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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant referees: Anthony Woodthorpe (England), Adam Leal (England)
TMO: Ian Tempest (England)
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Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Jacob Henry, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matt Currie, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Ben Vellacott, 8 Bill Mata, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (captain), 4 Sam Skinner, 3 WP Nel, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Boan Venter, 18 D’arcy Rae, 19 Jamie Hodgson, 20 Luke Crosbie, 21 Ali Price, 22 James Lang, 23 Chris Dean.
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Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Werner Kok, 13. Lukhanyo Am (captain), 12 Ethan Hooker, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Siya Masuku, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 James Venter, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Dan Jooste, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Corne Rahl, 20 Lappies Labuschagne, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Curwin Bosch, 23 Francois Venter.
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Good day and a warm welcome to our coverage of the Challenge Cup quarter-final match between the Sharks and Edinburgh from Kings Park in Durban.
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KICK OFF; Brilliant start for Edinburgh as they force the Sharks into touch off the kick and win a lineout on the hosts 22.
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Edinburgh win the lineout but as they send it wide Van der Merwe is ankle tapped which allows Kok to get onto him to win a penalty. Fassi misses touch with his penalty kick though and Edinburgh kick it back.
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Tshituka goes past the ball as he tries to get in on the jackal and Edinburgh get the penalty and will call for the tee.
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PENALTY, EDINBURGH, HEALY, 0-3:
Healy gives Edinburgh the lead.
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Edinburgh knock on off the restart and the Sharks cannot take advantage. We have the first scrum of the match.
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The Sharks win the scrumtime penalty advantage and try to send it wide but they infringe and we come back for the penalty and the Sharks set up a lineout.
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Edinburgh wrap around in the maul as the Sharks get it wrong and they are held up and lose the scrum feed.
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Edinburgh try to delay the scrum to milk a free kick but don't get their way. The scrum has to be reset.
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Edinburgh find a good touch but the Sharks win the lineout. The Sharks play from it and Fassi drops a kick in behind that Goosen is forced to take back and dot dead. The Sharks have a scrum five out.
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The Sharks eventually win a penalty, but they have now spent quite a lot of time in the Edinburgh red zone without scoring. Incredibly Masuku scuffs his kick and Edinburgh have a drop out.
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Edinburgh win the penalty as Mata gets in over the ball following a long drop out.
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PENALTY, EDINBURGH, HEALY, 0-6:
Healy kicks the goal.
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TRY, SHARKS, AM, 6-5:
The Sharks launch an electric attack and Mapimpi is on to the kick and feeds Am who is in to score.
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CONVERSION, SHARKS, MASUKU, 6-7:
Masuku makes no mistake this time and the Sharks lead.
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Edinburgh turn down a shot at goal and Healy drills the kick into the corner.
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The Sharks infringe at the breakdown again and they are really under pressure in their own 22.
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The Sharks hold on after waves of attack and eventually, they hold up Edinburgh and the TMO will have another look at it.
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Hendrikse wins a crucial penalty on defence. Masuku nearly misses touch but gets a lucky bounce and the Sharks have a lineout on the Edinburgh 22.
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TRY, SHARKS, VENTER, 12-6:
Great hands and movement from the Sharks proves unstoppable. Venter gets the final ball from Eztebeth.
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CONVERSION, SHARKS, MASUKU, 14-6:
Masuku converts to rub salt into the Edinburgh wounds.
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Goosen finds a hole and the Shjarks are under pressure again and give away another penalty. Edinburgh to the lineout.
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YELLOW CARD, SHARKS, ETZEBETH:
Etzebeth goes to the bin for the repeated offences.
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CONVERSION, EDINBURGH, HEALY, 14-13:
Healy converts from straight in front.
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TRY, EDNIBURGH, SCHOEMAN, 14-11:
Schoeman powers over at last.
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Hooker keeps Edinburgh on their toes and makes a great tackle into touch and the Sharks have an attacking lineout.
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Edinburgh counter sctrong after stealing the Sharks lineout. They rumble up to the Shars 22 but then lose it forward and the Sharks have the scrum.
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After some back and forth in the air there will be a scrum for the Sharks just inside their own half.
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HALF TIME: SHARKS 14-16 EDINBURGH
Edinburgh hold the lead and are probably good value for that. The Sharks have been great at times but have been error prone too. Edinburgh have had decisions go their way but they hold the advantage at the break.
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PENALTY, EDINBURGH, HEALY, 14-16:
Healy slots the kick to give Edinburgh a half time lead.
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Mapimpi makes a great tackle but he hasn't released the player and Edinburgh can take the lead with a shot at goal.
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The Sharks restart deep and Edinburgh don't find touch with their exit kick. The Sharks lose it forward as they look to attack though and Edinburgh have a scrum feed ten inside their own half.
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The scrum goes down under pressure and the scrum has to be reset. There are more shenanigans from Edinburgh and this time the Sharks get the free kick. They call for a scrum.
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A poor cross kick from the Sharks costs them as they knock it on and Edinburgh have another scrum on the opposite side of the field in basically the same place.
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The Sharks win the penalty off the scrum and this might be outside of Masuku's range and Cruwin Bosch is still on the bench. They go to the lineout inside the Edinburgh 22.
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The Sharks get another penalty after the lineout and they will go back to the lineout.
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The Sharks get a key penalty call as Ritchie misses an attempted jackal by just a little and the Sharks can switch play back into the Edinburgh half.
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PENALTY, SHARKS, MASUKU, 17-16:
The Sharks won't turn down three from straight in front.
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PENALTY, SHARKS, MASUKU, 20-16:
Masuku takes another three with the Sharks rumbling.
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Edinburgh get caught at the back thanks to a good tackle from Fassi. The Sharks win a penalty again and this time they go to the lineout and Edinburgh are on a team warning.
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TRY, SHARKS, MBONAMBI, 25-16:
Mbonambi gets straight in after the maul fell part and Edinburgh had nobody near the ball.
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CONVERSION, SHRAKS, MASUKU, 27-16:
Masuku converts.
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The Sharks knock on as Edinburgh go short on the restart. Edinburgh have a scrum feed and the Sharks have a changed front row.
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The Sharks are pegged back by another penalty and have to defend a lineout five out.
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Edinburgh are done for obstruction at the lineout and the Sharks can clear their lines.
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The Sharks now attack with advantage and look to have a whole lot of confidence with ball in hand.
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PENALTY, SHARKS, MASUKU, 30-16:
The Sharks accept the three points again to give themselves a 14-point lead.
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Goosen steps into touch and then throws an intercept pass but the lineout will be the Sharks'.
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Kok gets the Sharks going forward again with another dynamic run and wins an advantage. The Sharks cannot use it but they will have the penalty.
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PENALTY, SHARKS, MASUKU, 33-16:
It is a long way back for Edinburgh now.
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Edinburgh threaten to get going forward but give away a penalty but it gets turned around for a pull off the ball. Edinburgh set up a lineout on the Sharks 22.
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TRY, EDINBURGH, WATSON, 33-21:
The Edinburgh maul cannot be stopped and Watson comes up with the ball.
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Edinburgh get another penalty but the time is against them right now. They go to the corner but will need to score three times in less than six minutes.
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CONVERSION, EDINBURGH, HEALY, 33-23:
Healy keeps Edinburgh in the hunt with the conversion.
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The Sharks will have an attacking lineout after a panicked clearance from Edinburgh. They attack with advantage now do the Sharks and they will want to manage the clock a bit here.
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PENALTY, SHARKS, BOSCH, 36-23:
Bosch slots the kick.
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The Sharks call for the shot at goal and Bosch will take his time setting up to kick.
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FULL TIME: SHARKS 36-30 EDINBURGH
The Sharks played a near perfect second half to close out a great win. The Sharks make history as the first South African side to reach the Challenge Cup semi-finals. A great win for the hosts.
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CONVERSION, EDINBURGH, HEALY, 36-30:
Healy adds two to close the gap but won't be able to lift Edinburgh to victory with time up.
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TRY, EDINBURGH, CHERRY, 36-28:
Cherry gets over the line from the maul.
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Edinburgh go to the corner with a penalty but this match is over as a contest.
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The Sharks knock on off the restart and there will be another scrum. The Sharks give away a free kick but the hooter has gone.
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