We tend to forget just how young some of our Currie Cup squad are! Sharks under 21 coaches Deon Kayser and Albert van den Berg have been able to include Johan Meyer in their team for this weekend’s game against the Bulls and will use his senior experience to help turn a tough upfront battle. […]
Posts tagged with: Albert van den Berg
Rare u21 appearance for Plank
2 Oct 14 14:26 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments
Sharks under 21s biting the bullet
15 Sep 14 12:43 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
We caught up with Sharks under 21 forward coach Albert van den Berg last week, for a quick chat. […]
Macleod-Henderson takes Currie Cup reins
29 Apr 14 16:31 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 25 Comments
The Cell C Sharks have made an early announcement regarding coaching structures for the remainder of the year, with Brad Macleod-Henderson installed as Head Coach for the Currie Cup campaign, under the direction of Director of Rugby Jake White. […]
Jake turns to van den Berg – April Fools!
1 Apr 14 09:16 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 57 Comments
Sharksworld has reliably learned that Cell C Sharks Director of Rugby Jake White has successfully lured Bok lock Albert van den Berg out of retirement to provide cover at lock in this year’s Super Rugby competition. […]
Exciting match expected from Sharks supporting cast
14 Feb 14 16:48 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 27 Comments
A number of fringe Super Rugby squad members will take the field, together with the cream of the Sharks young brigade, when two Sharks XV selections play in a curtain raiser to Saturday’s Super Rugby clash at Growthpoint Kings Park. […]
Welcome back, Sharks
6 Jan 14 09:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 7 Comments
After a far-too-short, but mercifully quiet and uneventful, Christmas break, the Sharks Super Rugby and Vodacom Cup squads return to pre-season training this week. […]
Beans takes the Rovers reigns
4 Oct 13 10:31 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 2 Comments
College Rovers have moved quickly to replace departing head coach Robert du Preez, by appointing former Wildebeest coach Bryan “Beans” Bateman as Director of Rugby for 2014 and beyond. […]
Lewies to get his big break – Everitt
24 Sep 13 15:17 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 17 Comments
Sharksworld caught up with Sharks backline coach Sean Everitt this afternoon, ahead of the team’s big clash with the Lions on Friday. Here’s what he had to say. […]
Youngster and (real) oldie vie for number 5 shirt
24 Sep 13 08:25 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 5 Comments
If the pictures from yesterday’s Sharks training session are anything to go by, then it looks as though two players at vastly different stages of their respective careers are in line to replace Pieter-Steph du Toit in the Sharks line-up to play the Lions on Friday night. […]
Stef – The legend!
7 Apr 11 09:46 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 42 Comments
Stefan Terblanche is on the brink of becoming the first player to play 200 games for the Natal Rugby Union, after playing 112 Super Rugby matches and 87 Currie Cup matches in his career so far. […]
Bert will be big in Japan
8 Feb 10 10:08 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 21 Comments
We’ve known about this for some time, but the Sharks today confirmed that big Albert van den Berg will see out his career playing for Canon in Japan. […]
Sharks back in training
24 Nov 09 10:04 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 126 Comments
The bulk of the Sharks Super 14 squad were back on the training paddock yesterday and there were a few surprises in store, although most of them were, to be honest, expected. […]
Sharks looking in good shape
13 Oct 09 14:43 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments
The good news from the regular Tuesday press conference at ABSA stadium is that both Beast Mtawarira and Bismarck du Plessis are now looking odds-on to start this weekend’s semi-final. […]
Sharks need to sort their pack – and fast!
28 Sep 09 12:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 46 Comments
Am I the only one who went, quite quickly, from being simply disappointed to rather alarmed on Friday night? The Sharks pack, admittedly not a full-strength one, should nevertheless have done a far better job of containing – nay, dominating – their Leopards counterparts. Far too often, though, it was the visitors who enjoyed the up-front supremacy. […]
Gritty Sharks overcome carding shambles
27 Jul 09 09:26 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments
Although Friday night’s card-fest between the Sharks and the Bulls was hardly one of those classic encounters you’ll tell your kids about one day, I like to believe it may just turn out to be the moment where just a little momentum started to go the Sharks way in this year’s Currie Cup. […]