This is a toughie, folks. The Sharks played pretty well in patches at Loftus – in fact, probably well enough to have won had they taken all their opportunities. [...]
Posts tagged with: Pieter-Steph du Toit
Loftus player ratings
2 Mar 15 13:20 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 46 Comments
Sharks changes – all good
26 Feb 15 10:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 24 Comments
There’s not too much to talk about from a team selection point of view this week, with Sharks Director of Rugby Gary Gold making just two rotational changes to his starting team for Saturday’s big clash against the Bulls at Loftus. [...]
Sharks ruthless in the wet
21 Feb 15 20:57 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 129 Comments
The Sharks played the wet conditions better to record a 29-12, bonus point victory over the Lions at a rainy Kings Park tonight. [...]
Boks’ five-game maximum in 2015
10 Feb 15 13:52 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 26 Comments
SARU has reached an agreement with the five South African Super Rugby franchises that will see the game time of several key World Cup squad members carefully managed through the 2015 season. [...]
A good few ticks (and a couple of question marks too)
9 Feb 15 10:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 63 Comments
I’ve had the benefit of a second, more detailed, viewing of the Sharks’ match against Toulon and wanted to highlight a few things that stood out for me. [...]
Back row resources a little stretched?
9 Feb 15 08:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 29 Comments
The Sharks are expected to confirm their injury situation after last week’s French trip today, but with Tera Mtembu having cried off just ahead of the Toulon game and Etienne Oosthuizen picking up an injury during it, the chances are pretty good that the loose forward cupboard might be a little bare heading into the opening rounds of Super Rugby. [...]
A hard week for the Sharks
9 Jan 15 14:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 44 Comments
“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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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? [...]
