We have seen six rounds of Super Rugby action so far, and a lot has been mentioned about Sharks hooker Bismarck du Plessis playing every single minute of rugby so far in the six games that the Sharks have played. [...]
Posts tagged with: South Africa
A timely look
McCaw goes under knife
Richie McCaw has gone under the knife again, but is still expected to return to rugby from next week, after he had two small screws removed from his foot. [...]
Lancaster looks set to land England role
Press reports coming out of the UK suggest that caretaker coach Stuart Lancaster has pipped former Bok mentor Nick Mallett to the vacant England head coaching job. [...]
Sharksworld’s Team of the Week 4 – (Update, highlighted word)
SARU delay Super 16 presentation
The to-ing and fro-ing over SARU’s Super Rugby expansion idea continues, with the latest news being that the South African delegation has opted to push back their presentation to their SANZAR partners to an unspecified date. [...]
Sharksworld’s SA-Conference Team of the week
7 Mar 12 12:29 by Letgo | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 40 Comments
After missing the first week, team of the week is back, and this week it’s the Bulls who dominates the numbers after their convincing victory against a disappointing Cheetahs side. Our selectors are mainly Sharks and some Stormers, but clearly we can all be relatively objective with 8 Bulls making the cut this week. The Stormers, the other South African team who was victorious this weekend has half as many with four and the Sharks and Lions make up the numbers with 2 and 1 respectively. [...]
Playing catch-up already?
With the Bulls and Stormers both powering ahead on the South African conference log, the Sharks simply cannot afford any further slip-ups now, with a 7-point gap between them and the conference leaders after just two weeks. [...]
Where are the tries?
Well, that was an interesting weekend of Super Rugby action and the thing that struck most watchers was just how evenly-matched all the teams seem to be at this stage. [...]
New Zealand teams favoured
17 Feb 12 14:31 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Bulls, Cheetahs, Original Content, Sharks, Springboks, Stormers, Super Rugby, The Rugby Championship | 9 Comments
It is that time of the year again, with the Super Rugby season less than a week away now, and the time is ripe to get a few bargains on the sports betting front. [...]
Same again, or is this a new song?
The Sharks kick off their Super Rugby campaign against the Bulls in Pretoria next Friday night, and then continue on a nine week journey which includes four weeks in Australia and New Zealand. [...]
Sevens continues to grow
The Rugby Sevens World Series is set to expand to include more nations as the sport heads for its first inclusion as an Olympic Sport, taking part in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. [...]
Blitzbokke keep clean sheet – UPDATED
Paul Treu’s SA Sevens team got their Wellington Sevens campaign off to a fine start, romping home to whitewash victories over both the USA and the Cook Islands this morning. [...]
Meyer won’t be rushed
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has made it quite clear that he will select his Bok captain purely on merit, and is in no rush to make that decision. [...]
Lawrence relieved of SA duty
Bryce Lawrence, the referee who many feel cost the Springboks a spot in the Rugby World Cup semi finals last year, will not be asked to travel to South Africa to cover SupeRugby matches in the Republic. [...]
André Pretorius returns
Former Springbok flyhalf André Pretorius has returned to South Africa, and has been snapped up by the newly relegated Leopards team, and has already started training with the Potch-based outfit. [...]
