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As it happened: Sharks 15 - 9 Force

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28 Mar 2015

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28 Mar 2015

FULL TIME IN DURBAN

The Sharks have beaten the Force by 15 - 9. Not the greatest game of rugby, the Force had plenty of possession, forcing the Sharks to defend for long periods, but the men from the coast run out winners after some moments of brilliance, especially by SP Marais.

28 Mar 2015

80' - PENALTY to the Force! Burton puts it through the middle and the Force have their bonus point.

SHARKS 15 - 9 FORCE

28 Mar 2015

79' - The Force have a penalty as Du Preez is pinged for a shoulder charge. Burton will kick at goal in an attempt to gain the Force a bonus point.

28 Mar 2015

78' - Godwin knocks on with the try line at his mercy! No one was near him. The famous Durban humidity perhaps?

28 Mar 2015

78' - The Force not giving up, through 10 phases now an a metre from the Sharks try line.

28 Mar 2015

77' - Sharks substitution. Deysel is replaced by Du Preez.

28 Mar 2015

75' - The Force are penalized at scrum time, Du Toit with the fresh legs causing some trouble. Zeilinga takes a shot at goal from around halfway but misses. 

28 Mar 2015

73' - Sharks substitution. Mtawarira is replaced by Du Toit.

28 Mar 2015

72' - The TMO rules no try due to obstruction. Adriaanse who was in front of Mafi was taken out by McCalman, clearing a path for the big lock.

28 Mar 2015

72' - The Force are over the line, Steyn very unhappy, says the Sharks were obstructed as Mafi gets over the line.  The TMO will have a look.

28 Mar 2015

71' - The Force work there way through a number of phases and into the Sharks 22m area.

28 Mar 2015

70' - Sharks substitution. Cooper is replaced by Hadebe.

28 Mar 2015

67' - TRY to the Sharks! Mvovo canters in down the left after a scintillating break by SP Marais who collected a Force kick and beats a host of defenders. Zeilinga converts.

SHARKS 15 - 6 FORCE

28 Mar 2015

67' - Ebersohn won't want to see that again, he misses from straight in front. Unbelievable!

28 Mar 2015

66' - The Force will look to hit back immediately as they are awarded a penalty straight out in front. Ebersohn lines up the kick.

28 Mar 2015

63' - PENALTY to the Sharks! Zeilinga makes no mistake and the Sharks lead for the first time this today.

SHARKS 8 - 6 FORCE

28 Mar 2015

62' - The Sharks win a penalty after Hoskins is pinged at scrum time for binding on the arm. Zeilinga will kick at goal.

28 Mar 2015

Zeilinga will move into fly-half and Steyn to centre.

28 Mar 2015

60' - Sharks substitutions. Esterhuizen is replaced by Zeilinga and Hoffmann is replaced by Ungerer.

28 Mar 2015

59' - SP Marais looking to spark the Sharks after he runs beautifully from the back. The Sharks attack down the right hand touchline through Bothma who flicks inside to Ndungane but he cannot control the ball and knocks on.

28 Mar 2015

56' - The Sharks have a defensive scrum feed. A very solid scrum allows Hoffmann to clear down to his own 10m line.

28 Mar 2015

55' - The Force have moved the ball through 10 phases, but turn the ball over and the two locks run into each other, accidental offside.  The Sharks have made 101 tackles so far in this match to the 34 of the Force. 

28 Mar 2015

54' - The Force have very strong period of possession as the move from halfway to well into the Sharks 22m area.

28 Mar 2015

52' - The Force are full of running at present with Haylett-Petty very prominent.

28 Mar 2015

Wykes will not return to the field as he failed a concussion test.

28 Mar 2015

49' - The Sharks win the ball and Hoffmann clears down field.

28 Mar 2015

48' - The Force have a scrum on the half way line. They attack with purpose with some great backline play and moved just outside the Sharks 22m area. Haylett-Petty opts to kick into space in the right hand corner and Marais can only put the ball out, 5m from his own line.

28 Mar 2015

44' - Force substitution. Wykes is off and replaced by Steenkamp (concussion test).

28 Mar 2015

43'- TRY to the Sharks! They are finally on the board. A long pass out to the left from Steyn bounces but is collected by Marais who pins his ears back an gets over in the left hand corner. The conversion by Steyn is wide of the uprights.

SHARKS 5 - 6 FORCE

28 Mar 2015

42' - The Sharks making the early running in the half as Ndungane breaks down the right wing, he is eventually pulled down.

28 Mar 2015

The second half is underway in Durban as the rain begins to fall.

28 Mar 2015

Sharks substitution: Du Plessis is replaced by Adriaanse (injury).

28 Mar 2015

Nick Mallet fairly scathing in his assessment of the Sharks at half time.  

28 Mar 2015

HALF TIME IN DURBAN

The Sharks are below par so far tonight. The scrum has had moments of domination but they are making too many unforced errors.

The Force have come into the game as the first half wore on and were reward with two penalties, although they will feel they scored a legitimate try which the TMO ruled was not over the line. 

SHARKS 0 - 6 FORCE

28 Mar 2015

39' - Du Plessis and Deysel are down after they clashed heads. 

28 Mar 2015

39' - The Sharks under huge pressure again after Koteka makes an excellent break. The Force eventually knock on in the Sharks 22m area.

28 Mar 2015

38' - PENALTY converted by Ebersohn. No mistake from the Force fly-half as he chases the kick straight through the middle.

SHARKS 0 - 6 FORCE

28 Mar 2015

36' - Fifteen phases now by the Force but the Sharks are holding out in defence. Penalty awarded to the Force as the Sharks are pinged for not rolling away. The ref talking to Sharks captain, Jean Deysel. Is that a warning?

28 Mar 2015

35' - Again the Force move to withing a few metres of the Sharks line, they have really come into the game extremely well.

28 Mar 2015

34'  - The Force move back into the Sharks half after Pietersen spills a kick over the touchline.

28 Mar 2015

The Force will still be very unhappy that they were not awarded that try. It looked like one for sure!

28 Mar 2015

31' - PENALTY to the Force! The scoring has finally been opened in Durban as Ebersohn sends the ball between the uprights.

SHARKS 0 - 3 FORCE

28 Mar 2015

30' - Ebersohn will have a shot at goal from 26m out and a touch to the left.

28 Mar 2015

30' - The TMO has ruled that it is inconclusive if McCalman managed to get the ball to the line. The Force players were convinced, they were back at the halfway already. Anyway, the Force will have a penalty as the Sharks were offside during the build up to that.

28 Mar 2015

29' - The Force seem to be over the line, the referee has gone upstairs and asked the TMO to have a look.
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