Rudolf Straeuli has confirmed to News24 that Jacques-Louis Potgieter has signed a contract with the Sharks and will represent them in the 2011 Super 15.
The former Affies pupil is expected to start for the Blue Bulls at flyhalf this weekend, ironically against his new team mates. Potgieter rejoined the Bulls on a one-year deal at the start of the season, after spending a number of years with the Free State Cheetahs.
His desire to secure a berth in the Springboks World Cup squad next year sees him keen to move out of the shadow of incumbent Bulls and Bok flyhalf Morne Steyn, hence his decision to throw in his lot with the Sharks.
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I hope they put him through a LONG, tough initiation ceremony to make him pay for THAT drop goal!
Not to mention the try he scored against us in the Super 14.
Bloody agent.
@robdylan (Comment 1) : heard that this afternoon already Rob ,you slowing up dude!!
Yaaaay!
Hope he brings his “A” game with him.
About 26, right? Good for a few years then. Probably means no chance of Butch returning then.
Good news. We need some depth in the flyhalf area.
Ruggabugga, this one’s been an ‘open secret’ for the last week at least!
This is probably the best signing, at flyhalf, in quite a while for the sharks. Pity we couldn’t get him over earlier.
Like before last year’s semi :). Welcome to the site, tallchap
@robdylan (Comment 1) : that’s one of my favourite rugby memories involving the sharks, i recalled it just last week on one of the threads, jlp turned around even before the ball had gone over the poles and started punching the air! 😆 😀 i’m glad for the bloke, now if they get jano vermaak then the tjarkies will be rocking & rolling!
Great news now that it’s confirmed
@Megatron (Comment 8) : doesn’t sound like Vermaak is coming.
Ok we signed him , for how long ? Better be longer than a 1 year contract !!
@King Deysel (Comment 11) : that I’m not sure of.
It might only be a year… not many guys are committing themselves to deals post 2011…
Fantastic news.. glad he is coming.
Not the best news for Steve though, and Monty.. Where does that leave one legged Petoors?
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 13) : competition is good… and Steve and JLP are both also options at 12. Having only one flyhalf is what got us into this mess… Now maybe we can finally release Monty to go to the Cheetahs, since that seems to be in all parties’ best interests.
Pretorius, well, let’s just see what happens. Not holding my breath. Kicking coach, maybe?
@robdylan (Comment 14) : JLP spends a lot of time at 12 and we really need that type of player at the sharks.
Come Super 15 next year, we are going to be spoilt for choice in the backline for the first time in a while!!
Is oom Stef definitely retiring after the Currie Cup?
I certainly hope so.
What do we do with bosman, though?
Did Bosman not cover Fullback for the Cheetahs as well? I suppose he will be extra at this stage.
Still a great signing, and as you said Rob, competition can only be a good thing.
This is a good signing rudolf gets things ryt from tym to tym .but this having rugby directors must be causing a clusterf#@k because it seems like rudolf is getting the players he wants not the players plumtree needs to execute his game plan really wonder how this dynamic works that and plumtree doesn,t seem to be a great manager or visionary
One of the better signings in recent times for the Sharks.
@Morné (Comment 19) : another nice avatar M!
@ruggabugga (Comment 20) :
Always a pleasure!
I really think, to be fair, we should give Petoors to the Bulls . . .
” hence his decision to throw in his lost with the Sharks”
as in cause ❓ 😆 😆
@Greg (Comment 23) : ah crap… freudian typo 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 24) : and then you edit it out? spoilsport ❗
I hope they are letting go of their silly idea of recruiting Petoors now 🙄
@robdylan (Comment 1) :
I am seriously happy about this.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 13) :
Hopefully it is a VERY cold winter next year and we find another flyhalf.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 28) : I don’t get it…
@robdylan (Comment 29) :
hopefully dumond and meyer are left out in the cold. 😉 For the S14 that is. Dumond is a more than capable CC flyhalf and meyer….. well he has never won a game in a sharks jersey has he?
Hell, with that drop goal vision in my mind, I am gonna REALLY find it hard to accept the guy as “one of the boys” ! 😆