The Currie Cup Premier Division qualifying competition – designed to select an eighth team to compete in that competition from amongst the country’s smaller unions – gets under way this weekend. A number of the sides have taken steps to strengthen their squads, given the massive prize at stake. […]
Posts tagged with: Len Olivier
Battle of the ex-Shark flyhalves
4 Jun 14 08:47 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
Boland strengthened by former Sharks
15 May 13 08:34 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 15 Comments
The Boland Cavaliers have announced the signing of six new players for the approaching Currie Cup season, with four of those boasting strong ties to the Sharks. […]
Leaving the Tank
1 Nov 09 12:32 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 62 Comments
Sharksworld can confirm that flyhalf Len Olivier will not play for the Sharks in 2010, having signed a contract with French Top 14 side Montauban. […]
Dumond starts for Sharks
23 Jul 09 09:14 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 269 Comments
John Plumtree has opted to make minimal changes to his 22 for Friday’s crunch ABSA Currie Cup encounter with the Bulls in Durban. […]
Cronjé suspended
22 Jul 09 16:41 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 42 Comments
Sharks flyhalf Guy Cronjé has been suspended for a week following a completely innocuous tackle on a guy about 4 times his size. […]
Play Rocket at flyhalf. Problem solved
21 Jul 09 11:18 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 50 Comments
Ok, so it’s not a new suggestion. I’ve been on about it for some time now and Morné also brought it up last week. The fact is, if the Sharks are forced to do without both Juan Martin Hernandez (likely) and Guy Cronjé(very likely) this weekend, Rory Kockott is the next best flyhalf option. […]
Looking ahead to the Lions
28 May 09 10:59 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 116 Comments
Well guys, after the disappointment of the Super 14, it’s time to start looking ahead to the Sharks match against the Lions. This is the kind of game that really comes around only once in a career for most players, so competition for places will be tough. […]
Solving the depth problem
26 May 09 10:45 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 17 Comments
Now that the dust has settled just a little, perhaps it’s time to look back on what went wrong for the Sharks in the Super 14 and see if we can find a way forward. […]
Sharks XV pad the bench with Super 14 talent
26 Mar 09 17:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 43 Comments
Sharks XV coach Sean Everitt has resisted the temptation to make wholesale changes to his winning starting team, despite having a host of returning Sharks players at his disposal this week. […]
Sharks XV setting the pace
23 Mar 09 11:14 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 1 Comment
What difference a proper coach makes. Not to take anything away from Charles Louw and Steve Atherton, who did their best with the Wildebeest last year, but this year’s Sharks XV are clearly a different set-up. […]
Tough task for disrupted Sharks XV
20 Mar 09 11:05 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 11 Comments
The Sharks XV will be up against Western Province in the Vodacom Cup in Empangeni this weekend. Remaining unbeaten for a fourth week will be a tough ask, as the team has been disrupted through injury and call-ups to the Sharks squad. […]
Huge week looming for Sharks
16 Mar 09 10:18 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 39 Comments
The Sharks found out this weekend, to their detriment, that, when it comes to the game of rugby, grass is a far less forgiving surface than paper. The team will need to turn the demoralising defeat around and take what positives they can in order to quickly get back on the winning track. […]
Pienaar coming home
15 Mar 09 20:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 92 Comments
The Sharks will be without Ruan Pienaar against the Force and for the forseeable future. The Sharks pivot is on his way home from Australia with what appears to be a medial ligament strain in his knee. […]
Sharks XV named for Cheetahs clash
5 Mar 09 14:43 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 35 Comments
Sharks XV coach Sean Everitt has named a powerful side for the second-round Vodacom Cup clash against Free State, to be played in the bustling metropolis of Petrusburg. […]
Sharks XV starting to take shape
24 Feb 09 14:40 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 82 Comments
The Vodacom Cup kicks off on Friday night and the Sharks XV (formerly known as the Wildebeest) will travel down to Wellington to face the Boland Cavaliers in a tricky away fixture. […]