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Dismal Sharks hammered in Durban rain as Cardiff make history

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The Sharks were woeful in the Durban rain on Sunday night, going down 35-0 to Cardiff in a United Rugby Championship clash they would like to forget as soon as possible. FT | Sharks 0-35 CardiffIt is the first time a Welsh side has won a URC clash in South Africa, but the few Sharks fans who had braved the elements and unfamiliar 18:10 kick-off time would not have cared much for that piece of history.

The Sharks were rudderless, error-prone and took some rather puzzling options that left Sean Everitt and Neil Powell with head in hands numerous times in a first half that saw the visitors take a 23-0 lead into the break.

Fullback Anthony Volmink endured a nightmarish first 40 minutes and, somehow, dropped the ball out of contact to allow Thomas Young in for Cardiff's second try.

Before that, Cardiff had been awarded a penalty try after Marnus Potgieter stopped a realistic scoring opportunity by deliberately knocking the ball dead.The third try was perhaps the one that hurt the South Africans most as Cardiff steamrolled the Sharks in back-to-back rolling mauls with Young getting over for his second.

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