The Sharks played their best match all season last week when they beat the Stormers.
Even at half time the Sharks you could see the Sharks were pumped for the match and whatever was said in the change rooms worked because they were in a zone.
Match detail
We are waiting for the kick off. The teams are coming on to the field.
1.00: Mark Bartholomeusz kicks off and we are underway. The Force start strongly and work the ball into the Sharks 25.
2.00: The Force do really well by stringing together 16 phases. What a start. The ball goes dead so the Force have an attacking scrum in the Sharks 25.
4.00: The Force drive over the line but are held up.
5.00: The Sharks win the resulting scrum and they run the ball all the way down to the Force's 25. The Force gather the ball and boot it to safety.
7.00: The Sharks get a penalty, Kockott takes it quickly and after a few recycles they pass to Lwazi Mvovo who runs in - untouched.
8.00: Ruan Pienaar takes the conversion and he nails it.
13.00: The Force try to make ground in their own half but the Sharks keep pushing them back.
16.00: Pienaar puts a chip kick in and regathers. He passes to the support and the Sharks recycle but the Beast knocks on.
18.00: The Force get a penalty so Brett Sheehan takes the kick from 51m out - it's a great kick and he nails it.
22.00: The Force start making ground again but its slow. Terblanche gets a hand to the ball but knocks on.
24.00: The Sharks get blown up for playing a man on the ground. Sheehan will kick for posts again.
25.00: He nails the kick.
27.00: Pek Cowan slices through the Sharks defence and the support (Cross) gets the Force to within 5m. As they get close they win a penalty. O'Connor will kick for posts.
29.00: James O'Connor takes the kick and nails it so the Force lead.
31.00: The Force get another penalty so O'Connor will kick again. Penalties conceded so far is Sharks 5 Force 1.
32.00: O'Connor takes the kick and nails it.
33.00: After the restart Sheehan's clearance kick is charged down. The Sharks pounce but can't score so they get a 5m scrum. The scrum wins them a penalty. Sharks will scrum.
34.00:Kankowski darts off the back of the scrum and heads for the line - he stretches and scores !!
34.00: Ruan Pienaar adds the conversion.
38.00: The Sharks win a penalty from the scrum. It's in front of the posts. Pienaar will kick for posts. He nails it.
After the restart Hargreaves gets caught offside. James O'Connor will kick for posts. He nails it.
The siren goes for half time. It is half time.
The half time score was Sharks 17 Force 15
The second half is underway.
41.00: The Sharks kick off and find touch immediately.
43.00: Kockott sets up a line out just inside the Force 25. The Sharks are most unlike the team they were last week.
45.00: The Sharks get their maul rolling. It goes to ground. They recycle but Jannie du Plessis is brought to ground. They go again. 5 Phases. Ndungane makes ground but then the Force puts their hands in the ruck and the Sharks have a penalty.
47.00: After an age the Sharks kick for touch. They set up and then win the line out. After the get stopped driving forward they win another penalty.
48.00: The Sharks set up another rolling maul and they drive over the line and Jacques Botes scores !!
48.00: Ruan Pienaar takes the kick and nails it.
50.00: Matt Dunning comes on for his 101st Super Rugby cap. The Force start to press the Sharks but the Sharks turn the ball over and Lambie clears.
53.00: The Force breach the Sharks defence and Pocock comes oh so close to scoring but Lambie just stops him in time.
56.00: The Sharks catch the Force on the backfoot and run the ball into the Force's 25 but the Force just manage to get back and secure the ball.
59.00: Sharks on attack in the Force's 25. The put together 7 phases. Then 8 but they knock on.
61.00: James O'Connor runs the ball from inside the Force's try zone, he makes good ground and the Force support goes with him and Nick Cummins scores what has to be a 110m try !!
62.00: James O' Connor takes the conversion and nails it.
64.00: The Sharks hit back and run the ball into the Force's 25 and then just get pushed into touch. They do however win a penalty and Ruan Pienaar bangs it over.
70.00: The Sharks are looking for the bonus point try. They set up a Force scrum on the 25m line. It gets reset several times. Eventually the scrum stays up but on the 6th reset they move the scrum toward the middle of the field.
72.00: The ball finally comes out and James O'Connor clears. The Sharks boot it back and then the Force try to run it but the Sharks turn it over and start their attack all over again.
74.00: The Force open up the Sharks defence but as they get into the Sharks 25 they lose the ball and the Sharks get to attack from their half.
77.00: John Smit comes off. The Force then give away a penalty but someone backchats and the penalty becomes kickable.
78.00: Ruan Pienaar takes the kick and misses.
79.00: More trouble at the scrum sees more resets. Penalty to the Sharks. Nathan Sharpe is livid. The hooter goes.
That's it. The Sharks win.
The final score is Sharks 27 Force 22
Scorers
Sharks
Tries - L. Mvovo, R Kankowski, J. Botes
Pen - R. Pienaar 3
Con - R. Pienaar 2
Drop -
Cards -
Force
Tries - N Cummins.
Pen - B Sheehan 2, James O'Connor 3
Con - J O'Connor
Drop -
Cards -
Match Officials
Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Mark Lawrence (South Africa), Marc van Zyl (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Teams
Sharks - 15 Patrick Lambie, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Stefan Terblanche, 12 Riaan Swanepoel, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Alistair Hargreaves, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Reserves: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Pat Cilliers, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Charl McLeod, 21 Andy Goode, 22 Andries Strauss.
Western Force - 1 Pek Cowan,2 Ben Whittaker,3 Tim Fairbrother,4 Ben McCalman,5 Nathan Sharpe,6 Matt Hodgson,7 David Pocock,8 Richard Brown,9 Brett Sheehan,10 Mark Bartholomeusz,11 Cameron Shepherd,12 Ryan Cross,13 Mitch Inman,14 Nick Cummins,15 James O'Connor
Reserves:16 Nathan Charles (FR),17 Matt Dunning (FR),18 Sam Wykes,19 Tom Hockings,20 Justin Turner,21 Sam Harris,22 Dane Haylett-Petty
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