We have all been talking about rotation. In 2013 Brendan Venter and his coaches successfully employed a rotation policy, where hardly any players were selected for more than two consecutive games. The result, a full strength squad, with plenty of good options to select from when the final stages of the competition neared – and let’s not forget the Currie Cup trophy at the end of it all. [...]
Posts tagged with: Willem Alberts
Rotation is vital, but winning on Friday is key
24 Apr 14 11:15 by Maria Delport (Letgo) | 3 Comments
The completely unofficial Sharksworld tour group prediction (patent pending)
23 Apr 14 09:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
The Cell C Sharks have told us that they’ll announce their preliminary tour squad at noon tomorrow; that’s the group of 27 names that coach Jake White would ideally like to take on tour with him, but could obviously be revised should there be any injuries during Friday night’s game against the Highlanders. [...]
Mastering the positional shuffle
14 Apr 14 11:24 by Martin van Niekerk (vanmartin) | 16 Comments
Sharks fans in general balk at the idea of positional player switches and from a historical point of view, with good reason. It’s driven players from the union and resulted in talent being underutilized. It’s prevented players from settling in a position and in some cases even closed the door on promising youngsters close to making the step up to the senior squad. It would of course be remiss not to acknowledge scenarios where players are experienced or competent in playing more than one position or the coach’s hand is forced, injury and lack of squad depth being the usual suspects in these cases. [...]
Sharks unchanged for Lions
10 Apr 14 08:14 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 50 Comments
The Sharks team to face the Lions has been announced, with no changes being made to the starting fifteen. [...]
And the try goes to…. Marcell Coetzee!
31 Mar 14 11:52 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 5 Comments
After some enjoyable morning banter (not to mention plenty of painstaking analysis of very poor video footage) we are in agreement. The Sharks’ first try on Saturday was scored by none other than Marcell Coetzee! [...]
Sharks send dirty Tahs packing
29 Mar 14 19:20 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 77 Comments
Fred Zeilinga and the Sharks have made the Waratahs pay for an ill-disciplined performance in Durban tonight, with the young flyhalf kicking 19 points in a big 32-10 win for the home side. [...]
Sharks mix it up for Waratahs
27 Mar 14 09:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 88 Comments
The Sharks coaching staff have opted to make rather widespread changes to the match 23 that will face the Waratahs this weekend, with injury cutting a swathe through the team that narrowly went down at Loftus last week. While the new men brought in are probably not too surprising, it’s a pair of positional switches to the team that will have the tongues wagging most. [...]
Sharks player ratings v Bulls
24 Mar 14 10:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 35 Comments
Time to be a bit harsh on our team, I fear, after a loss at Loftus. [...]
Sharks denied at Loftus
22 Mar 14 21:29 by Martin van Niekerk (vanmartin) | 101 Comments
In what could be described as nothing short of a devastating first half at Loftus, the Sharks somehow managed to come out ahead on the scoreboard at 6 – 13. [...]
Super Rugby Team of the Round – round 5
18 Mar 14 13:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments
Let’s pick the best of the South Africans after the round 5 action. Let me know if you agree with these selections or not. [...]
Sharks maintain perfect record
15 Mar 14 18:55 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 76 Comments
The Sharks have beaten the Reds by 35 points to 20 in Durban to record a fourth successive victory in the 2014 Vodacom Super Rugby competition. [...]
Steyn boots Sharks to victory
8 Mar 14 21:03 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 71 Comments
Francois Steyn, asked to step into the flyhalf channel after a late withdrawal from regular Pat Lambie, has scored 17 points in a flawless kicking display to guide the Sharks to a 37-23 victory over the Lions. [...]
Super Rugby Team of the Round – round 2
24 Feb 14 15:39 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 29 Comments
Let’s have a look at the South African players across Super Rugby this weekend and see if we can pick a local 15 based on the best individual performances. [...]
Sharks player ratings v Hurricanes
24 Feb 14 10:59 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 62 Comments
The Sharks beat the Hurricanes 27-9 in a bit of a strange match in Durban on Saturday. Despite what was ultimately a very convincing margin of victory, the result was by no means secure until Lwazi Mvovo’s 65th minute intercept try. [...]
Lambie boots Sharks to win over Canes
22 Feb 14 18:51 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 52 Comments
Pat Lambie has stepped up as a goal-kicker with a haul of 17 points as the Cell C Sharks eclipsed the Hurricanes by 27-9 in Durban today. [...]