I don’t have too much info on this, other than confirmation that JP Pietersen has signed a 3-year extension to his Sharks contract.
Despite a number of bigger money offers from the likes of the Lions and the Bulls, the Bok winger has pledged his future to the team that made him a household name. Great to have you with us for another 3 years, Polla!
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GREAT!!!! 1st!
Awesome! Glad to keep you here JP
Glad you are staying JP. Would love to see you scoring a few more tries for us!
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I’m so happy! 😆 😆 😆
Suck on that Lions! 😈
Sorry for breaking this thread. 😳
Wooohooo! King of the world baby! 😆
Sharks 1 Lions -1 😈
@Big Fish (Comment 4) : your off the charts hey?? 😉
@Big Fish (Comment 4) :
Rob is going to kill you for breaking his website.. haha
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 8) : or he’ll just use his magical edit button 🙂
I am on cloud 9 dude: I watched this guy with eager eyes, growing from gawky talent to full-blown superstar. He is still hitting his prime.
JPP and Mvovo on the wings… Bring it on! 😆
… and stood against them
proud Manie’s army
and sent them homeward
to think again…
@robdylan (Comment 9) :
The cool calm and collected approach..
Trust me Rich, Rob will understand this one. 😆
I wonder is in the contract that kept him that is not monetary in value..
@Big Fish (Comment 13) :
A bit of Bromance towards JPP hey Fish?
Not quite of the Rob/Brad variety, but he does hold a special place in my heart. 😳
One of Dick Muir’s babes, remember – part of the renaissance post-Putt.
We have lost a few already – Brad, Steyn, Waylon, Ruan – would hate to lose another.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 15) : Fish is weird like that… you shoulda seen him with Waylon 🙂
How long till the Lions deny trying to sign JPP too? 😈
@robdylan (Comment 17) :
Fish/Waylon and Rob/Brad.. Bromancing indeed..
I need to find myself someone to be passionate about.. lol
Rob’s exaggerating about Waylon, the batsard!
You and Alberts seem to have a thing, Richard. 😆
@Big Fish (Comment 20) :
Team of the Week thing? lol..
Was sort of expecting JP to extend his contract but was thinking he would go overseas after the world cup, 3 years is a bonus!
Great stuff! Go Sharks!
I must admit that when I heard a VERY BIG money offer I was worried we would lose him. It is good to see a player put other things above money – it doesn’t happen very often.
@war1 (Comment 22) :
Yeah.. that puts him in the middle of the next world cup cycle. I wonder if he will try make that team as well..
@war1 (Comment 22) : But I’m sure he’ll be released to go if he really wanted to after a year or 2.
@Jarson (Comment 25) :
I think that depends a lot on whether he is stil first choice with us.. or with the Boks for that matter.
Ja, it’s just there are not many Boks committing past 2011, JP must be really happy in Durban.
Oh yeah!!!! What about Kanko?? Is he staying also??
@Mocho (Comment 28) :
We are hoping.. but no news yet. I did see an interesting article on rugby365.com that he is not interested in playing flank for the Boks again after he tried there in the Tri Nations.
Great news! Let’s hope Jet-Propelled Pietersen plies his trade with the Pilchards perpetually.
@Big Fish (Comment 16) : Would love to have those 4 back. Ah, such is life/professional sport…
Did you guys see the article where Luke Watson says that he wants to come back to SA? Just cant remember where I saw it 😳
@Jarson (Comment 31) :
It was on rugby365 if Im not mistaken..
great news..in that same article kanko says he is very happy in durban ….
@stevo (Comment 33) :
Which newspaper was that in?
this is what kanko said
“I love it here in Durban and there is no better place to live and play rugby.”
@stevo (Comment 35) :
Great to hear.. Lets hope we can report that he is staying as well..
i remeber when Bassion signed with the Griquas …
and the next week he signed with the bulls 😛 😈
@Mocho (Comment 28) : bet your life on it
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 34) : Mercury. Greenaway again
@Zibbie (Comment 37) : dude… I’ve heard of desperate, but that was a new low 🙂
So who’s next on your list?
@Jarson (Comment 31) : I’d gladly have Luke at the Sharks. Quality player
Brilliant news. A loyal Sharks supporter respect to you JPP.
@robdylan (Comment 41) : I also think Luke is a great player, as long as he keeps quiet. In the article he mentions that he should have handled things differently back then.
Now hope we can keep Kanko too. 😛
@robdylan (Comment 41) : dude, i highly doubt luke will come back to the sharks
@Jarson (Comment 43) : he’s older… it changes you
Excellent news. Good to see guys not racking unions as if they are notches on a stick.
Very few players stay with one SA union throught their careers. Good on those who do.
@robdylan (Comment 46) : When is Steyns contact over? Do you think he is coming back to SA? On a Sharks youtube video they have him as a player for 2011. Also heard a rumour that Butch is going to the Lions?
@robdylan (Comment 41) :
Dude you are out of your mind. A leopard never changes its spots.
@Mocho (Comment 48) :
Sharks youtube video? link?
@robdylan (Comment 46) : I saw the Marius Joubert rumour on twitter – he is playing some damn fine rugby at Clermont. He could be a good bargain.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 50) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMK3ZfxLKs
@Mocho (Comment 52) :
Thanks will watch it now.
@Mocho (Comment 52) :
OH MY WORD!!!!!!!!!!!! the graphics are awful. Can’t actually call that graphics it looks like a media randomization.
Any idea where a better version is available?
I see Steyn listed as Fullback/Center.
How Long before the Lions deny ever having made an offer? 😛
Greg?
Hehehe
I just love it when the Lions take a knock like this!! 😆
They have been rather windgat of late, haven’t they?
You would think they were one of the Big 3 Unions the way they were going on. 😈
Someone earlier posted Sharks 1 Lions -1. Its more like Sharks 4 Lions 0:
Ludik, Alberts, Smit and JP. 😈
Be careful – their fans will come post some moralising nonsense soon.
Where are all those guys since they bombed anyway? 😈
@Big Fish (Comment 59) : They came back to reality 😀
@Big Fish (Comment 59) :
Greg is waiting for some bad Sharks Press then he’ll be here.
The other fans are pretty cool actually.
CSB and Walter for example are real gents. I was referring more to those who appeared here just at opportune moments to have a dig, and then mysteriously disappeared when things went sour.
@Big Fish (Comment 62) :
Thems the ones. 😛
@Mocho (Comment 52) : They also have Lionel Mapoe and Ruan Pienaar listed. 😆 😆
@Dancing Bear (Comment 64) :
I missed that.
@Dancing Bear (Comment 64) : Haha. Think the person who put the video there must be have had some of that green stuff PDV takes before press conferences.
why did no one want to believe me or Mad?? do you think our “sauces” are not reliable…. 👿
Nice one JPP. All you need to do is keep away from the Boks. Every time our guys go to Protea XV school they come back fat, out of condition and lacking ball sense. JPP always suffers, just comes right and is off again to mess it up
Very late to this thread but nevermind – it’s great news! Now let’s turn Odwa into an outside center! 😀
Excellent now we can put this one to bed 🙄
O.k things are looking good for the sharks ,all that is needed is for adi to be fit and playing well this idea of playing odwa at outside centre sounds good in theory but it won,t work.If Plumtree can,t make the super 15 semi finals with this team then he needs to go ,sharks need to hire Dawie Theron
Just a thought : The image on the page where I logged in shows walon murray and odwa holding the currie cup. Perhaps a new pic is due?lol
@Big Fish (Comment 10) :
Agree with this : I have always rated JP, amidst my mates not thinking so.
Campo told me once that although he thought JP was one of the laziest wings he knew, he had the potential to become a great wing.
Needles to say, JP was well taught by Campo.
@Gerhardt (Comment 72) : hopefully the sharks will oblige you (and rob),with a pic of odwa an stefan wit the 2010 cup 😀
@Gerhardt (Comment 73) : well, he cant be lazier than mvovo 😆 .. i have also always rated jp ,glad he made a successful transition from fb to wing ..and really,really glad he is staying at the sharks for 3 more years
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this is great news JJ
well done for me just shows where their blood is at ST
@Big Fish (Comment 4) :
suck on the SNOILS
😉
@Big Fish (Comment 5) :
😉
@VanWilder (Comment 6) :
Sharks 2 / Lions 2 😈
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 8) : 😳 oh [email protected] 😉
@robdylan (Comment 9) :
😉
@Big Fish (Comment 10) : i was thinking the same 😆
@Big Fish (Comment 10) : @robdylan (Comment 11) : @Richard Ferguson (Comment 12) :
😉
@lostfish (Comment 23) : we’ ll at least they stay and don’t go abroad 🙂 😉
@war1 (Comment 27) : if u stayed there 😉 woundn’t u be 🙂
@stevo (Comment 35) :
@Zibbie (Comment 37) : well he is a bull and not a Black and White 🙄
@robdylan (Comment 41) : 😯
help please nt LW 😕 😉
@Mocho (Comment 48) : not again please 😳 its bad enough to c AP on our team but must say he is nt doing nt so bad 😕
@KSA Shark © (Comment 49) : u can say that again never 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 61) : Nope, Greg is at home, it’s weekend after all. He’s here now!
@zvision10 (Comment 71) : You think Sharks have the depth to be competitive in the super 15?
@VanWilder (Comment 6) : We didn’t get to sign someone we didn’t have, yet we end on -1? Not sure how that works? 😆
😀 YEAH! Glad to have you here JP. May you score a decissive try for the Sharks this weekend ❗ Or any other weekend and hopefully a lot more to come. But this weekend would do perfectly 😀 😀