The Sharks will face one among their greatest challenges this URC season after they line up towards a bruised Leinster outfit who can be hellbent on making up for his or her last-minute defeat towards the Bulls final week.
Whereas the groups haven’t been far off when it comes to their factors scored, the Sharks will brace themselves for a tense battle as Leinster are by far the perfect defensive workforce within the competitors with solely 187 factors conceded of their 13 matches up to now.
Leinster might have gained their final three outings towards John Plumtree’s workforce, however the Sharks emerged victorious of their final match in KwaZulu-Natal in 2022 – a feat they’ll look to copy on Saturday to shut the hole on the high of the desk and stay in a snug place to probably host a quarter-final.
Kick off is at 19:15 (SA time).
URC LIVE SCORING: SHARKS V LEINSTER
Sharks v Leinster
Date: Saturday, 29 March
Venue: Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban
SA Time: 19h15
Referee: Ben Breakspear
TV: SuperSport
Groups:
Sharks: 15 Yaw Penxe, 14 Ethan Hooker, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 James Venter, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Fez Mbatha, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Corne Rahl, 20 Manu Tshituka, 21 Bradley Davids, 22 Siya Masuku, 23 Francois Venter.
Leinster: 15 Jimmy O’Brien, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Liam Turner, 12 Charlie Tector, 11 Andrew Osborne, 10 Ciarán Frawley, 9 Fintan Gunne, 8 Max Deegan, 7 Will Connors, 6 Alex Soroka, 5 Brian Deeny, 4 Diarmuid Manga, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 John McKee, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Michael Milne, 18 Rory McGuire, 19 Alan Spicer, 20 Scott Penny, 21 Oliver Coffey, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Henry McErlean
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