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Durban - Lwazi Mvovo scored a brace of tries to help the Sharks move top of the South African Super Rugby table with a 40-24 victory over the Hurricanes at Kings Park on Saturday.
Captain John Smit, Meyer Bosman and Ryan Kankowski also scored to help the home team to claim a bonus-point victory.
Prop forward, Tendai Mtawaria put in another stellar performance, and was awarded with the man-of-the-match accolade.
A strong finish by the hosts coupled with the yellow-carding of Ma'a Nonu 10 minutes from the end helped John Plumtree's men end the contest strongly.
They began the game nervously with Patrick Lambie missing a relatively straightforward kick - his first failure out of his last 13 attempts.
Moments later he redeemed himself by putting the hosts ahead with another penalty.
This one proving extremely costly for the visitors as they were reduced to 14 men with James Broadhurst yellow carded for stamping.
The Hurricanes were not deterred and replied in emphatic style when Nonu's dummy fooled Steven Sykes allowing the New Zealand centre to charge through and off-load for Cory Jane, who pulled up with a hamstring injury and had to go off afterwards, to score the first try.
Daniel Kirkpatrick added the extras and, after Lambie missed another penalty, the Hurricanes flyhalf landed two more to stretch the lead to ten after the opening quarter.
Lambie then wasted another kick at goal, before the Sharks finally found some momentum just before the half-hour mark which led to their opening score.
Charl McLeod's quick tap-and-go near the halfway line orchestrated the initial shift with Smit's strong run and crouching movement taking him over for a first Super Rugby try of the season.
Lambie finally found his range with the conversion and followed up by adding a penalty from right in front to draw the hosts level.
The score remained unchanged until the break, but the visitors grabbed their second try straight after the restart.
An attempted McLeod clearance was charged down, before Nonu's run again caused havoc in the Sharks defence with the ball finally recycled to Faifili Levave to score.
Kirkpatrick slotted wide for the first time of the evening and when the Sharks kicked-off again Mvovo found space on the left and charged over to tie the scores again.
Another Lambie miss left the teams deadlocked, but Kirkpatrick showed excellent skill to curl in a penalty from the right touchline to put the New Zealanders back in front.
More poor tackling from the hosts gave the visiting flyhalf another shot at goal which he successfully completed.
With the hour mark looming, the Sharks landed two decisive blows courtesy of tries by Bosman and Mvovo - the latter a breakaway by the Sharks winger from inside his own half.
Any chance of a comeback was then made more difficult after Nonu received a yellow card for illegally knocking the ball out of the hands of Tendai Mtawarira.
Lambie made it five out of ten with the kick, before Kankowski went over for a converted try to seal the win.
Scorers:
Sharks: Tries - John Smit, Lwazi Mvovo (2), Meyer Bosman, Ryan Kankowski. Conversions - Patrick Lambie (3). Penalties - Lambie (3)
Hurricanes: Tries - Cory Jane, Faifili Levave. Conversion - Dan Kirkpatrick. Penalties - Kirkpatrick (4)
Yellow cards: James Broadhurst (Hurricanes) 4 minutes, Ma'a Nonu (Hurricanes) 69 minutes
Teams:
Sharks:
15. Louis Ludik, 14. JP Pietersen, 13. Stefan Terblanche, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. Ross Skeate, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Eugene van Staden, 2. John Smit (C), 1. Tendai Mtawarira
Substitutes: 16. Craig Burden, 17. Jannie du Plessis, 18. Gerhard Mostert, 19. Keegan Daniel, 20. Conrad Hoffmann, 21. Adrian Jacobs, 22. Odwa Ndungane
Hurricanes:
15 Cory Jane, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Jayden Hayward, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 9 Tyson Keats, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Serge Lilo, 6 Jack Lam, 5 James Broadhurst, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore (captain), 1 John Schwalger.
Substitutes: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Michael Bent, 18 Jason Eaton, 19 Faifili Levave, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Beauden Barrett, 22 Andre Taylor.
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Assistant referees: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Stefan Breytenbach (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Captain John Smit, Meyer Bosman and Ryan Kankowski also scored to help the home team to claim a bonus-point victory.
Prop forward, Tendai Mtawaria put in another stellar performance, and was awarded with the man-of-the-match accolade.
A strong finish by the hosts coupled with the yellow-carding of Ma'a Nonu 10 minutes from the end helped John Plumtree's men end the contest strongly.
They began the game nervously with Patrick Lambie missing a relatively straightforward kick - his first failure out of his last 13 attempts.
Moments later he redeemed himself by putting the hosts ahead with another penalty.
This one proving extremely costly for the visitors as they were reduced to 14 men with James Broadhurst yellow carded for stamping.
The Hurricanes were not deterred and replied in emphatic style when Nonu's dummy fooled Steven Sykes allowing the New Zealand centre to charge through and off-load for Cory Jane, who pulled up with a hamstring injury and had to go off afterwards, to score the first try.
Daniel Kirkpatrick added the extras and, after Lambie missed another penalty, the Hurricanes flyhalf landed two more to stretch the lead to ten after the opening quarter.
Lambie then wasted another kick at goal, before the Sharks finally found some momentum just before the half-hour mark which led to their opening score.
Charl McLeod's quick tap-and-go near the halfway line orchestrated the initial shift with Smit's strong run and crouching movement taking him over for a first Super Rugby try of the season.
Lambie finally found his range with the conversion and followed up by adding a penalty from right in front to draw the hosts level.
The score remained unchanged until the break, but the visitors grabbed their second try straight after the restart.
An attempted McLeod clearance was charged down, before Nonu's run again caused havoc in the Sharks defence with the ball finally recycled to Faifili Levave to score.
Kirkpatrick slotted wide for the first time of the evening and when the Sharks kicked-off again Mvovo found space on the left and charged over to tie the scores again.
Another Lambie miss left the teams deadlocked, but Kirkpatrick showed excellent skill to curl in a penalty from the right touchline to put the New Zealanders back in front.
More poor tackling from the hosts gave the visiting flyhalf another shot at goal which he successfully completed.
With the hour mark looming, the Sharks landed two decisive blows courtesy of tries by Bosman and Mvovo - the latter a breakaway by the Sharks winger from inside his own half.
Any chance of a comeback was then made more difficult after Nonu received a yellow card for illegally knocking the ball out of the hands of Tendai Mtawarira.
Lambie made it five out of ten with the kick, before Kankowski went over for a converted try to seal the win.
Scorers:
Sharks: Tries - John Smit, Lwazi Mvovo (2), Meyer Bosman, Ryan Kankowski. Conversions - Patrick Lambie (3). Penalties - Lambie (3)
Hurricanes: Tries - Cory Jane, Faifili Levave. Conversion - Dan Kirkpatrick. Penalties - Kirkpatrick (4)
Yellow cards: James Broadhurst (Hurricanes) 4 minutes, Ma'a Nonu (Hurricanes) 69 minutes
Teams:
Sharks:
15. Louis Ludik, 14. JP Pietersen, 13. Stefan Terblanche, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. Ross Skeate, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Eugene van Staden, 2. John Smit (C), 1. Tendai Mtawarira
Substitutes: 16. Craig Burden, 17. Jannie du Plessis, 18. Gerhard Mostert, 19. Keegan Daniel, 20. Conrad Hoffmann, 21. Adrian Jacobs, 22. Odwa Ndungane
Hurricanes:
15 Cory Jane, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Jayden Hayward, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 9 Tyson Keats, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Serge Lilo, 6 Jack Lam, 5 James Broadhurst, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore (captain), 1 John Schwalger.
Substitutes: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Michael Bent, 18 Jason Eaton, 19 Faifili Levave, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Beauden Barrett, 22 Andre Taylor.
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Assistant referees: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Stefan Breytenbach (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
