In a move that should surprise most Stormers supporters, Allister Coetzee has selected Bryan Habana at outside centre for their final pre-season match against the Kings in PE this Saturday. [...]
Posts tagged with: Andries Bekker
Habana in surprise 13 switch
Coetzee gives youngsters another shot
31 Jan 12 07:23 by Richard Ferguson | Cheetahs, EP Kings, Original Content, Stormers, Super Rugby | 6 Comments
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee has given his youngsters a clear message by asking them to impress him one last time before he finalises his 2012 Super Rugby squad. [...]
Stormers to pick strong side for Lions
The Neo Africa Tri Series may be no more, but that won’t stop the Stormers from going all out to secure victory in their hastily-rebranded warm up fixture against the Lions on Friday night. [...]
Stormers, Lions battling with injuries
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. [...]
Nope, the sky isn’t falling
I’ll probably get shot down by a good number for this post, but I honestly didn’t think things went that badly on Saturday morning.
Let us take a cold, objective, un-emotional look at how the game unfolded.
Bekker out of the World Cup
Springbok lock forward Andries Bekker will undergo ankle surgery on Tuesday and has consequently been ruled out of contention for the Rugby World Cup. [...]
SW Awards – 5 Lock
8 Jul 11 08:30 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 36 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. [...]
Coetzee opts to rest key players
Alistair Coetzee has put together a backline despite all the injury concerns around scrumhalf and flyhalf, and has announced his team to face the Rebels this weekend in Melbourne. [...]
Windhoek Team of the Week – Round 12
10 May 11 10:00 by Richard Ferguson | Cheetahs, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 12 Comments
Welcome to the Windhoek Lager Team of the Week for Round 12. We have decided to make it an all South African team and base it only on the weekend matches. So if your favourite player did not play on the weekend, he will not be in the team.
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Windhoek Lager Team of the Week
3 May 11 11:39 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 43 Comments
Welcome to the Windhoek Lager Team of the Week. We have decided to make it an all South African team and base it only on the weekend matches. So if your favourite player did not play on the weekend, he will not be in the team. [...]
Plumtree: “‘It was men against boys”
Sharks head coach John Plumtree described the Stormers’ clash with the Sharks at Newlands on Saturday as ‘men against boys’. [...]
Just the Numbers
Just before the halfway stage of the competition, lets have a look at the player numbers. [...]
Windhoek Lager Team of the Week
12 Apr 11 10:39 by Richard Ferguson | Cheetahs, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 182 Comments
Welcome to the Windhoek Lager Team of the Week. We have decided to make it an all South African team and base it only on the weekend matches. So if your favourite player did not play on the weekend, he will not be in the team. [...]
DHL Stormers to face Lions
DHL Stormers Coach Allister Coetzee has named his squad to face the MTN Lions at Newlands this weekend. [...]
Stormers team to face Sharks
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee has named a similar team to the team that beat the Lions last week to face the Sharks on Saturday. Young flyhalf Gary van Aswegen will retain the starting place ahead of Lionel Cronje and Elgar Watts in the absence of Peter Grant. [...]