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Posts tagged with: Results
It’s the hope that kills you
15 May 17 18:43 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
This does not compute…
14 May 17 18:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 100 Comments
Guys – I’m really sorry, but a day when the Sharks lose to the Kings in Super Rugby is, for me, a day when the world stops making sense. […]
So that was the Currie Cup…
4 Oct 16 10:26 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 57 Comments
This game can be very cruel indeed sometimes and I’m sure I speak for many here when I say that I’m torn between several emotions right now. Chief among these is probably disbelief, although there’s a healthy dose of optimism, along with the now-familiar and crushing sense of disappointment. […]
Are we getting the style of play we deserve?
30 Mar 16 11:32 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 227 Comments
“Every nation gets the government it deserves,” according to little-known 17th-Century philosopher Joseph de Maistre. It’s a funny little quite, generally implying that politicians tend to reflect the people who vote for them, a rather sad indictment on politics and democracy in general. While this article has nothing to do with politics, I thought it might be interesting to see if I can adapt this line of reasoning to the Sharks. […]
A Loftus hoodoo – or a Bulls hoodoo?
16 Mar 16 15:35 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 56 Comments
As Sharks fans, we tend to have a rosy notion about Loftus Versveld being a happy hunting ground for our team and while this may be the case in Currie Cup rugby, looking at the history between the Sharks and Bulls in Super Rugby, nothing could be further from the truth. […]
2015: a team failure needs a team response
15 Oct 15 12:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments
As fans who’ve endured the worst year, results wise, in at least a decade of Sharks rugby, it’s perhaps inevitable that the last few months of 2015 will be spent in deep contemplation, trying desperately to work out what went wrong and to seek out some signs of hope for the future. Even more inevitable, I guess, will be the temptation to look for obvious scapegoats – to identify one or more individuals on whom we can pin this season-long disappointment, whose departures we can attempt to engineer, whose names we can besmirch in the hope that their removal might suddenly result in a 2016 upswing. […]
What to expect when you’re expecting
16 Sep 15 06:31 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 69 Comments
A silly title, perhaps, but as Sharks fans we find ourselves in a rather peculiar situation – for the first time in ten years, in with an all-too-realistic shot of not making the Currie Cup knock-out phase. […]
Back to basics: Secure the fortress
9 Sep 15 09:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 138 Comments
A good friend whose opinion on rugby I value highly laid out a few home truths to me regarding the Sharks. I’ve been mulling over some of these thoughts for the past few days and feel ready to turn them into some hard advice for our struggling team – for what that’s worth. […]
Gold upbeat ahead of Currie Cup
17 Jul 15 15:28 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 28 Comments
I was lucky enough to catch up with Gary Gold for a quick chat yesterday and managed to get some of his thoughts ahead of the Currie Cup campaign that kicks off next month. […]
Montpellier confirms du Plessis signings
18 Jun 15 09:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 27 Comments
It’s taken a while to get there (and who knows how much behind-the-scenes wrangling was required), but Boks Bismarck and Jannie du Plessis were finally revealed as Montpellier players yesterday. […]
Getting the numbers right
17 Apr 15 12:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 29 Comments
Flicking through the Durban dailies over the last day or so, the Sharks seem to be making a concerted effort at hitting back at some of the deluge of criticism that has come their way in the wake of recent results. […]
All we want is 80 minutes of your best
10 Apr 15 14:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments
No fan ever sets out to be intentionally antagonistic towards his or her team – at least, that’s what I like to believe. […]
Super Rugby 2015: Round Nine
9 Apr 15 11:44 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 270 Comments
This week the Sharks roadshow heads to Joburg, in search of some much-needed redemption. […]
Vodacom Super Rugby: DHL Stormers (10) v Cell C Sharks (34) F/T
12 Jul 14 18:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 124 Comments
So here#s the thing…. if the Sharks win by 35 points with 4 tries, they end second. Any other results sees them end third. […]
Head to head: The Sharks v Cheetahs
4 Jul 14 12:02 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 10 Comments
The second-placed Cell C Sharks will travel to Bloemfontein this weekend for their Round 18 encounter against the bottom of the log Toyota Cheetahs, at the Free State Stadium on Saturday. […]