Jake White, the former Springbok World Cup Winning coach, has made it clear that he thinks John Smit should retire. The Springboks are a mere nine months away from defending their title in New Zealand. [...]
Posts tagged with: Leadership
Smit left with difficult decision
The changing of the guard
After the retirement of Gary Teichmann and various other senior Sharks players, as well as legendary coach Ian McIntosh, the Sharks went through a season of disappointment as the team failed to adjust to life without the old stalwarts and ultimately slumped to bottom of the Super 12 table. While the form of the Sharks has improved somewhat since then it seems that there will be a new, if less dramatic, changing of the guard in the leadership of the Sharks. [...]
Everitt keeps his options open
Sean Everitt and the rest of the Sharks XV coaches are currently putting a pretty large squad of players through their paces to try and determine which of those guys will give the union the best chance of bringing the Vodacom Cup trophy to the Shark Tank this season. There are currently around 40 players in the wider training squad, but this will be cut down to a more manageable size closer to the start of the season. [...]
More questions than answers
So the question on everyone’s lips at the moment, I guess, is bound to be “have the Boks turned the corner?”, after a gutsy win against England that was as impressive as it was convincing. The “fire Peter de Villiers” brigade got exactly what they didn’t want this weekend, with a tour return of 3 from 4 seemingly enough to guarantee the Bok coach his tenure until the 2011 World Cup. [...]
Boks fresh out of ideas
The icy wind that blew through Murrayfield Stadium yesterday afternoon – brigning with it lashings of rain that drowned out any hopes of a Springbok victory – may just prove to be the early pre-cursor to the winds of change that must now, surely, bring new life and new direction to the embattled South African side. [...]
Tribute to the Champions
With the Currie cup final victory having had a week to sink in, Sharks fans have a lot of players to thank for their outstanding commitment, team spirit and great rugby that the Sharks squad provided us with. [...]
Boks squad for EOYT named
The selectors on Saturday named six uncapped players in a Springbok squad of 30 for their five-match tour of Britain and Ireland next month. [...]
Plumtree: Daniel will be captain
In an interview with the Sharks website, coach John Plumtree has confirmed that loose forward Keegan Daniel will take up the captaincy reigns against the Leopards on Friday night. [...]
Sharks player ratings v Blue Bulls
Well, after seven rounds of good ratings, I’m afraid we need to come back down to earth with a bump here. Bear in mind that I have intentionally not looked at the match statistics before compiling these ratings, since they’re meant to be subjective. A detailed statistical analysis will follow later, as always. [...]
PdV set for SARU grilling.
Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers faces world criticism and SA Rugby has confirmed that he is to be grilled by a review panel on the Boks’ trio of humiliating defeats against New Zealand and Australia. [...]
Sharks player ratings
Let’s have a look at how each of the guys in the Sharks 22 did against Griquas on Saturday. Let me know the extent to which you agree with these ratings. [...]
Time to haul out the flags
The Sharks take on Griquas in a vital opening Currie Cup fixture down in Kimberley this weekend. While there’s been some unhappiness about certain of the squad selections, I think it’s time to put all of that behind us now and get 100% behind our team. [...]
Kockott needs a happy return
Heading down to the freezing wasteland of Nigel to play a compulsory friendly match against a club side is hardly the way most Durban lads would choose to spend their 24th birthday. For Rory Kockott, though, the tables will be somewhat turned as he aims to give both his teammates and fans a present of his own – a return to his best form. [...]
Smit expected to sit out next test
With Chilliboy Ralepelle finally enjoying an extended run at hooker in a test match (and making a pretty good fist of it too), the door has opened somewhat for Peter de Villiers to give the youngster a meaningful test start against Italy this weekend. [...]
Lambie named at the back
John Plumtree has named a considerably stronger side to face the Stormers than the one that went down 26-0 to the Western Force on Tuesday night. In defiance of SARU and the Lions, Willem Alberts will start in the number 8 jersey. [...]
