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A fair few comments have been made since David Campese and Dick Muir were spotted at the Sharks trial match last night. [...]
Posts tagged with: Coaching
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My 2012 Sharks Wish-List
30 Jan 12 13:58 by Culling Song | Original Content, Reader Submissions, Sharks, Super Rugby | 23 Comments
With the 2012 installment of Super Rugby rapidly approaching, I’ve been feeling myself filled with a sense of optimism over this year’s Sharks squad; settled and stable (some important contract extensions have been put to bed), talented, with depth across the park and a decent blend of youth and experience… on the face of it, it seems like a group who could possibly go all the way. [...]
SA rugby world tying itself in knots
I’ve tried to sit back a little over the last few days and watch (and chuckle) as the local rugby media, both professional and amateur, has whipped itself into a right froth about the upcoming Bok coaching appointment. [...]
Erasmus linked to Bok role
Weekend newspaper speculation has linked Rassie Erasmus to a permanent technical advisor role with the Springboks, suggesting that the former WP director of rugby will be roped in as a key assistant to the new Bok coach when he is named on 27 January. [...]
All Blacks get a little Mmmm-Bop
In a development unlikely to really surprise anyone, hot favourite Steve Hansen has been appointed to succeed Graham Henry as head coach of the World Champion All Blacks. [...]
Matfield to wear two hats
Recently-retired Bok lock Victor Matfield has signed on with the Bulls as a lineout consultant for the 2012 Super Rugby campaign, in addition to his other new role as Supersport rugby analyst next year. [...]
Bok coach to be directly appointed
SARU have announced that they will forego the very public process of formal applications for the Bok coaching job, opting to rather assemble a (presumably non-public) short-list of candidates, whom they will approach individually. [...]
The forwards get the ball – the backs score the tries
So often in today’s complicated modern world, we allow ourselves to become weighed down – swamped – by complexity. Everything, it seems, is really complicated and the more complicated it gets, the more difficult it is to see clearly and figure out exactly what we’re trying to do. Fortunately, though, rugby is not really such a complicated game, or at least doesn’t need to be all that complicated. [...]
Drotske and Vogt win October awards
In what must seem a little like winning a consolation prize in both cases, Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske and Griqquas fullback Rudi Vogt have been named Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month respectively for October. [...]
Stating the obvious
A lot has been said about Western Province and the blooding of their juniors, with coach Allister Coetzee quoted as saying that at least fifteen U21 players getting game time in the senior team this season so far. Although most of those players only got their opportunity due to crippling injuries, it can still be seen as a succesful exercise. [...]
The Springbok “Game plan”
A lot has been said about the Springbok game plan. Some have said they don’t have one, others have said it’s obsolete and belongs in a museum with some of the senior players and an old Model-T ford.
It’s time to become brave again
The biggest gift we can give our kids or the next generation of sports men and women, is to remove the fear of failure from their minds. [...]
The coaching conundrum
15 Jun 11 14:22 by Pablo Dinero | Original Content, Reader Submissions, Sharks, Super Rugby | 43 Comments
Firstly, let me start of by stating that I am a big fan of John Plumtree’s. Firstly when he was a player for the sharks in the 90s, then as an assistant to Dick Muir and more recently as head coach of the Sharks. [...]
The Springboks – Post RWC 2011 – The coach
The second in a series of articles focussing on the Springboks post RWC 2011 deals with probably the thorniest of all posts to be filled.
THE COACH [...]
Plumtree ups the ante
Sharks coach John Plumtree has increased the pressure on his side ahead of this weekend’s must-win derby against the Lions by admitting in the media that the team are not currently playing well enough to progress in the Super Rugby competition. [...]
