Posts tagged with: Marcell Coetzee

Boks need to turn things around

28 Aug 18 08:08 by Chris Smith (ChrisS) | 22 Comments

After the upset in Argentina over the weekend, it’s clear to see that the Boks have to turn things around…and in a hurry! Our team lacks balance in the loose trio, our defence is suspect and the backs lack creativity. […]

Ulster move for Deysel

30 May 17 13:56 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments

Well, I’ll admit I was expecting an announcement of this sort, but the destination club is perhaps not what I would have thought. […]

Bok squad announced for French

23 May 17 13:53 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 70 Comments

The Springbok squad to face the French in the June Internationals has been announced, with Warren Whiteley appointed captain for the 2017 season. […]

SA Rugby acts to stem the tide

6 Mar 17 11:21 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 39 Comments

It feels a little like we’ve taken a small step, when what’s really required is a giant leap, but SA Rugby has announced a change to Springbok eligibility that is, at least, a move in the right direction. […]

Sharks open up about Reinach departure

3 Mar 17 09:45 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments

It’s taken a while for confirmation to come out of Durban, after Cobus Reinach was confirmed earlier in the week to have signed for Northampton. Sharks COO Eduard Coetzee gave the franchise’s side of the story this morning in a no-holds-barred interview with The Mercury’s Darryn Pollock. […]

Marcell all but good to go

12 Jan 17 09:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments

A slightly bittersweet one for Sharks fans his morning: the good news is that ace flanker Marcell Coetzee is nearing the end of a lengthy rehab period after rupturing knee ligaments last year. The bad news is that, when he does take the field next month, it will be in the white and red of Ulster, rather than the black and white of the Sharks. […]

Further injury losses for Boks

8 Nov 16 08:48 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 106 Comments

Roelof Smit is the upteenth flanker to be ruled out of the End of Year Tour, following an injury picked up at training yesterday. […]

Are we looking in the wrong place?

21 Apr 16 12:01 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 118 Comments

A fair few column inches have already been devoted to the Sharks’ search for “balance” in their game, with pundits and scribes alike bemoaning a supposed over-reliance on defence at the expense of attack. While I feel this is a handy and perhaps rather obvious stick with which to beat the team, I wonder if the attacking woes this year might not have a far simpler explanation. […]

Game Time Update: Round 8

18 Apr 16 11:41 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 26 Comments

After 8 rounds of Super Rugby during which the Sharks have played 7 matches, our boys in Black & White have already amassed a total of 8400 minutes of rugby. This has been played with limited rotation and some players are starting to show the signs of it. […]

Marcell’s last Sharks appearance?

11 Apr 16 09:13 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 37 Comments

Information this morning, courtesy of a radio interview with East Coast, confirms the rumours that started to circulate yesterday. Marcell Coetzee faces nine months on the sidelines. […]

Counting the minutes

22 Mar 16 13:11 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 46 Comments

Four rounds have been played in the 2016 edition of Super Rugby, can you believe, and would you believe me if I told you that the Sharks players collectively have already notched up 4800 minutes on the park. Don’t believe me? […]

Spark to a flame?

18 Mar 16 11:19 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 163 Comments

Gary Gold will be looking to his fresher players – those who have been rotated into the starting team this week – to step up physically against the Bulls in the first half tonight and provide the sort of spark that can galvanise the others around them. […]