52.15 James McDougal is limping off the field here. It doesn't look like a serious injury, but the physio is recommending a substitution. Reece Fisher comes on.
64.15 Blunder tackled by Verigotta. Turnover!! Oh, no the referee has spotted some misbehaviour from Eddie Morris. Hands in the ruck. An easy 3 points for the Spartans from here, but they want another try. Blunder kicks for the corner. Perfect. Line out from 5m out. Howell throws in and Scott leaps salmon-like to take this one uncontested. Scott sets up a maul. They could rumble over from here. The Sharks forwards try and hold this one up. The maul has lost momentum, but the Spartans are pretty much at the line. The maul dissolves and Cribb digs the ball out. Cribb to Luffman. Luffman passes to Farhat... ...No, that's a great dummy and Graham bought it hook line and sinker. Luffman dots down under the posts and converts his own try. Spartans 33 - 17 Sharks
73.45 Good throw secured by John McGrath. The ball is spread down the Spartans back line. The fresh legs of Dorn receives the ball and he bursts through a couple of tackles and gains 10m. He's held by Bakkum, but Bakkum can't bring him down. Dorn gets his arms loose and passes to Jackson on the run. Jackson beats Das for pace and is tackled just 5m short of the line. A ruck forms. The Spartans look to rumble this one over the try line. Storer and Ritchie line up for the pick and go. Storer's the first to go for it, but no sooner has he picked up the ball that he's spilled it forwards and into the waiting arms of the Sharks number 8, Dexter Astele. Astele passes back into the end zone to Logan, who goes for a run. He thinks he's seen a space. He's gained 15m before he's brought down. The ref calls advantage over...
... Hughes digs the ball out and he spreads the ball. He was quite slow in passing that and the Spartans are quickly up on the Sharks. Devonshire is under massive pressure from Dorn and he tries to kick his way out of trouble. Dorn charges the kick down! The ball's cleaned up by Peter Jackson who has no trouble scooting through and scoring. Luffman converts. Spartans 40 - 17 Sharks
