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A few players in both the Stormers and Lions camp seem to be suffering the same sort of “2011 hangover” affecting key Sharks players Jean Deysel and Willem Alberts. [...]
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Stormers, Lions battling with injuries
The magic 8-ball says…
3 Jan 12 10:58 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 37 Comments
With a brand spanking new year lying in front of us, and the amount of rugby matches that lie ahead enough to make some of us salivate, we have a chance of looking into the future and trying to spot who and what will happen over the next 12 months. Here are a few of my predictions (some may be somewhat tongue-in-cheek, so for any new reader, please do not take offence): [...]
Is Steyn’s agent at it again?
We all know the feelings that were aired and accusations that were made against Francois Steyn’s agent Gerrie Swart when Steyn left the Sharks and when Steyn withdrew from the Springbok match against Wales in 2010. Well from reading recent news items it seems, to me anyway, as if Swart is not out to make himself any new friends. [...]
What’s going down in Jozi town?
A rumour that we’ve been tracking for a while seems like it may just have come to a head. Have the Golden Lions finally (and terminally) run out of money? [...]
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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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. [...]
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. [...]
Lions confirm Cronje coup
The Lions have announced a number of new signing ahead of the 2012 season, with the Cronje twins, Ross and Guy, among them. [...]
Dead-eye Elton nails Sharks in one-sided final
Young flyhalf Elton Jantjies came within a whisker of breaking Derick Hougaard’s record for most points in a Currie Cup Final yesterday, as he scored 24 in a perfect kicking display that consigned the Sharks to the also-ran scrapheap in this year’s competition. Josh Strauss’s Lions team broke a 12-year trophy-less streak in winning their first title since 1999. [...]
Currie Cup Final: Golden Lions (42) v Sharks (16) F/T
The Sharks head to Coca-Cola Park today aiming to defend the Currie Cup title that they won last year. [...]
Looking back to the last final
Let’s get the juices flowing by having a look at the last Currie Cup Final between the Lions and the Sharks in Johannesburg. [...]
Sharks to prevail in Currie Cup Final
It’s Currie Cup Final time and fans of both the Sharks and the Lions are starting to feel the nerves as the count-down to the last domestic rugby game of the season nears completion. [...]
Where in the world?
Tomorrow sees the Sharks travelling to Johannesburg to take on the Golden Lions in the 2011 Currie Cup Final. [...]
No changes for Lions
Lions coach John Mitchell has named an unchanged starting lineup to face the Sharks in Saturday’s Currie Cup final… meanwhile, the host union has confirmed that Coca Cola Park has already sold out for the weekend’s game, meaning the final will be played in front of a capacity crowd of more than 70 000. [...]
May the wors be with you… (a work of pure Sharks fiction)
A LONG TIME AGO, IN A STADIUM FAR, FAR AWAY…
It started, like all good rugby matches, with a braai. But for Shark Lionchaser the act of grilling meat over open coals was more than a spot of pre-game socialising, it was a ritual over which he reverently presided, taking fastidious care over the preparation of the food he was about to share with his closest friends. [...]
