Golden Lions coach John Mitchell has called up Burton Francis as flyhalf in place of the province’s two Springbok No.10s, Butch James and Elton Jantjies, for the Lions’ first Currie Cup match of the season.
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2011
Mitchell backs Francis
14 Jul 11 15:29 by Wesley Weber (wpw) | 11 Comments
Henry reiterates effect of long season
14 Jul 11 14:59 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 5 Comments
All Blacks coach Graham Henry has indicated that some of the players that have attended a training camp in Auckland over the last few days are suffering from too much rugby, and will look to rest certain individuals before the World Cup later this year. […]
Otago’s very own South African captain gets them home
14 Jul 11 14:05 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 8 Comments
In the opening match of the ITM season, Otago’s South African captain scored a brace of tries in leading from the front and getting the home side a well-earned 46-29 victory at Carisbrook against North Harbour. […]
Stefan fined by petty SANZAR
14 Jul 11 12:39 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 122 Comments
SANZAR have slapped Stefan Terblanche with a 2000 AUD fine for a tweet questioning the ruling that Riaan Swanepoel was not eligible to play for the Sharks in the Super Rugby match against the Crusaders earlier this year. […]
Province name young team to face Griquas
14 Jul 11 09:34 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 29 Comments
The Western Province side to take on Griquas in the opening round of the Currie Cup this weekend has been announced, with a few surprises thrown in. The first name to jump at me is Hilton Lobberts, who has come from Club rugby to represent at Currie Cup level again. […]
Preview and Predictions – Round 1
14 Jul 11 09:24 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 13 Comments
It’s the first round of the 2011 ABSA Currie Cup competition and it is time to look at the teams and see if we can predict which way the games will be going. […]
Joubert, Richards to debut for Sharks
14 Jul 11 08:31 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 81 Comments
Former Bok outside centre Marius Joubert comes straight in at outside centre as John Plumtree today named a youthful side to take on the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup, at Kings Park on Saturday afternoon. Blitzbok winger Mark Richards will debut on the left wing, while a number of age-group stars feature on the bench. […]
The ones that got away
14 Jul 11 07:49 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 13 Comments
The Sharks side for the Currie Cup match against the Blue Bulls will be named later today and is expected to contain somewhere in the regions of 14 players who have come through the Sharks Academy and age-group ranks. Perhaps more impressive, though, is the number of players named in other Currie Cup sides that have also attended the Academy. […]
Defending the Age-Man
14 Jul 11 07:16 by André Meyer (Culling Song) | 35 Comments
During the recent Super 15 there was a veritable chorus of voices clamouring for Oupa Stefan Terblanche’s omission from the Sharks’ starting lineup, or at the very least, for him to be moved from outside centre to fullback. Moreover, with the appointment of Keegan Daniel as Currie Cup captain, which effectively negates the need for Stefan to start every game, there is every reason to believe that the chorus will only intensify in pitch. […]
Too Much Rugby – What Is To Be Done (Part 4)
14 Jul 11 07:12 by Austin (The Sharks Sharkie) | Comment?
After three articles of nearly 1500 words each, I will try to keep this one short and sweet… well relatively short and as for the sweet part that’s for you to decide. In my first post the whole concept of ‘too much rugby’ was introduced and discussed. It was concluded that the responsibility of resting players shouldn’t be a responsibility at all. Rather SANZAR should organise less rugby fixtures thereby removing the issue of player fatigue. […]
Australian B team to face Samoa
13 Jul 11 16:51 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 5 Comments
Australia face Samoa in a test match on Sunday afternoon (Sunday morning SA time) in what can only be described a warm up for the Tri Nations that kicks off later this month, and the team that has been announced is certainly a B team. […]
Experienced Lions start Currie Cup campaign
13 Jul 11 15:45 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 22 Comments
The Lions have named an experienced team to start their Currie Cup campaign in Friday night, with two players looking to make their centuries during this year’s competition, being Baywatch Grobbelaar and Wikus van Heerden. Both will start against the Pumas. […]
Sharksworld T-shirt tour
13 Jul 11 15:30 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 242 Comments
Okay some of you have heard I’m coming to RSA for a month of what will hopefully be sheer bliss. […]
Orange Griquas team to face WP
13 Jul 11 15:23 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 11 Comments
The Griquas team announced to face Western Province on Saturday has an orange tinge to it, as a lot of the stand out players from the Cheetahs Super Rugby campaign run out in blue this weekend. […]
Cheetahs team to face Leopards
13 Jul 11 15:17 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 17 Comments
The Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has named a solid line up to take on the Leopards in the opening round of the Currie Cup this weekend, with Andries Strauss being selected as captain in the absence of Adriaan Strauss. […]