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The Sharks Super Rugby training squad returns from their two-week Christmas break today and are set to resume training at Mr Price Kings Park this morning. [...]
Posts tagged with: coaching staff
Sharks back in training
Time for the prodigal son to return?
The papers are today abuzz with talk about the future of the Bok coaching job, with the Cape press having uncovered a source prepared to reveal that Allister Coetzee is the frontrunner for the job, with Rassie Erasmus also lined up for a senior role with SARU. [...]
Can we PLEASE stop the excuses?
I’m not sure whether to view the latest round of excuses coming out of Durban with mirth, or disdain, although I’m tending towards the latter. I’m referring, of course, to John Plumtree’s post-Final utterances about how difficult it was to re-integrate the returning Springboks into his side and that there wasn’t enough time to do so successfully… and so on. [...]
Plum reads the riot act… again
Another week and another bunch of pithy quotes from John Plumtree about how his players simply aren’t stepping up and need to find their way or risk giving up the trophy that they won in such great style last year. [...]
Spots still for grabs in All Blacks top starting XV
NZPA reports with four tests to go before the All Blacks kickoff the rugby World Cup against Tonga the team’s selectors have yet to make up their minds about what 15 players constitute their best lineup. [...]
The Utopian Ideal
With the Currie Cup looming, and the bitter taste from the Super 15 still lingering like the memory of a surprise SARS audit, I decided to, in the spirit of scientific enquiry, revisit the parallel world (henceforth referred to as Utopia) I encountered a few weeks ago* to see what the alternative Sharks were up to. I must say, even though I knew it had worked before, I don’t mind telling you that it was with some trepidation that I stood once again on the brink of the vat of liquid lysergic acid diethylamide, plugged-in toaster clutched tightly to my chest, preparing to jump… But, as you can see from the fact that you’re reading this article, I escaped the ordeal more or les unscathed bar for some distortion and a certain brightness of colour affecting my peripheral vision. The necessary price to pay in the pursuit of knowledge, I guess. [...]
Squad management
Watching Willem Alberts in action against the Cheetahs on Saturday, it struck me that there were none of his trademark bullocking runs requiring 3-4 tacklers to halt his charge, none of the massive defensive hits which characterise his game when on song.
It was abundantly clear that this wasn’t the same hulk of a player that had terrorised opposition defences since he joined the Sharks. [...]
Plumtree plays it safe
The Sharks are certainly feeling the effects of the total onslaught they faced from the Stormers last week, if the team selection for this week’s outing against the Brumbies is anything to go by. While the run-on fifteen shows a number of changes to the unit that went to Cape Town, one feels that the coaching staff have been more concerned with finding a fit pack of forwards than with fixing a backline combination that looked most out of sorts at Newlands. [...]
Give up, already… we’re kak!
Bash: Informal. Verb [with object]: strike hard and violently; to fiercely criticize or oppose [see www.sharksworld.co.za] [...]
Its all happening at Griquas
2 Feb 11 09:28 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Vodacom Cup | 10 Comments
Griquas might not have won anything for a few years now, but we cannot afford to rule them out of Vodacom Cup glory this year as they have done some interesting back office recruiting. [...]
A fresh approach is needed
Listening to the Bok coaching team talking about how they intend to abandon the kick-chase game-plan in favour of a more ball-in-hand approach reminds me a little of someone wanting to escape a bad relationship. It’s always a case of “yes – I’m definitely leaving! This can’t go on another day!” and yet somehow, nothing ever seems to change; a reason is always found to stay. [...]
Tribute to the Champions
With the Currie cup final victory having had a week to sink in, Sharks fans have a lot of players to thank for their outstanding commitment, team spirit and great rugby that the Sharks squad provided us with. [...]
Sharks player ratings: Currie Cup Final
Well, it’s taken a few days for the magical result to sink in, but having thought about it, I need to do due diligence here and cannot simply give every single Sharks player 15 out of 10, as I’d intended to. Herewith the belated (and inflated) player ratings for the Currie Cup Final. [...]
Substitution confusion
How’s that for a rhyming Keo-style headline? Ok, so I digress, but what was with the Sharks’ substitutions against the Bulls this weekend? [...]
What went wrong?
It is time for some serious introspection in the Springbok camp and not just the players, the coaching staff as well. [...]
