Five players were officially welcomed to Super Rugby by the Sharks after Saturday’s match against the Bulls (even though one of them didn’t actually play on the day).
Fred Zeilinga, who is yet to open his account in 2014, earned a Super Rugby cap against the Southern Kings in the Sharks’ final match of the 2013 season, but given all the shenanigans going on at the time (what with interim coaches and a team that, frankly, just wasn’t in the mood for celebrating even despite a big win on the day) clearly never received his official “cap” (yes, there is actually a real cap involved). This oversight was corrected on Saturday night in the Sharks change room.
Joining him were four other players who made a first appearance for the Sharks in Super Rugby on Saturday. Lourens Adriaanse (30 Cheetahs appearances) and SP Marais (8 Kings appearances) both made franchise debuts for the Sharks against the Bulls, while Stephan Lewies and Heimar Williams, who came on as replacements, made their respective first apeparances in the Super Rugby comeptition for any side.
Congratulations to our five new Sharks. The picture below is courtesy of Charl McLeod’s Twitter feed.
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Congrats guys, and may there be many sharks caps still be in the future.
Great news ,Fred Z is the future at 10 for the Sharks
@benji (Comment 2) : Lambie’s only 23.
I’m a big fan of tradition, so very nice to see the Sharks capping their new players.
Well done boys on a brilliant game. The Bulls came out guns blazing in the first 20 minutes, but we just wore them down. I’m sure we’ll figure out how to combat their driving maul.
@David12246 (Comment 3) : 😆
@benji (Comment 2) : nouprajykak 😀
@David12246 (Comment 3) : But Lambie didn’t go to Glenwood.
So does that mean that a guy like Jacques Botes literally has 173 material caps lying around the house?
We do seem to forget that Lambie is still so young, hopefully Zeilinga doesnt disappear.
@The Great Couch Shark (Comment 8) : He hasn’t had to buy a dish-cloth in years 😈 😉
@benji (Comment 2) : How do you work that out……Lambie is 23 and Swiel is twice the player Z is?
@Saffex (Comment 11) : Let’s wait and see