Super 14 fullback Patrick Lambie heads an impressive list of junior Sharks players who have been named in a 26-man SA Under 20 squad who will compete for the coveted IRB Junior World Championship title, in Argentina in June. [...]
Posts tagged with: Argentina
Lambie leads Baby Sharks charge
Sharks XV get the job done
A hard-fought 27-25 victory over Eastern Province down in Port Elizabeth on Friday night has set the Sharks XV up nicely as they now occupy second position on the Vodacom Cup log heading into the final round-robin game. A surprise victory by the Pampas XV over Free State has really set the cat amongst the pigeons in the South Section, however. [...]
Lambie tug-of-love
Pat Lambie has been called up to attend an SA Under-20 training camp, meaning he may well miss the Sharks Super 14 match against the Lions in a few weeks’ time. [...]
The REAL sleeping giants of rugby
A lot of people believe that the USA are the sleeping giants of world rugby… I respectfully disagree. [...]
Interview with JMH
This interview is courtesy of www.sharksrugby.co.za [...]
It’s official!
Juan Martin Hernandez, the 26 year old Argentinian, has signed a one year contract to play for The Sharks. His contract with The Sharks will also include a coaching role in The Sharks Academy where he will spend time coaching junior players at grass roots levels. [...]
El Mago only expected to arrive in time for Cheetahs match
The good news for Sharks fans is that Juan Martin Hernandez is en route to Durban from Argentina via Paris, where he will stop in to tie up his affairs at his now former club Stade Francais writes Mike Greenaway for The Mercury on 21 July 2009. The bad news, in the short term, is that he will arrive here too late in the week for consideration for the Sharks’ home Absa Currie Cup match against the Blue Bulls on Friday night (6pm kick-off). [...]
Byrne “flattered” but staying in his “home region”
17 Jul 09 14:35 by war1 | 2009 Lions Tour, Currie Cup, In the news, Sharks, Stormers, WP | 19 Comments
THE Sharks have pulled off a stunning coup to take Juan Martin Hernandez to South Africa after failing in their bold bid to sign Lee Byrne, writes Andy Howell for Western Mail 17 July 2009 [...]
El Mago with Sharks in “a matter of days”
All contractual negotiations between the Sharks and Argentinian star Juan Martin Hernandez have been successfully completed and now just the arrangement of his work permit needs to be sorted out before he inks his signature and wings his way to the coastal franchise. [...]
Hernandez for the Super 14?
Based on an otherwise unintelligible report on a French rugby website, it looks like Argentinian flyhalf-cum-fullback Juan Martin Hernandez is on the verge of signing for the Sharks in time for the 2010 Super 14. [...]
7s Boks one step closer to title
IRB Sevens World Series leaders South Africa went unbeaten with New Zealand and hosts England on day one of the Emirates Airline London Sevens, which produced twists and turns throughout. [...]
Rugby faces struggle just to survive
The term ‘rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic’ means an exercise in futility; mucking about with minutiae while the main concern steams steadfastly towards destruction, as the Titanic famously did in 1912 when it hit an iceberg and sank. [...]
SANZAR think tank making progress
The expansion of Super Rugby is a step closer, after the Executive Committee of SANZAR (South Africa, New Zealand and Australian Rugby) held what they called “constructive and robust” discussions in Dubai on Wednesday. [...]
Impressive Sevens Boks down Scotland
The Springboks won their first match of the IRB Sevens World Series in Wellington this morning in impressive style when they beat Scotland 24-0 in a first round of pool matches where the top sides had to work hard for victory. [...]
Portugal & USA in George 7s quarter finals
Portugal pulled off three stunning victories against Kenya, Samoa and Wales on day one of the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens to reach the Cup quarter finals alongside the USA. [...]
