Battling Quins can’t survive in Shark Tank

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Sharks................................ 39pts
Tries: Mbonambi 11, Mapimpi 17, 27; Kok 50, Chamberlain 78
Conversions: Bosch: 12, 18, 51, 80
Penalties: Bosch 16, 62

Harlequins......................... 31pts
Tries: Bassett 7, 75; Evans 35, Esterhuizen 64, 68
Conversions: Allen 8, 35; Edwards 65
European Cup rugby made an unlikely landfall in South Africa yesterday but the early signs are promising.
The Sharks held off a trademark Quins revival to win a wildly entertaining encounter that was sufficiently dramatic, controversial and different from the normal league far...

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