Denton not impressed with that effort and he's giving the forwards a bit of an earbashing over that. They surely saw that attempt coming, and should have done better.
33:00 From the restart, a knock on by Sweetman secures the ball and territory for the Canes. A solid scrum follows, and the ball comes to Ames who makes a darting run at the line. He thinks he's through here...
...but actually he's just succeeding in isolating himself from his team. He doesn't spot Morgan until it's too late, and the tackle is good and the Sharks pile in. Welker and Morris ensure that Ames can't protect the ball, and we've got a turnover. The Canes are in disarray here. They didn't expect that, and the ball has come out for the Sharks very quickly indeed.
Stop picking the plays, you bastards... Graham with the line break. He runs 70m and dots down under the posts. Another easy one for Scoble to convert. Half time score Sharks 21 Tries: Stroud, McDougal, Graham Conversions: Scoble x 3 Hurricanes 7 Tries: Gemmell Conversions: Ames
Half Time Stats Sharks Code: SCRUMS WON 12 SCRUMS LOST 6 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 2 LINE OUTS WON 5 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 0 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 0 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 1 MAULS WON 1 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 337 POSSESSION 67% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 180 TERRITORY (seconds) 54% SCRUM METRES 23 Code: Player MT TM HE RM KMiP KMPen KiP PenIP GA GS CA CS LB NR IEAG OS HITR LOOB LOS LOI T LBA David Dafter 1 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Morris 1 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wes Welker 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James McDougal 1 2 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sam Verigotta 0 5 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Siege Morgan 1 3 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lee Sweetman 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Samuel Yates 2 1 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Bakkum 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Matthew Scoble 2 2 0 21 61 15 4 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ashleigh Stroud 0 1 1 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Chris Golding 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Graham 0 0 0 71 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Regan Hutchinson0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Logan 3 1 0 28 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hurricanes Code: SCRUMS WON 6 SCRUMS LOST 12 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 0 LINE OUTS WON 4 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 2 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 0 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 1 MAULS WON 2 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 186 POSSESSION 33% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 105 TERRITORY (seconds) 46% SCRUM METRES 11 Code: Player MT TM HE RM KMiP KMPen KiP PenIP GA GS CA CS LB NR IEAG OS HITR LOOB LOS LOI TS LBA Kim Glensor 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CJ Smith 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Benny Read 1 6 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Torres 4 4 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Denton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simon Humble 0 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Rikki Fittaman 1 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Brett Gemmell 3 2 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Luke Pilgrim 1 1 0 19 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ed Ames 1 0 0 8 84 17 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Damien Taylor 1 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ged King 3 1 1 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gareth Weaver 3 2 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alistair Son 3 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelvin Fung 0 1 0 1 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0