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). [...]
Posts tagged with: Lourens Adriaanse
Five new Sharks welcomed to Super fold
17 Feb 14 09:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
Sharks player ratings v Bulls
17 Feb 14 08:25 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 58 Comments
Let’s get the Monday ball rolling with some player ratings after our Sharks got their Super Rugby campaign off to a perfect start by picking up 5 points against the Bulls on Saturday. [...]
Kankowski starts at 8
13 Feb 14 12:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 78 Comments
Jake White has named his Sharks line-up to face the Bulls at Kings Park this weekend. Ryan Kankowski starts in the number 8 jersey, with Willem Alberts preferred to Jean Deysel at blindside flank. [...]
Sharks Super Rugby 2014: The front row
16 Jan 14 10:49 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 17 Comments
While the Sharks have yet to announce a formal Super Rugby squad for 2014, we should be able to put together a pretty good idea of who the likely options are. [...]
Super season awaits
15 Jan 14 10:30 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 27 Comments
The 2014 Super Rugby season will probably be the most anticipated season for Sharks fans to date. After a very disappointing 2013 Super Rugby campaign, where the Sharks ended mid-table, they finished 2013 as Currie Cup Champions, after defeating Western Province at Newlands in the final, 33 – 19. [...]
Back to the bench you go, Paddy!
20 Nov 13 13:43 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 278 Comments
The Bok side to face France in Paris on Saturday has been named; Pat Lambie’s reward for a decent game at flyhalf in Edinburgh is a return to the bench, with Morne Steyn and Willie le Roux preferred at flyhalf and fullback respectively. [...]
Who will feature in the front row?
5 Nov 13 08:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 49 Comments
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer is set to name his team to take on Wales in the next day or so, and there are a few key decisions that he has to make before then. [...]
Boks forced to look at other tightheads
30 Oct 13 23:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 24 Comments
Jannie du Plessis has done the sensible thing and pulled out of the Bok end of year tour, citing a chronic shoulder problem, in addition to his recent hand fracture as the reasons for his withdrawal. [...]
The low down on the Bok squad
28 Oct 13 10:42 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 42 Comments
News filtering in from all over the place this morning has each newspaper, website and blog claiming to have some inside information about the make-up of the Springbok squad to be announced this evening. Well, here are some of the headlines, recapped for you. [...]
Griquas throw in the towel
9 Oct 13 10:24 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 12 Comments
Outgoing Griquas coach Pote Human has given his regular starters the week off in naming a completely new side for the match against the Lions at Ellis Park this weekend. [...]
Yet more tightheads as Griquas STILL don’t have Adriaanse
3 Oct 13 09:49 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
You know, we Sharks fans grumble a lot about the fact that Pieter-Steph du Toit hasn’t been released for Currie Cup action this weekend, but spare a thought for poor old Griquas, who’ve been forced to fly in yet another emergency loan player to prop at three for them this weekend, while Lourens Adriaanse watches his umpteenth test match of the year from the stands. [...]
Griquas swoop for van Dyk
27 Aug 13 09:38 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments
There’s a certain ironic sense of inevitability for me, in the news that Sharks under 21 tighthead Maks van Dyk is among the list of players said to be moving to Griquas for the 2014 season. This according to a report in Volksblad this morning. [...]
Griquas mix it up
21 Aug 13 13:34 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | Comment?
Griquas coach Pote Human has made some changes to his team ahead of this weekend’s Currie Cup clash against Western Province. After a fortnight on the road, that has netted them a 50% return, the men in peacock blue will be at home in Kimberley for the first time in the competition. [...]
Adriaanse’s a Shark – that’s official
19 Aug 13 12:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 32 Comments
The Sharks this morning confirmed the signing of Bok tourist Lourens Adriaanse on a two-year deal. [...]
Changes for Boks ahead of tour
19 Aug 13 08:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 6 Comments
Forced to trim his 30-man squad down to 26 for the Rugby Championship trip to Argentina, Bok coach Heyneke Meyer has released a number of players to the Currie Cup – as well as calling up two fresh faces. [...]