Sharksworld caught up with Sharks winger JP Pietersen for a quick chat in the week of what will surely be his 100th game for the team in Super Rugby, if he’s selected to play against the Bulls this weekend. […]
Posts tagged with: Deon Carstens
JP feeling the heat
18 Mar 14 14:34 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
Seasoned Shark and WP prop retires
17 Apr 13 10:25 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 7 Comments
Deon Carstens, a veteran of more than 200 first class matches, as well as ten caps for the Boks, has been forced to retire. […]
Who should we have seen more of?
14 Jan 13 08:30 by Chris Smith (ChrisS) | 28 Comments
The Super season is yet to kick off so this is a fun opinion piece, just to wake everyone up a bit. […]
New captain for WP for Lions clash
17 Oct 12 13:39 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 10 Comments
Western province will be without captain Jean de Villiers when they take on the Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday evening, with de Villiers joining Andries Bekker and Tiaan Liebenberg on the casualties list. […]
One change for red hot WP
13 Sep 12 08:57 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 21 Comments
The Sharks will face an almost unchanged Western Province team this weekend, with coach Allister Coetzee making one injury-enforced change, with Rynhardt Elstadt ruled out of rugby for the next few weeks and Tyrone Holmes returning to the side of the scrum. […]
Eight changes for WP
29 Aug 12 13:13 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 1 Comment
The Western Province team to take on the Bulls at Newlands this weekend has been announced, with the team losing not one, not two but all three their starting loosies from last week. Coach Allister Coetzee has made a staggering eight changes to the team that lost to the Lions. […]
Positives for Province
27 Aug 12 16:07 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 8 Comments
Despite the bad news regarding WP and their loosies, there is some good news to report on. […]
Province get two back, but lose three others
13 Aug 12 09:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
Western Province’s injury toll continues to climb, with the long-awaited return to action of loose forward Duane Vermuelen set to be off-set by losses to key personnel in other positions. […]
No Kitshoff for Stormers
27 Jun 12 09:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 6 Comments
While there’s still plenty of uncertainty surrounding the composition of the Stormers pack for this weekend’s Super Rugby derby against the Lions at Newlands, we know for sure that one player, Steven Kitshoff, definitely won’t be there. […]
Bekker out for five weeks
30 May 12 14:07 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 56 Comments
In a blow to both the Stormers and the Springboks, Andries Bekker has been ruled out of rugby for 5 weeks, which means he will miss the crucial Bulls clash this weekend, as well as the entire Springbok series against England. Bekker is one of four changes to the Stormers side for their match against the Bulls this Saturday. […]
Vodacom Cup 2012 – Sharks XV (15) v Western Province (17) F/T
17 Mar 12 13:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 92 Comments
The Sharks XV take on Western Province in a televised Vodacom Cup match this afternoon. The game is at Kings Park and serves as the curtain-raiser to the big Sharks-Reds Super Rugby clash later on. […]
First outing against familiar faces
15 Mar 12 08:16 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments
Former Sharks stalwart Deon “Speenvark” Carstens will represent his new side, Western Province, for the first time this weekend as he’s been named at tight head prop for the Vodacom Cup side. In a somewhat ironic twist, Carstens’ blue-and-white debut will be against the team he represented with such success for so many years, the Sharks. […]
Stormers prop comes out of retirement
24 Nov 11 14:08 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
27-year-old Stormers prop Schalk Ferreira, who gave up on the game two years ago after a serious neck injury, has been cleared to return to rugby. […]
Bash back for the Stormers
9 Nov 11 23:22 by Clayton Saville (Clayton(PJLD)) | 188 Comments
In news that will certainly put a smile on the faces of Stormers fans everywhere Peter Grant, the saviour of WP , The Stormers Stormer and general person of interest has signed a new contract for the Cape franchise and will be available at the end of the Japanese season. […]
Carstens likely to play for Stormers
9 Nov 11 07:01 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments
Former Sharks prop Deon Carstens looks set to join the Stormers squad ahead of next year’s Super Rugby competition, with sources suggesting that the move will be announced by the WPRU later this morning. […]