The World Cup is now but a memory, and (rather predictably, some might say), the Bokke have failed to scale the lofty heights that is generally expected of them. As is the norm, in the aftermath of the tournament there has been a deluge of articles (celebrating the magnificence of the All Blacks, bemoaning the decline of the Bokke, applauding the development of the Tier 2 nations, assessing the state of the game, and of course, revelling in England’s embarrassingly early exit), but these have been steadily tapering off, and now we, the fans are faced with the rugby doldrums; that dreary time between November and February when there are no games on the calendar, nothing to discuss, and we, the fans, are expected to get our fix from roundball, cricket and golf (ugh). [...]
Posts tagged with: Butch James
Last Exit to Bronkhorstspruit Vol. 5: So Who’s the (Im)perfect 10?
April Fools! – Smit to start pro cycling team
Sharksworld can exclusively confirm that Sharks CEO, John Smit, will leave his position with the team in order to start a brand new professional cycling team. The new team will be named “The Old Boys Club” and will start competing locally before turning their attention to trying to conquer the international cycling circuit. [...]
Macleod-Henderson takes Currie Cup reins
The Cell C Sharks have made an early announcement regarding coaching structures for the remainder of the year, with Brad Macleod-Henderson installed as Head Coach for the Currie Cup campaign, under the direction of Director of Rugby Jake White. [...]
Impi warm-up match open to public
We’ve received an email from John Mitchell, new Director of Rugby at UKZN, about a probables versus possibles match in Maritzburg this evening. [...]
Coaching role for James
Butch James has been announced as the backline and kicking coach for the UKZN Impi Varsity Shield side, working alongside new Director of Rugby John Mitchell for the duration of the campaign. [...]
Sharks to face the Goose
Johan Goosen is set to play at least 40 minutes in the semi-final clash between the Sharks and the Cheetahs this weekend. [...]
Sharks win ugly against 16
The Sharks have overcome a spirited Bulls team – and a rather on-sided refereeing performance – to record an 18–16 win at Loftus, despite being reduced to 14 men for 20 minutes of the contest. [...]
Sharks win the scoreboard contest
On a day when there were few winners to be seen – with the beautiful game of rugby certainly not among them – the Sharks took an unlikely four log points off Griquas on Saturday afternoon to emerge 25-24 victors. [...]
Sharks have many points to prove
As a team that likes to talk about the “process” they are going through, as they become familiar with a new way of playing under a new coaching team, the Sharks seem to be looking for incremental improvements week on week, rather than attempting to create the “perfect performance” right from the get go. This weekend, against Griquas, there will need to be several such improvements evident if they hope to emerge with the log points they need. [...]
Du Toit returns for Sharks
Pieter-Steph du Toit returns to the Sharks starting lineup to face Griquas this weekend. [...]
Get to know your team – Butch James
Andrew David James was born on the 8th January 1979 in Johannesburg but has been known as ‘Butch’ ever since his grandmother gave him the nickname when he was still an infant. [...]
Whitehead back for the Sharks
Tim Whitehead will make his long awaited return to the Sharks line-up this weekend, forcing the youngster Heimar Williams out of the match 22 altogether. [...]
Changes for Sharks as well
While on the subject of changes, we are likely to see the Sharks make a few for their encounter with Western Province this weekend. [...]
Sharks v Cheetahs – looking at the squad
Let’s do a little run-down of the Sharks match 22 named to play the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday evening. [...]
Marais try seals Sharks win
SP Marais has scored an intercept try to seal a 33-25 win for the Sharks over the Lions at Kings Park. [...]
