S3, R5: Hurricanes vs. Sharks (vBookie)

The ref's signalled for a penalty there. Glensor protests, but the ref's called him for incorrect binding.

Penalty to the Sharks to be taken by Matthew Scoble. From here, they're going to have a Kick for Touch. Great kick. That finds touch 16 metres upfield. The players run up to form the line out.

The next phase to be played from 31 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

Line Out to Sharks. That's a good throw.
Great work by the Hurricanes. They've contested that Line Out superbly, and Jason Denton steals the ball for them.

The next phase to be played from 26 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

A Grubber is put in by Alistair Son for the Hurricanes. Interesting decision making there. The ball bobbles along the ground and is keenly contested. The Sharks gather the ball, but a good tackle is put in and a ruck is formed.

The next phase to be played from 19 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

Sam Verigotta is tackled by Benny Read for the Hurricanes and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested but the Sharks show good ball security and extracate the ball from the ruck.

The next phase to be played from 20 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

 

Jordan Logan opts to kick here for the Sharks. He's trying to Kick Downfield. A decent kick downfield yields a territorial gain of 14 metres, but he's handed over possession.

The next phase to be played from 34 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

Rikki Fittaman with the ball on the run here. He's moving sideways at the moment in the face of a good defensive line. He lets off an awful pass in the tackle. That's been knocked on and we'll have a scrum here.

The next phase to be played from 34 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

Scrum to Sharks. Great work by the Sharks. They've secured their own ball and it comes out quickly to Sam Bakkum.

The next phase to be played from 34 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

 

Bakkum to Scoble. Scoble out with a nice pass to Graham who bursts a tackle and makes a break.

Sam Graham with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 10 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Alistair Son but he manages to offload to Chris Golding in time.

The next phase to be played from 44 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

Chris Golding with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 5 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled but he draws in the defender and unselfishly he manages to offload to Matthew Scoble in time.

The next phase to be played from 49 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

Matthew Scoble with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 2 metres. Chris Smith with a weak tackle on Scoble and he breaks through to touch down in-goal!

TRY TO Sharks

Conversion attempt for the Sharks. Kick to be taken by Matthew Scoble. Great kick. He's nailed that one and they earn the extra 2 points.

Canes 0 - 7 Sharks

 

5:15

Simon Laing is tackled by CJ Smith for the Hurricanes and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested but Smith has been called for hands in the ruck there. Not sure it was Smith, but there were certainly some hands in there.

The next phase to be played from 33 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

Penalty to the Sharks to be taken by Matthew Scoble. From here, they're going to have a Kick At Goal. A great connection for him there and he secures the 3 points.

Canes 0 - 10 Sharks

 

11:15

Damien Taylor is tackled by Chris Golding for the Sharks and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested and the Sharks players pile in. I think he got a little isolated there, and they've turned the ball over here.

The next phase to be played from 39 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

Sam Verigotta with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 2 metres. Kelvin Fung rips the ball from him in the tackle. Excellent work there, and possession is turned over!

The next phase to be played from 41 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

Ed Ames opts to kick here for the Hurricanes. He's trying to Kick for Touch. A decent kick for touch. He's gained 17 metres of territory for them there and we'll have a line out.

Great turnover there from Fung. Crisis averted.

 

14:15

Scrum to Hurricanes. Great work by the Hurricanes. They've secured their own ball and win that scrum gaining 1 metres.

The next phase to be played from 32 metres on the Hurricanes side of the halfway line.

He's burst through the defensive line and he's on a run. Gareth Weaver with the ball for the Hurricanes. Ah, he's not going to make it all the way. Jordan Logan cleans him up with a great tackle, but he managed to gain 30 metres there.

 

16:00

Great Hurricanes move here.

Damien Taylor with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 6 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Sam Graham but he manages to offload to Jason Denton in time.

The next phase to be played from 42 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

Jason Denton with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 7 metres. Good Tackle by Sam Bakkum, only inches from the try line and a ruck forms.

The next phase to be played from 49 metres on the Sharks side of the halfway line.

 

...The ball comes cleanly out of the ruck. Pilgrim to Ames...

Bounding off the try line comes Siege Morgan who nails Ames with a crashing tackle. The ball comes out loose to Scoble who kicks downfield and clears the lines. A mad chase is on to get to the ball. Ames stays down...