The Sharks held onto their lead despite receiving a yellow card in the final 10 minutes, taking a 25–22 win against the Lions.
The Lions clawed back from 17–7 down to retake the lead 15 minutes from time. The Sharks made it 22–22 with 10 minutes to play before a penalty kick proved the difference.
The game saw long phases of play, and both teams won turnovers aplenty. But more often than not, the Lions could not turn their opportunities into points in the Sharks 22. The teams fought fairly evenly for territory for the rest of the first 30 minutes before a couple of strong driving mauls from the Sharks saw the ball fed inside to captain Siya Kolisi to crash over in the 35th minute. Hendrikse converted.
The Lions, having no momentum, seemed to pull one out of the blue when winger Richard Kriel broke through defenders to score. But Lombard rushed his conversion after the kicking tee arrived late, and missed.Lombard’s penalty kick five minutes later was supplemented by Franco Marais’ try from a driving maul in the 65th minute. Lombard slotted the conversion. The Lions lead 22–17.
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