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. […]
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Big guns fire for Sharks XV
Sharks XV make their move
A very credible 28-all draw in tough conditions against the table-topping Griquas side on Thursday afternoon saw the Sharks XV move into second spot on the SuperSport Rugby Challenge central section log. […]
Pollard drafted into A squad
Handre Pollard has been called up to the SA A squad as replacement for Francois Venter being called up to the Springbok team. […]
Big Andre back in action
Paul Anthony’s Sharks XV head to Potchefstroom this weekend to play a must-win SuperSport Rugby challenge fixture against the Leopards, bolstered by the inclusion of regular Super Rugby centre Andre Esterhuizen. […]
Sharks XV turn the screws
Captain Odwa Ndungane led from the front, scoring a hat-trick of tries on Saturday afternoon as the Sharks XV hammered the Griffons by 50 points in Clermont. […]
Cheetahs setback for Sharks XV
The Sharks XV suffered an agonising last-second loss to the Cheetahs in Ballito on Saturday in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge, with the visitors nailing a penalty on the final hooter to claim a 19-21 victory. […]
Big win for Sharks XV
The Sharks XV continue to make progress on the SuperSport Challenge Central Section log, with an impressive 32-5 victory over the previously undefeated Leopards at the weekend moving them up into third spot. […]
Exciting team for Griquas clash
The revised Currie Cup Qualification Series, now called the Supersport Rugby Challenge gets underway this weekend, with the Sharks hosting Griquas in a curtain raiser to the Super Rugby clash against the Rebels. […]
SuperSport Rugby Challenge replaces Currie Cup Qualifiers
The unloved and ill-conceived Currie Cup Qualifying competition has died a swift death, with SuperSport coming on board to launch an all-new competition to replace the Vodacom Cup’s successor. Will the all-new SuperSport Rugby Challenge actually offer us anything different, though, or will this be more of the same? […]
Sharks warm-up to be shown live (updated)
Good news, fans – SuperSport will broadcast one of the Sharks-Cheetahs warm up games from Umlazi on Friday night. […]
Fewer “professionals”, more professionalism
It’s been a pretty turbulent couple of days for rugby fans in the fairest Cape, I’m sure, with the news coming out on Monday that the professional arm of WP Rugby has had to apply for liquidation. […]
Don’t be the rock – or the hard place
I watched something rather interesting this morning – a segment from Supersport’s new rugby show, “TMO”. I’ll post the clip below. […]
Teichmann starts 2 August
Gary Teichmann will take over as Sharks CEO on 2 August, rather than at the end of October as was originally thought. […]
Supersport recapitalise Sharks
It’s understood that a fresh lot of shares in the Sharks have been sold to Supersport, in the interests of providing the company with a cash boost. […]
Super Rugby Round 1: Friday games
Two games this morning, fans, as Super Rugby 2016 kicks off. […]