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While a number of definite starters have been left out of the pack for tonight’s Sharks trial match, the composition of the “probables” backline should be pretty close to the same unit that will line up against the Bulls in three weeks time – unless, that is, a stand out performance or two from within the “possibles” forces the coach’s hand. [...]
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Strong probables side reveals Sharks thinking
All to play for on Friday night – Part 1
John Plumtree will put his extended squad through their paces on Friday night as they play in a do-or-die trial match set to have a profound impact on the make up of this year’s final Super Rugby group. The match will comprise four 20-minute chukkas and with the squad set to be whittled down to just 28 ahead of next weekend’s warmup against Boland, a number of fringe players will have at most 40 minutes in which to impress. [...]
Van Staden lost to Sharks (for good)?
Credible reports coming out of both Durban and South-West France suggest that versatile prop Eugene van Staden will shortly be released from his Sharks contract, in order that he may join Biarritz Olympique permanently. [...]
Late start for de Klerk
The man with no first name, Bulls prop Rossouw de Klerk, has opted to avoid a first-round Super Rugby meeting with the Sharks by injuring his foot! [...]
Stormers prop comes out of retirement
27-year-old Stormers prop Schalk Ferreira, who gave up on the game two years ago after a serious neck injury, has been cleared to return to rugby. [...]
Sharks named for semi
Sharks coach John Plumtree has included all of his available Springboks for this weekend’s semi-final clash against the Cheetahs. [...]
Big win not without cost
While the Sharks will feel that they accomplished their primary goal of scoring a bonus-point win against the Lions – and assuring a fifth-successive Currie Cup home semi-final in the process – the secondary goal of coming through the match unscathed was not to be. [...]
Bulls rope in Pumas prop
14 Oct 11 13:22 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Currie Cup, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Super Rugby | 20 Comments
27 year old Pumas prop Dawie Steyn has signed a two year contract with the Blue Bulls, returning to his city of birth to run out in the blue of the Bulls for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. [...]
Sharks scrum apparently a weakness
It’s not often than I read things in the press that have me, quite literally speechless, but now and again, it does happen… [...]
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. [...]
The big release, and why?
2 Aug 11 12:16 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, RWC 2011, Sharks, Tri Nations, WP | 2 Comments
News broke yesterday that 23 players that have been included in the Tri Nations away leg and in the preliminary Springbok World Cup squad, have been released to their respective unions and can expect to get some game time in the Currie Cup this weekend. [...]
Blue Bulls bolster bench
Bulls coach Pine Pienaar will no doubt be ruing the lack of options at his disposal, as he names an unchanged starting fifteen for his side’s second Currie Cup clash of the season, against the Cheetahs at Loftus. [...]
Otago’s very own South African captain gets them home
In the opening match of the ITM season, Otago’s South African captain scored a brace of tries in leading from the front and getting the home side a well-earned 46-29 victory at Carisbrook against North Harbour. [...]
Looking at the Sharks’ Currie Cup squad
The question on everybody’s lips at the moment seems to be something along the lines of “where is the Sharks Currie Cup squad”. Fact is, that we probably know what it looks like already… but let’s take a closer look. [...]
You moved – Dangerous play!
I’ve seen a lot of funny things, but the look on the entire Sharks’ front row’s faces when Bryce Lawrence uttered those four words was priceless, and possibly the death knell for a team that was skating on a thin line between drive to win and jet-lag induced exhaustion.
