The squads for the upcoming Super Rugby Competition are to be finalised and confirmed with Sanzar today.
Regional tournament director Johan Botes told the Times newspaper that teams have to be handed in today. The squads are unlimited compared to in prior years when a limited squad was announced. The only limit that still applies will be when a touring team is announced, where Sanzar will only cover 26 players and 9 management people to tour.
This means that the friendlies being played this weekend will have no bearing on the players getting into teams.

Good news. I cant believe they sent 9 management people over, can someone name them all?
Coach with 2 assistants
Team Doctor with ? Assistants
Team manager?
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Sharks can get close to 9 pretty easily, I reckon.
Coaches: Plum, Bashie, Reece
Manager: Trevor Barnes
Doc: Ewoud
Physio: Dean
Masseuse: Bob
Just leaves room for two others, of which one would be the logistics guy (not sure who that is)
@robdylan (Comment 2) : Towel guy
@robdylan (Comment 2) : Mark Steele?
@beet (Comment 4) : I was wondering about that. Would the strength and conditioning coach go on tour with them? I guess he would…
in fact, we’ve forgotten Clinton Isaacs, the video analysis guy and Jimmy Wright, the biokineticist.
@robdylan (Comment 6) : Thanks. And thanks to Sharksworld’s contributors and some bloggers I don’t think I’ve ever been this well informed going into a new season. 😆
Do the Sharks send a ‘fluffer’ with ?
@beet (Comment 7) : Plus 1 😉
@Speed7 (Comment 8) : fluffer??
they can always take me – i would love to go!!!! 😛
@Pokkel (Comment 10) : Just let it go 😐
@beet (Comment 7) : Rob takes Sharks stalking to another level. 😉
@Ardent Shark (Comment 11) : @Speed7 (Comment 8) : I am fervently praying that those two comments DO NOT relate to each other in ANY way 😯
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 13) : dude, I DEFINE Sharks stalking 🙂
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 12) : Pardon my ignorance 🙄
@robdylan (Comment 14) : :cough: 😐 😆
New Zealand Squads are 32 plus their wider training group of 8
I imagine those are the names submitted 😎
I think the Kiwi’s travel with a tattoo artist by the looks of things.
@Speed7 (Comment 19) :
Steady…. that’s a bit close to the mark as well, your not making many friends are you !
“The squads are unlimited…. ”
Then why bother naming a squad? My squad for super rugby(any team) is:
All the contracted players 🙄
@Greg (Comment 22) : i think with the new format that leaves the season pretty long, they dont have any idea how big a squad is needed to go throughout the season… 😉
okey, i tried… 🙂
@VanWilder (Comment 23) : But they force the union to name a squad anyway, with no limit, but then go and limit the touring squad? makes no sense to me, but then it is a Friday?
@Pokkel (Comment 16) : google and see.
Speed is just being himself again. 🙁 😕
@Greg (Comment 23) : They are not limiting the touring squad – just the number of players/management they are paying for. As far as I know, franchise can take more on their own account.
@MysticShark (Comment 25) : On re-reading, yeah I see that, so my question again, why even bother announcing a squad, touring or otherwise?
Without the amount of money we now have, not only can we name every contracted player in the super squad, we can also take all of them, plus wags, plus all the supporters as well as our own car guards on tour 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 24) : From Wikipedia:
Fluffer is the term applied to a member of a synchronized figure skating team not performing a feature in the programme.
I don’t get it? 😆 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 24) : Well now I know 😆 Just shows what an innocent person I am! I haven’t got time to be a Sharks supporter and for that sort of thing…so I choose to be a Sharks supporter! 😀
Jeez. You mean I got away with that one ?
@Speed7 (Comment 29) : Next time you will not come of that lightly!
@Speed7 (Comment 29) : You are saying it like your proud of it… what a shame… 😐
Jeez. Can’t win here. Try laughing. It doesn’t hurt at all.
@Speed7 (Comment 8) : Stormers has copy right on that position.. 😈 😳
Just Googled fluffer, saw a picture of speedy on the right had side.
Iam left handed .
@Speed7 (Comment 35) : You look ambidextrous to me.
Iam .I can speak two languages .
@Speed7 (Comment 37) :
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
@Speed7 (Comment 37) :
Sign language requires both hands.
@Speed7 (Comment 37) : You are so lucky! I would give my left arm to be ambidextrous!
@Speed7 (Comment 37) : speedy gonzalez! They are giving you a lot of shit here hey. I don’t think you’re to bad just as long as you don’t support the bulls you’re fine by me. 🙂
1000 and counting!
@Greg (Comment 40) :
I sympathise, you guys are already giving your souls for a good rugby team
@Salmonoid (Comment 43) : Who said anything about giving? I sold mine!
@SharonvanWyk (Comment 44) :
On a Spanish train no doubt, or a rugby field in the Northern Cape?
😎 I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you. Got a cracker of a deal, though!
@MysticShark (Comment 25) :
They are limiting the touring squad.
The teams may opt to take more than the 9 management at their own expense, but no players.
Does anybody know when the teams will up on SW so i can do my think on JR please 🙂 don’t want to pic and the they are on sick leave 😕