Hurricanes stretch lead with win

09 May 2015 The Sharks threatened to extend their good record against the Hurricanes as they got themselves in front time and again, but the Hurricanes always had an answer and finished strongly to go 14 points clear of the Bulls at the top of the table.

The Sharks had won four of the last five meetings between these teams, and started the game as if determined to make that a more relevant statistic than the four straight defeats which preceded this match.

They set about attacking from the off and soon led when the Hurricanes lost the ball from a line-out and Bismarck d…