Sharks outside centre Paul Jordaan has suffered a knee injury and will be out of action for roughly a month.
Jordaan, who sat out 9 months of the 2013 season due to an ACL rupture which occurred during a training session, has been in great form so far in 2014, scoring the first tries in both of the Sharks’ bonus point victories against the Bulls and Lions. This latest injury is a setback, but not a terribly serious one.
According to the Sharks, he has had a scope on his knee and will be out for between 3 and 4 weeks. The timing of his injury is unfortunate, both for the player and for the team, since they will already be without Odwa Ndungane this weekend. It’s assumed that both JP Pietersen and S’bura Sithole will now start against the Reds.
We’d like to wish Paul all the best for his recovery and look forward to seeing him back soon after the second bye.
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Wishing you a speedy recovery Handsak!
Not great news. He was just starting to perform well. Time for Sbu to step up.
Heimar at 13, JP on the wing possibly?
@Ludz (Comment 3) : I don’t think they see Heimar as a 13
@Ludz (Comment 3) : Very Unlikely ; we need someone with explosive speed at 13, Heimar does not offer that.
Damn! Will Lambie be back this week?
I do suspect that Heimar will find a bench spot should Sbu start though.
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 6) : I think so.
my guess is
9 Cobus 10 Pat 11 Lwazi 12 Frans 13 Sbura 14 JP 15 SP
21 Charl 22 Heimar 23 Jaco vT
@Ludz (Comment 3) : Sbu at 13. JPP and Lambie back. It could be worse…
This is terrible. I’m gutted. Hard luck Paul. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Sbu at 13 and JPP at 14
lasted longer than i thought he would
@robdylan (Comment 8) : Not a bad team that though!
Hard luck for Jordaan. The downfalls of a contact sport at high speed. I wonder if we will see someone like Esterhuizen or Swiel pop into the match day 23.
At least it’s only 3-4 weeks. Still feel for him though.
Any news on Lambie?
Well the season is still very long so he should have plenty of time to get back in the team and continue his rise to top form. (should it only be 3 months as Rob said).
With that said, I can’t wait to see what hosepipe can offer at 13, he looks like he’s become a muscular specimen and super hungry and focused.
@Sharksmad – The Blog’s Dudette (Comment 13) : Not a bad team at all. I’m sure Jake White would have liked to ease JP off the bench, but I guess he doesn’t have much choice now.
So now Whites hand is being forced. I suppose Sbu at 13 and JPP at wing
Poor ol’ Jordaan. He’s gonna battle with those wobbly knees, I guarantee it.
Just as he started settling in, and looking real dangerous. What a pity
what has happened to Keegan?
Time for André Esterhuizen to slot in next to Frans. Two monsters in the mid-field! J.P. on the wing!
@pete69 (Comment 22) : been battling a bit with injury…. might get a run with the Vodacom team this week
@andre11272 (Comment 23) : no, he’s too slow for 13. Jake won’t pick him.
As a side note…the Sharks could produce the worlds fastest back line….EVER!!!
9. Reinach
10. Lambie
11. Mvovo
12. Jordaan
13. Sithole
14. JP
15. Chavhanga
Add Kanko to that and OMG!!!
4/5 Players who run 11 seconds or better, plus Reinach who is lightning and then Lambie to run the show. Just saying……………..:-)
Jeez but this guy can lose the ball in contact.
Or fail to catch it in the first place. Reminds me of Petey in Remember the Titans.
Farking dangerous when he holds on to it though.
@pienaar111 (Comment 26) : What are the official 100m times for the Sharks squad?
It would be interesting to know who’s the fastest and who has the potential to play in the outside backs based purely on speed.
@ChrisS (Comment 28) : I doubt those sort of stats are readily available but could probably be obtained given enough nagging.
@vanmartin (Comment 29) : Who do we ask to do the nagging?
I heard that Pieter Hendriks and James Small used to run 10.4 seconds so I’d like to know how the modern era guys compare.
@vanmartin (Comment 29) : @ChrisS (Comment 28) : Unlikely that any rugby coach will use 100m times. They will use 40m and downwards. For a speedy rugby player you want max acceleration between 10 and 20 metres.
@ChrisS (Comment 30) : I highly doubt that dude. That’s an Olympic qualifying time. Besides, Tonderai Chavanga claimed a PB of 10.5 and he’s generally considered to be one of the quickest to have played the game. Carlin Isles who recently played for the USA Sevens team was actually on the Olympic Hurdling squad with a PB of 10.2 and he’s a proper Olympic sprinter. I think you may be surprised how slow a rugby player’s 100m time is, mainly because it’s not applicable to the game. Like I said, a player who can accelerate quicker than the opposition under 40 metres is far more useful to a coach.
@ChrisS (Comment 30) : Someone who seems to have a particularly good relationship with the Sharks union these days? I won’t mention names 😈
@The Great Couch Shark (Comment 31) : Makes sense. I remember this being the stat quoted for the juniors that were signed a month or so ago. Thomas du Toit’s 40m was especially impressive if I recall correctly.
@vanmartin (Comment 33) : you tend to get this sort of info anecdotally and piecemeal. I really doubt the Sharks (or any other union) would ever actually release a block of it.
@robdylan (Comment 34) : We’re better off for it. Best we don’t get over-obsessed with player stats like they do in the American sports. Wayne Gretzky would have made for a terrible hockey player judged only on his stats.
Jordaan seems like an injury waiting to happen 😯 hes really looked good since recovering from his previous injury
@Son Of Mayhem (Comment 11) : I would rather play JPP at 13 and Sithole at 14, comparing skill levels