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Fri 15 Apr 8:00pm Ashton Gate Attendance: 13840
Bristol Bears vs Sale Sharks
- Arron Reed was shown a red card following a dangerous tackle on Luke Morahan in the first half.
- Rob du Preez was on point from the tee to guide the Sharks to victory late in the match.
- The Sharks use their numerical disadvantage as a catalyst for one of the performances of the season.
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Full-Time
Last week didn’t have much, but this week had absolutely everything. The boys dig deep to secure a 35-29 victory after a last minute try from Jono Ross takes the game away from the hosts and secures the Sharks a place in the Champions Cup quarter-finals!
Bristol Bears, thanks for putting on a show with us!
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Substitution
Rohan Janse van Rensburg
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Try
Luke Morahan
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Substitution
Harry Randall
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Substitution
Andy Uren
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Penalty
Rob du Preez
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Keep that scoreline moving.
Bristol level the scores with another try but Rob du preez is on hand to give us a three point buffer after another successful penalty kick.
A nail biter with ten minutes to play.
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Rohan Janse van Rensburg
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Yellow Card
John Hawkins
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Penalty
Rob du Preez
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Simon McIntyre
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Bevan Rodd
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Tommy Taylor
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Jean-Luc du Preez
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Substitution
Nic Schonert
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Conversion
Callum Sheedy
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Try
Joe Joyce
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the bears bite back
Bristol score two tries in 10 minutes whilst taking advantage of a two man advantage. The Sharks have it all to do if they are going to hang on for a place in the quarter finals.
Sale lead 24-17 with a quarter of the match left to play.
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JP du Preez
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Rohan Janse van Rensburg
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Callum Sheedy
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Luke Morahan
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JP du Preez
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Momentum moment
The Sharks capitalise after the break. After Akker van der Merwe scores just before halftime, Tom Roebuck slides over in the opening moments of the second half to give Sale a 21 point buffer after Rob du Preez’s conversion.
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Kyle Sinckler
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John Afoa
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Conversion
Callum Sheedy
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Try
Harry Thacker
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Yellow Card
Nic Schonert
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Substitution
JP du Preez
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Lood de Jager
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Jake Woolmore
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Steven Luatua
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Nathan Hughes
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Yann Thomas
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Semi Radradra
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Conversion
Rob du Preez
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Conversion
Rob du Preez
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Try
Tom Roebuck
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John Hawkins
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Dave Attwood
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Richard Lane
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Charles Piutau
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HALF TIME
It’s the South African show so far as a late try from Akker van der Merwe backs up Lood de Jager’s earlier score to give #YourSharks a fourteen point lead heading into the break, despite being a man down.
There’s still a lot of work to do after Arron Reed’s first half red card.
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Red Card
Arron Reed
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Substitution
Jake Kerr
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Substitution
Harry Thacker
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Try
Lood de Jager
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Conversion
Rob du Preez
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The pressure play
Sale turn the screw inside Bristol territory.
The Sharks kick a penalty to level the scores, before Lood de Jager powers through to score giving us an eight point lead. Rob du preez converts and we’re in control at the gate.
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Penalty
Rob du Preez
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DISCEPLINE ISSUES
Not much in it after twenty minutes of action. Bristol have a try disallowed after a forward pass in the build up.
Faf de Klerk is shown a yellow card for a tackle off the ball, The Bears kick the resulting penalty to take a three point lead.
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Penalty
Callum Sheedy
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Yellow Card
Faf de Klerk
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Testing their mettle
It’s all square after ten minutes of play at Ashton gate as both sides test each others arial skills early doors.
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KICK-OFF
We are underway here at Ashton Gate and there are just 80-minutes to decide our fate after a bone crunching encounter at the AJ Bell last week.
Let’s go boys!
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