There really wasn’t a lot to get excited about this weekend if you’re a Sharks fan, with the Bulls enjoying somewhat of a mini renaissance and beating our team twice in the two fixtures played. […]
Posts tagged with: Senior players
Bloody awful weekend
3 Jul 17 10:13 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 110 Comments
Left, right or straight ahead?
21 Mar 17 09:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 91 Comments
Rumours would indicate that there was a distinct blue haze hovering a few feet above KP2 after yesterday’s Sharks training sessions, with coach Rob du Preez, a passionate man who likes to uphold ihgh standards, not leaving his team in any doubts about what he thought of Saturday’s performance against the Kings. […]
Bosch to wear 15 against Kings?
14 Mar 17 11:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 19 Comments
The signs are well and truly out there that the Sharks will field a significantly changed (and much younger) outfit against the Kings this weekend. Rob du Preez’s hand will be forced to an extent by injuries, but he’ll also take the opportunity to rest some of his Springboks and other senior players, a plan that would have been put into place even had Pat Lambie and the others not cried off. […]
Experience vital for Sharks – and their opponents
23 Feb 17 17:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 25 Comments
In a competition that is seeing increasing numbers of young players making their mark, experience is becoming a rare commodity indeed, particularly for South African teams. As we look to tomorrow morning’s Super Rugby opener against the Reds in Brisbane, it’s that specific injection of experience in Super Rugby that makes the opponents significantly more dangerous in 2017 than they have been for a number of years. […]
Sharks players commit to the future
31 Oct 16 13:02 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 115 Comments
The Sharks are a team determined to recapture their glory days, but as we know, success does not happen overnight. Winning campaigns are typically built on a platform of shared values and culture and in a team sport like rugby, where strong bonds of trust between team mates are vital, it is virtually impossible to be successful and develop that culture in an environment where high player turnover forces you back to square one at the end of each season. […]
Sometimes you’re the statue…
13 Jun 16 09:17 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 126 Comments
There’s no sugar-coating this – it was a very dark weekend for South African rugby, with all three of the teams that took the field in green and gold at the weekend suffering humiliating defeats. While the Springboks’ 20-26 reversal against a 14-man Irish side is the understandable focus, losses for the Junior Springboks against Argentina and South Africa “A” side against the England Saxons only served to pile on the misery for fans. […]
Make this about pride, not revenge
23 Mar 16 10:37 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 31 Comments
There are, of course, many good things about Easter, particularly for those to whom the Christian faith is important. A bitter-sweet time of year indeed as we go from the lows of the paradoxically-named “Good Friday” to the miraculous rebirth of Easter Sunday. In 2015, though, for Sharks fans, things got significantly darker on the Saturday in-between. […]
Gold satisfied with win, but hard work ahead
7 Mar 16 10:57 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 28 Comments
You can perhaps accuse Gary Gold of stating the obvious, or rather of hitting the nail on the head. The Sharks simply could not afford to lose to los Jaguares on Saturday night and the fact that they eked out a win, despite everything else, clearly pleases the Director of Rugby. […]
Watson explains
18 Nov 15 16:57 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 44 Comments
EP Rugby President, Cheeky Watson had a brief media conference in Port Elizabeth this afternoon to explain the current situation at the Union as well as the press release that stated SARU’s involvement in the Southern Kings for the 2016 Super Rugby season. […]
How did we get here?
15 Sep 15 09:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 164 Comments
I’m going to do something a little different today. I ended up in an intriguing Twitter conversation yesterday with a follower who set out a very detailed timeline and analysis of the Sharks’ current situation. With his permission, I’m going to share that entire analysis here (collating no fewer than 17 tweets in the process) for you all to digest and discuss. Credit to Twitter user @Yonibass for these thoughts. […]
Gold’s time to shine
17 Jun 15 09:44 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 107 Comments
Let’s revisit a topic first raised during the early days of this year’s Super Rugby campaign, when the first signs of a less-than-stellar season started to emerge. I asked (via a cake-baking analogy that admittedly fell rather flat) just what effect the constant changing of coaches must be having on the Sharks squad and put forward the hypothesis that it was this change in itself that was mostly to blame for the drop in performance, rather than anything to do with the skill levels of the particular individuals. […]
Sharks sign Philip van der Walt
6 Jun 15 17:19 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 66 Comments
Former Cheetahs back-rower Philip van der Walt will return from Biarritz in France to join up with the Sharks ahead of the Currie Cup season. […]
Build or buy?
12 May 15 11:10 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 180 Comments
It’s 2015, it’s a World Cup year and the Sharks have a lot of senior players in their squad. I don’t think I’d be revealing any state secrets or shocking any of you with truly unexpected news if I pointed out that we should probably expect a few of them to move on from Durban at the end of the season. […]
What they had to say: Sharks vs Hurricanes, Round 13
11 May 15 10:25 by Stephen Smith (StevieS) | 24 Comments
Hi Sharks fans. All round, a better effort by the Sharks who seemed to play with more structure. Let’s see what the press’ opinion was. […]
Sharks strengthened further
28 Apr 15 09:28 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
As anticipated, the Sharks are expected to welcome yet more first team regulars back into their side for this weekend’s opening tour match against the Highlanders in Dunedin. […]