Bulls coach Nollis Marais is dealing with a heavy injury toll at the moment and has been forced to name inexperienced players in a number of key positions for Friday’s Super Rugby game against the Sharks. […]
Posts tagged with: Renaldo Bothma
Bok danger men in Bulls midfield
29 Jun 17 09:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 35 Comments
Big blow for Sharks as Deysel injured
13 Jun 17 09:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 57 Comments
Some really bad news this morning, courtesy of our friends at Namibia’s Republikein newspaper, is that Sharks centre Johan Deysel has broken his arm and now faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines. […]
Bulls lose out again
17 Jan 17 10:32 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 74 Comments
Seemingly not content with one ace South African back rower in Marcell Coetzee, Les Kiss’s Ulster yesterday announced the capture of a second Bok loose forward, in the form of Bulls captain Arno Botha. […]
Keeping Potgieter “bad business sense”
23 May 16 10:37 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 270 Comments
In a weekend interview with Rapport’s Hendrik Cronje, John Smit has downplayed talk of a “financial crisis” at the Sharks and shared a little insight from his perspective on the decision to let Jacques Potgieter head to Pretoria. […]
So long and thanks for all the rehab?
18 May 16 09:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 91 Comments
If this morning’s reports are to be believed (and I’m afraid there’s little reason not to), it seems Jacques Potgieter is set to “do a Mapoe” on the Sharks and leave Durban without ever pulling on the black and white jersey. […]
Catching up with Renaldo
6 Apr 16 16:02 by Benedict Chanakira (bchanakira2) | 6 Comments
Benedict caught up with Renaldo Bothma for a few words. […]
Bothma to join Bulls
21 Mar 16 10:44 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 142 Comments
Morning media reports appear to confirm a story we heard on Friday; Renaldo Bothma is set to join the Bulls on a long term deal and could be available to them for Super Rugby duty in a week or so. […]
Jean-Luc to sit out Bulls clash
15 Mar 16 19:13 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 69 Comments
Sharks team doctor Alan Kourie has released a detailed injury report ahead of Friday’s match against the Bulls in Pretoria; all of the players named appear to be well on track with rehab, with Jean-Luc du Preez the only fresh injury concern after Saturday’s bruising derby at Newlands. […]
Getting the spine right
22 Feb 16 10:42 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 79 Comments
Looking ahead to Saturday’s Super Rugby opener against the Kings in Port Elizabeth, the Sharks coaching staff have a number of tricky selection decisions to make. While many of the positions in the team appear to almost fill themselves, there are some very important jerseys that are very much still up for grabs. […]
Wipe up the milk, there’s rugby to play
17 Feb 16 10:51 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 153 Comments
While yesterday’s injury report from Doc Kourie seems to be causing a number of media houses to once again re-evaluate their Super Rugby predictions (they had, after all, decided to hastily install the Sharks as conference favourites after the French games), the news contained therein is not really new to most of us here. As the old proverb goes, there’s no use crying over spilt milk and in the case of Pat Lambie, in particular, we’ve known for some time already that we were going to have to make do without him for a reasonable chunk of the season. […]
3 months each for Pat, Ruan and Franna
16 Feb 16 14:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 96 Comments
The Sharks have released a detailed and comprehensive injury update ahead of the new season. I’m afraid it’s not really full of good news. […]
Fab Five to return next week
22 Jan 16 10:40 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 45 Comments
Here’s a little good news (even if not exactly unexpected)…. the five Japanese-based Sharks Super Rugby players are due to return to South Africa next week, on completion of the revised Japanese season. […]
A culture shock
3 Nov 15 10:11 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 51 Comments
A lot has been said about the Sharks culture or the lack there of in recent months after a dismal Super Rugby and Currie Cup season. A lot has been said about the group of players and questions asked about whether they understand the culture of Sharks Rugby. […]
Catching up with Renaldo Bothma
1 Jul 15 09:15 by Benedict Chanakira (bchanakira2) | 6 Comments
Benedict Chanakira caught up with Sharks flanker Renaldo Bothma for a quick chat ahead of his departure to join the Namibian World cup squad. […]
Bothma joins exodus
30 Jun 15 10:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 68 Comments
Renaldo Bothma is the latest Sharks Super Rugby player to announce a short-term Japanese stint at the end of the year, withe his agent confirming he will play for Toyota Verblitz after the World Cup. […]