Sharks vs Glasgow Warriors

2022 - 10 - 15

Sharks shed off early jitters to power past competitive Glasgow ... (News24)

The Sharks restored South African pride in the United Rugby Championship when they went through the gears in beating the Glasgow Warriors 40-12 at Kings ...

Then, in the 33rd minute, Chamberlain spotted a gap and put the hammer down. Gordon spotted the space and hared the 30-odd metres to score relatively untouched. After yards and yards of endeavour, the Sharks eventually scored their fifth try when the industrious Werner Kok was on the end of Chamberlain's crosskick to seal what eventually became a reasonably comprehensive win By now, the Sharks were leading 28-12 and only then did they exert a level of control that was befitting of their quality. Outside of him was Volmink and the winger had the gas to score and put the Sharks ahead. That the Sharks eventually wore down and showed the Warriors flames was down to their star quality on the bench, along with a brace from Anthony Volmink.

Sharks v Glasgow: Warriors pay the price for not capitalising on ... (The Offside Line)

A Tom Gordon double can't keep Glasgow Warriors in contest against Springbok packed Sharks outfit in Durban.

Then we started losing players to injury and shifting guys around, and it is really hard to keep any momentum against a top-class team like the Sharks in that situation. “We knew that there was going to be onslaught when the Sharks emptied their bench of all those internationals, and we didn’t have a cushion which we could protect.” The crushing impact of the Sharks bench was demonstrated again when Nche and co rolled the Glasgow scrum back, turning the ball over against the head to put Glasgow under massive pressure inside their own 22. From the poor Glasgow clearing kick the Sharks come forward again and after two physical phases the brilliance of Hendrikse and Fassi was on show again with the former chipping over the top for his towering full-back to gather athletically and gallop in untouched. The killer instinct of Jacques Nienaber’s Boks was all over this second half performance and this was clear to see in the next passage of play. Power and pressure were the key tenets in a clinical performance that overran a struggling Glasgow outfit.

Sharks thump Glasgow courtesy of second half surge (The South African)

Sharks vs Glasgow: The Warriors are in the Shark Tank in Durban this afternoon where the hosts will be heading out debuts to a couple stars.

Springboks Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche, Siya Kolisi, and Makazole Mapimpi are expected to make a collective impression off the bench. And when we have possession in their 22, to be absolutely accurate with the ball. “What we saw last weekend was Glasgow matching the Bulls physically, they disrupted the Bulls’ lineouts and attacked their breakdown. A guy like Eben is super-excited to be playing.” Fullback Aphelele Fassi added their bonus point try in the 68th minute as he snatched the ball out of the air from a good pass from a ruck, and dashed to the tryline, and again Chamberlain made no mistake with the conversion. The visitors came out firing in the second half with Jordan crashing over for the second time from a rolling maul in the 43rd minute, but Volmink cancelled this out in the 52nd minute after receiving a well-timed pop pass in the corner, and he stepped on the gas to earn his brace for a 18-12 lead.

Eben stars as Sharks rout Warriors (SARugbymag)

Eben Etzebeth put in a dominant performance on his Vodacom United Rugby Championship debut as the Cell C Sharks thumped Glasgow Warriors in Durban on ...

— Vodacom United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial_RSA) Flyhalf Tom Jordan added the extras. [October 15, 2022]

Warriors lose on the road again as Sharks prevail (BBC Sport)

Glasgow Warriors sustain a third straight away defeat in the United Rugby Championship as Sharks prevailed with a bonus point.

Tom Jordan added a simple conversion before another Chamberlain penalty reduced the gap to a single point. Chamberlain missed the conversion but added a subsequent penalty to make it 21-12 to the hosts. Chamberlain then exploited a gap in the Glasgow defence before setting up Volmink to go over and added the extras.

Glasgow Warriors take step in right direction but pay price when ... (The Scotsman)

Glasgow Warriors failed to capitalise on several promising opportunities during the first half of this match away at Cell C Sharks and ended up being blown ...

“We knew that there was going to be onslaught when the Sharks emptied their bench of all those internationals, and we didn’t have a cushion which we could protect. It is still not clear whether head coach Franco Smith’s visa will have been approved by then allowing him to fly out to join the squad. “We’re probably more disappointed with the first half than the second half because we had a plan to move them around and I think that only came to light in the 39th minute when we started to ask questions,” he said.

Eben Etzebeth was superb against Glasgow Warriors, says Sharks ... (Independent Online)

Sharks coach Sean Everitt said Eben Etzebeth had been keen to please and had spent the week studying the Glasgow Warriors.

“We knew it was going to be difficult in the first half, but we had a lot of power coming off the bench," Everitt said. It was good that we got our attack together, so we’re happy with the result as we look forward to a tough match against Ulster (in Durban). “Vincent wasn't feeling well today and he wasn't in the best of shape. If the Bok lock wanted to win over the Kings Park faithful in his debut outing, he did it with ease with a compelling performance of power play. The Sharks were indeed a sight to behold in that last quarter. “He was determined to play and push through.