After two weeks of Super Rugby, we promised to keep tabs on how the Sharks were doing in terms of player management, with the goal being to avoid the situation where key players break down due to overuse – one of the factors that derailed the side in last year’s tournament. [...]
Posts tagged with: Bismarck du Plessis
The last man standing
Bismarck not out of the picture
Despite conceding that Bismarck du Plessis has, quote-unquote, “a number of minor issues with his body”, John Plumtree looks set to make a late call on whether to start the Bok hooker against the Chiefs on Saturday. [...]
Consistency and Defence will be Key
The Sharks will be looking for some consistency going into this weekend’s game against the log leading Chiefs, not only by playing a full 80 minutes of good rugby, but by gaining only their second consecutive victory of the season. The Chiefs will be a different prospect to what they have been in previous years. [...]
Coetzee, du Plessis in doubt for Chiefs
News from the Sharks camp this morning, courtesy of the Sharksrugby website, is that both Bismarck du Plessis and Marcell Coetzee are under an injury cloud ahead of Saturday’s crunch match against the Chiefs. [...]
Sharks bag 5 against Blues
The Sharks managed to beat the Blues in Auckland this morning, picking up a bonus point in the 29 – 23 victory. The Sharks scored two tries in each half, and were only behind for two minutes in a game in which two tries scored via intercepts and the fourth try was a lucky one indeed. [...]
Where is the logic?
The Sharks team announcement this week has lead me to think that there is something wrong within the Sharks camp, whether it be the coach or the management staff back home, but nobody seems to be effectively communicating with each other. [...]
Lambie back at 10 for Sharks
Bismarck du Plessis is the big injury casualty for the Sharks this week, but there’s good news for the fans as Pat Lambie, Tim Whitehead and Marcell Coetzee have all been named to start. [...]
Bismarck ruled out
After announcing yesterday that Bismarck du Plessis stood a good chance of being passed fit to face the Blues on Friday, the Sharks have done an abrupt about-turn and have summoned the Bok hooker home from tour. [...]
Whitehead, Coetzee in doubt
The Sharks website has this morning confirmed that centre Tim Whitehead and flank Marcell Coetzee are both in doubt ahead of Friday’s clash with the Blues in Auckland. [...]
Craig Burden: the ultimate team man?
As many of you will know, I famously (or is that infamously?) ran into Rudolf Straeuli in London last year. We had a pretty good chat about a number of things over a beer – and one of the things he asked me in particular has stuck in my head. [...]
Sharks change two for Canes
Craig Burden has been named to start at hooker for the Sharks against the Hurricanes on Friday, with Bismarck du Plessis, carrying an injury niggle after 6 full games in a row, benching in New Plymouth. [...]
A timely look
We have seen six rounds of Super Rugby action so far, and a lot has been mentioned about Sharks hooker Bismarck du Plessis playing every single minute of rugby so far in the six games that the Sharks have played. [...]
Sharks v Brumbies: by the numbers
It has recently come to our attention that a far more reliable source of Super Rugby match statistics is available on the net and as a result, we’re going to rather use those for our weekly statistical analysis of the Sharks going forward. Verusco is the official supplier of statistics to the Sharks and it makes sense for us to base our analysis off the same numbers that the team is using. [...]
Grudging respect is due
Sometimes in this job you have to write something that you really don’t want to – and I think today is one of those occasions for me; I need to pay my respects to the Stormers pack who, quite honestly, are playing pretty astounding rugby at the moment. [...]
Sharks player ratings v Brumbies
The Sharks recorded their first away win of the season on Saturday morning in beating the Brumbies 29-26. It was the first time a team in black and white has won in Canberra since the 1998 Super 12, while the try bonus point was just gravy. [...]
