Sharks coach John Plumtree has named a 28-man traveling squad who will make the trip down to Cape Town this weekend ahead of the Neo Africa Tri Series.
Courtesy www.sharksrugby.co.za
The Stormers play Australian Vodacom Super 14 franchise the Western Force tonight in the opening match while The Sharks will take on the Force next Tuesday with the preseason friendlies wrapping up with the Stormers hosting The Sharks next Friday evening.
The series promises to be an exciting one with three good sides looking to iron out areas in their game ahead of the tournament start in just three weeks time, with The Sharks playing host to the Chiefs at The Absa Stadium Durban on Saturday 13 February.
Speaking of what he would like to get out of the two matches, Plumtree explained that, “Obviously the contact side of it is important for us, as well as the new rules – the laws that the referees are looking at: tightening up on the breakdown and the scrummaging, it will be good for us to get used to those areas.”
The Sharks coach has picked a strong squad, including Sharks and Springbok skipper John Smit, while there are no glaring omissions aside from Ruan Pienaar who is still undergoing rehab.
Forwards:
Willem Alberts, Jacques Botes, Craig Burden, Patric Cilliers, Keegan Daniel, Jean Deysel, Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis, Alistair Hargreaves, Ryan Kankowski, Gerhard Mostert, Tendai Mtawarira, Johann Muller, John Smit and Steven Sykes.
Backs:
Monty Dumond, Adrian Jacobs, Rory Kockott, Patrick Lambie, Charl McLeod, Waylon Murray, Lwazi Mvovo, Odwa Ndungane, JP Pietersen, Andries Strauss, Riaan Swanepoel, Stefan Terblanche and Luzuko Vulindlu.
Fixtures:
23 Jan: 5pm Vodacom Stormers vs Western Force
26 Jan: 7pm The Sharks vs Western Force
29 Jan: 7pm Vodacom Stormers vs The Sharks
1 – Beast Mtawarira
2 – John Smit
3 – Jannie Du Plessis
4 – Steven Sykes
5 – Johann Muller
6 – Jacques Botes
7 – Jean Deysel
8 – Ryan Kankowski
9 – Rory Kockott
10 – Monty Dumond
11 – Odwa Ndungane
12 – Andries Strauss
13 – Waylon Murray
14 – JP Pietersen
15 – Stefan Tereblanche
16 – Patrick Cilliers
17 – Bismarck Du Plessis
18 – Gerhard Mostert
19 – Willem Alberts
20 – Keegan Daniel
21 – Patrick Lambie
22 – Riaan Swanepoel
This team will finish top half of the competition.
Ruan and Ludick still to join the group after injuries.
Most of this team has been playing together for a while now. They should know each other by now. We mis a play maker in the backline though.
Maybe start with Alberts and bring Kanko on when the game gets loose.
Did the Saint chicken out on his article about the Stormers that was due 5 days ago?
Ek is nou honger……
‘n Brief van Frikkie Saayman aan ‘n koerant
Dit is vir mans baie belangrik om te besef dat namate vrouens ouer word, hulle dit moeiliker vind om dieselfde kwaliteit van huishouding te handhaaf as toe hulle jonger was. Wanneer ‘n man dit agterkom moet hy probeer om nie te skreeu nie….. Laat ek julle inlig hoe ek dit hanteer.
Toe ek ‘n tyd gelede my werk as Verkeersbeampte verloor het, het ek ‘n afleggingspakket vir “vroeë aftrede” ontvang. Dit was toe nodig dat Katryn ‘n permanente werk moes aanvaar, nie net om die pot aan die kook te hou nie, maar ons het dit ook nodig gehad vir die mediese fonds-voordele.
Sy was ‘n opgeleide Bankklerk toe ons 27 jaar gelede ontmoet het en sy was baie gelukkig om nou weer ‘n soortgelyke werk te kry. Kort nadat sy weer begin werk het, het ek agtergekom dat haar ouderdom haar inhaal.
Ek kom gewoonlik vanaf my visvang of klub dieselfde tyd huis toe as wat sy van die werk af kom.. Alhoewel sy weet dat ek dan honger is, sal sy amper altyd sê dat sy dan moeg is en eers ‘n halfuur of so moet rus voordat sy begin om die aandete voor te berei. Ek probeer nie om haar te vermaan wanneer dit gebeur nie. Inteendeel, sê ek vir haar sy kan maar haar tyd gebruik. Ek verstaan dat sy nie meer so jonk as vantevore is nie. Ek vra haar net om my wakker te maak wanneer die kos op die tafel is.
Vroeër het sy die skottelgoed onmiddellik na ete gewas. Dit is nou egter nie meer altyd die geval nie en somtyds is die skottelgoed nog vir ure na ete op die tafel. Ek bring ook my kant deur haar telkemale gedurende die aand te herinner dat die borde nie hulleself sal was nie. Ek weet dat sy dit waardeer, aangesien ek sien dat dit werk en dat sy tog die skottelgoed voor slapenstyd was.
Ons wasmasjien en droër is onder in die kelder. Toe sy jonger was, kon Katryn verskeie kere per dag die trappe op en af klim sonder om moeg te word. Noudat sy ouer is, lyk dit of sy sommer baie gouer moeg word. Partykeer sê sy vir my dat sy net nie nog een keer die trap op en af kan klim nie. Ek maak nie ‘n groot ding daarvan as sy so sê nie. Solank sy net die wasgoed voor die volgende aand gereed het, sal ek dit oorsien. As ek intussen dalk iets nodig het wat voor Maandagaand se snoekerspel of Woensdagaand en Vrydagaand se pokerspel of Dinsdag en Donderdag se rolbal gestryk moet word, sal ek vir haar sê dat sy net moet stryk wat ek benodig en dat sy die res van die strykgoed kan laat tot die volgende aand. Dit gee haar dan so ‘n bietjie meer tyd om die los werkies, soos die was van die honde, stofsuig of afstof te kan doen. Ook as ek ‘n goeie dag by die viswaters gehad het, het sy dan daardie bietjie meer tyd om die vis se skubbe te krap en teen ‘n gemaklike tempo te vlek.
Katryn begin so nou en dan te kla en murmureer, nie te dikwels nie, maar net genoeg sodat ek dit kan agterkom. ‘n Voorbeeld hiervan is dat sy sal sê dat sy nie genoeg tyd gedurende haar etensuur het om al die maandelikse rekeninge te betaal nie. Ten spyte van haar klagtes gee ek haar ondersteuning en aanmoediging. Ek sê vir haar sy kan die betalings oor twee of selfs drie dae versprei. Deur dit te doen hoef sy nie so te jaag nie en verder herinner ek haar ook daaraan dat om nou en dan ‘n middagete oor te slaan haar glad nie skade sal doen nie.(As julle snap wat ek bedoel)
Wanneer sy eenvoudige werkies doen, begin sy dink dat sy meer rusperiodes as voorheen, nodig het.
‘n Paar weke gelede het sy, nog voordat die grasperk halfpad gesny was, gesê dat sy ‘n ruskans nodig het. Ek ignoreer sulke aanmerkings aangesien ek weet dat dit maar net die ouderdom is wat praat. Trouens, ek probeer om haar nie te embarrasseer wanneer sy hierdie ruskanse wil hê nie. Ek sê sy kan gerus vir haar ‘n lekker glas koue lemoensap gaan uitdruk en ‘n rukkie sit…soms bied ek selfs aan om ‘n glas sap saam met haar te drink, aangesien sy terselftertyd vir my ook ‘n glas vol kan uitdruk. Sy kan dan haar ruskansie kry deur daar by die hangmat te sit en met my te gesels tot ek aan die slaap raak.. So kan ek aangaan, maar ek dink dat julle teen hierdie tyd al agtergekom het dat ek soos ‘n engel uit die hemel is, soos wat ek vir Katryn op ‘n daaglikse basis ondersteun.
Ek wil nie beweer dat dit maklik is om soveel verdraagsaamheid aan die dag te lê nie. Baie mans sal dit moeilik vind….party selfs onmoontlik.
Niemand weet beter as ek hoe frustrerend vrouens kan wees namate hulle ouer word nie.. Die doel met hierdie skrywe van my is eenvoudig om julle te versoek om ‘n poging aan te wend om so verdraagsaam soos ek te wees. Om dieselfde vlak van verdraagsaamheid as ek te bereik, sit egter nie in elke man se broek nie.. Wel, deur dalk net ‘n bietjie minder met julle vrouens te raas nadat julle hierdie brief gelees het, het ek in my doel geslaag en was dit die moeite werd om hierdie brief te skryf!
Groete,
Frikkie
(Nota van die redakteur:
Frikkie se begrafnis was voorverlede Saterdag. Katryn is Maandag vrygespreek.)
snoek @ 7
lol
A cowboy and his new bride check into a motel. The cowboy explains to the desk clerk that they were just married that morning.
“Would you like the bridal?” the clerk asks them.
“No thanks,” the cowboy answers. “I’ll just hold her by the ears until she gets the hang of it.”
you guys should rename this site “kak-talk” 🙂
10 – It’s boring without rugby, so we need to do something to pass the time.
A woman preparing to leave her husband casually informs him, “I’m going to become a hooker. I can make $400 for what I give you for free.”
“I’m coming with you,” the man replies. “I want to see you live on $800 a year.”
A man and his wife are in the shower together when the doorbell rings. The wife puts on a robe and goes down to answer the door.
In walks her husband’s friend Ben. The woman tells him her husband’s in the shower and asks if he can come back later. Instead, Ben steps in and quietly says, “I have $400 in my pocket. I’ll give it to you if you’ll open your bathrobe for me.”
She’s offended, but really needs the money so she agrees, opens her robe, and lets Ben have a quick peek before doing it up again. Ben gives her the $400, and she opens the door for him to leave, but he says, “I have another $400 in my other pocket. I’ll give it to you if you let me touch your breasts.”
Now she’s really mortified, but again, she needs the money, so she undoes her robe and lets him have a quick feel. Taking the other $400 from him, she lets him out the door.
Going back upstairs, she gets back in the shower with her husband, feeling a little bit guilty.
“Who was that?” the husband asks.
“Oh, that was just Ben,” the wife answers.
“Ben?” the husband says. “That jerk owes me 800 bucks!”
A man was invited to a friend’s home for dinner, where he noticed that his buddy preceded every request to his wife with endearing terms, calling her honey, darling, sweetheart, pumpkin, etc. He was impressed at this, since the couple had been married over 50 years.
While the wife was in the kitchen, he said, “I think it’s wonderful that after all the years, you still call your wife those pet names.”
His buddy shrugged, lowered his voice and said, “To tell you the truth, I forgot her name about 10 years ago.”
AShley, you are a joke proffesor. 😆
On a crowded bus, one man noticed that another man had his eyes closed.
“What’s the matter? Are you sick?” he asked.
“No, I’m okay. It’s just that I hate to see old ladies standing.”
A few days after Christmas, a mother was working in the kitchen listening to her young son playing with his new electric train in the living room.
She heard the train stop and her son said, “All of you sons of b*tches who want off, get the hell off now, cause this is the last stop! And all of you sons of b*tches who are getting on, get your asses in the train, cause we’re going down the tracks.”
The mother went nuts and told her son, “We don’t use that kind of language in this house. Now I want you to go to your room and you are to stay there for TWO HOURS. When you come out, you may play with your train, but I want you to use nice language.”
Two hours later, the son comes out of the bedroom and resumes playing with his train. Soon the train stopped and the mother heard her son say, “All passengers who are disembarking from the train, please remember to take all of your belongings with you. We thank you for riding with us today and hope your trip was a pleasant one. We hope you will ride with us again soon.” She hears the little boy continue, “For those of you just boarding, we ask you to stow all of your hand luggage under your seat. Remember, there is no smoking on the train. We hope you will have a pleasant and relaxing journey with us today.”
As the mother began to smile, the child added, “For those of you who are pissed off about the TWO HOUR delay, please see the b*tch in the kitchen.”
A man escapes from prison where he has been for 15 years. He breaks into a house to look for money and guns and finds a young couple in bed.
He orders the guy out of bed and ties him to a chair, while tying the girl to the bed he gets on top of her, kisses her neck, then gets up and goes into the bathroom.
While he’s in there, the husband tells his wife: “Listen, this guy’s an escaped convict, look at his clothes! He probably spent lots of time in jail and hasn’t seen a woman in years. I saw how he kissed your neck.” If he wants s*x, don’t resist, don’t complain, do whatever he tells you. Satisfy him no matter how much he nauseates you. This guy is probably very dangerous. If he gets angry, he’ll k*ll us. Be strong, honey. I love you.”
To which his wife responds: “He wasn’t kissing my neck. He was whispering in my ear. He told me he was gay, thought you were cute, and asked me if we had any vaseline. I told him it was in the bathroom. Be strong honey. I love you too!!”
The elderly Italian man went to his parish priest and asked if the priest would hear his confession.
“Of course, my son,” said the priest.
“Well, Father, at the beginning of World War Two, a beautiful woman knocked on my door and asked me to hide her from the Germans; I hid her in my attic, and they never found her.”
“That’s a wonderful thing, my son, and nothing that you need to confess,” said the priest.
“It’s worse, Father; I was weak, and told her that she had to pay for rent of the attic with her s*xual favors,” continued the old man.
“Well, it was a very difficult time, and you took a large risk – you would have suffered terribly at their hands if the Germans had found you hiding her; I know that God, in his wisdom and mercy, will balance the good and the evil, and judge you kindly,” said the priest.
“Thanks, Father,” said the old man. “That’s a load off of my mind. Can I ask another question?”
“Of course, my son,” said the priest.
The old man asked, “Do I need to tell her that the war is over?”
ok guys, i’m out of here
cheers!!
1300 comments!
cheers!
1 – Snoek, Looking at the Sharks team you have there, that really puts hope back up with me boet. I would start with Mvovo instead of Odwa. Really rate that youngster after seeing him play in the CC.
20@ Ou Asblikkie, ou tjomma – Ek wil nou nie jou geesdrif vir die uiters goeie grappe demp nie, maar ons MOET dalk bietjie rugby ook kry van jou af, so tussen die grappe deur….. hahaha
20 – Ash, So you came just to get the 1300 comments?…..hehehe. Cheers Ash. Good luck to your team for tomorrow mate.
Sharks will win this “tournament” their supporters will tell us how brilliant they are and that they are going to win the S14, then they will choke and land up mid table.
25 – Jy is ‘n regte suurgat. 😉
Morning Snoekie! 😆
Afree with no.1 Snoek. This team will make the top half of the Super14 and CAN make the top 4-question is, will they self implode?
But you have to be honest though, with names like Ruan Pienaar, Butch James and Frans Steyn not in that backline it does not seem as potent…
But still a great team.
Honestly, I really look forward to the Bulls, Sharks and Stormers campaign this year. Would be VERY disappointed if all three are not at least in the top 7, 2 in the top 4 and one of them wins it.
1) Snoek… that team vs this team… what do you think? Honestly
15. Conrad Jantjies
14. Joe Peterson
13. Jaque Fourie
12. Peter Grant
11. Bryan Habana
10. Willem de Waal
9. Dewaldt Duvenage
8. Duane Vermeulen
7 Francois Louw
6. Schalk Burger
5. Andries Bekker (C)
4. Anton vann Zyl
3. Brok Harris
2. Tiaan Liebenberg
1. Wicus Blaauw
Reserves:
16. Deon Fourie
17. JC Kritzinger
18. Adriaan Fondse
19. Pieter Myberg
20. Ricky Januarie
21. Juan de Jongh
22. JJ Engelbrecht
29@ Greenpoint-Tailgunner – Do not like quite a few of your choices for the Stormers Team, to be honest….
15. I would have little Joe Petersen any day before Conrad Jantjes… even before Jantjes broke his leg, all he could do was his wayward up-and-unders…. he is way past his sell-by date, way past!!
14. I would pick Juries or JJ Engelbrecht with Petersen moving to 15.
12. Juan de Jongh a 1000 times before Peter Grant… make that 10 000 times…
10. Stormers have a problem on fly half this year, one of their absolute weak points…. Wielie Waalie has his limitations and has reached EOL (End of Life) status… Grant has several limitations and has always been OVERRATED, cronje the young import is probably your bet for the future but it is 1 season too early for him this year to really shine.
9. Agree with your Duvenhage choice but damn, he is a Poor-man’s Fourie du Preez, even a Poor-man’s Jano Vermaak or even a Poor-man’s Sarel Pretorius….. do not expect miracles or fireworks to happen at No 9.
…. now that is how I feel about your backline, only 2 players sure in my book of their positions, Habana & Mossie…. the 2 imports.
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