Tickets for John Smit’s upcoming testimonial game are now on-sale, according to the Sharks website, with a fun-filled evening of rugby in store for fans on Friday 22 June.
The second-most-capped Shark returns to his former hunting ground along with a rag-tag bunch of former team mates and friends to take on the Sharks in what is sure to be an exciting and free-flowing game. Legendary coach Ian McIntosh will coach “Barney’s Army” for this clash and the list of confirmed players include Sharks legends in Smit, BJ Botha, Johann Muller, Brent Russell, Butch James, Percy Montgomery, Shaun Sowerby and Ruan Pienaar, in addition to other seasoned internationals like Simon Shaw, Joe van Niekerk, Jerome Thion, Phil Waugh and Stephen Donald.
The main game kicks off just after 7, but fans of the club game will want to arrive early to catch the 5pm curtain-raiser between domestic club champs College Rovers and the visiting Varstiy Cup champions, Tukkies from Pretoria.
All proceeds will go to the John Smit Foundation, a trust set up to benefit charities including the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Fund, the LIV Village and the Bobbi Bear Foundation. Tickets are available through the Sharks ticket office or Computicket. You can also check out the Barney’s Army website for more details about the match.
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So Sharks team will be something like this i hope, without the Baby Boks too i hope…How they performed so badly against Ireland was beyond me, soo much quality in that team.
Not sure if Plum wants to rest players here…
1.Chadwick
2.Burden
3.Herbst
4.Sykes
5.Bresler
6.Botes
7.Stander
8.Deysel(C)
9.Mcloed
10.Bosman
11.Sithole
12.Whitehead/Viljoen
13.Viljoen/Whitehead
14.Ndungane
15.Ludik
16.Cooper
17.Schonert
18.J.Marais
19.Kleinhans
20.Hoffmann
21.Zeilinga
22.Joubert
Can’t we convince Ian to stay on as DOR while he’s there? 🙁
@JJR (Comment 1) : Mtembu at 8, Deysel at 7
This won’t be televised hey?
How can Ruan Pienaar play? Will he be released from the Boks?
I am missing this game by 24 hours!! 🙁
@Ben (Comment 5) : that and the fact that he’s not a Shark…
@Ice (Comment 7) : nie een van hulle is nie
@Ben (Comment 5) : dalk is dit hoekom Jano daar is
@Franshark (Comment 8) : sorry, thought he was commenting on JJR’s team in comment 1 – did not read! 😉
@Ice (Comment 10) : 😆
i have a small problem. a friend is planning a stag the night of the game and since i will be missing the wedding, he says that I have to come for the stag. Was looking forward to seeing JS at KP again, but now im in a bit of a tight situation.