The Cheetahs have made three injury enforced changes to their team to take on the Pumas in Witbank on Friday night. A concussed Johan Goosen will not take the field, yet the coaches are hopeful of a return to the team for the Griquas clash next weekend. [...]
Posts tagged with: Adriaan Strauss
Three changes for the Cheetahs
Naka sticks with Goosen
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has named an unchanged team from the one that drew against the Bulls on Saturday, continuing with Johan Goosen at flyhalf ahead of Sias Ebersohn. [...]
My Bok B-Team
13 Sep 11 15:37 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks, WP | 89 Comments
Looking at the Currie Cup at the moment, a lot of people are calling it a watered down version, and rightly so, all the Springboks are away at the World Cup. But think about it, where were the Boks last year? They were all playing Tri Nations and only came back for the play-off games. So this is the future of the Currie Cup, the current players are the future Springboks in the making. [...]
Cheetahs continue rotation policy
The Cheetahs host the Blue Bulls in Bloemfontein on Saturday, and have named a reasonably brave team to take them on, with only two changes from the near second string team that played the Leopards last weekend. [...]
Cheetahs take it easy against Leopards
31 Aug 11 11:21 by Richard Ferguson | Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Original Content, Other SA Teams | 10 Comments
Free State Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has announced his team to face the Leopards this weekend, and has made the call to rest some of his more important players, while other miss out due to injury. [...]
Cheetahs bulk up for Province
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske saw four Springboks return to his training ground on Monday, and has included all four of them in his 22-man team to face Western Province this weekend. [...]
The big release, and why?
2 Aug 11 12:16 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, RWC 2011, Sharks, Tri Nations, WP | 2 Comments
News broke yesterday that 23 players that have been included in the Tri Nations away leg and in the preliminary Springbok World Cup squad, have been released to their respective unions and can expect to get some game time in the Currie Cup this weekend. [...]
Sharks get 7 Boks back
1 Aug 11 15:06 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Springboks, Tri Nations, WP | 68 Comments
Springbok management has decided to release a group of 15 players that were involved in the away leg of the Tri Nations for selection at Currie Cup level this weekend, along with a further 8 players that were selected as part of the Preliminary squad, who did not tour . [...]
Naka and Plumtree’s post match thoughts
Coaches Naka Drotske and John Plumtree had mixed emotions following the Sharks victory over the Cheetahs this weekend. Here are a few thoughts: [...]
SW Awards – Hooker
24 Jun 11 10:50 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 326 Comments
It’s that time of the year when all sorts of awards and prizes get handed to players who have performed well in the Super Rugby tournament. Here at Sharksworld, we tend to do things a little differently, rewarding those players that performed well, performed poorly as well as rewarding them for those idiotic moments. [...]
Taking a closer look
After the 37 man squad announcement this week we have a clearer indication of which players are going over to New Zealand representing the Springboks and defending our most prized possession, the Rugby World Cup. [...]
Cheetahs team for Sharks announced
The Cheetahs have announced their team to face the Sharks this weekend in Bloemfontein with two changes to the starting line up that lost to the Bulls last weekend. Kabamba Floors has been ruled out through injury and is replaced by Johan Wessels while Hennie Daniller comes into fullback with Riaan Viljoen shifting to the wing to replace Riaan Smit. [...]
Sharksworld chats with Skipper Badenhorst at Carisbrook
At the conclusion of the Highlanders 24-21 victory over the Cheetahs at Carisbrook this evening, Sharksworld was able to grab a couple of quick words with former Sharks hooker Skipper Badenhorst. [...]
Cheetahs name 5th Captain
The Cheetahs have named Wilhelm Steenkamp as their fifth captain this season after an incredibly unlucky string of injuries to their skippers. [...]
Cheetahs lose a skipper, but gain two others
You’ve got to give Adriaan Strauss some credit. The bloke injured his hand early on in the match against the Sharks last week and was clearly in quite considerable discomfort throughout. The captain played on regardless, though and it has since emerged that his hand was in fact broken… quite a show of guts to carry on going with that sort of injury! [...]
