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Ultimate Rugby May 5

Buckman makes a half-break inside the Sharks 22m area, then offloads to Aaron Smith who goes over for a try. TMO has been called in to check if the pass to Smith was forward or not.

Ultimate Rugby May 5

The Sharks are unable to control the ball at the lineout and it bounces over the tryline area. Hoffman gets to the ball first but does a poor job by not diving on the ball. Reddish sneakily dives and gets his hand to it first and dots the ball down.

Ultimate Rugby May 5

The Sharks get hammered in the scrum but manage to get the ball out in time, they can only clear it as far as the 5m line.

Ultimate Rugby May 5

The Highlanders butcher a 5 on 2 situation on the tryline. The ball is lost forward after Aaron Smith makes the wrong decision by passing to the wrong person.

Ultimate Rugby May 5

Highlanders have a lineout on the Sharks 22m line. They do a long throw which Osborne collects.

Ultimate Rugby May 5

Concussion test

Ultimate Rugby May 5

And now it is Pietersen's turn to lose it forward. Third scrum in a row on halfway due to knock-on's.

Ultimate Rugby May 5

Now it is Ben Smith's turn to lose the ball forward. The match is very stop/start at the moment. Scrum on halfway.

Ultimate Rugby May 5

Esterhuizen loses the ball forward for the Sharks 6th knock-on of the match. Highlanders scrum near halfway.

Ultimate Rugby May 5

A big scrum from the Highlanders earns them a penalty as du Plessis collapses.