The Sharks will face arguably the biggest challenge yet of their midfield defensive structures this week, as Francois “Swys” Venter returns from off-season ankle surgery to take his place in the Cheetahs number 13 jersey. Venter will also assume the captaincy mantle, while reuniting a dangerous attacking partnership with inside centre Nico Lee. […]
Posts tagged with: Tian Meyer
Cheetahs’ captain back in action
23 Mar 17 13:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 27 Comments
Cheetahs gore Sharks’ soft underbelly
12 Sep 16 09:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments
For the second week running, the Sharks were outscored by a horrifying five tries to two, despite a more-respectable-sounding 30-38 scoreline against the Cheetahs on Saturday. With captain Philip van der Walt lost to injury in the first minute of the match, things started badly for the Sharks and only got worse as the game progressed. […]
The next Springbok 9 – the frontrunners
26 Jan 16 10:57 by Benedict Chanakira (bchanakira2) | 146 Comments
Fourie du Preez ended his playing career in Japan this past weekend. The end of an era, for some it came too late while some hoped he would play on. One of the greatest number 9’s to play the game. […]
Cheetahs turn the tables
10 Mar 15 11:28 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 96 Comments
There’s an old joke doing the rounds that when the Sharks play in Bloemfontein, many of the players stay at their parents’ houses rather than checking into a hotel. This weekend, they may just find that those old rooms have been sub-let to their own former team mates. Times are tough in Bloem, after all. […]
Cheetahs name their team
11 Feb 15 15:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 27 Comments
Toyota Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has named a strong line-up to face the Sharks in Saturday’s Super Rugby opener at Kings Park. […]
Lobberts, Prinsloo return for Griquas
3 Sep 14 15:26 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 7 Comments
GWK Griquas will come to Durban this week boasting a strengthened team, with former Bok hard man Hilton Lobberts in the umber 4 jersey looming large as a danger man up front. […]
Maks set for scrum battle against former team mates
6 Aug 14 08:48 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments
Griquas coach Hawies Fourie has named his 22 for Saturday’s Currie Cup opener against the Sharks in Kimberley. Former Sharks junior tighthead Nikolaas “Maks” van Dyk will be in the starting line-up. […]
Two Griquas make Cheetah bench
21 May 14 13:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 6 Comments
Toyota Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has kept faith in the starting team that dispatched the Brumbies in Bloemfontein last week, making just two changes to his bench for this weekend’s away clash with the Stormers. […]
Plenty changes for the Lions
5 Sep 13 12:15 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 7 Comments
The Lions team to face Griquas this weekend sees a few changes are injuries strike. […]
Lions freshen up for Province
27 Aug 13 12:46 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 3 Comments
The return of Elton Jantjies to the starting lineup – and Andries Coetzee to the match 22 – are the main developments for the Lions this week, as they prepare to face Western Province on Friday night. […]
Meyer back at Ellis Park
7 Aug 13 12:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 25 Comments
Journeyman scrumhalf Tian Meyer, having come within a whisker of making the Sharks Currie Cup squad, has seemingly returned to Johannesburg and will sit on the bench for the Lions this weekend, after an unprecedented injury crisis has decimated their scrumhalf ranks. […]
Minimal changes for Sharks
14 May 13 10:21 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 32 Comments
The Sharks team announced to take on the Force sees little change from the team that went down to the Reds. […]
Meyer finally gets his call-up
29 Apr 13 11:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 13 Comments
Like Piet Lindeque before him, scrumhalf Tian Meyer has taken somewhat of a long and convoluted path between the Sharks junior ranks and the Super Rugby side, but appears to have almost reached his intended destination at last. […]
Reinach hurt, Steyn cited
27 Apr 13 19:37 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
The blows continue to hit the beleaguered Sharks, with two more pieces of bad news after this morning’s loss to the Chiefs. […]
Boland challenge for unbeaten Sharks XV
11 Apr 13 09:51 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 19 Comments
Sean Everitt has managed to keep changes to a minimum, as his Sharks XV side aims to win their fifth straight match of the season, against Boland this weekend. […]