The Sharks are down to 49 players and will need to trim 26 more before they open the regular season Oct. 10 against the Blues.

The San Jose Sharks have just made their second round of roster cuts. Like the first round, there weren’t any huge surprises. Forwards Mitchell Russell, Lucas Vanroboys, and Anthony Vincent, and defensemen Artem Guryev,

Connacht secure a bonus point in a dramatic 36-30 comeback victory over South African side Sharks in the second round of the United Rugby Championship in Galway on Saturday evening.

Connacht produced a stunning second-half comeback as they came from 20 points adrift at the interval to secure their first win of the URC season. They picked up two bonus points away to Munster last weekend when scoring five tries but they went one better this time and saw out the win with half a dozen tries having looked set for a hammering when trailing 27-7 at the interval.

Connacht overturned a 20-point half-time deficit to ensure their first home game of the season ended with an incredible 36-30 victory over the Sharks at the Dexcom Stadium.