Neil Powell bemoaned his team’s ill-discipline after the Sharks went down 32-20 to the Scarlets in Wales on Saturday night. | Sport24news
It was also the Sharks’ fifth URC defeat since the turn of the year, during which they’ve only won two matches.Neil Powell rued his team’s ill-discipline after the Sharks went downThe director of rugby said his charges conceded too many penalties to effectively mount a winning challenge as they slumped to their third straight defeat in the United Rugby Championship .
It’s put their playoff place in jeopardy. The Sharks hold just a two-point lead in eighth, the last playoff spot, ahead of Cardiff with two more round-robin matches to go."It was obviously a disappointing performance from us and the result as well," Powell said after the game. "We also had unforced errors. We knew coming into this game that Scarlets were feeding off those opportunities and those scraps, and unfortunately, we gave them those scraps and they scored two of their tries off our mistakes.The Sharks next meet URC foes Munster in the Champions Cup quarter-finals at Kings Park on Saturday, a game that will show what this team is made of.
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