The Cell C Sharks relied on a strong forward showing and the goal-kicking boot of Frans Steyn to edge a plucky Highlanders outfit at Kings Park yesterday, thus setting up a Vodacom Super Rugby semi-final clash against the Crusaders in Christchurch. Each side scored three tries in a 31-27 win for the home side. [...]
Posts tagged with: Frans Steyn
Sharks dig deep to secure semi-final berth
20 Jul 14 17:50 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 26 Comments
Sharks player ratings v Stormers
14 Jul 14 09:35 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 58 Comments
Let’s have a look at how the individuals did in a great team chowing against the Stormers! [...]
Awesome Sharks roll Stormers in style
12 Jul 14 21:16 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 134 Comments
The Sharks have beaten the Stormers at Newlands by 34 points to 10 in Super Rugby, the biggest home reversal to be suffered by the Cape side in seven seasons. [...]
Steyn back at flyhalf for Cape clash
10 Jul 14 10:02 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 88 Comments
Cell C Sharks Director of Rugby Jake White has re-entrusted Bok Frans Steyn with the all-important number 10 jersey for Saturday’s Super Rugby clash against the DHL Stormers in Cape Town. [...]
Front row woes for Sharks
9 Jul 14 09:31 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 65 Comments
Beast Mtawarira has confirmed via Twitter that while his neck injury is not as serious as at first feared, he’s still in no danger whatsoever of being picked for the Cell C Sharks this weekend. [...]
Congrats, Tollie!
13 Jun 14 12:50 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 41 Comments
A quick one to confirm that Cell C Sharks centre Paul Jordaan has been called up to join the Springbok squad, after both Frans Steyn and Juan de Jongh have been withdrawn for various reasons. [...]
The Steyn double standard
12 Jun 14 07:14 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 147 Comments
So information – facts, rumorus, whispers, call them what you like – is starting to filter thrugh and it seems pretty clear that Frans Steyn is pissed off with SARU over one major reason. Money. Filthy lucre. His daily crust. [...]
Three more 10s gone
12 Jun 14 07:01 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments
Consolidating a few more news stories that have surfaced over the last few days, it appears that South Africa’s local flyhalf pool has been diminished even further as three more Bok-capped pivots head overseas. [...]
Frans quits Bok squad
10 Jun 14 19:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 98 Comments
Cell C Sharks centre Frans Steyn has been released from the Springbok training squad – at his own request. [...]
Exhausted Sharks slip up
2 Jun 14 09:29 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 66 Comments
The Cell C Sharks’ surge towards the Vodacom Super Rugby knock-outs suffered an unfortunate setback, when an injury time drop goal from Stormers fullback Jaco Taute consigned them to an agonising 19-21 defeat at Kings Park on Saturday. [...]
Settle Down
29 May 14 10:36 by Martin van Niekerk (vanmartin) | 34 Comments
I’ve been trying to get this article out since our loss to the Brumbies but circumstances have conspired against me. A fair amount of water has passed under the bridge since that game but it has in the process confirmed a few of my own suspicions regarding what the Sharks have been missing during their midseason malaise. It’s by no means the only contributing factor but I’d like to focus on this particular facet because it is so often overlooked. [...]
Frans’s knees an ongoing saga
28 May 14 09:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 44 Comments
I wonder if we’re set for a Mexican standoff of sorts when it comes to Frans Steyn… [...]
Sharks looking good ahead of derby
27 May 14 09:45 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 33 Comments
While much is being made of the fact that Frans Steyn was one of a number of players to sit out training during day 1 of the Springbok camp, Jake White seemingly doesn’t share the pessimism around the state of his knees. [...]
Super Sharks win again
23 May 14 11:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 84 Comments
The Cell C Sharks have extended their lead at the top of the Vodacom Super Rugby table by beating the Blues 29-23 in North Harbour. [...]
S’bura’s Bok nod
19 May 14 11:28 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 62 Comments
Cell C Sharks centre S’bura Sithole has been rewarded for a great Super Rugby campaign to date by being included in Bok coach Heyneke Meyer’s 36-man squad, for a training camp to be held in Durban later this month. [...]
