77.30 Jordan Logan tackled by Wes Welker. 20m out. It looks like Hutchinson is setting himself up for a drop goal attempt. Hughes with a big pass back to Hutchison. Great connection, but that misses by a good 10m.
77.45 22m drop out, straight to Sam Graham. He runs at the Gamblers line and the passes out wide. Logan with the ball and cuts back infield. Another opportunity for a drop goal is looking on the cards here as Logan is tackled by Lewis. Hutchinson again the man to attempt the kick. Not such a good connection but more accurate. Misses by 3m
...Taken safely by James McDougal. Good distance from the kick, but unfortunately for the Gamblers, Boy found the reliable hands of McDougal. McDougal trots up to the line followed closely by a number of other Sharks forwards and willingly takes the tackle from Gemmell.
...The Gamblers forwards pile in, but to no avail. The Sharks forwards were there in force and they protect the ball shamelessly. The siren sounds and Hughes passes cleanly back to Logan who gleefully hacks the ball into touch.
Gamblers (19) Tries: Hornby, BJ Taylor, Boy Conversions: BJ Taylor x 2 Sharks (21) Tries: Logan, SDR Laing x 2 Conversions: Scoble x 3
ah well. bad luck lads. great performance considering benny and azzal are gone and jimmy was playing hooker or something!
Terrible game, btw. Perfect tactics for the conditions from the Gamblers. Gamblers Code: SCRUMS WON 14 SCRUMS LOST 12 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 0 LINE OUTS WON 15 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 2 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 5 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 3 MAULS WON 1 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 199 POSSESSION 41% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 630 TERRITORY (seconds) 46% SCRUM METRES 18 TACKLES MADE 55 TACKLES MISSED 32 Sharks Code: SCRUMS WON 12 SCRUMS LOST 14 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 0 LINE OUTS WON 10 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 4 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 3 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 10 MAULS WON 3 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 330 POSSESSION 59% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 900 TERRITORY (seconds) 54% SCRUM METRES 14 TACKLES MADE 48 TACKLES MISSED 10