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Try Blues. Halai uses his power again to score his second. This is much much better from the Blues.

He gets it and that brings the first half to a close. Sharks have really taken control of this game, dominating the scrum and starving Blues of the ball. They go in at half time 17-5 ahead. Blues are in trouble and are struggling, they need a big second half if they are to keep their playoff hopes alive. Stay with us on Ultimate Rugby for updates of the second half.

Sharks are dominating the scrum, overpowering the Blues overwhelmingly. Lambie has a chance to add 3 points.

Lambie has missed a kick in front of the posts. Very bad miss, Sharks still lead 14-5.

Try Blues. The ball is spun out wide to Halai who powers through 2 defenders to go over in the corner. The conversion is missed so after 35 minutes the Sharks lead 14-5.

Try Sharks. Very similar to the 1st try. Sharks decide to deploy the driving maul again and Coetzee peels off but just falls short, Mcloed then picks off the ruck and dives over. Lambie slots the conversion over to make it 14-0.

Try Sharks. Sharks were piling in the pressure and it has told. Off the line out the Sharks use a driving maul and Coetzee peels off and gets the first score of the game.

Still no score here, Sharks have started the better of the sides but the Blues are coming into the game.

TMO has disallowed the try. It was just short. Sharks have a scrum on the blues 5 metre line but Blues clear.