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What’s that sound I hear? Sleigh bells? Somebody creeping down the chimney with a “ho ho ho”? Fat men in red suits handing out expensive gifts to complete strangers? Time to get that old Christmas list done, I reckon! [...]
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All I want for Christmas…
Prinsloo gets the call
Sharks coach John Plumtree has made the call to drop Stefan Terblanche to the bench for this weekend’s game against the Leopards at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg, and U21 fullback sensation Gouws Prinsloo has cracked the nod to start his first game at fullback. [...]
Sharks bulk up for Bulls
The Sharks team to face the Bulls at Loftus this weekend has been announced, and sees a few changes to the forward pack, as our psychic Rob Otto predicted. [...]
Lambie starts at centre
Pat Lambie will return to the inside centre position he last occupied during last year’s Currie Cup as the Sharks name an experienced side to take on Western Province at Newlands on Friday night. [...]
A timely injection? (Or unwanted disruption)
It’s three rounds into the 2011 Currie Cup and the Sharks are sitting pretty, having won all three of their games to date. More impressively, though, two of those games have been against fellow “top five” opposition, with a squad containing close to a dozen players who are playing their first full season of Currie Cup rugby. [...]
Junior team announcements delayed
The uncertainty surrounding the composition of the Sharks side for Saturday’s game against the Cheetahs is having a knock-on effect to the junior ranks, with neither Sean Everitt nor Ryan Strudwick able to confirm their lineups for this weekend’s crunch matches against the Free State Cheetahs. [...]
Player eligibility rules
22 Jun 11 10:12 by Richard Ferguson | Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 151 Comments
There has been some talk this week about player eligibility and the like, with the Sharks having to get special dispensation to play Freddie Michalak against the Crusaders this weekend, while the Sharks have allegedly been told they are not allowed to play Riaan Swanepoel. [...]
Sharks overcome Waratahs in tight affair
The Sharks overcame a spirited Waratahs team to take four points and keep their play-off hopes alive in a 26-21 win on Saturday night at Kings Park. The Sharks and the Waratahs both managed to score two tries, with the boot of Patrick Lambie bringing the Sharks home through 4 penalties and 2 conversions.
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Plumtree shows faith
John Plumtree has decided to finally drop Charl McLeod for the match against the Waratahs this weekend. Conrad Hoffmann will finally start a game in the scrumhalf position after playing all his games from the bench so far this season. [...]
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. [...]
Burden starts against Shark-laden Pumas
Craig Burden will take over in the number 2 jersey from Kyle Cooper as Sean Everitt names his Sharks XV side to play the Pumas at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Friday night. The home sides features a fair few players who have spent time on the fringes of the Sharks squad. [...]
If nothing changes, expect the same results
When I try to define leadership, I can only do it in one way, inspiration. [...]
Positives from the season so far
It’s always easier to write this kind of piece after your team has started the season well and has won two from two and lies second on the overall log and at the top of your conference than it would’ve been last year when nothing seemed to go right. [...]
Sharks touring squad named
Sharks coach John Plumtree has named his touring squad of 25 players. [...]
Smit likely to start at loosehead
The Sharks recorded their first win in last year’s Super 14 – after five consecutive losses – when they moved captain John Smit to loosehead prop for their game against the Highlanders. John Plumtree looks set to repeat that switch a fair bit earlier in the season, when he names his side to face the Cheetahs. [...]