{"id":358889,"date":"2026-03-22T05:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358889\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T05:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:54:23","slug":"munster-nilled-as-sharks-chew-them-up-and-spit-them-out-in-durban-embarrassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358889\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster nilled as Sharks chew them up and spit them out in Durban embarrassment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharks 45
Munster 0<\/p>\n

MUNSTER HAD NO answer to the forward onslaught of the Sharks in Durban on Saturday evening and were routed to the tune of seven tries to zero.<\/p>\n

Clayton McMillan\u2019s side will be embarrassed that they could not muster a single point in the 45-0 hiding.<\/p>\n

The first set scrum was potentially ominous for Munster as they were forced backwards and conceded a penalty. Prop Michael Ala\u2019alatoa infringed from the ensuing pressure inside his own 22, and a lineout kicked to the corner saw Sharks No 8 Phepsi Buthelezi crash over from the maul, leaving out-half Jordan Hendrikse to make it 7-0 after as many minutes.<\/p>\n

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The second set scrum had the same result \u2014 reverse gear for Munster and a penalty for the Sharks. Munster held out in their 22 and cleared, but their scrum kept creaking and referee Sam White-Grove kept penalising.<\/p>\n

It meant little possession and plenty of defending for the visitors, and the Sharks\u2019 19-year-old fullback Luan Giliomee wriggled over for the Sharks\u2019 second try.<\/p>\n

Munster fought back for their best period of the half, but no profit came from a long series of attacks in the opposition 22. They won penalties but scorned the easy three points for kicks to the corner that yielded no reward on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n

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The Sharks went into the break 12-0 up, and their pressure up front produced a try 10 minutes after the restart for loosehead prop Phatu Ganyane to make it 17-0.<\/p>\n

The Sharks turned the screws as the three-quarter mark approached, with young Giliomee making the play and offloading to supporting lock Emile van Heerden to crash over. At 26-0, the home team were over the hills and far away, and Munster had not troubled the scorers.<\/p>\n

The hiding seemed to be complete when Sharks centre Le Roux Malan won a volleyball battle in the Munster 22 to score, But more was to come when Sharks legend Makazole Mapimpi, celebrating his 100th cap, put the nail in the coffin.<\/p>\n

You had to be at Kings Park to appreciate what happened next \u2014 Mapimpi darted into the forwards at the kick-off, won the ball and sprinted 50m for his second try.<\/p>\n

Scorers for Sharks:<\/p>\n

Tries: Phepsi Buthelezi, Luan Giliomee, Phatu Ganyane, Emile van Heerden, Le Roux Malan, Makazola Mapimpi (2).<\/p>\n

Conversions:\u00a0Jordan Hendrikse [5]<\/p>\n

SHARKS: Luan Giliomee [Hakeen Kunene \u201868], Yaw Penxe, Le Roux Malan, Andr\u00e9 Esterhuizen, Makazole Mapimpi, Jordan Hendrikse [Juan Smith \u201868], Grant Williams [Bradley Davids \u201862], Phatu Ganyane [Ox Nche \u201862], Fez Mbatha, Hanro Jacobs, Jason Jenkins, Emile van Heerden, Vincent Tshituka, Nick Hatton, Phepsi Buthelezi [Marnus Potgieter \u201856].<\/p>\n

MUNSTER: Mike Haley [Dan Kelly \u201852], Calvin Nash, Tom Farrell, Alex Nankivell, Shane Daly, JJ Hanrahan; Ethan Coughlan [Paddy Patterson \u201852], Michael Milne, Diarmuid Barron [Lee Barron \u201852], Michael Ala\u2019alatoa, Jean Kleyn [Edwin Edogbo \u201852], Tom Ahern [Brian Gleeson \u201867], Se\u00e1n Edogbo [Fineen Wycherley \u201852], John Hodnett, Gavin Coombes.<\/p>\n

Referee: Sam Grove-White. (Scotland)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sharks 45Munster 0 MUNSTER HAD NO answer to the forward onslaught of the Sharks in Durban on Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,6999,3654,34630,15756,112,11581],"class_list":["post-358889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-munster","tag-rugby","tag-shark-tank","tag-sharks","tag-sports","tag-urc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}