After reading an article about rugby professionals leaving their country of birth to play for an adopted country, whether through residency or ancestral lineage, and how it’s diluting the game, I decided to put down some of my own thoughts. […]
Posts tagged with: Brad Barritt
A Foreign Affair
27 Jan 15 10:15 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 103 Comments
Welcome back Waylon!
12 Jan 15 10:45 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 64 Comments
Good news for any Sharks fan with a sensitive streak (or a soft spot for home grown heroes fallen on hard times) is that Waylon Murray WILL be a Sharks player in 2015. […]
Strong Saffa flavour as Sarries prepare for Sharks
8 Jan 14 13:05 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 53 Comments
Saracens have named their 23-man squad to face the Sharks at Allianz Park in London on Saturday 25 January. […]
Select your British & Irish Lions 22 for the Tests
1 Mar 13 13:10 by Chris Smith (ChrisS) | 8 Comments
The time is drawing near and everyone is giving it their all in the 6 Nations in order to be on the plane to Australia. There will be a few surprises and disappointments as there are every 4 years. […]
Six Nations: Team of the Week Round Two
11 Feb 13 09:30 by (Sam Knibbs) | 7 Comments
The second weekend of the Six Nations saw both Scotland and Wales record their first victories of the tournament. Wales’ gritty win was especially impressive for the strength of character it showed given their previous poor run of eight straight defeats. The cool headed Leigh Halfpenny slotted eleven points to put his side’s title ambitions back on track. In Dublin, it was the cool head of Owen Farrell that left England with the only 100% record in the championship – his twelve points were enough to see off the Irish. Here is a look at the star performers from all the action: […]
Lions watch: Round 1. The Backs.
5 Feb 13 14:07 by Andre Liebenberg (King Shark) | 19 Comments
With the first round of the Six Nations behind us, it is perhaps a good time to start speculating on the composition of the team that will take on the Aussies later this year. I base my selection on this past weekend’s performance only, so bear that in mind before you start baying for my blood! […]
Barritt shines in great English win
3 Dec 12 10:11 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 21 Comments
England stunned the rugby world in Saturday in surging to a record win over the All Blacks at Twickenham. It was the English midfield, superbly marshalled by Sharks old boy Bradley Barritt, that did most of the damage, carving open the Kiwi defence three times in the second half to put the result beyond doubt. […]
Six changes for England
23 Nov 12 10:34 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 2 Comments
England will face the Boks on Saturday with a new-look side, as coach Stuart Lancaster has welded a heavy axe following last SAturday’s home loss against the Wallabies. […]
Wedding bells for two Sharks twelves
2 Jul 12 07:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 1 Comment
They competed for the Sharks number 12 jersey for a number of seasons, before each opting to pursue their respective careers in Europe; each then made a somewhat dramatic return to Durban to face each other, wearing that number in green and white respectively when South Africa faced England in the first test earlier this year. […]
England lose Brown, Barritt
11 Jun 12 08:17 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
While the Springboks appear to be in pretty good shape, injury-wise, after Saturday’s opening encounter in Durban, the English have taken some casualties. […]
The Poms are here
8 Jun 12 08:02 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 18 Comments
As the international rugby season is about to kick off in South Africa, let’s have a look at the Boks vs the Poms. […]
England team to face Springboks
7 Jun 12 14:04 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 32 Comments
England coach Stuart Lancaster has handed two players their debuts against the Springboks this Saturday, with prop Joe Marler and flank Tom Johnson starting their first games in the White jersey, while Brad Barritt and Mouritz Botha will face their country of birth for the first time. […]
Large English squad for tour
11 May 12 08:57 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 2 Comments
The RFU have selected a very large squad of 42 players to tour South Africa over the (English) summer, with the core of Stuart Lancaster’s Six Nations side retained. […]
Barritt’s amazing year continues
25 Apr 12 10:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
News coming out of the UK is that former Sharks centre Bradley Barritt is in line for the coveted English Premiership Player of the Year award, having been nominated along with 5 others. […]
Six Nations – Round three
25 Feb 12 12:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 165 Comments
The Six Nations is really starting to get interesting now, with Round Three of the action looming. This just adds to the already packed rugby we have had with the start of the Super Rugby season, with ten massive games for your viewing pleasure. […]