Springbok and ex-Shark JP Pietersen is joining French club Toulon for the new European season. […]
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JPP to join Toulon
First test non starters and doubtfuls
The Springboks kick off their test series against France on Saturday, and will start the series without Duane Vermeulen and Damian de Allende. […]
Willie stay or will he go?
The European season has come to an end for 2016 and some clubs have won trophies, while others have not. One thing that is for sure, though, is that all of those clubs are now turning their attention to next season’s playing roster and that means no shortage of stories – whether real or fictitious – about big money offers to players. […]
A tasty hors d’oeuvre, but the main course will be tougher
I’m sure we all thoroughly enjoyed the last week – after all, it’s been a while since we’ve been able to watch any Sharks rugby at all. Two wins within the space of seven days (and getting to see a number of potential future stars in action) really was a nice added bonus. […]
Sharks cut loose in opener
While a potentially serious shoulder injury to captain Pat Lambie has put an understandable damper on the enthusiasm, we shouldn’t let that overshadow the fact that Gary Gold’s Sharks put in a very encouraging display in downing French side RC Toulon by 29 points to 21 on Friday night. […]
Lambie’s shoulder a concern
The Sharks have revealed that captain Pat Lambie suffered a suspected AC joint injury in the first half of last night’s win over Toulon at the Stade Mayol. […]
Pre-season friendly: RC Toulon v Sharks
The Cell C Sharks kick off their French challenge against European Rugby Champions, RC Toulonnais, at the Stade Mayol in Toulon tonight. […]
Five things to learn from Toulon fling
Obviously, tonight’s first competitive hit-out of the season will be interesting on many level and nobody really knows what to expect. With the result obviously meaningless, Gary Gold and his team will instead have a list of specific factors that they’re looking at as they seek to gauge just how ready this team is for Super Rugby later in the month. […]
Habana to lead Toulon against Sharks
RC Toulonnais have named their side to face the Cell C Sharks in tonight’s “North vs South” friendly at the Stade Mayol in Toulon, France. […]
Stade Mayol starts for du Preez twins
Gary Gold has named his team to face the mighty RC Toulon at Stade Mayol on Friday night. Pat Lambie leads a strong team, with a young loose trio bucking the trend of experience elsewhere. […]
Sharks tour games: no local TV coverage
It’s not good news, I’m afraid. SuperSport will not be showing the Sharks pre-season tour matches against Toulon (5 Feb) or Toulouse (11 Feb). […]
Safe travels, Sharks
The Sharks leave Durban today, after a gruelling pre-season, to embark on a two-week pre-season tour of France. […]
Sharks announce French tour squad
Patrick Lambie will lead an exciting Sharks squad on a two-match tour of France next week, with games against French sides Toulon and Toulouse sure to help with some pre-season “rust removal”. […]
French challenge awaits
The Cell C Sharks are set to face two of the best teams Europe has to offer when they travel to France on a pre-season tour ahead of the start of their Super Rugby campaign. […]
Sharks announce French pre-season tour
It just keeps getting better for European-based fans; the Sharks have confirmed that not only will they play Toulouse in February, as we reported earlier, but will, in fact, play a rematch against Toulon as well as part of a two-match pre-season tour. […]