Former Sharks age-group scrumhalf Tian Meyer has been called up as cover to the Lions Super Rugby squad, after injury looks to have ruled out two of their off-season acquisitions. [...]
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Meyer joins the Lions
Stormers team to face Lions
The DHL Stormers team to face the Lions in the DHL Pre-Season Series on Friday night has been announced, with Schalk Burger captaining the side from the 6 jersey. The team sees quite a few changes from the one that faced Boland in the friendly last week. [...]
André Pretorius returns
Former Springbok flyhalf André Pretorius has returned to South Africa, and has been snapped up by the newly relegated Leopards team, and has already started training with the Potch-based outfit. [...]
Stormers to pick strong side for Lions
The Neo Africa Tri Series may be no more, but that won’t stop the Stormers from going all out to secure victory in their hastily-rebranded warm up fixture against the Lions on Friday night. [...]
Tri-Series scrapped
18 Jan 12 10:38 by Clayton(PJLD) | Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Stormers, Super Rugby | 32 Comments
Shortly after the Sharks withdrew from the annual Neo Africa Tri Series held at Newlands Neo Africa themselves have withdrawn as the title sponsor of the pre-season tournament. [...]
So there’s actually rugby news out there
16 Jan 12 09:28 by Clayton(PJLD) | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Springboks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 19 Comments
It seems that the dreaded off season is drawing to a close and we are finally starting to get rugby news that we actually care about. Cricket commentary will dominate these pages for another 1 or 2 days at most but it won’t be long before normal service resumes. [...]
Reece explains Tri-Series withdrawal
In a recent interview with John Bishop of The Witness, Sharks assistant coach Hugh Reece-Edwards has confirmed that the side will not take part in the annual Neo Africa Tri-Series warm-up competition at Newlands later this month. [...]
Is Steyn’s agent at it again?
We all know the feelings that were aired and accusations that were made against Francois Steyn’s agent Gerrie Swart when Steyn left the Sharks and when Steyn withdrew from the Springbok match against Wales in 2010. Well from reading recent news items it seems, to me anyway, as if Swart is not out to make himself any new friends. [...]
What’s going down in Jozi town?
A rumour that we’ve been tracking for a while seems like it may just have come to a head. Have the Golden Lions finally (and terminally) run out of money? [...]
From Castle to Ellis…..
That is shorthand for ”from Newcastle to Ellis(Coke)park courtesy of Sharksworld”… [...]
Doing the Final – Bosveld Style
It’s been needed for a while. It has been a long year. Career wise, family wise, rugby wise and life wise. So when my husband asked me a few weeks back: “when do we have an ‘off’ weekend, we need to get away for the weekend?” I jumped with both arms and feet into the opportunity. [...]
Let the soul-searching begin
Saturday morning was spent with me driving up to Joburg with 6 people – all rugby fans but more importantly they were Sharks rugby fans. I could feel the excitement brewing on eager faces. [...]
Looking back to the last final
Let’s get the juices flowing by having a look at the last Currie Cup Final between the Lions and the Sharks in Johannesburg. [...]
A final for the rugby romantics in all of us
The Rugby World Cup might have taken some shine of the Currie Cup this year, but this weekend’s final is for the rugby romantic in all of us. [...]
No changes for Lions
Lions coach John Mitchell has named an unchanged starting lineup to face the Sharks in Saturday’s Currie Cup final… meanwhile, the host union has confirmed that Coca Cola Park has already sold out for the weekend’s game, meaning the final will be played in front of a capacity crowd of more than 70 000. [...]
