The Sharks hit the straps in the second half to power to a 30-16 win over the Highlanders at Carisbrooke in Dunedin that finally broke their duck in the 2010 Vodacom Super 14.

It has been a tough couple of weeks overseas for the Sharks, and the refereeing errors that cost them almost certain victory over the Waratahs in the second match must still be an unhappy memory. Indeed, there was refereeing controversy in the final minutes of the opening match against the Chiefs as well.

So it was one of those happy coincidences that the game where they finally got it right and got their noses over the line for a victory also came on the same night that for the first time this season the marginal refereeing decisions went their way. On both occasions it was the right call, but there were two instances where on another day the call could easily have gone the other way, against the Sharks.
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