Sharks coach John Plumtree has made it public knowledge that he will select his captain for the season next week sometime, and this got me thinking as to who the candidates could be. My 2 minute self debate ended quite simply with another year under Keegan Daniel. But then I had a few beers with a good mate of mine, and this is what we decided would be best for the Black and White. [...]
Posts tagged with: Captaincy.
Leading from the front
Unlucky break for Olivier
Bulls centre Wynand Olivier has suffered a further injury setback, breaking a small bone in his wrist this past weekend. [...]
Speaking of captaincy…
While we’re pretty quick to point fingers at the Bulls for appointing what many consider to be the wrong captain for their upcoming Super Rugby campaign, it occurs to me that our own beloved Sharks are also in something of an unclear position when it comes to leadership in 2012. [...]
Congrats Captain Keegan
Livewire loose forward ‘Red Hot’ Keegan Daniel has been confirmed as the Sharks’ captain for the upcoming Currie Cup campaign. [...]
Michalak starts at flyhalf for Sharks
In an anticipated change, French flyhalf Fred Michalak has been named to start for the Sharks at Loftus this weekend, with Pat Lambie replacing Louis Ludik in the number 15 jersey. [...]
Juan Smith to lead against BaaBaa’s
Vodacom Cheetahs flanker Juan Smith was on Sunday named as captain of the Springbok squad for Saturday’s season-ending finale against the Barbarians at Twickenham. [...]
Sharks in need of a new skipper?
Not wanting to jump the gun here, but I’m afraid I have some rather first-hand experience of the sort of injury picked up by Sharks captain Stefan Terblanche against the Lions this weekend. [...]
Sharks captaincy conundrum
The Sharks coaching team face an interesting challenge as they look to finalise the squad for the 2010 Currie Cup; with John Smit away on Springbok duty and Johann Muller on his way to Ireland, they will need to look elsewhere for a team captain. [...]
Habana, Matfield in Starting XV against Crusaders
World Cup-winning Springboks Victor Matfield and Bryan Habana returns to the Bulls team for their Super 14 crunchy match against the defending champion Crusaders in Christchurch on Friday. [...]
Captaincy is the big thing
There was a time not that long ago when conventional wisdom had it that the captain’s main role on the field was to talk to the referee and his biggest chore before kick-off was to be the man who called the players into the huddle and lead the chant of “manne, manne, hoi…” as they squeezed together. [...]
