There is no rest for the wicked as the Sharks continue their Super Rugby campaign against the Lions this Saturday, as coach Robert du Preez has included all of his Springboks for this encounter. […]
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Full strength Sharks for Lions
Super Rugby 2018: Jaguares v Sharks
Mission Argentina: Get a win! Simple as that may sound, it’s exactly what the Sharks need. […]
Sharks unchanged for mission Argentina
An unchanged Sharks team will run onto Velez Sarfield on Friday evening to face the Jaguares, unbeaten on their recent four match tour to Australia and New Zealand and on a 5 match win streak. […]
Super Rugby 2018: Sharks v Chiefs
The Sharks are back at home to face the Chiefs this weekend, and we won’t know which team arrives until kick-off. What we do know is that the Chiefs are missing their All Blacks, and that should make the Sharks favourites for this clash. […]
Sharks change 3 for Chiefs clash
Coach Robert du Preez Snr has made three changes to the team that will face the Chiefs at Kings Park this weekend. […]
Single change for Loftus clash
Sharks coach Robert du Preez Senior has made one injury enforced change to the team that played so well against the Highlanders last week, to do battle at Loftus against the Bulls. […]
Super Rugby 2018: Sharks v Highlanders
The Highlanders are in town and face a rested Sharks team at Kings Park in a game that is a must win for the home team. […]
Sharks keep it steady
The Sharks team named to face the Blues in Auckland this weekend features just three changes to the side that took a proper old hammering in Melbourne the week before. […]
Van der Walt in tour SOS
The Sharks took a 46-14 hammering at the hands of the Rebels on Friday morning – a first-ever loss to the men from Melbourne in Super Rugby. In a season where the performances seem to be getting worse, rather than better, the result is quite frankly an embarrassment and an insult to hard-suffering fans such as myself and all of you. […]
Mapimpi set for a break?
The Sharks will name their team for Saturday’s Super Rugby clash against the Waratahs tomorrow, but the early indications are that there could be a number of personnel changes to the team that went down narrowly in Johannesburg in week 1. Try-scoring winger Makezole Mapimpi – who has had no off-season to speak of after joining the team directly from the Cheetahs’ Pro14 campaign – is one man possibly likely to enjoy a rest this week. […]
Mid-March return for du Preez
The Sharks have confirmed some injury news ahead of the new Super Rugby season, with Springbok loose forward Jean-Luc du Preez set to miss the early part of the season due to the ankle fracture sustained during October’s Currie Cup Final. […]
Bounce back and hit them HARD
I went on a bit of a rant on Twitter this weekend, pointing out that while the Sharks clearly have big match temperament in spades, it’s the lack of “small match temperament”, a phrase I am about to copyright, that has really stymied them this year. […]
Big guns fire for Sharks XV
The Sharks XV (a Super Rugby side in all but name last week) recorded a big 52-10 win over Free State in their final SuperSport Challenge round robin match on Friday. Paul Anthony’s team clicked early and often, scoring eight tries in a victory that secured a knockout place. […]
Sharks XV to take no chances
It seems the Sharks are bored of the international break already and will take advantage of any opportunity to get onto the pitch. Friday afternoon’s must-win Supersport Challenge match against at Free State thus could not come at a better time. […]
Sharks keep it steady
Rob du Preez has made just one change to his starting line-up for Saturday’s clash against the Stormers, with Pat Lambie, perhaps expectedly, not returning to action this week after all. […]