five of seven matches early in the season, they won all four on a tour of Australasia followed by home victories against Bulls and Sharks.

The results also made sure the Argentinians head into the June break in the play-off spot.

While the Sharks' chances of reaching the play-offs seem like a steep hill to climb as the Durban-based side found themselves with 28 points and third on the South African conference.

Jaguares held the upper hand when it came to possession, however, the hosts did neglect the breakdown contest of their game.

Despite their recklessness at the ruck, the  Jaguares managed to open the scoring with a successful penalty by Stade Francais-bound flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez.

From the restart, the Sharks immediately had an opportunity to hit back, the side were rewarded a penalty however Robert du Preez stepped up and unfortunately missed the easy kick from the 22.

After 20-minutes of play, the Jaguares had the slim 3-0 lead. It seems that even the sunny and dry conditions did not make any difference as both teams struggled to produce a noteworthy attack.

Jaguares conceded yet another penalty and this time Curwin Bosch stepped up. However, the youngster's long-distance attempt was short and the score remained 0-3.

The match took a drastic turn, within a space of three minutes Jaguares scored two tries thanks to wing Moyano. First, the wing linked up with Emiliano Boffelli for the first try. While the second try was basically a gift from  Sharks' horrendous individual error on their own try-line.

The Sharks really struggled as handling errors halted their attack.

Trailing 17-0 after half an hour, Sharks scored just before half-time narrowing the gap to just 10 points at the break. 

In the second half, the visitors opened the scoring with Robert du Preez'  penalties cut the gap to just four points.

However, just nine minutes from time Moyano broke from his own half and a perfectly timed pass sent Delguy over.

Jaguares star flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez contributed nine points from the boot to go second in the points scorers' chart behind Du Preez.

The Sharks' day went from bad to worse as the skipper Ruan Botha was red-carded six minutes from time after his shoulder charge struck an Argentine head. 

Moyano put the final nail in the coffin as he scored in the corner for the bonus-point try and his hat-trick.

The Jaguares next match is at the end of June in round 17 against the Stormers in Buenos Aires while the Sharks play the Lions in Durban also on Saturday, June 30.

Man of the match: Jaguares' hat-trick hero Ramiro Moyano was spectacular on attack, while the likes of fullback Emiliano Boffelli also deserves a mention. However, for his overall game-management, our man of the goes to Jaguares flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez.

The scorers:

For Jaguares:

Tries: Moyano 3, Delguy

Cons: Sanchez 3

Pen:  Sanchez

For Sharks:

Try: Botha

Con: R du Preez

Pens: R du Preez 2

Red Card: Ruan Botha (Sharks, 73 – High tackle)

Teams:

Jaguares: 15 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 Ramiro Moyano, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Javier Ortega Desio, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Tomas Lezana, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti Pagadizaval, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Agustin Creevy, 1 Santiago Garcia Botta.

Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Javier Manuel, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Bautista Ezcurra, 23 Juan Cruz Mallia.

Sharks: 15 Curwin Bosch, 14 Sibusiso Nkosi, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Jean-Luc du Preez, 6 Philip van der Walt, 5 Ruan Botha (captain), 4 Tyler Paul, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Armand van der Merwe, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.

Replacements: 16 Franco Marais, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Ross Geldenhuys, 19 Stephan Lewies, 20 Jacques Vermeulen, 21 Cameron Wright, 22 Marius Louw, 23 Makazole Mapimpi.

Referee: Paul Williams

Assistant referees: Damian Schneider, Jose Covasi

TMO: Santiago Borsani