The stakes are high for the Sharks in round 18 of the Vodacom URC, but Neil Powell is only focused on beating Munster when the teams clash on Saturday.
Depending on the outcomes of the DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls games, the Sharks may enter the Durban clash looking to seal their URC quarter-final spot or possibly improve their log position from eighth place for an easier quarter-final.
They must beat Munster and hope that either the Bulls or Connacht slip up above them, and addressing the permutations during a Sharks conference on Friday, director of rugby Powell told reporters: “It’s something that we’ve discussed and if we don’t do ourselves a favour and aren’t successful against Munster, none of those permutations actually matter.“So we’ve got to do the job ourselves first before we look at anybody else and wanting anybody else to do us a favour.
The Sharks come into this weekend’s clash with a 50-35 Champions Cup last-16 victory over Munster three weeks ago, also at Kings Park. He added: “We expect a different Munster team from the last time. They’ve said it in the media the last weeks about the lessons they learnt playing the Sharks … worked on areas they felt were weaknesses and they are better for it.
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