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Red cards mar Sharks' URC win over Bulls
By PA
Both teams had a man sent off as the Sharks claimed a 29-22 bonus-point victory over the Bulls in Pretoria.
The hosts lost veteran former South Africa fly-half Morne Steyn after only 11 minutes for a high tackle on Lukhanyo Am before Grant Williams saw red on the hour for his role in a clash of heads that ended the involvement of Steyn’s replacement Chris Smith.
Henco Venter and Bongi Mbonambi crossed for the Sharks before Am chased down his own grubber kick to score one of the tries of the season.
Am’s try came immediately following a Cornal Hendricks score that had threatened to pull the Bulls back into the contest before half-time.
Marcell Coetzee scored early in the second half with the Sharks themselves down to 14 men thanks to Venter’s yellow card but Makazole Mapimpi then secured the Sharks’ bonus point before Williams was sent off.
The Bulls battled to the end and touched down twice in the last 10 minutes to secure a pair of bonus points, with Simphiwe Matanzima and Madosh Tambwe both going over.
The result moves the Sharks three points clear of the Bulls and remain within two of South African Shield leaders the Stormers.
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Honest, discipline, humility… Priceless.
Go to commentsSo many excuses. No mention of the SA number 2 being taken out illegally in the 2nd minute. That act of foul play had a massive impact on the SA game. Face it, NZ play pretty dirty very regularly, and it’s only since 2016 they’ve been held to higher officiating standards via stricter officiating and TMO reviews. They deserved to have a man down. Sorry. Fix the yellow and red cards and NZ will win more RWCs. Plus, there WAS a knock on invalidating the one try, so it was NOT a try. Period. Here’s a Kleenex…
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