Saturday 28 Dec 2024
DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Tries
Jean-Luc du Plessis 77'
Manie Libbok 66'
Deon Fourie 53'
Seabelo Senatla 9'
Jordan Hendrikse 70'
Yaw Penxe 32'
Conversions
Manie Libbok 79'; 67'
Jordan Hendrikse 71'; 33';
Penalties
Jordan Hendrikse 74'; 5';
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Timeline
End of Second Half
80'
Manie Libbok
Conversion
79'
Jean-Luc du Plessis
Try
77'
Frans Malherbe
Out: Neethling Fouche
77'
Jordan Hendrikse
Penalty
74'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
71'
Jordan Hendrikse
Try
70'
Bryce Calvert
Out: Dylan Richardson
68'
Bradley Davids
Out: Jurenzo Julius
68'
Willie Engelbrecht
Out: Ben-Jason Dixon
68'
Manie Libbok
Conversion
67'
Manie Libbok
Try
66'
Paul De Villiers
Out: Deon Fourie
63'
Nick Hatton
Out: Siya Kolisi
63'
Ruan Dreyer
Out: Ox Nche
55'
Deon Fourie
Try
53'
Ruben van Heerden
Out: Salmaan Moerat
49'
Neethling Fouche
Out: Frans Malherbe
47'
JJ Kotze
Out: Andre-Hugo Venter
47'
Brok Harris
Out: Alistair Vermaak
47'
Francois Venter
Out: Aphelele Fassi
47'
Siya Masuku
Out: Andre Esterhuizen
47'
Hanro Jacobs
Out: Vincent Koch
47'
Start of Second Half
40'
End of First Half
43'
Ethan Hooker
Yellow Card
41'
Jean-Luc du Plessis
Out: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
37'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
33'
Yaw Penxe
Try
32'
Paul de Wet
Out: Herschel Jantjies
31'
Corne Rahl
Out: Emile van Heerden
15'
Seabelo Senatla
Try
9'
Jordan Hendrikse
Penalty
5'
Start of First Half
0'
Top Stats
Tries
4
2
Conversions
2
2
Penalties
0
2
See Full Stats
Top Performers
Ball Carries
MT
M. Theunissen
Ball Carries: 17
Tackles
ET
E. Tshituka
Tackles: 14
Points
JH
J. Hendrikse
Points: 15
Insights
United Rugby Championship
Points per match
2326
Tries per match
33
Penalties Conceded per match
1011
Match Information
Saturday 28 Dec 2024
DHL Stadium, Cape Town
Tries
Jean-Luc du Plessis 77'
Manie Libbok 66'
Deon Fourie 53'
Seabelo Senatla 9'
Jordan Hendrikse 70'
Yaw Penxe 32'
Conversions
Manie Libbok 79'; 67'
Jordan Hendrikse 71'; 33';
Penalties
Jordan Hendrikse 74'; 5';
Show more
Timeline
End of Second Half
80'
Manie Libbok
Conversion
79'
Jean-Luc du Plessis
Try
77'
Frans Malherbe
Out: Neethling Fouche
77'
Jordan Hendrikse
Penalty
74'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
71'
Jordan Hendrikse
Try
70'
Bryce Calvert
Out: Dylan Richardson
68'
Bradley Davids
Out: Jurenzo Julius
68'
Willie Engelbrecht
Out: Ben-Jason Dixon
68'
Manie Libbok
Conversion
67'
Manie Libbok
Try
66'
Paul De Villiers
Out: Deon Fourie
63'
Nick Hatton
Out: Siya Kolisi
63'
Ruan Dreyer
Out: Ox Nche
55'
Deon Fourie
Try
53'
Ruben van Heerden
Out: Salmaan Moerat
49'
Neethling Fouche
Out: Frans Malherbe
47'
JJ Kotze
Out: Andre-Hugo Venter
47'
Brok Harris
Out: Alistair Vermaak
47'
Francois Venter
Out: Aphelele Fassi
47'
Siya Masuku
Out: Andre Esterhuizen
47'
Hanro Jacobs
Out: Vincent Koch
47'
Start of Second Half
40'
End of First Half
43'
Ethan Hooker
Yellow Card
41'
Jean-Luc du Plessis
Out: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
37'
Jordan Hendrikse
Conversion
33'
Yaw Penxe
Try
32'
Paul de Wet
Out: Herschel Jantjies
31'
Corne Rahl
Out: Emile van Heerden
15'
Seabelo Senatla
Try
9'
Jordan Hendrikse
Penalty
5'
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
12
11
Passes
168
102
Offload
21
7
Metres Gained
348
243
Clean Breaks
5
5
Kicks From Hand
17
23
Tackles
89
125
Missed Tackles
22
24
Mauls
5
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Penalties Conceded
8
9
Head to Head
Previous 5 meetings
4
1
Won
Won
Form Guide
Last 5 matches
StormersW
L
L
L
L
SharksW
L
W
W
W
Form Guide
Last 5 matches
Line Up
1
AV
Alistair Vermaak
2
AV
Andre-Hugo Venter
3
FM
Frans Malherbe
4
SM
Salmaan Moerat
5
JS
JD Schickerling
6
DF
Deon Fourie
7
BD
Ben-Jason Dixon
8
MT
Marcel Theunissen
9
HJ
Herschel Jantjies
10
ML
Manie Libbok
11
SS
Seabelo Senatla
12
SM
Sacha Mngomezulu
13
Ruhan Nel
14
SH
Suleiman Hartzenberg
15
WG
Warrick Gelant
1
ON
Ox Nche
2
Dylan Richardson
3
VK
Vincent Koch
4
JJ
Jason Jenkins
5
Ev
Emile van Heerden
6
PB
Phepsi Buthelezi
7
ET
Emmanuel Tshituka
8
SK
Siya Kolisi
9
JH
Jaden Hendrikse
10
JH
Jordan Hendrikse
11
EH
Ethan Hooker
12
AE
Andre Esterhuizen
13
JJ
Jurenzo Julies
14
YP
Yaw Penxe
15
AF
Aphelele Fassi
Substitutes
16
JK
JJ Kotze
17
BH
Brok Harris
18
NF
Neethling Fouche
19
Rv
Ruben van Heerden
20
WE
Willie Engelbrecht
21
PD
Paul De Villiers
22
Pd
Paul de Wet
23
Jd
Jean-Luc du Plessis
16
BC
Bryce Calvert
17
RD
Ruan Dreyer
18
HJ
Hanro Jacobs
19
CR
Corne Rahl
20
NH
Nick Hatton
21
BD
Bradley Davids
22
SM
Siya Masuku
23
FV
Francois Venter
Commentary
80’
Commentary
That's it for our coverage of this epic encounter. The Stormers snatched a dramatic late win courtesy of a try by Jean-Luc du Plessis to end the year on a winning note.
80’
Full Time
FULL-TIME, STORMERS 24-20 SHARKS. The Sharks contest the restart, but lose it forward in contact and from the resultant scrum, Libbok hoofs the ball into touch.
80’
Commentary
CONVERSION, STORMERS, LIBBOK. 24-20. The Stormers have a four-point lead.
79’
Commentary
TRY, STORMERS, DU PLESSIS. 22-20. A barnstorming driving maul from close to the 22m line sinks the Sharks.
78’
Commentary
Injury change for the Stormers as Frans Malherbe goes back on in place of a dazed Fouche.
77’
Commentary
With the game on a knife's edge, the Sharks concede a silly penalty and the Stormers find touch inside the 22.
75’
Commentary
PENALTY, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 17-20. The visitors have the lead with under 10 minutes to go.
75’
Commentary
Hendrikse lines up a kick at goal after the Sharks won a breakdown penalty.
73’
Commentary
We're in for a grandstand finish in the Mother City, with these coastal sides going blow for blow.
72’
Commentary
CONVERSION, SHARKS, JORDAN HENDRIKSE. And we're all square again at DHL Stadium.
71’
Commentary
TRY, SHARKS, JORDAN HENDRIKSE. 17-15. Not to be outdone by his counterpart, Hendrikse crosses to score.
70’
Commentary
A terrible mistake at the lineout by the Stormers jumpers affords the Sharks another opportunity.
68’
Commentary
With the Stormers in the driving seat now, the Sharks will have to pull out the stops to get something out of this game.
67’
Commentary
CONVERSION, STORMERS, LIBBOK. 17-10. And he adds the extra two points on offer.
66’
Commentary
TRY, STORMERS, LIBBOK. 15-10. The playmaker takes it upon himself to shred the Sharks defence and score a magical try.
65’
Commentary
The Stormers are caught offside just as they attempt to exert pressure on the Sharks' exit kick.
64’
Commentary
Both these sides have created opportunities to break the deadlock, they've just not been clinical enough.
64’
Commentary
The Stormers have the upper hand in scrum and they win a penalty against the feed at the set-piece.
64’
Commentary
Siya Kolisi and Deon Fourie both leave the field with a standing ovation from the crowd.
63’
Commentary
The Sharks are doing a good job of pinning the Stormers in their own half of the field.
61’
Commentary
Juries slices through the Stormers defence, but with one man to beat, he makes the wrong decision by passing the ball to Ethan Hooker on the outside instead of Hendrikse on his inside. Hooker is bundled into touch.
60’
Commentary
The Stormers put the ball out of the full, giving the Sharks another chance to launch an attack.
58’
Commentary
And that could well be viewed as another missed chance, as they concede possession via an unforced error. Scrum to the Stormers.
56’
Commentary
Not to be outdone by their hosts, the Sharks now set an attacking lineout after winning a penalty from the restart.
55’
Commentary
Despite the vocal support of the crowd chanting his name, Libbok misses the conversion.
54’
Commentary
TRY, STORMERS, DEON FOURIE. 10-10. Finally, the dam wall breaks and the crowd goes wild.
54’
Commentary
The Stormers are on the hunt now. They set another attacking lineout.
51’
Commentary
The 50/50 calls are just not going the Stormers' way at the moment.
50’
Commentary
The score remains 5-10 in the Sharks' favour.
49’
Commentary
HUGE CALL. The officials have just disallowed the Stormers' try as a result of Du Plessis' reckless hit on Esterhuizen.
49’
Commentary
Oh, they are now looking at the incident in which Esterhuizen was injured. Du Plessis was the culprit.
48’
Commentary
Springbok Andre Esterhuizen looks to be in a spot of bother. He has sustained a leg injury and is now being carted off the field.
48’
Commentary
CONVERSION, STORMERS, LIBBOK. 12-10. The flyhalf finally converts one of his attempts off the tee.
47’
Commentary
TRY, STORMERS, DE WET. 10-10. Superb from the Stormers. Sequence of brilliant interplay between backs and forwards finally sees the hosts breach the Sharks' line.
45’
Commentary
The Stormers are their own worst enemies at times. Now De Wet passes the ball to no one in particular and it goes out into touch.
42’
Commentary
Du Plessis breaks the line, but Pence intervenes with a slap down. Luckily for him, the ball goes backwards.
41’
Commentary
KICK-OFF. The second half is underway.
40’
Commentary
HALF-TIME, STORMERS 5-10 SHARKS. The Stormers turned down multiple kickable penalties, but failed to score from the three lineouts.
50’
Commentary
The Stormers thought they had scored through Fourie, but he was in touch. But they have another penalty and Ethan Hooker is yellow carded.
40’
Commentary
The Stormers secure possession at the set-piece and spread it wide with a two on one overlap, but Fassi does well to stop Gelant in his tracks.
40’
Commentary
With half-time approaching, the Stormers turn down another kickable penalty in favour of an attacking lineout.
38’
Commentary
Big loss for the Stormers as Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is forced off with an injury. Jean-Luc du Plessis has replaced him.
34’
Commentary
The Stormers brilliantly contest the restart, but they knock the ball on. Relief for the Sharks.
33’
Commentary
CONVERSION, SHARKS, JORDAN HENDRIKSE. 5-10. The playmaker adds the extras to extend his team's lead.
33’
Commentary
TRY, SHARKS, PENXE. 5-8. The visitors use the width of the field and work the ball wide off the back of a scrum and the winger scores.
32’
Commentary
That's it for Jantjies, who is helped off the field. He won't be returning to action. Paul de Wet has come on as his replacement.
32’
Commentary
Jantjies is down and out after he was bounced off by Ethan Hooker down the left-hand touchline.
31’
Commentary
Fassi just about wins a footrace against Jantjies to save the Sharks from conceding a try.
30’
Commentary
And it's miss again. Both kickers have been poor off the tee.
29’
Commentary
Now Jordan Hendrikse lines up a long range penalty kick from inside his own half.
25’
Commentary
Or not. The Sharks' try is chalked off as there was a forward pass in the build-up.
25’
Commentary
TRY, SHARKS, JADEN HENDRIKSE. 5-8. The visitors finish off a brilliant team effort.
23’
Commentary
Chance missed. Opportunity wasted as the Sharks steal the lineout.
22’
Commentary
It's all been a bit stop-start in the last couple of minutes. But now the Stormers have an attacking lineout about 10m from the tryline.
20’
Commentary
Feinberg-Mngomezulu dances around the Sharks defence, but then his offload doesn't go to hand. Lineout for the Sharks.
18’
Commentary
There are quite a few handling errors in this game, which is frustrating because the weather conditions are perfect.
17’
Commentary
The Sharks attack the Stormers' line at will, but to no avail as Juries is bundled into touch.
15’
Commentary
The kick, from dead in front, sails just wide.
15’
Commentary
Libbok lines up a penalty kick after the Sharks were pinged at the scrum.
11’
Commentary
Unfortunately, Manie Libbok is off target with his conversion attempt.
10’
Commentary
TRY, STORMERS, SENATLA. 5-3. The hosts hit back through the speedster, who collected the ball after a grubber kick through the Sharks defence.
9’
Commentary
This is a delicious little mini-battle between Deon Fourie and Siya Kolisi. The latter has just conceded a penalty after the former ran at him.
8’
Commentary
The Stormers manage to put together a few phases and Deon Fourie breaks the line, but the ball is lost in contact.
6’
Commentary
PENALTY, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 0-3.
3’
Commentary
Playing under an advantage, they opt for a kick-pass. But the referee calls them back for a penalty. Lineout Sharks.
2’
Commentary
The Sharks have an attacking scrum 5m out from the tryline.
1’
Commentary
Early trouble for the Stormers as the Sharks find touch on the 5m. The Stormers secure the ball at the lineout, but they are caught in possession in the in-goal area.
1’
Commentary
KICK-OFF! We're underway with the first half here in the Mother City… It's the Stormers against the Sharks!
0’
Trivia
Referee: Aimee Barret-Theron (South Africa).
Assistant Referees: AJ Jacobs (South Africa) and Stephan Geldenhuys (South Africa).
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa).
0’
Team News
Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Dylan Richardson, 1 Ox Nche. Replacements: 16 Bryce Calvert, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Corne Rahl, 20 Nicholas Hatton, 21 Bradley Davids, 22 Siya Masuku, 23 Francois Venter.
0’
Team News
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Marcel Theunissen, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Deon Fourie (captain), 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Ali Vermaak. Replacements: 16 JJ Kotze, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Neethling Fouché, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Willie Engelbrecht, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis.
0’
History
The Sharks' only previous win at DHL Stadium was a 33-30 victory in the Rainbow Cup in May 2021.
0’
History
The Sharks' 21-15 win over Stormers in Durban last month ended a seven-game winless run against the team from the Cape.
0’
History
The Sharks have won both matches they have played against South African opponents this season.
0’
History
Sharks only away win in the URC this campaign was at Dragons RFC in Round 3.
0’
History
Sharks’ only defeat in their last six first team matches was at Leicester in the EPCR Champions Cup on 14 December.
0’
History
Stormers have won their last eleven games in Cape Town against fellow South African franchises.
0’
History
Stormers have lost only one of their last five URC home matches, 17-28, to Glasgow in Stellenbosch in Round 6.
0’
History
The Stormers’ three wins in the United Rugby Championship this season were against Zebre (a), Munster (h) and the Lions (h) last weekend.
0’
Welcome
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the URC showdown between the Stormers and the Sharks, brought to you live from DHL Stadium in Cape Town.
0’
Commentary
0’
Commentary
Stormers v Sharks, URC, 17:00
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Top Performers
Ball Carries
MT
M. Theunissen
Ball Carries: 17
Tackles
ET
E. Tshituka
Tackles: 14
Points
JH
J. Hendrikse
Points: 15
Insights
United Rugby Championship
Points per match
2326
Tries per match
33
Penalties Conceded per match
1011
Match Information
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