Jacobs fires Sharks to season's first win
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March 21, 2010, Sunday
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CENTER Adrian Jacobs scored a late intercept try to help South Africa's Sharks to a 30-16 victory over the Otago Highlanders in Dunedin yesterday and their first Super 14 victory this season.
Jacobs' intercept, when the Highlanders were attacking from inside their territory, came 90 seconds after the home side had a potential leveling try by replacement winger Fetu'u Vainikolo ruled out by the television match official Colin Hawke.
"I don't think any other victory I've had here (in Dunedin) means as much as this one does. It has been a long road for us," said Sharks captain John Smit, who was a late addition to the starting lineup after Tendai Mtawarira was ruled out with flu.
"Our boys needed this win, but they have stuck together for a long time, now we need to capitalize on this."
The Sharks, who had been tipped as potential semifinalists before the competition began, had lost their previous five games.
In Christchurch, Canterbury Crusaders winger Sean Maitland scored two tries and flyhalf Colin Slade added 21 points with the boot to help their side to a 46-19 victory over the Lions.
The Crusaders moved to second in the table with the bonus-point victory, while the South African side recorded its sixth successive loss.
In the day's other match, the New South Wales Waratahs beat Western Force 14-10 in Perth.
In Dunedin, the Highlanders dominated territory and possession but were only able to convert their first-half pressure with two Israel Dagg penalties. Dagg also missed two other shots at goal.
Ruan Pienaar slotted an early penalty for the Sharks while hooker Bismarck du Plessis grounded the ball against the goalpost and was awarded the try by referee Jonathan White after talking to Hawke.
Pienaar converted to give his side a 10-6 halftime lead.
After the break, Dagg added his third penalty before Pienaar replied twice to give the visitors a 16-9 lead that was stretched to 23-9 when Stefan Terblanche scored a 64th-minute try and Pienaar converted.
Otago winger Ben Smith immediately brought his side back into the match with a try that was converted by Dagg.
Smith then put Vainikolo into space from a well-worked backline move from an attacking scrum and while the replacement winger appeared to have scored a try, Hawke ruled he had been tackled into touch in goal by No. 8 Ryan Kankowski.
If the try had been awarded and Dagg made the difficult sideline conversion the score would have been 23-23 with less than five minutes left, but Jacobs then put the game beyond doubt with his intercept.
Jacobs' intercept, when the Highlanders were attacking from inside their territory, came 90 seconds after the home side had a potential leveling try by replacement winger Fetu'u Vainikolo ruled out by the television match official Colin Hawke.
"I don't think any other victory I've had here (in Dunedin) means as much as this one does. It has been a long road for us," said Sharks captain John Smit, who was a late addition to the starting lineup after Tendai Mtawarira was ruled out with flu.
"Our boys needed this win, but they have stuck together for a long time, now we need to capitalize on this."
The Sharks, who had been tipped as potential semifinalists before the competition began, had lost their previous five games.
In Christchurch, Canterbury Crusaders winger Sean Maitland scored two tries and flyhalf Colin Slade added 21 points with the boot to help their side to a 46-19 victory over the Lions.
The Crusaders moved to second in the table with the bonus-point victory, while the South African side recorded its sixth successive loss.
In the day's other match, the New South Wales Waratahs beat Western Force 14-10 in Perth.
In Dunedin, the Highlanders dominated territory and possession but were only able to convert their first-half pressure with two Israel Dagg penalties. Dagg also missed two other shots at goal.
Ruan Pienaar slotted an early penalty for the Sharks while hooker Bismarck du Plessis grounded the ball against the goalpost and was awarded the try by referee Jonathan White after talking to Hawke.
Pienaar converted to give his side a 10-6 halftime lead.
After the break, Dagg added his third penalty before Pienaar replied twice to give the visitors a 16-9 lead that was stretched to 23-9 when Stefan Terblanche scored a 64th-minute try and Pienaar converted.
Otago winger Ben Smith immediately brought his side back into the match with a try that was converted by Dagg.
Smith then put Vainikolo into space from a well-worked backline move from an attacking scrum and while the replacement winger appeared to have scored a try, Hawke ruled he had been tackled into touch in goal by No. 8 Ryan Kankowski.
If the try had been awarded and Dagg made the difficult sideline conversion the score would have been 23-23 with less than five minutes left, but Jacobs then put the game beyond doubt with his intercept.
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