The Cell C Sharks made it a happy homecoming as they edged out the Jaguares from Argentina 19-15 in what amounted to a Vodacom Super Rugby arm-wrestle at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday night.

It was the Sharks’ first home match at any level this season and they will be pleased to have made it two out of two in the competition so far by overcoming the experienced Argentinian team.

However, they made heavy weather of the task and the final whistle was met with a muted response from Kings Park patrons who possibly ventured to the stadium expecting more.

An arm-wrestle was what Sharks director of rugby Gary Gold said earlier in the week that he didn’t want, but that was what it became.

Ironically, Gold should probably have been pleased that it did go that way, for his pack had the better of their opponents and it was the big men who paved the way for victory while the Jaguares always posed potential danger from broken play and on the counter-attack.