In confirmation of a story that we ran more than a month ago, Rugby365 have “exclusively” revealed that Ross Skeate is on his way to join Agen in France. [...]
Posts tagged with: Ross Skeate
No more Skeate for Sharks
Skeate is off – confirmed
To follow up on a rumour we reported yesterday, Sharks lock Ross Skeate has confirmed that he will leave Durban to join French club side Agen ahead of the 2012-2013 European season. [...]
Agen to sign Ross Skeate?
Rumours doing the rounds on internet suggest that the 29 year old Sharks lock Ross Skeate is set to join Top 14 side Agen. [...]
Another clean bill of health
Good news for the Sharks this week is that they’ve managed to come through last weekend’s Highlanders game without picking up any injuries, leaving John Plumtree with a pretty full squad ahead of the second of five matches identified as “must-wins” by the coach. [...]
Sharks looking good on the injury front
The Sharks came through their match against the Chiefs reasonably well, and will look forward to the break as they enjoy a bye this weekend, while there is good news on the horizon in terms of injuries clearing up. [...]
Some perspective on the Matfield saga
Nothing like a little bit of misinformation and conjecture to liven up an otherwise-dull Tuesday, eh? That seemed to be very much the case yesterday as the South African rugby world tied itself into a frenzy about a ridiculously premature – if not outright fanciful – story that Victor Matfield was about to join the Sharks. [...]
Hoff in line for XV appearance
There’s some good news on the injury front this week, with Ryan Kankowski the first of the “long-term casualties” to make his way back to fitness. [...]
Where to from here?
The Sharks have managed to yet again start a season poorly, with three wins from seven games, and even though five of those have been away games, they have found themselves in the position to win at least three, if not four of those away games. A lot has been said over the last few days, from missing links and captaincy issues, to who a new coach possibly could be. I am not disagreeing with any of that, I am venturing into the possibility of a short term solution. [...]
Bad news for Skeate
Ross Skeate, who’s been keeping us up to date with his ongoing neck injury via Twitter, had bad news to share with the fans after seeing a specialist yesterday. [...]
Skeate out of tour
Sharks lock Ross Skeate has confirmed via Twitter that he won’t be leaving with the rest of the Sharks squad when they head out on tour after tomorrow’s game against the Reds. [...]
McLeod back for the Sharks
The Sharks team to face the Reds has been announced, with a few forced and unforced changes seen. Most notably, Charl McLeod claims the scrumhalf jersey from Fred Michalak, who gets to sit on the bench and cover both the halfback positions. [...]
Possible return for Deysel, Hoffmann
There’s good news coming out of Durban this afternoon, with Sharks team doctor Ewoudt van der Linde confirming that both Jean Deysel and Conrad Hoffmann could be in line for game time with the Sharks XV as early as this weekend. [...]
Bresler to get his chance
The Sharks might pay some form of penalty for their win over the Lions on Saturday, with news filtering through that Ross Skeate will miss the game against the Reds following a hip flexor injury, after he left the field during the first half. [...]
Alberts starts against the Lions
Sharks coach John Plumtree has wasted little time in getting Willem Alberts straight back into the starting line-up. [...]
Almost, but not quite
The Stormers beat the Sharks by 15 points to 12 on Saturday evening, bagging another four points while leaving the Sharks on no wins after two matches. The match was dominated by the kicking boot, with no tries scored, even though both teams came quite close. The defensive efforts from both sides were the highlight of the game. [...]
