| 80 | Final momenst, as the cries of Ole Ole Ole ring out around the ground. Sivivatu knocks on. Nothing really happening now. Kockot caught offside... scrum Chiefs, reset one time, the hooter goes. Anesi is tackled well. But Waqaseduadua ghosts through for the try. A late consolation for the Chiefs, TRY CHIEFS 47-23 - 47-25 with the conversion, but it's the Sharks who go through to face the Waratahs in Sydney. Cheers from a party town in Durban! |
| 80 | Final momenst, as the cries of Ole Ole Ole ring out around the ground. Sivivatu knocks on. Nothing really happening now. Kockot caught offside... scrum Chiefs, reset one time, the hooter goes. Anesi is tackled well. But Waqaseduadua ghosts through for the try. A late consolation for the Chiefs, TRY CHIEFS 47-23 - 47-25 with the conversion, but it's the Sharks who go through to face the Waratahs in Sydney. Cheers from a party town in Durban! |
| 78 | We come back for a Chiefs penalty, with Craig Burden being fingered for tat dangerous tackle.... and Keegan Daniel as well! Chiefs penalty. Messam goes, but it's all very ineffectual. |
| 77 | Chiefs hacking through a loose ball in counter attack, despite howling calls for a spear tackle erlier on - not sure who it was. Sivivatu and Sweeney nearly get free. |
| 76 | But it goes right. |
| 75 | Kockott flattened by Messam, and gets a stern word from the referee, and now lines up a shot at goal to bring up 50 and punish his assailant... |
| 74 | And now the Sharks turn it over, and come again, out to Ndungane, and another try! TRY SHARKS! 47-18! |
| 73 | Sharks running from everywhere now, it's a black tide sweeping over the Chiefs. Terbalnche through, so close, offloaded to the Beast, 5m out, Pietersen goes... but the Chiefs wrap it up and win a free-kick. |
| 71 | Another great conversion! 42-18! The Sharks surely now off to face the Waratahs... |
| 70 | A free-kick to the Sharks at scrum-time,and away goes Deysel! Streaking thorugh, to Pienaar, who changes the angle, then slips it to Kankowski! And the number eight has the pace to take it home! TRY SHARKS! 40-18! |
| 68 | A nice blind side move to Bruce, but he drops a sitter with the line begging! |
| 67 | Hopgood makes good ground for the Chiefs, up to the Sharks 22, out the bal goes, Sweeney caught just short, Waqaseduadua 5m out in the middle, Nutbrown taps and goes, caught short, but the Sharks not retreating. Chiefs go for a scrum. |
| 65 | It's very messy here now. Thr result is in no doubt for the home team, trying to run everything, just as the visitors are trying to run and offload everything to try and snatch an unlikely win... and all we get from both are knock-ons. |
| 62 | Conversion from Kockott is good! 35-18! |
| 61 | BOtes and Ven den Berg take it on well for the Sharks, building up a late head of forwards steam. Kockott caught on the fringe though. Beast takes it on, drives up to 5m out... but turnover... and then turnover again, Botes close, and the Kankowski scores! TRY SHARKS! 33-18! |
| 60 | That said... MUliania is staying on! Bizarre - the replays were horrible. Anyway, the Sharks are taking it on up front, keeping well away from the All Black... |
| 59 | Mulianina in huge pain after a tackle... he's not going to conitnue tonight, and the replays look horrific... fingers crossed for him. |
| 58 | NIce blind side move by the CHiefs, but Bruce spills it in the tackle, and MUliaina is lying injured as well. |
| 57 | Chiefs not taking this all lying down, and attacking well with Lynn and LEvave... but holding on yields a free-kick. Pienaar finds a good touch. |
| 55 | A clean break by Donald! Charging for the corner! BUt he's brilliantly tackled into touch by Terblanche... |
| 54 | Terbalnche and Pietersen launch a counter here from the rrestart, inside to Botes... but it's gone forward. |
| 52 | An easy conversion! 28-18! |
| 51 | Here's less messy though, and here's something special! A break by Kockott, and Steven Sykes is on hand, TRY SHARKS! the fourth try, and the Stormers - assuming the Sharks win - are now out! |
| 50 | A rather mess passage of play here, culminates in a free-kick for the Chiefs again. |
| 49 | Sharks on the attack from the restart, and they win a free-kick. Kockott takes, out to Pienaar, close to the line, but a free-kick to the Chiefs for holding on! |
| 47 | Donald slots it! PENALTY CHIEFS! 21-18! |
| 46 | Sharks takes broken play ball from the clearance at ther estart, but Ndungane spills it. Hacked downfield, and then Pietersen clears, but an awful clearance. Leonard steams through on the burst, and there are men out here... penalty to the Chiefs in front of the posts. |
| 45 | Brilliant conversion by Donald! 21-15! |
| 44 | Gibbes and Leonard take it on now... slow ball, but Muliaiana finds a gap, and breezes through! TRY CHIEFS! 21-13! |
| 43 | Free-kick to the Chiefs for holding on. Sivivatu and Bruce combine, but no line-break from them. Better now though, super hands fro Bruce to Muliaina. |
| 41 | SECOND HALF: Chifs bulling it up with the forwards from the restart, but not making much headway. Eventually they win a scrum. |
| 40 | Donald clips over a penalty with the final pla fo the half. PENALTY CHIEFS! 21-10! But can te Sharks score their fourth? Join us in ten to find out. |
| 39 | Chiefs trying to march the restart up the field now, but Donald kicks again. Regathered by the Chiefs pack, then chipped ahead again, and this time Pienaar spills the loose ball. |
| 38 | Up and under from Terbalnche at the restart, and a dreadfulmess made of it by the Chiefs derefnce, Du Plessis takes an offload, and try number three! TRY SHARKS! 19-5! |
| 36 | Donald's conversion hits the post! 14-5! |
| 35 | Another penalty now, quick tap by Donald, and out to Levave, who scores! TRY CHIEFS! 14-5! |
| 34 | Chiefs get a penalty 5m out for offside. Donalnd to touch. |
| 33 | MIserable derfensive line-out execution by the Sharks, but Terblanche is there to rescue them. |
| 32 | Good Chiefs move down the back-line to Masaga, but the budding All Black is just tackled to touch. |
| 30 | Penalty to the Chiefs now for coming in on the side, in what has been a disjointed game so far, bar the two tries. |
| 28 | Sharks moving it down the backs with confidence here. PIetersen breaks the line well. Sykes takes it on... but an interception! Chiefs have momentum now. |
| 27 | THe restart spilled, but the ensuing scrum is a mess. |
| 25 | Wonderful conversion by Kockott! 14-0! |
| 24 | A poor move though, and Bruce spills it straight into Kockott's hands. Sweeping move upfield, and it'sin the hands of Jacobs! He must be there! TRY SHARKS! 12-0! |
| 23 | Sharks displaying their finset hands here, as they look for the tries they need. A couple of free-kicks to the Chiefs though... and the second one is called as a scrum on the Sharks 22. |
| 21 | Conversion by Pienaar - 7-0! |
| 20 | PLenty of phases in this Sharks movement, out to Pienaar, who ducks and weaves... and is through! Brilliant try! TRY SHARKS! 5-0! |
| 18 | Hard to believe, after this long, and with both teams chasing a bonus point, no try action!! Here come the Sharks now, driving for the line. UP to the 22... |
| 17 | Chiefs line-out taken well, and a good backs move to Anesi with Sivivatu... but Anesi in touch... qiock line-out, Kankowski takes it on, steaming away, offload to Pietersen, who ckicks ahead... but can't quite collect, and the chance goes begging. |
| 16 | Terbalnche clears from the line-out. |
| 15 | LOvely soft hands fro the Chiefs, but the ball goes loose in the end from Sweeney. |
| 14 | Sivivatu takes it on well, it takes two men to drag him down. TUrnover ball, Terblanche chips ahead, but returned byt the Chiefs, and this is danger, Donald going well, but a brilliant tackle by Jacobs, and the try threat is nulified. |
| 13 | JAcobs takes it into midfield, but knocks i ton, scrum Chiefs. |
| 12 | Clearance by Donald, nnd Ndungane knocks on at the catch, so the Chiefs have a good attacking position. |
| 12 | Chies concede a penalty at scrum time for being forced up... a big moment fo rthe SHarks front row. |
| 11 | Donald dabs a clever kick into space, but Terbalnche reads it well, and clears superbly... near the Chiefs 22. |
| 10 | Leonard puts it downfield now, but marked by Ndungane. Vnenter takes it on the burst, PIenaar takes it from the ruck... but lost forward. |
| 9 | Line -out well won by the Sharks, Pienaar clears. A brief kicking exchange, and then Terblanche clears to touch well inside Chiefs territory. |