“We trained hard this morning – a long session,” admits an upbeat Sean Everitt at the end of a tough week’s training. “We’ve just had a team lunch and the guys are off for the weekend.”
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Posts tagged with: Pieter-Steph du Toit
A hard week for the Sharks
9 Jan 15 14:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 44 Comments
A Giant surprise
8 Jan 15 10:50 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 66 Comments
This post could be sub-titled “while you were sleeping”… because it seems that I missed a reasonably big piece of news regarding the Sharks over the Christmas break. [...]
Positive news on the injury front
7 Jan 15 10:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 27 Comments
The first set of pictures of Sharks training for 2015 have gone up on the Gallo Images web site. [...]
The Great Winelands Shark!
26 Nov 14 10:41 by Udo Lutge (pastorshark) | 28 Comments
So the other day I was in that impressive metropolis of Malmesbury for a conference! For all those who have no idea where exactly that is, Malmesbury lies about 70 kilometers north-east of Cape Town. [...]
Bothma signing adds huge value to Sharks
12 Nov 14 12:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 44 Comments
In adding another ball-carrying loose forward in Renaldo Bothma, the Sharks appear to have solved the vast majority of their forward concerns ahead of the 2015 Super Rugby season. [...]
Mvovo bolsters Sharks options
16 Sep 14 15:14 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 21 Comments
The Sharks have confirmed via Twitter that Bok winger Lwazi Mvovo has been released to train and play with the squad this week. [...]
Heimar ruled out
11 Sep 14 14:04 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 6 Comments
The Sharks have revealed that center Heimar Williams, in his first Currie Cup start of the year, picked up a groin injury against Griquas on Saturday and is now likely to miss up to four weeks of action. [...]
Further second row blow for Sharks
8 Sep 14 14:34 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments
The bad news just keeps coming for the Sharks, with new lock Wiehan Hay’s Currie Cup debut against Griquas lasting just 35 minutes before the big man picked up a shoulder injury and had to be replaced. [...]
The question of rotation
9 Jul 14 13:19 by Maria Delport (Letgo) | 47 Comments
Why aren’t modern rugby coaches willing to implement rotation? Or at least, why won’t Jake White? [...]
Sharks to lose another lock?
13 May 14 09:17 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 74 Comments
Reports coming from France suggest that Cell C Sharks lock Peet Marais is set to depart the Durban franchise to join club side CA Brive. [...]
Bok flyhalf troubles
15 Apr 14 10:01 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 88 Comments
The Springboks kick off their first match of the year in exactly two months, against Wales, and although many would feel it is too soon to speculate the team, the Super Rugby season to date is making the list of suitable candidates shorter by the week. [...]
Injuries mounting
14 Apr 14 10:49 by Maria Delport (Letgo) | 21 Comments
After 9 rounds of Super Rugby, the biggest and most concerning trend is injuries. I don’t know if anyone has kept an eye on the numbers, but according to a list on the Sanzarrugby.com website the number has now crept up to 89. That is an average of ten injuries per round. Of the 89 there are 15 season ending injuries, including the likes of Culum Retallick, David Pocock, Pierre Spies, Robbie Robinson, Franco van der Merwe, Patrick Lambie and Pieter-Steph du Toit. Incredibly the Stormers make up a massive 13 of these injuries, 7 of those boasting Bok caps, making those injuries all the more painful for a struggling Stormers side. But they are not entirely alone in this boat. [...]
Hammer blow for Sharks as Bresler goes down
27 Mar 14 13:13 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 68 Comments
The punches just don’t stop coming, with yet another second-row forward suffering a serious injury. Having already lost first-choice lineout man Pieter-Steph du Toit to a season-ending knee problem, the Sharks now also have their primary enforcer, Anton Bresler, on the injured list. [...]
On Pat’s injury…
26 Mar 14 11:08 by Maria Delport (Letgo) | 29 Comments
I keep refreshing my browser hoping for a different result. Or a correction of the horrible, horrible error that was made. Lambie isn’t really out for the entire season, is he? Not maybe just an early cruel April Fools joke, no? [...]
Bulls lose a lock too
20 Mar 14 14:31 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments
A hammer blow has hit the Vodacom Bulls ahead of Saturday’s Super Rugby derby against the Sharks as their captain, Flip van der Merwe, has picked up an injury in training. [...]