Way back in the nineties, the Sharks were the pioneers in actually marketing a rugby team. The idea was great, innovative and for supporters it was “fricken awesome, dude!” Remember the “Hi, I’m Ollie..” although we hated the song, we SANG it for dear life, coz “we are, we are DYNAMITE! “ [...]
Currie Cup
I’ve been Sharksfrenzied!
2 X Super 8’s = Super 16
1 Feb 12 15:13 by The Quirk | Currie Cup, Original Content, Reader Submissions, Super 14, Super Rugby | 24 Comments
Right, I’ve thought long and hard about just how those idiots SARU and SANZAR can crowbar the EP Kinglets into Superugby and I think I’ve cracked it. [...]
Boks won’t get a break
31 Jan 12 08:30 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Original Content, Springboks, Super Rugby, The Rugby Championship | 7 Comments
New Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer is making all the right noises early in his new job, after being quoted in the Beeld that he would not prevent his Springboks from participating in the Currie Cup. [...]
SA Barbarians to face England
27 Jan 12 14:54 by StevieS | Currie Cup, Original Content, Reader Submissions, Springboks | 6 Comments
In the latest news it has been confirmed that England will play against an SA Barbarians team in a midweek match during Englands three week tour. [...]
André Pretorius returns
Former Springbok flyhalf André Pretorius has returned to South Africa, and has been snapped up by the newly relegated Leopards team, and has already started training with the Potch-based outfit. [...]
Leading the pack
Of all the challenges that face the Sharks and Sharks coach John Plumtree, the issue of captaincy is one he cannot afford to stuff up. [...]
It must be good to feel wanted
7 Dec 11 08:09 by Ice | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams, RWC 2011, Sharks, Springboks, Stormers, Super Rugby, Tri Nations, WP | 238 Comments
Today in a local newspaper it was confirmed – like we did months ago – that Francois Steyn wants to come back and play in SA.
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Currie Cup Fantasy League 2011 wrap
The fantasy league for the CC 2011 came to an end on the 29 October with the same basic result as the CC itself ended in, but more about the ending later. [...]
“Sharkie” shows dem!
1 Dec 11 08:44 by Ice | Currie Cup, In the news, Original Content, Sharks, Super Rugby, Vodacom Cup | 47 Comments
The Sharks adorable mascot “Sharkie” is still wet behind the ears, but that did not stop him from receiving his first “trophy”! [...]
Sharksworld Awards 2011: The Winners
The process of voting on the Sharksworld 2011 awards has been changed slightly from the original plan as a result of how the nominations went. After counting the nominations, we realised that there were clear winners in six of the seven categories and as such it was decided that the players with the most nominations in each category would be announced as the winners of that award. [...]
Rose without a Garden
10 Nov 11 08:50 by Ice | Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Super Rugby | 92 Comments
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a Rose garden…Griquas will not be renewing Earl Rose’s contract. [...]
Aurevoir, Fred?
The various media reports of late that a certain French flyhalf is longing for his homeland and the chance to play for Les Bleus once more have had me chewing the cud over the last couple of days… Monsieur Michalak, it would seem, is keen to return to the land of his birth as soon as his current contract with the Sharks has expired at the end of SupeRugby 2012. [...]
The dream trip
It started as a pipe dream, slowly turned into a half decent idea and eventually became reality when I set off from the annual PKF Beerfest to make my way to Johannesburg to watch the Currie Cup Final at Ellis Park. Most of you will know the eventual result of this match, but we have to start this story at the very beginning. [...]
The forwards get the ball – the backs score the tries
So often in today’s complicated modern world, we allow ourselves to become weighed down – swamped – by complexity. Everything, it seems, is really complicated and the more complicated it gets, the more difficult it is to see clearly and figure out exactly what we’re trying to do. Fortunately, though, rugby is not really such a complicated game, or at least doesn’t need to be all that complicated. [...]
Can we PLEASE stop the excuses?
I’m not sure whether to view the latest round of excuses coming out of Durban with mirth, or disdain, although I’m tending towards the latter. I’m referring, of course, to John Plumtree’s post-Final utterances about how difficult it was to re-integrate the returning Springboks into his side and that there wasn’t enough time to do so successfully… and so on. [...]
