The Blue Bulls have been hit with a late change ahead of this weekend’s away Currie Cup game against the Leopards. [...]
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Late change for Bulls
Bulls lose Kruger
The Blue Bulls, who will want to build on their first really good win of the season last week (they beat Griquas by 24 points at Loftus), will head to Phokeng take on the Leopards with a largely unchanged side this week. [...]
Huge win for Sharks under 21s
The Sharks under 21 team scored 11 tries on their way to a 71-17 win against their Leopards counterparts on Friday evening. Although the possibility of defeat was not a consideration coming into this home game, the magnitude of the final score was somewhat of a surprise given the fact that the Leopards often produce very competitive teams at junior level. [...]
Sharks under 19s lose, but only just
The Sharks under 19 team was involved in a battle royale at Mr Price Kings Park on Friday afternoon. From as early as the 3rd minute, they fell behind and spent the rest of the match trying to play catch-up, a task that was nearly completed after the final hooter. However it was not to be their day and they went down by a heartbreaking point, losing 22-21. [...]
Sharks player ratings v Leopards
In a home game against supposedly weaker opposition, the Sharks were supposed to romp home with an easy bonus-point win on Friday night. A combination of dogged defence from the visitors and lacklustre play from the hosts, though, saw the latter limp to an unconvincing 23-3 victory, with only three tries scored. Let’s rate the individuals involved. [...]
Sharks win scrappy affair
19 Aug 11 21:00 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks | 17 Comments
The Sharks took on the Leopards at Mr Price Kings Park on Friday night, and came away with a scrappy 23 – 3 victory, scoring three tries to nil, after leading 6 -0 at half time. The Sharks will leave the game disappointed in not being able to convert their chances, with their discipline letting them down at key stages in the game. [...]
CC Game 23 – Sharks (23) vs (3) Leopards F/T
19 Aug 11 17:30 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, In the news, Other SA Teams, Sharks | 134 Comments
The third of three games this Friday night, and unfortunately the only game not to be televised this weekend is the Sharks facing the Leopards at Kings Park. Even though it is seen to be a minnow game, the Sharks are never able to put the smaller teams away and it should turn out to be yet another close encounter (like all other Sharks matches). [...]
Keeping the focus
One of the things that John Plumtree would have drummed into his players this past week would have been the importance of not being complacent this coming Friday. The Sharks simply have to be focused on the immediate task at hand on Friday night. [...]
MVP gets light week to recover
15 Aug 11 17:37 by Richard Ferguson | Currie Cup, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks | 19 Comments
The Sharks’ most valuable player this season, and one of the most influential players in the tournament so far, Fred Michalak, will be given a light week ahead of the Sharks’ clash with the Leopards, after the French flyhalf injured his hamstring in the game against Western Province last Friday. [...]
Currie Cup Round 5: Preview and Predictions
11 Aug 11 09:36 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, In the news, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks, WP | 36 Comments
ABSA Currie Cup round 5 is upon us, and with a multitude of close encounters expected for this weekend, let’s see how the teams line up, and where do we think the teams will pull through. Last weekend was an absolute abortion as not one team that I thought would win, actually pitched up on the day, so you can all imagine the bloodbath of a SuperBru weekend I had!
The horse becomes a lazy horse
Apologies for the awful title, but former Rovers flyhalf Wes “Horse” Dunlop looks set to make his Currie Cup debut at last – for none other than the Leopards! [...]
CC Game 6 – Leopards (9) vs Western Province (47) F/T
Western Province travel to the face the Leopards on a cold Friday night, with both teams starting the Currie Cup on low notes after a bad loss for the Leopards against the Cheeahs and Western Province drawing their opening fixture with Griquas. [...]
Preview and Predictions – Round 1
14 Jul 11 09:24 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, WP | 13 Comments
It’s the first round of the 2011 ABSA Currie Cup competition and it is time to look at the teams and see if we can predict which way the games will be going. [...]
Cheetahs team to face Leopards
The Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has named a solid line up to take on the Leopards in the opening round of the Currie Cup this weekend, with Andries Strauss being selected as captain in the absence of Adriaan Strauss. [...]
Boshoff takes a stand
No-nonsense new Leopards coach Leon Boshoff has taken a stand is imposing a booze-ban on his players. While many will raise an eyebrow at this development (especially coming hot on the heels of Pine Pienaar’s somewhat out-of-context quotes about Bulls players and Twitter) I find myself admiring the new coach for having the balls to take a hard line in this regard. [...]
