Saturday 25 Jan 2025
Cardiff Arms Park, TBC
Tries
Gabriel Hamer-Webb 57'
Tom Bowen 43'; 36'
Alex Mann 6'
Yaw Penxe 75'
Francois Venter 72'
Bongi Mbonambi 41'13'
Makazole Mapimpi 31'
Jurenzo Julius 17'
Conversions
Callum Sheedy 44'
Jordan Hendrikse 76'; 73'; 42'; 32'; 18'; 14';
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Timeline
End of Second Half
80'
Ethan Lloyd
Out: Johan Mulder
78'
Regan Grace
Out: Rey Lee-Lo
77'
Jacob Beetham
Out: Tom Bowen
77'
Mackenzie Martin
Out: Alun Lawrence
77'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
76'
Yaw Penxe
Try
75'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
73'
Francois Venter
Try
72'
Will Davies-King
Out: Rhys Litterick
60'
Danny Southworth
Out: Rhys Barratt
60'
Francois Venter
Out: Siya Masuku
58'
Lukhanyo Am
Out: Jurenzo Julies
58'
Ethan Bester
Out: Bongi Mbonambi
58'
Ruan Dreyer
Out: Ntuthuko Mchunu
58'
Jaden Hendrikse
Out: Grant Williams
58'
Vincent Koch
Out: Trevor Nyakane
58'
Gabriel Hamer-Webb
Try
57'
Rory Thornton
Out: Seb Davies
44'
Efan Daniel
Out: Dafydd Hughes
44'
Callum Sheedy
Conversion
44'
Tom Bowen
Try
43'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
42'
Bongi Mbonambi
Try
41'
Start of Second Half
40'
End of First Half
40'
Tom Bowen
Try
36'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
32'
Makazole Mapimpi
Try
31'
Deon Slabbert
Out: Nick Hatton
23'
Jeandre Labuschagne
Out: Emmanuel Tshituka
18'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
18'
Jurenzo Julius
Try
17'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
14'
Bongi Mbonambi
Try
13'
Alex Mann
Try
6'
Start of First Half
0'
Top Stats
Tries
4
6
Conversions
1
6
Penalties
0
0
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Top Performers
Ball Carries
AL
A. Lawrence
Ball Carries: 18
Tackles
TY
T. Young
Tackles: 15
Points
JH
J. Hendrikse
Points: 12
Insights
United Rugby Championship
Points per match
2226
Tries per match
33
Penalties Conceded per match
1111
Match Information
Cardiff Arms Park, TBC
Saturday 25 Jan 2025
Cardiff Arms Park, TBC
Tries
Gabriel Hamer-Webb 57'
Tom Bowen 43'; 36'
Alex Mann 6'
Yaw Penxe 75'
Francois Venter 72'
Bongi Mbonambi 41'13'
Makazole Mapimpi 31'
Jurenzo Julius 17'
Conversions
Callum Sheedy 44'
Jordan Hendrikse 76'; 73'; 42'; 32'; 18'; 14';
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Timeline
End of Second Half
80'
Ethan Lloyd
Out: Johan Mulder
78'
Regan Grace
Out: Rey Lee-Lo
77'
Jacob Beetham
Out: Tom Bowen
77'
Mackenzie Martin
Out: Alun Lawrence
77'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
76'
Yaw Penxe
Try
75'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
73'
Francois Venter
Try
72'
Will Davies-King
Out: Rhys Litterick
60'
Danny Southworth
Out: Rhys Barratt
60'
Francois Venter
Out: Siya Masuku
58'
Lukhanyo Am
Out: Jurenzo Julies
58'
Ethan Bester
Out: Bongi Mbonambi
58'
Ruan Dreyer
Out: Ntuthuko Mchunu
58'
Jaden Hendrikse
Out: Grant Williams
58'
Vincent Koch
Out: Trevor Nyakane
58'
Gabriel Hamer-Webb
Try
57'
Rory Thornton
Out: Seb Davies
44'
Efan Daniel
Out: Dafydd Hughes
44'
Callum Sheedy
Conversion
44'
Tom Bowen
Try
43'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
42'
Bongi Mbonambi
Try
41'
Start of Second Half
40'
End of First Half
40'
Tom Bowen
Try
36'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
32'
Makazole Mapimpi
Try
31'
Deon Slabbert
Out: Nick Hatton
23'
Jeandre Labuschagne
Out: Emmanuel Tshituka
18'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
18'
Jurenzo Julius
Try
17'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
14'
Bongi Mbonambi
Try
13'
Alex Mann
Try
6'
Start of First Half
0'
Top Stats
Conversions
Conversions
Penalties
Penalties
Drop Goals
Drop Goals
Scrums
Scrums
Lineouts
Lineouts
Possession
Possession
Territory
Territory
Handling Errors
7
11
Passes
175
156
Offload
3
8
Metres Gained
440
458
Clean Breaks
9
7
Kicks From Hand
32
22
Tackles
129
129
Missed Tackles
20
31
Mauls
6
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Penalties Conceded
10
3
Head to Head
Previous 3 meetings
3
0
Won
Won
Head to Head
Previous 3 meetings
3
0
Won
Won
Form Guide
Last 5 matches
Cardiff Rugb...L
L
L
W
W
SharksL
L
L
W
L
Form Guide
Last 5 matches
Line Up
1
RB
Rhys Barratt
2
DH
Dafydd Hughes
3
RL
Rhys Litterick
4
JM
Josh McNally
5
SD
Seb Davies
6
AM
Alex Mann
7
TY
Thomas Young
8
AL
Alun Lawrence
9
JM
Johan Mulder
10
CS
Callum Sheedy
11
TB
Tom Bowen
12
RJ
Rory Jennings
13
RL
Rey Lee-Lo
14
GH
Gabriel Hamer-Webb
15
CW
Cam Winnett
1
NM
Ntuthuko Mchunu
2
BM
Bongi Mbonambi
3
TN
Trevor Nyakane
4
VT
Vincent Tshituka
5
JJ
Jason Jenkins
6
PB
Phepsi Buthelezi
7
ET
Emmanuel Tshituka
8
NH
Nick Hatton
9
GW
Grant Williams
10
SM
Siya Masuku
11
MM
Makazole Mapimpi
12
EH
Ethan Hooker
13
JJ
Jurenzo Julies
14
YP
Yaw Penxe
15
JH
Jordan Hendrikse
Substitutes
16
ED
Efan Daniel
17
DS
Danny Southworth
18
WD
Will Davies-King
19
RT
Rory Thornton
20
MM
Mackenzie Martin
21
EL
Ethan Lloyd
22
JB
Jacob Beetham
23
RG
Regan Grace
16
EB
Ethan Bester
17
RD
Ruan Dreyer
18
VK
Vincent Koch
19
DS
Deon Slabbert
20
JL
Jeandre Labuschagne
21
JH
Jaden Hendrikse
22
FV
Francois Venter
23
LA
Lukhanyo Am
Commentary
80’
Commentary
That's it from us. Thank you for following along with us. Have a good night.
80’
Full Time
FULL-TIME: CARDIFF 22-42 SHARKS. The Sharks put on a clinic in the second half to secure a commanding 42-22 bonus-point win over Cardiff in Cardiff on Saturday night. There are lots of positives to take away from this game for the visitors.
79’
Commentary
This has been a masterful performance by the Sharks.
78’
Commentary
Cardiff will have to settle for a losing bonus point try here. They are just too far behind and time is not in their favour.
77’
Commentary
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 22-42.
77’
Commentary
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 22-42.
76’
Commentary
TRY, SHARKS, PENXE. 22-40. The Sharks move out of sight of Cardiff as they pounce on Cardiff' errors to score another great team try.
75’
Commentary
The hosts are throwing everything at the Sharks, but this also leads to unforced errors.
74’
Commentary
Try as they might, Cardiff just can't find the chink in the Sharks' armour.
73’
Commentary
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 22-35.
72’
Commentary
TRY, SHARKS, VENTER. 22-33. The Sharks all but seal the victory with another try. Jaden Hendrikse collected a kick in-field from his brother Jordan and he freed up Venter for the try.
70’
Commentary
Cardiff are kicking aimlessly here.
68’
Commentary
The error rate has climbed significantly in the last few minutes. It's untidy by both sides.
66’
Commentary
Cardiff secure possession in the front of the lineout, but they lose track of the touchline and it bundled out again.
65’
Commentary
Another look by the officials reveal that the Sharks lost the ball first. From the scrum, Cardiff clear their lines, but the Sharks counter from deep via Mapimpi.
64’
Commentary
Cardiff do well to steal the ball on the ground, but the ball is lost forward.
63’
Commentary
The Sharks forwards are bludgeoning the Cardiff defence in search of a fifth team try.
62’
Commentary
Lukhanyo Am is also on for the Sharks.
60’
Commentary
Both sides have emptied their bench now. Jaden Hendrikse is one of the Sharks' new players on the field.
59’
Commentary
The Sharks defence look shaky whenever Cardiff build multi-phase attacks.
58’
Commentary
TRY, CARDIFF, HAMER-WEBB. 22-28. Bowen makes several metres from a strong carry and they then spread the ball wide to Hamer-Webb, who dots down in the corner.
57’
Commentary
Cardiff a knocking on the door here. The Sharks are refusing to let them in.
55’
Commentary
Bowen is causing havoc for the Sharks defence. The pocket rocket outpaced the whole Sharks backline to almost complete his hat-trick. Replays now confirm that the ball brushed the line before Bowen got to it and it will thus be a 50/22 lineout for Cardiff.
52’
Commentary
It's open season at the breakdown as both sides eagerly contest the other's ball on the ground.
51’
Commentary
Mapimpi is involved in an off-the-ball scuffle. This battle is heating up in Cardiff.
49’
Commentary
Grant Williams takes a quick tap from a penalty and goes to the short side, but Mapimpi is caught in possession and Cardiff are first to the breakdown.
48’
Commentary
Juries runs through the heart of the Cardiff defence, but the Sharks' support play is not up to scratch, allowing Cardiff to track back and rearrange their defence. Cardiff knock the ball on through.
47’
Commentary
Lock Jason Jenkins disrupts Cardiff's ball to earn a scrum for the Sharks after the referee called a maul.
46’
Commentary
Hendrikse leaps high to gather the ball, but he his no-look offload doesn't go to hand.
45’
Commentary
CONVERSION, CARDIFF, SHEEDY. 17-28. And the gap is back to 11 again.
44’
Commentary
TRY, CARDIFF, BOWEN. 15-28. A kick in behind the Sharks defence is chased down by Bowen, who runs in to complete his brace.
43’
Commentary
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 10-28.
42’
Commentary
TRY, SHARKS, MBONAMBI. 10-26. The Sharks come out flying in the second half. After contesting the kick-off, they recycle the ball and Mbonambi decides to carry the ball up and scores.
41’
Commentary
KICK-OFF: The Sharks get the second half underway and they immediately retain possession. Cardiff's kick-off receipts have been poor.
40’
Commentary
HALF-TIME: CARDIFF 10-21 SHARKS. Grant Williams does the sensible thing and boots the ball into touch to bring an end to an exciting half of action.
39’
Commentary
The Sharks will get the put in to the scrum here.
38’
Commentary
Masuku's error gifts Cardiff a golden opportunity to counter punch, but the Sharks' cover defence comes in to save the day.
37’
Commentary
The conversion is wide again. How costly will these misses be for Cardiff?
36’
Commentary
TRY, CARDIFF, BOWEN. 10-21. Using his pace and power, Cardiff's pocket rocket goes runs rings around the Sharks defence to score.
35’
Commentary
Cardiff are looking to a quick riposte. Their runners are accelerating through the tackles, but so far the Sharks are holding firm.
33’
Commentary
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 5-21. The hosts find themselves 16 points in arrears.
32’
Commentary
TRY, SHARKS, MAPIMPI. 5-19. Cardiff let a chip kick over the top of their defence bounce and Mapimpi pounces on the loose ball to score a fortuitous try.
31’
Commentary
After setting the lineout, the Sharks to the rolling maul.
30’
Commentary
The Sharks front row blazes through the Cardiff pack at scrum time and they get the desired penalty.
29’
Commentary
The Sharks create a big overlap, the ball doesn't travel to the wider channel as Labuschagne loses control.
28’
Commentary
The Sharks copy Cardiff's playbook and go to the skies.
27’
Commentary
A series a replays to confirm that there was no grounding as the Sharks knocked the ball on in the in-goal area.
26’
Commentary
The Sharks are bashing away at the tryline again.
25’
Commentary
And another penalty goes the way of the Sharks. That's a sixth straight penalty for the visitors. Cardiff are losing their patients here.
24’
Commentary
The Sharks are dominating the breakdown area. They get a second successive penalty and set a lineout just outside the 22.
23’
Commentary
Cardiff are inches away from the tryline, but their prop is pinged for crawling as they tried to place the ball.
22’
Commentary
Mapimpi loses sight of the ball under the lights and this gives Cardiff a good attacking platform.
20’
Commentary
Cardiff's aerial bombardment is proving to be the Sharks' undoing. Despite all their star power in the back devision, the Sharks can't field the high kicks.
19’
Commentary
Manu Tshituka is off injured for the Sharks. He is replaced by Labuschagne.
18’
Commentary
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 5-14.
17’
Commentary
TRY, SHARKS, JURIES. 5-12. Hendrikse goes on a little dart and draws in two defenders and then releases Juries for the try.
15’
Commentary
The Sharks are hitting their stride now. They are asking all sorts of questions of the Cardiff defence.
15’
Commentary
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 5-7. The fullback succeeds with the conversion to put the visitors in front on the scoreboard.
14’
Commentary
TRY, SHARKS, MBONAMBI. 5-5. The Sharks go forward via a rolling maul and the hooker sneaks through a pile of bodies to score.
12’
Commentary
The Sharks are back in the red zone again. They launch through midfield maestro Ethan Hooker, but again they are repelled. Penalty to the Sharks.
10’
Commentary
The Sharks edge ever closer to the tryline, but Cardiff simply walk over the ruck to affect a turnover.
9’
Commentary
It's been a breathless opening 10 minutes to the game. The Sharks are looking for an immediate response here.
8’
Commentary
The conversion attempt is no good.
7’
Commentary
TRY, CARDIFF, MANN. 5-0. Mann finishes off a sweeping move which started after the Sharks failed to secure the ball from an up and under.
6’
Commentary
Cardiff's aerial assault continues and the Sharks continue to fumble the ball in the air.
4’
Commentary
Four minutes in and the referee is finally called upon to blow his whistle. That was a frenetic opening passage of play. And the scrum penalty goes to the Sharks.
3’
Commentary
Cardiff try to play out from the back, but they can't breach the Sharks defence and now they go aerial. Masuku fields the ball, but he drops it cold. Scrum for Cardiff.
2’
Commentary
The Sharks wrestled possession from Cardiff and immediately do the aerial route. But Cardiff are up to the task.
1’
Commentary
Cardiff take the early initiative. This is good continuity from the hosts, who are stringing together phase after phase of sustained attack.
1’
Kick Off
KICK-OFF: We're underway in Cardiff.
0’
Commentary
Sharks: 15 Jordan Hendrikse, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 12 Ethan Hooker, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Siya Masuku, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Nick Hatton, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 Jason Jenkins, 4 Vincent Tshituka (captain), 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu. Subs: 16 Ethan Bester, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18, Vincent Koch, 19 Deon Slabbert, 20 Jeandre Labuschagne, 21 Jaden Hendrikse, 22 Francois Venter, 23 Lukhanyo Am.
0’
Team News
Cardiff: 15 Cam Winnett, 14 Gabriel Hamer-Webb, 13 Rey Lee-Lo, 12 Rory Jennings, 11 Tom Bowen, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Johan Mulder, 8 Alun Lawrence, 7 Thomas Young, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Seb Davies, 4 Josh McNally (captain), 3 Rhys Litterick, 2 Daf Hughes, 1 Rhys Barratt. Subs: 16 Efan Daniel, 17 Danny Southworth, 18 Will Davies-King, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 Mackenzie Martin, 21 Ethan Lloyd, 22 Jacob Beetham, 23 Regan Grace.
0’
Commentary
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the URC clash between Cardiff and the Sharks, brought to you live from Arms Park in Cardiff.
0’
Commentary
Cardiff v Sharks, URC, 19:10
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Top Performers
Ball Carries
AL
A. Lawrence
Ball Carries: 18
Tackles
TY
T. Young
Tackles: 15
Points
JH
J. Hendrikse
Points: 12
Insights
United Rugby Championship
Points per match
2226
Tries per match
33
Penalties Conceded per match
1111
Match Information
Cardiff Arms Park, TBC
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