Lions shock Sharks
The Lions dented the Sharks' play-off hopes with a 38-28 victory in their all-South African Super Rugby clash.
Last Updated: 02/06/12 6:43pm
The Lions dented the Sharks' play-off hopes with a surprise 38-28 victory in their all-South African Super Rugby clash.
The Durban-based Sharks, who had won their previous four games, opened the scoring thanks to an early penalty from full-back Patrick Lambie but the rest of the first half belonged to the hosts.
They grabbed their first try after five minutes when Grant Hattingh ran through to collect a delightful chip kick from fly-half Elton Jantjies.
Flanker Derick Minnie then barged his way over and centre Lionel Mapoe dived over after a 40-metre run before the Sharks finally breached the Lions' defence through Lwazi Mvovo.
Wing Deon van Rensburg then crashed over for the bonus-point try for the bottom-of-the-table Lions in the dying seconds of the half to make it 32-11.
The Sharks began the second half by narrowing the gap to seven points with quickfire tries from JP Pietersen and Odwa Ndungane.
Jantjies, who totalled 18 points, and Lambie then traded penalties before the former completed the scoring with a 56th-minute penalty.
