With stories filtering in over the course of the Super Rugby season, I thought it might be helpful to do a consolidated post listing all the Sharks players that we know are leaving at the end of Super Rugby – or have, in fact, already left to pursue their careers elsewhere. […]
Posts tagged with: Justin Downey
The great Shark clear-out
9 Jun 14 10:43 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 129 Comments
Downey joins Burger in Japanese switch
2 Jun 14 12:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments
The big news – at least form a Bok point of view – seems to be the confirmation that Schalk Burger will join Suntory Sungoliath in Japan after Super Rugby this year. Sharks fans will be more interested to see that Justin Downey is joining him. […]
Hewitt skippers changed Sharks XV
10 Apr 14 12:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 21 Comments
The Cell C Sharks XV have changed things up a fair bit for this weekend’s clash against the Tusker Simba XV from Kenya, whom they will play in Cape Town on Saturday. […]
Tondie in action for Sharks XV
20 Mar 14 11:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 11 Comments
Deon Kayser has named a Cell C Sharks XV lineup featuring numerous changes to the unit that defeated Western Province last weekend; the inclusion of Bok Tonderai Chavanga at left wing is perhaps the biggest talking point. […]
The Sharksworld Awards: Currie Cup 2013
15 Nov 13 11:08 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments
Let’s look back on this year’s amazingly successful Currie Cup campaign and hand out awards to the players that we feel did particularly well. The rotation system does, of course, make this task a little more difficult this year, but we’ll do what we can to adapt. […]
Two new starters for the Sharks
27 Sep 13 10:01 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 13 Comments
While much has been made of the fact that Eldoraigne’s Stephan Lewies will start his first match for the Sharks at senior level this evening, he won’t be the only “starting debutant” for the Sharks. Justin Downey, who has a total of 29 caps in total for both Griquas and the Sharks, has never actually started a Currie cup game for the Sharks before […]
Downey, Lewies in for starts
25 Sep 13 12:50 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 29 Comments
The Sharks have named their team to face the Lions on Friday night.
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Lewies to get his big break – Everitt
24 Sep 13 15:17 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 17 Comments
Sharksworld caught up with Sharks backline coach Sean Everitt this afternoon, ahead of the team’s big clash with the Lions on Friday. Here’s what he had to say. […]
Sharks to rotate one more time
24 Sep 13 10:05 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 2 Comments
According to the Sharks website, the rotation policy that has been employed thus far in the Currie Cup is set to be used again for Friday’s match against the Lions, before being shelved in favour of continuity ahead of the knock-outs. […]
Whitehead back for the Sharks
4 Sep 13 11:25 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 60 Comments
Tim Whitehead will make his long awaited return to the Sharks line-up this weekend, forcing the youngster Heimar Williams out of the match 22 altogether. […]
Sharks keep an eye on two more
19 Aug 13 11:57 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
Sharks forward coach Brad Macleod-Henderson has confirmed that two more players are carrying “bumps and bruises” after Friday’s Currie Cup encounter against the Lions. […]
Three Sharks for Rovers
14 Aug 13 08:38 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments
The teams to compete in today’s LIV Cup have been named. A trio of Sharks Currie Cup squad members will enjoy some game time off the bench for Rovers, while a former Shark will run out in the colours of Saracens. […]
Whitehead back, as Zeilinga steers the ship in Currie Cup warm-up
3 Aug 13 10:13 by Maria Delport (Letgo) | 8 Comments
The Sharks had their first warm-up match for the Currie Cup under the new coaching staff on Friday Night at GROWTHPOINT Kings Park, as with most warm-up matches it’s difficult to take away too much from what happened on the field on the night. […]
Downey’s Sharks homecoming
31 Jul 13 11:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 19 Comments
Former Sharks age-group loose forward Justin Downey has apparently returned to Durban and will play for the Sharks, rather than his adopted team Griquas, in the 2013 Currie Cup. […]
A door opens: Sharksworld chats to Edwin Hewitt
21 Jun 13 09:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 2 Comments
“Look, one thing I know for sure is that when a door closes for one guy, it means another door is opening for someone else”. So says new Sharks lock Edwin Hewitt on the somewhat fortuitous set of circumstances that have led to his move down to Durban ahead of the Currie Cup season. […]