The Sharks coach John Plumtree sprang a surpise or two as he named the Sharks team to face the Blue Bulls this coming weekend.
Two changes are to personnel and two are positional, as JP Pietersen returns after a long injury lay off and Rory Cockott makes way for Charl Mcleod.
Probably the most notable switch is young Patrick lambie moving from full back to inside center with Riann Swannepoel being dropped from the squad altogether.
Louis Ludick moves to his favoured full back position.
The Sharks team is:
15. Louis Ludik
14. JP Pietersen
13. Stefan Terblanche (Capt)
12. Patrick Lambie
11. Lwazi Mvovo
10. Steve Meyer
9. Charl McLeod
8. Keegan Daniel
7. Michael Rhodes
6. Jacques Botes
5. Alistair Hargreaves
4. Steven Sykes
3. Wiehahn Herbst
2. Craig Burden
1. Patric Cilliers
Replacements
16. Kyle Cooper
17. Eugene van Staden
18. Ross Skeate
19. Skholiwe Ndlovu
20. Rory Kockott
21. Monty Dumond
22. Andries Strauss
Sharky, losing Muller is a bonus, your team is better without him, the standard of rugby increased at Sharks and in UK.
I forgot how to make smileys 😆
backline players gone through whatever reason is
adi
guy cronje
ruan
odwa
mapoe
lol hiyas boerboel ^5
hey now muller was a good player , you only wish you had him at the storm poppies 😆
btw i hope skeate does well at the sharks
Skeate will do well, that guy is an yster!
Blissem, ons is geseen met Talent in SA. As mens in ag neem hoe baie ouens is beseer of by die Bokke, of oorsee, dan kan ons nie kla nie.
Kom ons stel dit so… in die games tussen WP, Lions en Sharks, BUlls die naweek tel ek amper 12 manne wat nog in die volgende 2 jaar maklik ‘n draai by die Bokke kan maak. Dit sluit nou wel 2 skrumskakels en 2 hakkers in (iets waarna die Div kan kyk) maar steeds… tel die Cheetahs en so paar beseerdes is, kan mens maklik ‘n span vol maak.
Stel dit so…
Jantjies/Lambie
Peterson/vd Heever
Adi Jacobs*
**
Nokwe/Mapoe
JL Potgieter
Jano Vermaak/Sarel Pretorius
Vermeulen/Alberts
Juan Smit/Wikus vdH
Heinrich Brussouw/Derrick Minnie/Stegman
Anton van Zyl/Hargreaves
Sykes/Steenkamp
Kruger/Harris
Liebenberg/Struass/Botha
BJ/Blaauw
*Die ander opsie hier is Robert Ebersohn, of Juan de Jongh (maar hy is reeds by die Bokke). Terreblanche is te oud, Whitehead is uit posisie en te jonk, Murry is ‘n unknown op die oomblik, Dippenaar is net nie DAAR nie. As mens moet kan jy altyd vir Marius Joubert gaan haal. Blykbaar speel hy moer goed in Frankryk.
**Ek kan nie rerig iemand sien wat hier op die oomblik uitstaan nie. Die 3 beset binne senters in die land is klaar by die Bokke… maar as ek nou iemand MOET kry, sal ek vir Grant of Steyn oorsee gaan haal en hulle insit.
Punt is, selfs met meeste van ons beste spelers oorsee, beseer, of reeds by die Bokke kan ons steeds ‘n goeie “C” span maak.
@ Greenpoint-Gunner:
Jy het Jean Deysel vergeet
29 and onwards @ sharky_forever:
Tjarkie, old friend…. Bulls have 11 players at the Bokke, 1 banned, Fourie du Preez with a long term injury, Akona Ndungane also out with broken leg, Pedrie gone to Europe, Mangweni gone to Eastern Cape, Jaco Pretorius injured, Jaco Engels injured, Juandre Kruger injured….. so far from easy counting it makes at least 19 regular Bulls out…
So Bulls are playing with 3 Super 14 forwards starters and just 1 backline starter….
But hey, no excuses, our 6 th and 7th locks are better than Hargreaves, Bulls should have a slight advantage in the front row, loosies are roughly equal…
Backline Bulls have parity at scrummie, a better flyhalf, centres who are actually centres, wings who are wings and a solid Mr Miaggi at 15.
No Bulls excuses… none…. I back the Bulls to win!
See Sharks are messing about with players positions again. Why move Lambie to inside center when he was really great for us at FB in the S14?
If Lambie had to move a position then why not at FH?
Anyhow go Sharks. We do miss Deysel and Alberts I think also Kanko.
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