Springbok and ex-Shark JP Pietersen is joining French club Toulon for the new European season. […]
Posts tagged with: Toulon
JPP to join Toulon
21 Jun 17 15:47 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 5 Comments
First test non starters and doubtfuls
5 Jun 17 12:01 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 26 Comments
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?
18 May 16 09:22 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 46 Comments
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
15 Feb 16 10:27 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 46 Comments
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
7 Feb 16 17:39 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments
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
6 Feb 16 10:42 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 89 Comments
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
5 Feb 16 19:00 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 535 Comments
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
5 Feb 16 10:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 34 Comments
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
5 Feb 16 09:40 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 26 Comments
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
3 Feb 16 19:34 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 97 Comments
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
3 Feb 16 10:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 85 Comments
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
1 Feb 16 10:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
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
29 Jan 16 14:08 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 36 Comments
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
29 Jan 16 08:31 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 35 Comments
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
4 Nov 15 15:29 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 79 Comments
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. […]