As the Currie Cup season approaches, the Sharks find themselves in a real pickle when it comes to fit second row resources. With both Anton Bresler and Pieter-Steph du Toit out injured for the bulk of the season, there’s a mad dash going on in the background to find enough available locks to allow a decent matchday complement for the upcoming campaign. […]
Posts tagged with: Lee Thompson
Anybody got a spare lock?
4 Jul 13 15:14 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 48 Comments
Junior player exodus continues
1 Nov 11 11:22 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 57 Comments
With the Varsity Cup continuing to prove a powerful draw card to Sharks Academy graduates on the fringes of senior selection in Durban, the haemorrhage of young talent from the province looks set to increase ahead of the 2012 season. […]
Sharks XV adds a Pretoria flavour
16 Mar 11 10:34 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
Sean Everitt has brought in a pair of players from rival schools in far-off Pretoria as his Sharks XV team aim to extend their unbeaten run to four games, against the Lions in Johannesburg this weekend. […]
Sharks XV remain on top
14 Mar 11 06:37 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 24 Comments
The Sharks XV hardly broke a sweat in notching up their third successive bonus-point victory in the 2011 Vodacom Cup on Saturday. In beating the Valke by 67 points to 26 in Margate, Sean Everitt’s side ran in no fewer than 11 tries and are comfortably ahead of all rival on the South Section log, with 15 points from three games.
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Sharks XV show continuity
10 Mar 11 16:29 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 25 Comments
Sean Everitt has kept his Sharks XV side largely the same for this weekend’s game against the Valke in Margate, with only three changes (one positional) to the starting fifteen, as a result of various player call-ups. […]
This season is the big one: Sharksworld chats to Lee Thompson
1 Dec 10 15:17 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
It’s not often that this writer’s alma mater, Pretoria Boys High School, sends rugby players down to Sharks country. When they do, though, it generally turns out well, using current Bok captain John Smit as an example. Young loose forward Lee Thompson is another Boys High Boy making his way up the Sharks ranks and we were lucky enough to catch up with him for a quick chat. […]