Sharks vs Hurricanes

[Stargazer]

In touch?

[Stargazer]

Yeah, clearly. No try to the Sharks. Dangerously close, though.

[Stargazer]

Proctor off injured. Rib or shoulder?

[Stargazer]

Great. One of Evans' first actions is getting a penalty for the Canes.

[Stargazer]

Good try in the corner from Goosen, but piss poor defence from the Sharks.

[sparky]

Wes Goosen 28-17. Canes the better team, but have made heavy-going of this.

[Jailbreak7]

@Stargazer He was patting the shoulder area, but holding his wrist awkwardly too. Looked like he landed on the point of his shoulder in that last tackle

[Jailbreak7]

Aaagh BB don't get injured

[Jailbreak7]

Man this is a joke. Red Card? This is making me see red alright
What about the Shaorks player pulling Canes player jersey not allowing him to get to the ball carrier?

[sparky]

@Jailbreak7 Nah, lazy from Fifita. Shoulder to the throat. Red is appropriate.

[Jailbreak7]

@sparky Don't agree. Sharks player ducked into that tackle

[Stargazer]

FT: Sharks 17 - 30 Hurricanes

A win's a win. It wasn't pretty and the Canes need bonus points if they still want to finish top of the table. But 4 points are in the bag.

[sparky]

All over. Hurricanes 30 Sharks 17. Job done.

Bit of pushing and shoving after the final whistle. Calm now, boys and have a beer with each other.

[Stargazer]

That red card will likely result in a suspension. Without checking the regulations, my expectation is about 3 weeks if the judiciary agrees with the card.

[Rebound]

@Jailbreak7 What grates about this decision is the fact that the ref let plenty neck grabs by the Sharks go throughout the game only penalised one high tackle

[Jailbreak7]

@Rebound Yep and immediately preceeding the Fifita tackle, a Sharks player took out a Canes player off the ball, preventing him from tackling the ball carrier

[Crucial]

Still, that was a cheap shot by Fifita. No need at all to drive up with the shoulder and if he had stayed down it would still have been close to a Farrell like shoulder tackle and marginal on whether he was committed..
Obviously a fair bit of goading going on all game by both teams and the end was luckily waived away. Coles and Ardie lucky it wasn’t a French ref.

[Canes4life]

That was a tough, hard fought win even when the Sharks were being niggly mother f#@kers, cheats at times IMO.

Ardie was exceptional again and it was good to see Evans and Coles return. Much needed experience.

Onwards and upwards.

[Stargazer]

Looking at the video in this article. Fifita deserved that red card. No excuses.

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[nzzp]

@Stargazer yep stone cold straight red