Sharks coach Robert du Preez has named his team for the semi final clash against the Blue Bulls this weekend, opting to make a few changes from the dead rubber against Western Province last weekend. […]
Posts tagged with: Second Row
JL, Kobus start against Bulls
19 Oct 17 14:10 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 50 Comments
Welcome back Koegies!
18 Sep 17 12:45 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 19 Comments
The Sharks have this morning confirmed the signing of former age-group lock Gideon Koegelenberg on a 2-year deal. […]
Sharksworld chats to Tyler Paul
9 Aug 17 10:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 5 Comments
Former EP Kings under 19 player of the year Tyler Paul joined the Sharks at the start of this year’s Currie Cup campaign without a lot of fanfare, but has certainly caught the eye after a number of impressive performances in the second row. […]
Sharks XV head to Kokstad
23 Mar 17 16:37 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 26 Comments
Odwa Ndungane will be the old man amongst youngsters when he leads the Cell C Sharks XV out against Border in a friendly at Kokstad Rugby Club on Saturday afternoon. […]
Oh brother, where art though?
16 Jan 17 12:42 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments
It’s 26 November 2016 in Cardiff and a hulking blonde back-rower waits patiently aside the Millennium Stadium pitch, anxious to shed his bottle green tracksuit and grasp his opportunity to take an already stellar career to the next step. This is the moment he’s been waiting for all his young life and while the result may not have gone his way, those few minutes on the park are something that can never be taken away – and are surely the start of a long and successful career as a test player. His name is Jean-Luc du Preez and he’s Springbok number 881. […]
Eben coming home
22 Nov 16 08:51 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 8 Comments
Eben Etzebeth, who missed last weekend’s humiliation due to concussion, will take no further part in the tour and will be returning home. […]
Lewies returns for Sharks
8 Sep 16 11:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 77 Comments
Robert du Preez had made a single change to his Sharks starting team after last week’s first loss of the campaign. Stephan Lewies has been passed fit to start alongside Etienne Oosthuizen in the second row as the team prepares to face the Cheetahs at Kings Park. […]
Mohoje to captain A side on Friday
6 Jun 16 10:07 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 48 Comments
Free State forward Teboho Mohoje has been confirmed as captain of the South Africa “A” side that will take on the visiting England Saxons in a two match series. The first match takes place on Friday night in Bloemfontein. […]
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. […]
Four changes for los Jaguares
3 Mar 16 18:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments
Fullback Joacquín Tuculet is a fourth casualty for los Jaguares as they name their team to play the Sharks this weekend. Santiago Cordero moves from right wing to the last line of defence in one of four changes to the team that won in Bloemfontein last week. […]
Welcome back Stephan!
20 Jan 16 10:34 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 86 Comments
In some truly great news, it looks as though sharks and Bok lock Stephan Lewies is finally over his awful knee injury and is now training flat-out with the rest of the Super Rugby squad. […]
Sharks second row looking reasonable
14 Jan 16 11:19 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 83 Comments
Now, you guys remember that I’m not allowing myself to get ahead of myself in 2016, right? Rebuilding year and all that, this is the year of realistic expectations in Super Rugby and the very beginning of the process of building a new team after the horror show that was 2015…. still, you’ll allow me to point out one rather positive aspect ahead of the new campaign, won’t you? […]
Lock stocks bolstered
18 Nov 15 11:19 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 119 Comments
The Sharks are looking pretty well stocked in the second row for the upcoming Super Rugby season, based on the latest set of pre-season training pictures. […]
Currie Cup: the broad strokes
18 Jun 15 12:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 69 Comments
It seems premature to be talking Currie Cup, since we don’t even have a confirmed coaching lineup for that competition yet, but already some areas of concern are emerging, as uncertainty about players’ futures in Durban dominate the headlines. I thought it might make sense to do a preliminary analysis of who is likely to be in the mix from a playing perspective, even though we know things could yet change. […]
Stormers swap halfback pairing
12 Mar 15 14:40 by Clayton Saville (Clayton(PJLD)) | 11 Comments
Louis Schreuder and Kurt Coleman have been selected as the starting halfback pair for the Stormers who take on the Chiefs […]