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A SHARKS SIDE packed with 10 current Springboks inflicted Munster to a fourth loss from their last five games.
The Sharks have the quickest ruck speed in the URC and in the fifth minute, quick ball again opened up space out wide and winger Makazole Mapimpi finished superbly. It was ominous signs for a Munster side short of some of their premium manpower because of injury. There was a further cause for concern for the visitors when the current starting Springbok front-row won a scrum penalty for out-half Jordan Hendrikse to convert into points.
The Sharks’ counter-attack is especially lethal because of the sheer pace of their back division and a perfect example was Fassi accelerating through a gap from deep and combining sweetly with Lukhanyo Am, who put away Williams for a try engineered at blistering speed. That made it a 31-10 halftime lead for the home side but it was Munster that bossed the third quarter. They forced the Sharks into six consecutive penalties but three times they were held up over the line. Sharks openside James Venter was yellow-carded for one of the infringements but, still, Munster could not ground the ball and the only score of that quarter was a Hendrikse penalty.
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