The Sharks sealed a scarcely believable Currie Cup semifinal win over the Bulls after the two teams battled out an incredible 40-all draw.
A scintillating encounter ended level at 33-all at halftime, with the Bulls and Sharks scoring in extra time to end the match level.
The Sharks sealed a scarcely believable Currie Cup semifinal win over the Bulls after the two teams battled out an incredible 40-all draw at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night. However Currie Cup permutations stated that if the sides were still level after extra time the team who scored the most tries in the match would triumph, and in the end that was the visitors who outscored the hosts six tries to four.In the match it was an action packed first half that ended slightly in favour of the hosts, with the Bulls taking a 23-19 lead into the break.
But the Sharks bounced back as wing Ethan Hooker and inside centre Andre Esterhuizen powered over for tries in the 54minute red card for a shoulder to the head tackle, replacement prop Dan Bleuler was yellow carded in the 69Despite the multiple man advantage in the closing moments, the Sharks heroically kept the Bulls out, leading to Goosen slotting a 78minute penalty to level the scores, and then missing a long range shot on the fulltime hooter for the win.
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