Having already lost Steven Kitshoff to a one-week suspension, the Stormers are holding their breath over another key front-row man, hooker Tiaan Liebenberg, ahead of this weekend’s crunch Super Rugby game against the Crusaders in Cape Town. [...]
Posts tagged with: Suspension
Liebenberg injury fear for Stormers
SANZAR rules out Kings suspension
SANZAR CEO Greg Peters, responding to queries from Morne and myself via Twitter, has poured cold water on two of SARU’s proposed sanctions against the Kings. [...]
Lions shuffle deck-chairs as Mitchell edges towards exit
According to reports on Twitter, John Mitchell has terminated his contract with the Lions. [...]
Cloete, Majola fit again
In a pretty bizarre case of the wheel turning, Sean Everitt has been able to include four specialist open-side flanks in his Sharks under 21 squad to face Western Province this weekend – whereas just a few weeks back he had none whatsoever and was forced to send an SOS to out-of-favour Bulls player Murray Bondesio. [...]
Sinclair starts for Province
It seems that Western Province take discipline just about as seriously as SARU do, as any talk of an internal sanction for Jebb Sinclair has proved to be nothing but hot air. [...]
Message from the judiciary: punching is OK
Good news, fans and players (well, fans of boxing, that is)… it’s fine to throw punches on a rugby field, so long as you’re provoked! [...]
Two weeks off for Uys
Cheetahs lock Francois Uys has received a two week suspension for a head-butt against Griquas in the Currie Cup last week. [...]
Pote forced into changes
Griquas coach Pote Human has made just one unenforced change to his side to face Western Province this weekend, but has had his hand forced in other areas due to injury and suspension. [...]
One week for le Roux
Griquas fullback Willie le Roux has been handed a one-match suspension for the tip tackle on Bulls opposite number Jürgen Visser that saw him yellow-carded during Friday night’s game. [...]
Lucas in for Cooper as only Reds change
The Reds have finally stopped buggering about and have named their side to face the Sharks in tomorrow’s Super Rugby qualifier, after a week full of “will they, won’t they” speculation regarding an appeal of flyhalf Quade Cooper’s suspension. [...]
Cooper cited
Reds flyhalf and playmaker Quade Cooper has been cited for a dangerous tackle and will appear before a disciplinary hearing on Monday morning (SA time). [...]
No wait! It’s not Carlos, it’s Ackies!
Carlos Spencer must surely win the prize for the shortest Super Rugby coaching tenure in history. [...]
Four weeks for Butch – four months for Goosen?
The Lions and Cheetahs have both received bad news this morning, adding additional misery to their weekend Super Rugby losses. [...]
Is rugby turning into a hooligan sport?
We here at Sharksworld would like to congratulate weeman on his first submission, thanks mate and we look forward to more content from you.
I was hoping my first article for Sharksworld was going to be a humours one, full of little quirks and anecdotes but after reading a couple of news I had ask the question of is rugby turning into a hooligans sport. [...]
McKenzie backs Murphy for Loftus clash
Having lost three flyhalves to injury, Reds coach Ewen McKenzie has been forced to name the inexperienced Dallan Murphy in the number 10 jersey for this weekend’s clash against the Bulls. [...]
