I wonder how many of you will remember Siseko Jafta, the promising Sharks and Junior bok flanker who was forced to retire prematurely some years back due to a neck injury? Well, the good news is that the Sharks have looked after him and helped him forge an off-field career, culminating in today’s awesome news that he’s the new General Manager for the union’s amateur arm. […]
Posts tagged with: Junior Teams
Big step up for Jafts
25 Oct 16 12:57 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 48 Comments
Potgieter returns to the Sharks
6 May 15 16:19 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 66 Comments
The Sharks have just announced the signing of utility forward Jacques Potgieter from the Waratahs. […]
Promising start for Sharks juniors
2 Jul 13 09:52 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
Both the Sharks under 19 and under 21 sides recorded good victories over their Lions counterparts, in friendly matches played in Harrismith last Friday. […]
Liefling back in Blue
8 Nov 12 08:30 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 3 Comments
Derick Hougaard, the liefling of Loftus, may yet return to the Blue Bulls, even if it is not in a playing capacity. […]
Junior team announcements delayed
29 Jul 11 10:04 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 34 Comments
The uncertainty surrounding the composition of the Sharks side for Saturday’s game against the Cheetahs is having a knock-on effect to the junior ranks, with neither Sean Everitt nor Ryan Strudwick able to confirm their lineups for this weekend’s crunch matches against the Free State Cheetahs. […]
Importance of a youth structure
1 Jul 11 12:52 by (Villie) | 98 Comments
In this professional era when unions compete with each other to lure the best players to their province, is it still necessary to have a youth structure in place? […]
Lions appear to have lured Serfontein
11 Jan 11 11:02 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 11 Comments
News out today is that the Lions appear to have successfully negotiated the release of Bulls junior coach Nico Serfontein from his contract at Loftus and an announcement that he is officially crossing the Jukskei should be made later this afternoon. Serfontein has been a huge part of the Bulls success in lower-level competitions since he was recruited by Heyneke Meyer to oversee junior rugby in Pretoria back in 2002. […]
Big test for junior teams
11 Oct 10 10:41 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 24 Comments
In a pretty bizarre twist of fate, all three Sharks team will face semi-final encounters against the Blue Bulls this weekend. Unlike their senior counterparts, though, the Sharks under 19 and under 21 sides could not manage a top of the log finish and as both teams finished third on their respective logs, a daunting trip to Loftus Versveld is in store for them. […]
Junior teams have differing aims
5 Oct 10 22:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
For Swys de Bruin’s Sharks under 21 side and Sean Everitt’s under 19s, the upcoming games against the Western Province counterparts mean everything and nothing respectively. […]
Sharks junior teams named (updated)
1 Sep 10 14:20 by Warren Smith (war1) | 22 Comments
Age group coaches Swys de Bruin and Sean Everitt have named their respective Sharks Under 21 and Under 19 sides to take on their Blue Bull counterparts at Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday leading in to the Absa Currie Cup clash between the senior sides.
Both teams suffered fairly narrow losses in the first round in Durban and will be looking to reverse those results. The Under 19s come off the back of a bye last weekend while the Under 21s registered their second defeat over Boland, their sixth in seven matches – incidentally the Bulls are the only team to have beaten them. […]
Junior teams announced to face WP
20 Aug 10 11:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 15 Comments
The U19 and U21 teams to face WP on Saturday have been announced. […]
Junior Sharks named for Free State
14 Aug 08 10:19 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments
Both the Sharks U/19 and U/21 teams will kick off their campaigns on Friday evening when they take on their Free State counterparts in Bloemfontein. Pat Cilliers will make his return from injury, playing off the bench for the U/21 side. […]