The Sharks have named their side to face the Lions at Ellis Park on Friday evening, with Louis Ludik set to feature in midfield in a surprising experiment. [...]
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Experimental Sharks to face Lions
Battered, bruised, broken – Injuries bite the Sharks
While Friday night’s victory over the Crusaders was hugely significant for the Sharks – and has allowed them to further cement their position atop the South African conference – the stresses and strains of the Super Rugby tournament’s opening stanza have taken their toll, with two fresh injury concerns from that match adding to an already alarming roster of unavailable players. [...]
Chadwick to miss first few weeks
News from the Sharks camp this morning is not so positive, with reports that Dale Chadwick has broken his foot. The Sharks twitter feed reports that the prop will be out for 4 to 6 weeks with a stress fracture. [...]
Sharksworld Awards
In line with SARU hosting their awards dinner tomorrow night, I feel we have to reward our very own Sharks players for what they have achieved during the season. [...]
Continuity over experience for Sharks
Willem Alberts, Best Mtawarira and Craig Burden have all been named on the bench as the Sharks prepare for their Currie Cup semi-final against the Blue Bulls. [...]
Sharks v Bulls – by the numbers
Let’s have a look at the match stats coming out of the Sharks’ Friday-night gala, I mean rugby match – against the Blue Bulls. All numbers, as always, are from Verusco. [...]
Mistakes cost Sharks in Joburg
John Plumtree must have been a frustrated man, after seeing his Sharks side squander a 16-6 half-time lead to go down 22-28 against the Lions at Coca-Cola Park last night. [...]
Sharks v Cheetahs: by the numbers
Let’s have a look at the match statistics from the Sharks’ Currie Cup triumph over the Cheetahs this weekend, courtesy of our friends at Verusco. [...]
Keegan back for the Sharks
The Sharks team to face the Cheetahs at Mr Price Kings Park this Saturday has been announced, with the confirmed release of Keegan Daniel from Springbok duty, and Daniel duly taking up a starting role in the Sharks’ Currie Cup campaign. [...]
Sharks player ratings v Blue Bulls
The Sharks suffered their first defeat of the Currie Cup season on Saturday, losing to the Bulls by 11 points at Loftus. In a highly entertaining game, it was the Sharks who emerged with a 4-try bonus point, adding just a little bit of consolation to an otherwise disappointing performance. Let’s rate the players concerned. [...]
Cheetahs to face Sharks without Nyakane
It seems that thumb injuries were the order of the day on Saturday, as Beeld reports that Siya Kolisis wasn’t the only player to break his during the third round of Currie Cup action. [...]
Sharks report casualties ahead of trip down under
The Sharks unfortunately suffered some injury blows during Saturday’s win over the Cheetahs and departed for Brisbane yesterday with a few key men not on the plane. [...]
Mtembu’s big break beckons
While much of the attention in tonight’s exhibition game at Kings Park will rightly be focused on John Smit and the plethora of past masters of the game that he has brought with him, there are one or two youngsters in the Sharks team that will face them with a great opportunity to show their wares to the Durban faithful. [...]
Sharks aplenty at the Riverside tonight
Sharks fans desperate to see some of their heroes in action this week would do well to get down to the Riverside Sports Centre tonight, where the top two teams in this year’s Moor Cup, Varsity College Old Boys and Jonsson College Rovers, will clash at 8pm. [...]
Demands? Expectations? Results!
With a 50% win record and only 6 games to go in the season, the Sharks are fighting to stay alive in 2012 and they know it. “From here every game is like a final, that pressure is on us” says Plumtree, and with a record [...]






