Cards aplenty as Sharks edge Chiefs

Three players were sent off during the first half as the Sharks edged the Chiefs 12-11 on Saturday in a bruising Super Rugby clash.



Sharks hooker and skipper Bismarck du Plessis and centre Francois Steyn and Chiefs hooker Hikawera Elliot were red-carded by Australian referee Angus Gardner within 28 minutes of the kick-off in Durban.

And several other players were lucky to escape at least a yellow card with Chiefs replacement back Tom Marshall not punished for striking scrum-half Cobus Reinach in the back with his knee.



"It was a very ugly first half," conceded Sharks fly-half and stan…