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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Sharks will hope the recent positive run of results is a sign their struggles this season are finally coming to an end.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Durban-based franchise achieved back-to-back wins for the first time this season when they defeated the Dragons 29-9 in a crucial Challenge Cup match at Rodney Parade in Wales on Sunday. Before the victory, the Sharks had returned to winning ways by beating Oyonnax 38-7 in the tournament at home.<\/p>\n

The victory in Wales saw the Sharks finish at the summit of their pool and secured a home berth for the round of 16, where they will host Zebre Parma of Italy in April.<\/p>\n

The recent success in the Challenge Cup will come as a relief to Sharks supporters, who have watched their team struggle in the United Rugby Championship (URC). In the URC, the Sharks have won one match and lost eight to sit at the bottom of the log table. Sharks director of rugby Neil Powell, who has been standing in for coach John Plumtree<\/a> over the past two weeks, applauded players for the hard work they put in to get the team over the line again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy about the result, to get a five-pointer away from home and our first back-to-back wins and also first away win this season,\u201d Powell said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the field, I think we had the toughest first 30 minutes and it felt like our game didn\u2019t go our way. But credit to the boys for the composure after a tough 30 minutes to turn it around and score twice in the last 10 minutes of the first half to give us a good momentum and foundation to build on for the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sharks gave a good all-round performance, scoring five tries while protecting their tryline well as the hosts failed to cross it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe scored good tries and had good moments in the game where the forwards stood up and gave the backs good ball to play from,\u201d Powell said. \u201cThat gave us gain lines and good momentum in the mauls as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a good defensive performance, having not conceded any tries in an away game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of the boys. They fought for the home round of 16 and home quarterfinals.\u201d <\/a>The Sharks will go on a three-week break before they return to action by hosting the Stormers in the URC on February 17.<\/p>\n

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