RC Toulonnais have named their side to face the Cell C Sharks in tonight’s “North vs South” friendly at the Stade Mayol in Toulon, France. […]
Posts tagged with: Frederic Michalak
Habana to lead Toulon against Sharks
Freddie returns, 3 Saffas make cut
Frederic Michalak has been included in the France Rugby World Cup squad, at the expense of Francois Trinh-Duc, while three South African born players made the grade. […]
Les Boks sont prêts pour Les Bleus
The Boks will be looking to keep their unbeaten record in Europe when they face France at Stade de France on Saturday evening. The Springboks have had an easy EOY tour to date, after beating Wales in their 1st test 24 – 15 and Scotland 28 – 0 last weekend. […]
Toothless Sharks
A team with Springboks in most starting positions on the field (and the few that haven’t played for the Springboks is probably equal if not better then the one who is currently playing in that position), and yet they struggle to get any sort of momentum or win behind them. The were outscored 4 tries to 2 by the Reds on Friday night in Brisbane Australia. […]
Single change for Sharks
The Sharks team to face the Stormers in the Super Rugby semi-final has been announced, with only one change to the starting fifteen, with Paul Jordaan failing to pass a late fitness test and Meyer Bosman starting at inside centre and Tim Whitehead shifting to outside centre. […]
Will Frans Steyn play in this years playoffs?
We’ve been asking this question for quite some time now. Will the Sharks be able to play Frans Steyn in the playoffs? Well firstly let me just get the jinx out of the way and say that obviously this depends on whether they do enough against the Cheetahs to remain in 6th spot on the log, just above the chasing Reds and […]
Weakened Sharks with all to play for
The Sharks have named a somewhat weakened side to face the Bulls on Friday, after Pat Lambie, Willem Alberts, Steven Sykes and Jacques Botes were all ruled out through injury. […]
Sharks hang on for crucial win over Stormers
After a first-half in which they dominated proceedings pretty much throughout, the Sharks were forced to endure a few nervous moments late in the game, before emerging 25-20 winners over the Stormers at Kings Park tonight. […]
Botes benched for 100th game
The old adage about not changing a winning team seems not to have reached Durban, with coach John Plumtree opting to make a number of changes to his side for this weekend’s clash against the Stormers. […]
Lambie cleared, Ludik misses out
The Sharks have made limited changes to the team that takes on the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein this weekend, with Pat Lambie cleared to play while Ludik misses out due to his injury. […]
Sharks unchanged for Force
The Sharks have, for the first time this season, been able to name an unchanged side in consecutive weeks, with coach John Plumtree sticking to his team that beat the Highlanders last weekend to do duty against the Force on Saturday evening. […]
Sharks stuffed by Canes in New Plymouth
The Hurricanes have thrashed the Sharks by 42 points to 18 at the Yarrow Stadium, scoring 6 tries to just 2 from the visitors. […]
Sharks change two for Canes
Craig Burden has been named to start at hooker for the Sharks against the Hurricanes on Friday, with Bismarck du Plessis, carrying an injury niggle after 6 full games in a row, benching in New Plymouth. […]
Sharks forced into changes for ‘Tahs
The Sharks team to face the Waratahs on Saturday has been announced, and the team is pretty much as we all anticipated, with Steven Sykes playing off the bench, Jandre Marais getting his first start for the Sharks and JP Pietersen sitting out the game altogether. […]
Alberts starts against the Lions
Sharks coach John Plumtree has wasted little time in getting Willem Alberts straight back into the starting line-up. […]