Former Sharks flyhalf Guy Cronje is the highest profile of three former players from the KZN union set to feature in the University of Johannesburg’s 2012 Varsity Cup campaign. [...]
Posts tagged with: Varsity Cup
Three former Sharks in UJ trial sides
Keen to have a crack – Sharksworld chats to Tim Whitehead
Former UCT and Western Province centre Tim Whitehead has opted to swap the blue and white stripes and mountain vistas of Cape Town for a berth in the Sharks squad next season. In time-honoured tradition, the talented 23-year-old had hardly managed to unpack his suitcase in Durban before Sharksworld caught up with him for a quick chat. [...]
Varsity Cup tinkering continues – but at what cost?
The organisers of the Varsity Cup “stable of competitions” – including the Varsity Cup, Varsity Shield and new under-20 Young Guns competition – have announced a change to the value of kicks, which will be trialled in next year’s competitions. [...]
Junior player exodus continues
With the Varsity Cup continuing to prove a powerful draw card to Sharks Academy graduates on the fringes of senior selection in Durban, the haemorrhage of young talent from the province looks set to increase ahead of the 2012 season. [...]
Varsity Cup, Shield adopt new rules
The Varsity Cup and Varsity Shield members met at an Annual General Meeting and decided to introduce some new rules for the Cup, Shield and new Under 21 competition in 2012. [...]
WP team to face Cheetahs
DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee, today named his team to take on the Cheetahs at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
A Horse in Bulls’ clothing
Former Sharks age-group flyhalf Wes “Horse” Dunlop takes another step closer to the Bulls Currie Cup side as he is named on the bench in Pine Pienaar’s team to play the Griffons in a pre-season friendly this weekend. [...]
Varsity Cup: Tuks v UCT
The Varsity Cup will lifted by a new team tonight as the FNB Tuks team takes on the FNB UCT team in Pretoria. The game will be broadcast live on SuperSport from 18h30. [...]
Varsity Cup Semi Finals
Tonight we see the semi finals of the 2011 Varsity Cup take place, knowing full and well that we will have a new Champion team after the Maties fell at the final hurdle and failed to make the play offs. [...]
JustRugby and SuperBru round-up
Round five of the Super Rugby season is something of the past, and we have had yet another weekend with an upset or two. This is starting to become a trend, so do we start spotting the upset or stick to our guns. [...]
The day the music died
Like the legendary song by Don McLean, I believe we all lost something last night and whether or not you want to openly admit it, deep down we all know it. [...]
Varisty Cup Live Updates
Today is the last day of round robin matches in the varsity cup. Some of these games will be crackers. [...]
Varsity Cup: Round Six
Its the penultimate round of fixtures before we head into the semi finals. The race for the semi’s sees five teams in the running for the top four spots, with the top four teams taking each other on in what should be some excellent games! [...]
Fantasy Round-up
The second round of the Super Rugby season brought with it an upset, a few very close games and a cancelled game, to which all you competitors out there responded well to. [...]
Varsity Cup: Round 2
Round 2 of the Varsity Cup gets underway today and the NMMU Madibaz take on UJ in the Bay. [...]







