While many teams would be floored by a serious injury to their second-choice flyhalf just weeks after their first-choice had been ruled out for the year, for the Sharks, Saturday’s unfortunate injury to Fred Zeilinga open up a number of options for the coaching staff, most of which are rather enticing indeed. [...]
Posts tagged with: Fred Zeilinga
Silver linings to Sharks injury cloud
14 Apr 14 12:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 54 Comments
Sharks take points in Ellis Park scrap
12 Apr 14 21:05 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 24 Comments
A late Lwazi Mvovo try has sealed a 25-12 win for the Cell C Sharks over the Lions at Ellis Park. [...]
Sharks unchanged for Lions
10 Apr 14 08:14 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 50 Comments
The Sharks team to face the Lions has been announced, with no changes being made to the starting fifteen. [...]
Jordaan back in Sharks mix
8 Apr 14 09:42 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 111 Comments
The Sharks have confirmed, via their official website, that center Paul Jordaan is fit for selection this week. [...]
Sharks send dirty Tahs packing
29 Mar 14 19:20 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 77 Comments
Fred Zeilinga and the Sharks have made the Waratahs pay for an ill-disciplined performance in Durban tonight, with the young flyhalf kicking 19 points in a big 32-10 win for the home side. [...]
Sharks mix it up for Waratahs
27 Mar 14 09:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 88 Comments
The Sharks coaching staff have opted to make rather widespread changes to the match 23 that will face the Waratahs this weekend, with injury cutting a swathe through the team that narrowly went down at Loftus last week. While the new men brought in are probably not too surprising, it’s a pair of positional switches to the team that will have the tongues wagging most. [...]
Oh hindsight, you wonderful thing!
25 Mar 14 11:41 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 78 Comments
With the benefit of knowing exactly what ended up happening, I reckon the Sharks possibly didn’t get their selection for Loftus quite right; in fact, what unfolded there in an all-too-dramatic-for-my-liking 15 minute period exposed a number of questions about succession planning within our squad. [...]
Lambie, Reinach ruled out
24 Mar 14 10:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
This news will come as no great surprise to Sharks fans, but is concerning all the same. Patrick Lambie and Cobus Reinach will both miss a month or more of Super Rugby action after sustaining serious injuries at Loftus this past weekend. [...]
Sharks XV prevail in Bloem thriller
21 Mar 14 16:49 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
Fred Zeilinga has nailed a 78th minute penalty to hand the Cell C Sharks XV a narrow 23-22 victory over the Free State XV in this afternoon’s Vodacom Cup clash in Bloemfontein. [...]
Job almost done for Sharks XV
17 Mar 14 11:32 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
It was a case of same again for the Cell C Sharks XV, as they overcame a slow and error-strewn first-half performance to comfortably beat a young Western Province XV in Saturday’s Vodacom Cup match in Durban. The fact that the side failed to register a four-try bonus in a 25-7 win is the only blemish on a job otherwise well done. [...]
Daniel returns for Sharks XV
13 Mar 14 16:33 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 19 Comments
Monde Hadebe takes over the reigns for the Cell C Sharks XV this weekend as they prepare to face Western Province in the Vodacom Cup this weekend. [...]
Sharks XV do the business
10 Mar 14 11:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments
It may have taken them a half to get going, but Deon Kayser’s Sharks XV got their Vodacom Cup campaign off to a great start in East London on Friday night, scoring a 46-24, bonus point win over the Border Bulldogs. [...]
Strong Sharks XV named for opener
6 Mar 14 14:17 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 34 Comments
The Sharks XV get their Vodacom Cup campaign underway in East London tomorrow night, when they face the Border Bulldogs at 7pm. New coach Deon Kayser has named a formidable side packed with experience for the encounter. [...]
Sharks XV in action this weekend
5 Mar 14 10:35 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
It’s crept up on us a little bit, but the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition will finally kick off on Friday. [...]
Five new Sharks welcomed to Super fold
17 Feb 14 09:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
Five players were officially welcomed to Super Rugby by the Sharks after Saturday’s match against the Bulls (even though one of them didn’t actually play on the day). [...]