Can the Highlanders make it two in a row this week, or will the Kings bounce back after being stuffed by the Waratahs? [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Kings (34) v Highlanders (27) F/T
Super Rugby 2013: Waratahs (21) v Stormers (15) F/T
The Stormers head to Sydney for their third tour game. [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Cheetahs (34) v Hurricanes (39) F/T
We’ve started off with a South African team losing away; let’s see if another can win at home. [...]
Reds first-half blitz smashes Sharks
The Sharks have gone down to the Reds by 17 points to 32, with a second-half fightback from the visitors not enough to overturn a massive deficit from a nightmare first half. [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Reds (32) v Sharks (17) F/T
The banana benders welcome the Banana Boys as the residents of Australia and South Africa’s respective tropical East Coasts clash in Brisbane. [...]
Shark-laden SA BaaBaas squad
Former Bok coach Nick Mallett will take charge of an interesting South African Barbarians squad, as they play against English club side Saracens in London this coming Thursday. A fair few of the squad have played for the Sharks, as the bulk is made up of South African players based in Europe. [...]
No shortage of experience for Sharks
The talk coming out of Brisbane this week (well, from coach Plumtree, at any rate) has all been about a Sharks team held together with bits of chewing gum and old string, clinging desperately to any semblance of hope despite being continually ravaged by the worst injury curse he’s yet seen. Our analysis of the match 22 named to face the Reds paints a somewhat different picture. [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Round 13 preview and predictions
Round 13 may be unlucky for some, but we’re hoping that our beloved Sharks can bounce back with an unlikely victory this week, after four sad losses in a row. [...]
Viljoen gets Cheetahs start
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has lost a key man in Lappies Labuschagne, ahead of this weekend’s Bloemfontein clash with the Hurricanes. [...]
Strike four for Beale
After completing the shortest alcohol rehabilitation program in history, Rebels fullback Kurtley Beale appears to have fallen right back off the bus. It’s a mercy, if you think about it, since at least that way his team mates should be safe from physical violence… [...]
Du Preez the Baby Bok spearhead against Namibia
Sharks flyhalf Rob du Preez, hero of last year’s under 19 campaign for the men in black and white, will have a further opportunity to cement his Baby Bok credentials as he starts at flyhalf for Dawie Theron’s side this weekend. An injury to first-choice pivot Handre Pollard has opened the door for du Preez against Nambia. [...]
No Horwill for Reds
Reds skipper James Horwill has been ruled out of Friday’s clash with the Sharks in Brisbane, after failing to recover form a jaw injury sustained against the Force in round 12 of Super Rugby. [...]
Happy birthday Marcell
Sharks loose forward Marcell Coetzee celebrates his 22nd birthday today. [...]
New stadium sponsorship lined up in Durban
The Sharks will formally announce all the details at a special press conference on 25 May, but it appears as though they have managed to negotiate a major new stadium sponsorship deal with a top property management company. [...]
Changes (again) for Sharks
Sharks coach John Plumtree has made a number of changes, both enforced and unenforced, to his side as they prepare to take on the Reds on Friday. [...]