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    Force Punished

    A brilliant defensive effort and two break-out tries have helped the Sharks to a 22-10 victory over the Emirates Western Force in front of 19,076 fans at Subiaco Oval in Perth tonight.

    The home side, wearing pink jerseys to support the Breast Cancer Foundation of WA (BCFWA), worked tirelessly but could not cross the Sharks’ line until Scott Staniforth took a Matt Giteau inside pass 22 metres to score in the 73rd minute.

    The first half was full of expansive play, but only a Giteau penalty goal and a Francois Steyn drop goal troubled the scoreboard attendant in the first 40 minutes.

    Despite having prop Deon Carstens sin binned, the Sharks counter attacked with great effect in the first twenty minutes of the second half, with wingers JP Pietersen and Odwa Ndungane benefiting from turnovers by the Force to score long distance tries.

    Man of the Match, Sharks halfback Rory Kockott, added a third try to take the lead out to 22-3. Staniforth’s try completed the scoring.

    David Pocock, Ryan Cross, Matt Hodgson and Giteau were in the thick of the action for the home side, while Stefan Terblanche, Keegan Daniel and Kockott were the best for the visitors.

    The Emirates Western Force will have the bye during week seven of the Investec Super 14 before hosting the Reds on Friday 3 April at Subiaco Oval.

    10th Min: Penalty to the Emirates Western Force kicked by Matt Giteau. Emirates Western Force lead 3-0.

    30th Min: Drop Goal to the Sharks kicked by Francois Steyn. 3-all.

    34th Min. Yellow Card to the Sharks’ Deon Carstens.

    HALF TIME: Emirates Western Force 3 Sharks 3

    43rd Min: Try to the Sharks scored by JP Pietersen. Not converted. Sharks lead 8-3.

    57th Min: Try to the Sharks scored by Odwa Ndungane. Converted by Rory Kockott. Sharks lead 15-3.

    66th Min: Try to the Sharks scored by Kockott. Converted by Kockott. Sharks lead 22-3.

    67th Min: Emirates Western Force – Tai McIsaac, Ben Castle, Tamaiti Horua and Drew Mitchell replaced by Luke Holmes, AJ Whalley, Richard Stanford and Haig Sare.

    69th Min: Emirates Western Force – James O’Connor replaced by Josh Tatupu.

    71st Min: Emirates Western Force – Josh Valentine replaced by Chris O’Young.

    73rd Min: Try to the Emirates Western Force scored by Scott Staniforth. Converted by Giteau. Sharks lead 22-10.

    FULL TIME: Emirates Western Force 10 Sharks 22

    Emirates Western Force 10 (Staniforth try; Giteau cons, pen)

    Sharks 22 (Pietersen, Ndungane, Kockott tries; Kockott 2 cons, Steyn 1 dg)

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    if you look at the player stats then we should have won

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    BamBam was busy.

    Force kicking game was shorter again.

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    Attack let us down: Mitchell

    Wayne Smith | March 23, 2009

    Article from: The Australian

    WESTERN Force coach John Mitchell believes his side needs to get a little trickier to help take the heat off the most marked man in Super 14, Matt Giteau.

    There is no good way to lose in sport but the Force at least found the most acceptable way to go down to the Sharks in Perth on Saturday night, playing attractive, energetic rugby and being beaten by two turnover tries against the run of play just when they had the South Africans stretched in defence.

    "At the end of the day, the guys brought to the game everything we asked for," Mitchell said yesterday following his side's 22-10 defeat at Subiaco Oval.

    "I think it was some of the best rugby we've played this year. The Sharks won ugly and without a lot of possession but we didn't get enough conversion out of all the pressure we brought to bear."

    Yet for all their commitment and spirit, the Force made it easy for the Sharks to hunt them down by being too premeditated in attack, according to Mitchell. "We needed to straighten our attack and sometimes bring in some deception," Mitchell said.

    Much as young fullback James O'Connor and winger Drew Mitchell attempted to take some of the pressure off Giteau, there was a sameness to the Force attack that the Sharks' defenders ultimately found comfortable.

    Certainly, Giteau asked questions of the defence every time he touched the ball and did enough late in the first half to get his side over the tryline but for the blundering interference of a slow-returning Deon Carstens, who earned a yellow card for his calculated try-saving professional foul.

    But it was not until the 73rd minute, when the match was lost, that Giteau finally shook off his close markers long enough to conjure up a try for comeback Wallabies winger Scott Staniforth.

    The day is coming, indeed it is not far away, when O'Connor will pose a threat every bit as potent as Giteau. As it is, he handled himself with such aplomb at fullback that Mitchell and his selection committee will have some serious head-scratching to do when Wallabies fullback Cameron Shepherd returns from injury after next weekend's bye for the annual grudge match against the Reds.

    "Jimmy will certainly be considered in the front line (at inside centre) and at fullback," Mitchell said. "He took a bit of a blow to the head and was under duress there for a while but he showed a lot of composure and courage to keep playing very well."

    Shepherd will not be the only Test player returning from the casualty ward to tackle the Reds. Wallabies number eight Richard Brown will also be back after recovering from the AC joint injury he sustained in the Force's last win, against the Brumbies three weeks ago.

    The Force has slumped to 11th place but so crowded is the table that it is only a bonus-point win away from the top four.

    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...015651,00.html

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    back to full strength yeah!!!

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    What these stats don't show are the number of tackles made by the Sharks, one of there players made 28 effective tackles alone.

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    Bit of a worry when your Openside has made the most runs and most metres.
    I think they should drop "Richard Stanford" from the Right Wing, he did nuthin!
    Maybe Openside would be a good spot for Stanners in his last couple of years, he has the strength and speed!

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    Force Punished 22-10

    Sharks rip Force to shreds 22-10

    Brumbies bettered on high veldt 25-17


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    Chiefs overrun Blues 63-34

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    A few lapses by the Force were well and truly punished!

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    I thought the bulk of that article could be summed up as "no plan B".

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