A tentative first step towards bridging the gulf between a Bok-studded first team and the backup resources? That's the intriguing question to emerge from the Sharks' imperfect but important 19-12 Currie Cup victory over the Pumas. | Sport24news
A tentative first step towards bridging the gulf between a Bok-studded first team and the backup resources?
Yet a triumph over the Currie Cup's table-toppers, previously unbeaten and boasting a positive points differential of 110, is no mean feat by any stretch of the imagination and, if they hadn't been so careless in wasting a substantial lead in Kimberley two weeks ago, might've sat closer to their opponents on the overall log.
However, the maul also delivered a skirmish between Sharks flanker Corne Rahl and his compatriot Andre Fouche. Bafflingly, Immelman very easily convinced him to overturn that opinion and upgrade the sanction to a red card for what initially seemed like Rahl was going to kiss Fouche on the cheek.To their eternal credit, the setback didn't fundamentally perturb the Sharks, who, in fact, ate up precious minutes by hitting right back in entering the Pumas 22m area and staying there, even forcing a penalty that was popped over easily by Zeilinga.
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