Sharks v Reds, 19th April, Durban

[Up the Guts]

Kerevi wades over a couple of defenders for one of his classic try-assists. 14-0 Reds.

 

[Up the Guts]

Sharks very loose into contact and the Reds making them pay with some sharp hits leading to turnovers.

 

[Up the Guts]

Another miscall at scrum time. Pretty bad when the Saffa commentators call it out. Scrum penalty leads to the Sharks going in via a rolling maul.

 

[Up the Guts]

Alex Mafi delivers a fine argument at the next scrum over the previous incorrect decision and the referee all but concedes he got it wrong. Great display of rhetoric from the young hooker.

 

[The Honey Badger]

Are you the lone sole here UTGs?

 

[The Honey Badger]

Nice try by McDermot. Good support play

 

[TSR]

Samu Kerevi - Wow. Magnificent game. Good support play too.

 

[TSR]

Reds will need their bench to bring them home. A number of guys looking very tired.

 

[The Honey Badger]

A penalty or a field goal would be handy buffer

 

[TSR]

Yeah - or a try off a neat little Kerevi kick. But a penalty will be good too.

Edit: going for the try.

 

[Tangawizi]

Campbell just jizzed his pants instead of scoring.

Hopefully, that 4th try not too far away.

 

[Up the Guts]

Samu Kerevi - Wow. Magnificent game. Good support play too.

Loved his distribution early on. He’s really become a wonderful 12.

 

[TSR]

It was a great little kick too. Shame Campbell missed it, but the execution of the kick was spot on

 

[TSR]

Reds have been good and some of the defence very good - but I think the Sharks just made their 148th handling error.

 

[TSR]

I thought that was acceptable. He went for the ball and had a play on it????

 

[Tangawizi]

Woohoo! Sharks were woeful but got to be happy with getting a win over there!
Hopefully Reds can come back to Suncorp in 2 weeks and get season up to 5&5.

 

[TSR]

Nice win.

Some very good performances across the board - Kerevi, McDermott & Mafi probably the best, but I’m also liking the work of Hegarty & Stewart guiding them round.

 

[Silverado]

Solid win. Never easy to win over there. Wright was immense

 

[Rebels3]

We need to set up the hashtag #savekerevi to try and keep him in Aus. I dare say he’s the best player in Aus atm

 

[Adam84]

15 years since the Reds have won over there, the forwards really set the standard for this match, great effort

 

[gel]

Controlled and measured gameplay by the reds. Kerevi is really next level.

Sharks fans will be pretty disappointed with what some of the team dished up, but tbf the reds just kept turning them around with a merciless kicking game.

Kerevi will be a big loss for sure, but I am liking the way Rodda, Salakaia-Loto, McDermott, Hegarty and Stewart are playing. They are providing a really solid foundation. Topou is also going well. He might be dropping a bit of ball, but I'm impressed by his scrummaging. He really was getting belted by the beast in those scrums, but he took the hit and pushed back a number of times. Wonderful stuff.