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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.
This has been a masterful performance by the Sharks.
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.
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 22-42.
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 22-42.
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.
The hosts are throwing everything at the Sharks, but this also leads to unforced errors.
Try as they might, Cardiff just can't find the chink in the Sharks' armour.
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 22-35.
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.
Cardiff are kicking aimlessly here.
The error rate has climbed significantly in the last few minutes. It's untidy by both sides.
Cardiff secure possession in the front of the lineout, but they lose track of the touchline and it bundled out again.
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.
Cardiff do well to steal the ball on the ground, but the ball is lost forward.
The Sharks forwards are bludgeoning the Cardiff defence in search of a fifth team try.
Lukhanyo Am is also on for the Sharks.
Both sides have emptied their bench now. Jaden Hendrikse is one of the Sharks' new players on the field.
The Sharks defence look shaky whenever Cardiff build multi-phase attacks.
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.
Cardiff a knocking on the door here. The Sharks are refusing to let them in.
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.
It's open season at the breakdown as both sides eagerly contest the other's ball on the ground.
Mapimpi is involved in an off-the-ball scuffle. This battle is heating up in Cardiff.
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.
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.
Lock Jason Jenkins disrupts Cardiff's ball to earn a scrum for the Sharks after the referee called a maul.
Hendrikse leaps high to gather the ball, but he his no-look offload doesn't go to hand.
CONVERSION, CARDIFF, SHEEDY. 17-28. And the gap is back to 11 again.
TRY, CARDIFF, BOWEN. 15-28. A kick in behind the Sharks defence is chased down by Bowen, who runs in to complete his brace.
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 10-28.
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.
KICK-OFF: The Sharks get the second half underway and they immediately retain possession. Cardiff's kick-off receipts have been poor.
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.
The Sharks will get the put in to the scrum here.
Masuku's error gifts Cardiff a golden opportunity to counter punch, but the Sharks' cover defence comes in to save the day.
The conversion is wide again. How costly will these misses be for Cardiff?
TRY, CARDIFF, BOWEN. 10-21. Using his pace and power, Cardiff's pocket rocket goes runs rings around the Sharks defence to score.
Cardiff are looking to a quick riposte. Their runners are accelerating through the tackles, but so far the Sharks are holding firm.
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 5-21. The hosts find themselves 16 points in arrears.
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.
After setting the lineout, the Sharks to the rolling maul.
The Sharks front row blazes through the Cardiff pack at scrum time and they get the desired penalty.
The Sharks create a big overlap, the ball doesn't travel to the wider channel as Labuschagne loses control.
The Sharks copy Cardiff's playbook and go to the skies.
A series a replays to confirm that there was no grounding as the Sharks knocked the ball on in the in-goal area.
The Sharks are bashing away at the tryline again.
And another penalty goes the way of the Sharks. That's a sixth straight penalty for the visitors. Cardiff are losing their patients here.
The Sharks are dominating the breakdown area. They get a second successive penalty and set a lineout just outside the 22.
Cardiff are inches away from the tryline, but their prop is pinged for crawling as they tried to place the ball.
Mapimpi loses sight of the ball under the lights and this gives Cardiff a good attacking platform.
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.
Manu Tshituka is off injured for the Sharks. He is replaced by Labuschagne.
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 5-14.
TRY, SHARKS, JURIES. 5-12. Hendrikse goes on a little dart and draws in two defenders and then releases Juries for the try.
The Sharks are hitting their stride now. They are asking all sorts of questions of the Cardiff defence.
CONVERSION, SHARKS, HENDRIKSE. 5-7. The fullback succeeds with the conversion to put the visitors in front on the scoreboard.
TRY, SHARKS, MBONAMBI. 5-5. The Sharks go forward via a rolling maul and the hooker sneaks through a pile of bodies to score.
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.
The Sharks edge ever closer to the tryline, but Cardiff simply walk over the ruck to affect a turnover.
It's been a breathless opening 10 minutes to the game. The Sharks are looking for an immediate response here.
The conversion attempt is no good.
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.
Cardiff's aerial assault continues and the Sharks continue to fumble the ball in the air.
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.
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.
The Sharks wrestled possession from Cardiff and immediately do the aerial route. But Cardiff are up to the task.
Cardiff take the early initiative. This is good continuity from the hosts, who are stringing together phase after phase of sustained attack.
KICK-OFF: We're underway in Cardiff.
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.
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.
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.
Cardiff v Sharks, URC, 19:10
