Ryan Kankowski will earn a 100th Super rugby cap for the Sharks, when he starts at number 8 against the Stormers at Newlands this week. [...]
Posts tagged with: Willem Alberts
Ton up for Kanko
5 Mar 15 09:11 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 54 Comments
The boys are back
3 Mar 15 11:11 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 55 Comments
Some good news for beleaguered Sharks fans; Saturday’s team to restore pride at Newlands should feature the return of up to four key Springboks. [...]
Deysel doubt for Sharks
2 Mar 15 10:18 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
Sharks loose forward Jean Deysel looks set to miss out on this weekend’s crunch derby at Newlands, at the very least, after picking up an injury at Loftus last Saturday. [...]
JP, Frans to train from Monday
27 Feb 15 10:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 20 Comments
The Sharks have confirmed that their two remaining Japan-based players, JP Pietersen and Frans Steyn, have both now returned to Durban. [...]
Clean bill of health for Sharks
23 Feb 15 10:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 64 Comments
Gary Gold seems to have been dealt a near perfect hand, with the news that his squad appears to have come through Saturday’s rout of the Lions pretty much unscathed. [...]
Boks’ five-game maximum in 2015
10 Feb 15 13:52 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 26 Comments
SARU has reached an agreement with the five South African Super Rugby franchises that will see the game time of several key World Cup squad members carefully managed through the 2015 season. [...]
Sharks name 40 – for now
10 Feb 15 07:41 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 72 Comments
Gary Gold has named a 40-man strong Super Rugby squad that doesn’t (yet) feature a number of key players still to return from injury. [...]
Back row resources a little stretched?
9 Feb 15 08:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 29 Comments
The Sharks are expected to confirm their injury situation after last week’s French trip today, but with Tera Mtembu having cried off just ahead of the Toulon game and Etienne Oosthuizen picking up an injury during it, the chances are pretty good that the loose forward cupboard might be a little bare heading into the opening rounds of Super Rugby. [...]
Big step up for Dan?
21 Jan 15 10:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 63 Comments
While the Sharks squad for Super Rugby has started to settle down pretty much as expected, with the young players brought in to “fill gaps” in November and December sent back down to the Grey Squad to prepare for Vodacom Cup action, one under 20 star appears to still be very much in the picture. [...]
A hard week for the Sharks
9 Jan 15 14:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 44 Comments
“We trained hard this morning – a long session,” admits an upbeat Sean Everitt at the end of a tough week’s training. “We’ve just had a team lunch and the guys are off for the weekend.”
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Positive news on the injury front
7 Jan 15 10:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 27 Comments
The first set of pictures of Sharks training for 2015 have gone up on the Gallo Images web site. [...]
Bothma signing adds huge value to Sharks
12 Nov 14 12:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 44 Comments
In adding another ball-carrying loose forward in Renaldo Bothma, the Sharks appear to have solved the vast majority of their forward concerns ahead of the 2015 Super Rugby season. [...]
Sharks contract a dozen young guns for 2015
29 Oct 14 10:57 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 79 Comments
The Sharks have awarded under 19 contracts for next year to 12 promising schoolboys from around the country, three of whom played for SA Schools in 2014. [...]
Alberts lay-off extended once more
22 Sep 14 14:29 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 31 Comments
Willem Alberts, who was withdrawn on the eve of the Bok tour to Argentina due to a nerve problem in his back, has had to undergo an operation and will thus play no part in the team’s 2014 Rugby Championship campaign. [...]
And there goes Alberts….. again!
29 Aug 14 09:37 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
In news unlikely to surprise many, big Willem Alberts has again been ruled out of action and has thus not departed for Perth with the rest of the Springbok Rugby Championship tour squad. [...]