74.00 Attacking opportunity lost for the Spartans as the line out throw from Izett is called for not straight. That was a line out only 5m from the Sharks' line and ideal for a rolling maul.
80.00 The siren sounds with Blunder tackled by Laing. The Spartans get clean ball though. Cribb passes cleanly back to Farnsworth who boots in to touch to end the game.
Sharks (22) Tries: Scoble, Hutchinson, Graham Penalties: Scoble x 1 Conversions: Scoble x 2 Spartans (26) Tries: Geoff Smith x 2, Orr x 2 Conversions: Luffman x 3
Sharks Code: SCRUMS WON 9 SCRUMS LOST 6 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 1 LINE OUTS WON 16 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 6 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 2 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 7 MAULS WON 3 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 415 POSSESSION 41% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 405 TERRITORY (seconds) 39% SCRUM METRES 10 TACKLES MADE 46 TACKLES MISSED 35 Spartans Code: SCRUMS WON 6 SCRUMS LOST 9 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 1 LINE OUTS WON 11 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 3 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 6 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 4 MAULS WON 1 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 502 POSSESSION 59% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 795 TERRITORY (seconds) 61% SCRUM METRES 6 TACKLES MADE 45 TACKLES MISSED 9
Code: Team MTk TkM BTk HE RM KMiP KMPen KiP KE PenIP GA GS CA CS LB NR IEAG OS HITR SI LOOB LOS LOI BT TA T LBA Time Reece Fisher Sharks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Soumyanil Das Sharks 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Paul Oz Sharks 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 Eliott Witters Sharks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Dexter Astele Sharks 1 3 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Chris Devonsh'e Sharks 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Matthew Jones Sharks 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Lee Sweetman Sharks 1 2 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 70 Eddie Morris Sharks 3 9 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 80 Jordan Logan Sharks 0 1 0 0 9 183 0 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Sam Green Sharks 2 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Shane Masters Sharks 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 80 James McDougal Sharks 3 5 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 80 Sam Bakkum Sharks 4 3 3 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 80 Sam Verigotta Sharks 2 8 0 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 80 Simon Laing Sharks 0 4 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 80 Matthew Scoble Sharks 5 0 1 0 97 24 193 1 1 13 2 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 80 Regan Hutchin'n Sharks 3 2 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 80 Sam Graham Sharks 3 3 2 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 80 Charlie Downes Spartans 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Al Farnsworth Spartans 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Ben Storer Spartans 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Denzel Petrucci Spartans 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 40 Nick Scott Spartans 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Joshua Ritchie Spartans 1 6 0 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 60 Matt Dorn Spartans 1 1 4 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Michael Chung Spartans 0 4 0 2 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 70 Marcuss Deane Spartans 1 2 2 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 80 Bobby Blunder Spartans 0 2 4 0 24 261 0 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Callum Laing Spartans 0 7 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 80 Rob Cribb Spartans 1 1 6 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 80 Dave Eggman Spartans 0 4 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 80 Lucas Schaw Spartans 1 2 4 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Heath Davis Spartans 0 4 1 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 80 Jake Luffman Spartans 0 2 4 0 40 15 183 1 1 13 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 80 Alan Izett Spartans 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 80 Geoff Smith Spartans 3 0 4 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 80 Paddy Orr Spartans 1 1 3 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 80
Reece Fisher n/a Soumyanil Das 5 Paul Oz 6 Eliott Witters 5 Dexter Astele 7 Chris Devonshire 5 Matthew Jones 6 Lee Sweetman 8 Eddie Morris 8 Jordan Logan 6 Sam Green 6 Shane Masters 6 James McDougal 8 Sam Bakkum 8 Sam Verigotta 8 Simon Laing 9 Matthew Scoble 8 Regan Hutchinson 8 Sam Graham 8 Charlie Downes n/a Al Farnsworth 7 Ben Storer 7 Denzel Petrucci 7 Nick Scott 6 Joshua Ritchie 5 Matt Dorn 7 Michael Chung 8 Marcuss Deane 7 Bobby Blunder 8 Callum Laing 9 Rob Cribb 8 Dave Eggman 9 Lucas Schaw 7 Heath Davis 9 Jake Luffman 8 Alan Izett 8 Geoff Smith 8 Paddy Orr 9
POTS 3 points - Paddy Orr (Spartans) 2 - Dave Eggman (Spartans) 1 - Rob Cribb (Spartans) COTS 3 points - Chris Devonshire (Sharks) 2 - Joshua Ritchie (Spartans) 1 - Nick Scott (Spartans)
Massively against the run of play though. Tries from Spartans mistakes rather than Sharks brilliance, per se. Still, bit of a wake up call for the Spartans there; clearly beatable.
Yeah we should've played better in the second half poor form for sure but now we know we can win it if we can play the full 80 mins. Also that's a nice 9.