In an exclusive interview with Sharksworld last night, former Bok prop Ollie le Roux has confirmed that he has received an urgent call-up to join the Sharks tour party and will meet up with them ahead of this weekend’s game against the Hurricanes. [...]
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Le Roux returns for Sharks swansong – April Fools!
Brumbies forced into front row reshuffle
Regular tight head Dan Palmer will miss the Brumbies weekend encounter against the Sharks, having been ruled out with illness, which has prompted Jake White to reshuffle his front row for the key clash. [...]
Cheetahs now have prop problems too
It’s happened to the Lions and Sharks already, but now it’s the Cheetahs who’re battling to pick a fit front-row for their final tour match against the Hurricanes. There’s something about the 2012 edition of Super Rugby that is like kryptonite to South Africa’s front rankers, it would seem. [...]
Schonert treatment nothing but disgraceful
If the Sharks coaches were trying to put together an instructional video entitled “Ruining a Young Player’s Confidence in Seven Easy Steps”, then the way that Nick Schonert was treated in the run-up to Saturday’s loss in Sydney could have been the case study on which it was based. [...]
Downey rewarded with first Super Rugby start
Former Sharks flank Justin Downey will start in the number 7 jersey for the Cheetahs as they face the Crusaders in Christchurch this weekend. [...]
Harsh call on Janro
Something that’s been buried as a one-line comment in most articles about the Sharks tour group changes probably needs to be surfaced a little here – while the decision to omit Griquas prop Janro van Niekerk from the tour group just a few hours before departure made sense from a rugby point of view, it was nevertheless a hugely unfair and harsh call to make. [...]
Backup prop: confirmed
A story in this morning’s Beeld confirms that Griquas prop Janro van Niekerk will tour to Australia and New Zealand with the Sharks as their fourth prop. [...]
Sharks rope in van Niekerk
While it seems that Griquas prop Steph Roberts’ stay in Durban was a short-lived one indeed, the Sharks appear to have secured the services of another experienced front ranker in Boland’s Janro van Niekerk. [...]
Steph Roberts joins Sharks on loan
According to an overnight report in Beeld, Griquas prop Steph Roberts was spotted at Sharks training yesterday afternoon and appears to have joined the side on loan. [...]
Prop’s bar-fighting antics continue
Cheetahs prop Coenie Oosthuizen must be enjoying life at the moment, sitting on the sidelines and not being involved in training, getting into barfights and then not keeping in contact with his team. [...]
Redelinghuys confirmed out
According to the Sharks official twitter feed, prop Julian Redelinghuys will be out of action for between 3 and 4 months. [...]
Sharks must go for experience
Those reading the headline, then checking the author of this piece, may just find themselves doing a double take. Could it really be me suggesting that the Sharks should do something other than backing their own youth structures? [...]
Sharks suffer further front-row blow
Sharks prop Julian Redelinghuys suffered an unfortunate ankle injury in last night’s warm up game against the Southern Kings and looks incredibly doubtful for the start of the campaign. [...]
Gerber returns for Bulls
The Bulls have contracted tighthead prop Rayno Gerber, who last played for them in 2009 before disappearing into the rugby wilderness in France, to provide cover for them in the 2012 Super Rugby competition. [...]
Van Staden set for French fling?
Unconfirmed reports suggest that Sharks prop Eugene van Staden is on his way to join French club Biarritz – but only as short-term medical cover during the southern hemisphere off-season. [...]
