sport news Sharks 31-71 British and Irish Lions: Warren Gatland's men romp home after ...
Sharks 31-71 British and Irish Lions: Warren Gatland's men score 11 tries as they romp to victory in Pretoria... but only pull clear after Jaden Hendrikse was sent off early in the second half for elbowing Liam Williams in the head The teams went into the break at 26-26 after a competitive first half in Pretoria However, Jaden Hendrikse was sent off for elbowing Liam Williams in the head The British and Irish Lions capitalised, with Jack Conan scoring soon afterwards Werner Kok replied to Elliot Daly's try before the Lions stepped things up a notch Jamie George, Anthony Watson, Tadhg Beirne and Tom Curry all went over Captain Conor Murray was sin-binned though after the penalty count racked up
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The Lions got the job in their second encounter in three days against the Sharks - but the match was significantly closer than the utterly one-sided 54-7 affair just three days earlier.
Chris Harris' opening score inside five minutes looked set to usher in a repeat of Wednesday's rout, but the Sharks responded impressively with tries from Anthony Volmink and Thaakir
