{"id":37539,"date":"2019-06-16T03:02:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/?p=37539"},"modified":"2019-06-16T12:27:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T00:27:56","slug":"super-rugby-result-stormers-09-v-12-sharks-15-06-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/super-rugby\/2019\/06\/super-rugby-result-stormers-09-v-12-sharks-15-06-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Rugby Result: Stormers 09 v 12 Sharks (15\/06\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There was a lot on the line in a tense match between the Stormers and the Sharks\u00a0 in Cape Town which ended in a narrow 12-9 win for the Durban side.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

With a place in the quarter-finals on the line, both sides were clearly more interested in avoiding mistakes than executing flashy backline moves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even having said that, the Sharks dominated possession throughout the match but perpetually failed to find any holes in the Stormers defense.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first sign of this was as early as the third minute as a 16-phase attack from the visitors eventually fizzled out before they regained possession and started again.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the end of the match, they had registered four series of attacks that contained 14 phases or more that only produced a single try. But it would turn out to be a pretty important one.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tense match went through cycles of the Sharks attacking and the Stormers relieving pressure, only to have the Sharks come straight back at them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The deadlock was finally broken in the 23rd minute when a rare sortie outside of their own half brought the Stormers a penalty which Joshua Stander duly slotted to make it 3-0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just five minutes later things got really interesting when the Sharks stole a try. It didn’t come through a long multi-phase attack, but instead an intercept by Rhyno Smith, who raced the length of the field to make it 5-3. The conversion missed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The scoreline did not change for the remainder of the first half despite a yellow card to Bongi Mbonambi.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the break, Stander put the Stormers back in front 6-5 with another penalty as the match returned to its tense and intriguing state of the Sharks attacking and their hosts holding them off.<\/span><\/p>\n