Posts tagged with: Vodacom Cup

Kleinhans, Maritz, Ungerer join Pumas

16 May 17 11:43 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 26 Comments

The Pumas have announced a number of new signings, including Sharks loose forward Francois Kleinhans, scrumhalf Stefan Ungerer and utility three-quarter Neil Maritz. […]

Sharks XV take on Griquas

31 Mar 17 14:11 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments

Sharks coach Rob du Preez has publicly bemoaned a lack of game time opportunities for his fringe squad members, citing the demise of the Vodacom Cup and late start of its replacement as a major challenge as he seeks to keep his player pool sharp and fit. The Sharks XV are thus playing a number of friendlies before the SuperSport Challenge kicks off, with one such match to take place this afternoon against Griquas. […]

SuperSport Rugby Challenge replaces Currie Cup Qualifiers

1 Mar 17 09:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 11 Comments

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? […]

Sad end to a promising career

21 Jul 16 09:51 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 94 Comments

While all the news yesterday – at least in mainstream media – focused on Sharks hooker Monde Hadebe’s 4-year ban for returning a positive test for a banned substance, there’s a rather more tragic angle to the story that I’d like to focus on instead. I feel we are way too quick to engage in righteous anger and armchair condemnation (often selectively) whenever a positive test is returned; perhaps we owe Monde a little more than that, though? […]

Passion for the Sharks

25 Apr 16 10:22 by HB Botha (HB) | 58 Comments

My big question here, why are we as fans so passionate about the Sharks? […]

Juniors spread their wings

1 Mar 16 08:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 15 Comments

Two players who represented the Sharks at age-group level last year have opted to make moves elsewhere in order to further their careers. […]

Former Shark Steyn makes Italian squad

7 Jan 16 10:42 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments

25-year-old back rower Braam Steyn is one of a number of uncapped players included by Italian coach Jacques Brunel in his Six Nations training squad. Steyn, who has been plying his trade in Italy since a move to Mogliano late in 2012, spent two years in Durban at the Sharks Academy. […]

New (XXL) Currie Cup format is revealed

14 Dec 15 09:51 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 61 Comments

SARU’s General Council on Friday ratified a decision to completely re-jig the Currie Cup competition for the 2016 season. The new, greatly expanded competition, runs from April until October and will feature an incredible 166 matches. […]

Tuks switch for Izaacs

9 Dec 15 10:28 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 16 Comments

According to Facebook, young Sharks wing-cum-fullback Alcino Izaacs will leave Durban to join up with Tukkies ahead of the 2016 Varsity Cup. […]

Super Rugby vs Currie Cup

28 Oct 15 10:05 by Nkululeko Duma (Poisy) | 66 Comments

With talk of the once-famous Currie Cup possibly being relegated to Vodacom Cup status and running alongside the ever-expanding Super Rugby competition, I thought maybe we could look at how the Currie Cup could benefit from this change. […]

2015: a team failure needs a team response

15 Oct 15 12:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments

As fans who’ve endured the worst year, results wise, in at least a decade of Sharks rugby, it’s perhaps inevitable that the last few months of 2015 will be spent in deep contemplation, trying desperately to work out what went wrong and to seek out some signs of hope for the future. Even more inevitable, I guess, will be the temptation to look for obvious scapegoats – to identify one or more individuals on whom we can pin this season-long disappointment, whose departures we can attempt to engineer, whose names we can besmirch in the hope that their removal might suddenly result in a 2016 upswing. […]

36% win ratio underlines 2015 as Sharks’ year of disgrace

14 Sep 15 13:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 109 Comments

Rather than risk the ire of Sharks Director of Rugby Gary Gold with another “emotional outburst”, I’m rather going to spell out the reason for Sharks fans’ discontent. So far in 2015, our representative teams have tasted victory in just over a third of all matches played. […]

Benedict chats to Johan Meyer

30 Jul 15 10:29 by Benedict Chanakira (bchanakira2) | 4 Comments

We had a chat with Johan Meyer, who was part of the Sharks family for a few years. Johan managed to play for the U19 side, Vodacom Cup and has a few Currie Cup appearances for the coastal side. Meyer now finds himself in new shores and is looking forward to writing a new story in this new chapter. […]