John Smit will lead yet another team, this time the Barbarians against England in the match on Sunday. [...]
Posts tagged with: South African
Smit to lead again
Frans Ludeke & Francois Hougaard talk exclusively to Sharksworld in Dunedin
In the wake of the Bulls, 16-11 loss to the Highlanders in Dunedin. Sharksworld spoke exclusively to Frans Ludeke and Francois Hougaard about tonight’s match, the season so far and the challenges ahead. [...]
Consistency vs Rotation
15 May 12 13:34 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 11 Comments
Last week Sharks coach John Plumtree announced an unchanged side for the first time this year, and the reaction to this was positive, in that players were rewarded for good form and combinations were given another week to grow an understanding. All in all, this was seen as a positive, but for how long will we be happy? [...]
A very good year for Kingswood
The elevation of Maties lock Grant Hattingh to the Lions Super Rugby squad – and the inevitable digging into his background that followed – has thrown up an interesting bit of trivia which I thought it would be nice to share with you all on this otherwise quiet public holiday. [...]
Sharksworld chats with Highlanders’ rising star Aaron Smith
20 Apr 12 16:19 by Hertford Highlander | Cheetahs, Original Content, Sharks, Super Rugby | 5 Comments
In the wake of the Highlanders 30-27 victory over the Blues tonight, Sharksworld caught up with Highlanders rising star scrum half Aaron Smith [...]
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. [...]
Rugby vs Winning Rugby
7 Apr 12 09:00 by pierre_mackie | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 40 Comments
Firstly, I’m not writing this to blame anyone or to call for the head of anyone. I’m just hoping we could look at the different brands of rugby being played by the different South African teams, and have an open discussion or opinions on the facts. [...]
Piling on the Aussie pain
A new joke is doing the rounds after 6 weeks of Super Rugby in 2012… It goes “What do you call the bottom half of the Super Rugby Log? Why, the Aussie conference, of course…” [...]
Cheetahs lead the way…
2 Apr 12 08:30 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 14 Comments
The Cheetahs have returned home after what can only be described a successful tour of the Antipodes, coming back with 11 points after securing their second win of the tour against the Hurricanes this weekend. [...]
SARU, Unions set for Aussie jaunt
The five existing South African Super Rugby franchises met with SARU yesterday in a bid to make some progress related to the Kings situation; seemingly, then failed to come up with any sensible ideas, so rather opted to arrange a joint holiday to Australia, aptly kicking off on St Patrick’s Day. [...]
The greater good of SA rugby
20 Feb 12 09:35 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, EP Kings, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 13 Comments
There has been a lot of speculation surrounding the possible inclusion of the Kings in the Super Rugby competition from 2013 onwards, and how exactly this will happen. I am not interested in getting into a debate about this specific matter, but rather how the players will be treated should this happen. [...]
Berry and van der Merwe get their shot
During the course of the 2012 Super Rugby season we will see two new South African referee’s on the field, with Lourens van der Merwe and Stuart Berry being appointed as two of the five new referee’s to be introduced. [...]
Cricket: 1 day cup Final
This is it…. its final time. Friday the 9th of December 2011 @ 15h00(SA time) the two top teams in this year’s 1 day cup are heading to Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town where they will be competing for the winner’s trophy. The Cape Cobras have earned the honors to host the Warriors from the Eastern Cape by ending up on top of the log after the ten rounds of thrilling cricket. The Warriors qualified for the final beating the Knights with a stunning performance by Ingram scoring a very important 100(112 form 111 balls) in a quarter final. [...]
A sad farewell
30 Aug 11 14:51 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 29 Comments
The Tri Nations has come to an end for the 2011 year, and it is with a sad feeling that we say good bye to the premier tournament in the Southern Hemisphere as it will be extended to a four team competition next year to include Argentina. [...]
Currie Cup cut
11 Aug 11 12:44 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks | 31 Comments
The ABSA Currie Cup will be contested by only six teams from 2012 after the SARU General Council met in Cape Town this morning. This will mean the end of the Premier Division for two teams at the end of the season. [...]
