The Sharks have surged to second place on the Currie Cup log courtesy of a rare bonus-point victory over the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versveld in Pretoria. The visitors scored four tries in their 28-20 victory – the third bonus point in as many outing as Robert du Preez’s side seem to finally be finding their attacking mojo. […]
Posts tagged with: Currie Cup Log
Bonus point joy for Sharks at Loftus
10 Aug 17 09:53 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments
Sharks show spirit – but result remains the same
21 Sep 15 09:29 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 43 Comments
The Sharks rallied late to score two tries and give a little respectability to an 18-26 defeat to the Lions in Currie Cup rugby on Saturday. While the visitors were competitive for much of the match, they again fell well short of the standard set by the log-leading side this year. […]
Province take (all) the points
13 Sep 15 17:12 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 185 Comments
The Sharks have put their fans through another tame home ground capitulation, allowing Western Province to leave Kings Park with five Currie Cup log points in an embarrassing 27-37 defeat. […]
7-try Sharks surge to the top
21 Sep 13 16:44 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 45 Comments
A great bonus point win over the Cheetahs – prevailing 50-26 – saw the Sharks take pole position on the Currie Cup log in Durban this afternoon. […]
Take a bow Plum, the Currie Cup King
15 Oct 12 11:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
Regardless of whatever happens in the two weeks that follows, I think it’s time that we, as Sharks fans, take our hats off to a man whose coaching record in the Currie Cup totally obliterates what anyone else has achieved in the last few years. […]
Sharks in control with one round left
7 Oct 12 14:32 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 20 Comments
In a result that catapulted them back to the top of the Currie Cup log, the Sharks scored a 37-30, bonus-point win over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein last night. The result sews up a home semi-final for the men from Durban (for the 6th year in succession) and ensures that even a few points against Griquas in Durban on Friday night will see them win the right to host the final, should they progress that far. […]
September is Lions’ month
4 Oct 12 08:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 14 Comments
The deserved winners of the Currie Cup coach and player of the month for September has been announced, with the Lions pair of Johan Ackermann and Elton Jantjies walking away with R10 000 each. […]
Lions snap up Bulls pair
3 Oct 12 12:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 5 Comments
In a truly amazing development, the Golden Lions have actually signed two new players for next season! […]
Can WP tame the Lions?
26 Sep 12 08:30 by Clayton Saville (Clayton(PJLD)) | 7 Comments
Saturday saw DHL Western Province keep the history books intact as they kept their 111 year record of not losing to Griquas in Newlands going strong. […]
Mountain looming for Currie Cup stalwarts
17 Sep 12 08:11 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments
There were a number of very interesting developments over the last weekend in a Currie Cup season that has not been short of excitement to date. […]
Sharks do the job
16 Sep 12 12:56 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 10 Comments
It was a case of mission accomplished for the Sharks, who managed to beat Western Province at a soaked Mr Price Kings Park by 16 points, and in the rain and wet managed to keep their cool and score a fourth try to secure the bonus point and stay in touch with the Lions, who sit atop the Currie Cup log. […]
Two changes to U21’s for Bulls clash
2 Sep 11 09:43 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 14 Comments
The Sharks U21’2 take on the Bulls this weekend, kick off being at 14h40, as they attempt to continue their climb up the Currie Cup log. They are currently in third spot, five points behind the Bulls who are in the second spot. […]
Sharks facing semi-final catch 22
2 Oct 10 23:19 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 79 Comments
Any celebrations in Durban brought about by the Sharks securing top spot on the Currie Cup log a week early were soon dashed by Free State’s bonus point win over the Lions. With the Blue Bulls dashing Western Province’s hopes of a possible first place finish should they win next weekend, the Cheetahs have now moved into very real contention for a home semi-final themselves. […]
Round 12: Preview and predictions
23 Sep 10 15:03 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 59 Comments
Round 12 of the ABSA Currie Cup is upon us and it’s time to gaze into the crystal ball a little and predict what we think will happen. […]
54 is the magic number
21 Sep 10 10:25 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments
The Sharks, sitting pretty on top of the Currie Cup log with 46 points, require only 8 more log points to ensure that they occupy the same lofty position at the end of the regular season. […]