Sharks thrash Russians again

SUPER RUGBY PRE-SEASON REPORT: For the second successive week the Sharks demolished the Russian national team.

A very young and inexperienced Sharks selection recorded a 45-21 win over Russia at Kingspark, Durban, on Friday.

This follows last week’s 64-14 win by the Sharks over the Russians.

The Sharks’first-choice selection will face the Stormers in the early match in the Super Sunday double-header in Soweto.

In a close first half in Durban on Friday, the Sharks XV held a narrow 19-14 lead over Russia a much-improved.

In the second half, the home team cut loose and ran away with the game.

Mtungwa Mapantsela, who played SA schools last year, has had an excellent game so far scoring two tries for The Sharks XV team facing Russia 🦈#OurSharksForever pic.twitter.com/bWcCYoWQLW

— The Sharks (@TheSharksZA) January 17, 2020

Scorers

For the Sharks XV:
Tries: Mapantsela 2, Chait, Malan, Williams, Abrahams, Falconer
Cons: Chait 5

For Russian:
Not available

Teams:

Sharks XV: 15 Thaakir Abrahams, 14 Mtungwa Mapantsela, 13 DJ Falconer, 12 Murray Koster, 11 Ayanda Kunene, 10 Jordan Chait, 9 Cameron Wright, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi (captain), 7 Celimpilo Gumede, 6 Evan Roos, 5 Jordan Sesink-Clee, 4 Lunga Ncube, 3 Khutha Mchunu, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Juan Schoeman.
Replacements – from: Cullen van der Merwe, Bandisa Ndlovu, Michael Kumbirai, Jandre Labuschagne, Andisa Ntsila, Kwanda Dimaza, Grant Williams, Jaden Hendrikse, Le Roux Malan, Rynhardt Jonker, Lwandile Menze.

Russia: 15 Vasily Artemyev (captain), 14 Daniil Potikhanov, 13 German Davydov, 12 Kirill Golosnitsky, 11 Khetag Dzobelov, 10 Yuri Kushnarev, 9 Vasily Dorofeev, 8 Victor Gresev, 7 Nikita Vavilin, 6 Anton Sychev, 5 Egor Zykov, 4 Bogdan Fedotko, 3 Vladimir Podrezov, 2 Evgeny Matveev, 1 Andrey Polivalov.
Replacements: Not confirmed

Referee: Divan Uys

Picture credits: Howard Cleland