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AFTER contracting Bulls flyhalf Jacques-Louis Potgieter, the Sharks are set to sign another versatile back who has been on their radar for some time, 25-year-old Meyer Bosman.
The Article with compliments of Craig Lewis and the Daily News
The Sharks coach John Plumtree sprang a surpise or two as he named the Sharks team to face the Blue Bulls this coming weekend. Continue reading
Wellington – South Africa lock Bakkies Botha will miss the rest of the Tri-Nations after being suspended for nine weeks for headbutting All Black scrumhalf Jimmy Cowan.
At last the Sharks reel in a decent flyhalf , This signing will be huge if the Sharks are to do well in the super 15 next year.
Jacques-Louis Potgieter has according to reports made it clear he will join the Durban franchise after this seasons Currie cup .
The Sharks have selected a team to play the Griquas this coming Saturday in Kimberly that was pretty much expected” this taking into account injuries etc”
DURING last year’s Currie Cup, Sharks veteran Stefan Terblanche took over the leadership reins from the injured Johann Muller and led a largely new-look team to 12 wins out of 12 as captain and a top-of-the-table finish in the pool stages.
Compliments to the Daily News for the article.
The Sharks make shift team on a very cold winters night in Nigel went on the rampage in their pre-season compulsary friendly. Continue reading
At last “The Beast”, Tendai Mtawarira, gets the go ahead to represent the country he loves and has represented with great distinction.
Article thanks to News24 Continue reading
The Sharks have signed veteran lock Ross Skeate from French club Toulon on a two-year contract.
Bath flyhalf Butch James. An apparent oversight by South African Rugby Union officials may well cost Butch James his chance of pressing for a place in next year’s Springbok World Cup squad. James has been named at inside centre in the South African team to play Wales in a one-off Test in Cardiff on Saturday. However, SARU and James’s club, Bath, are now in a stand-off over the World Cup-winning Bok’s availability – the sticking point being whether this match falls inside or outside the International Rugby Board’s window for June Test matches.
The Article thanks to Louis De Villiers and Rugby365
The Media spoke to Beast Tendai Mtawarira earlier today and spoke to him regarding the Immigrations issues that surrounded him. Continue reading
The Sharks rugby union have issued a press release to confirm the signing of Lionel Mapoe.
Lionel Mapoe is a Sharks player – it’s done and dusted and the player has signed a 2.5 year contract. That’s according to the KZN Union, anyway.
According to the official press release that came out a few minutes ago, Mapoe terminated his contract with the Cheetahs way back on 9 March as a result of a contractual dispute. He has thus been a free agent since then and has every right to enter into an agreement with the Sharks, for whom he will play in the Currie Cup.
Veteran Springbok and Bulls lock Bakkies Botha has been banned for four weeks.
The Sharks played their best match by far this season to destroy the high flying Stormers. The Stormers now have a must win situation against the log topping Bulls, with much for Schalk Burger’s men to ponder about.
In all honesty the scoreboard does not tell the true story of this game.
The Sharks will feel they gave their all but apart from guts, determination and effort, lacked the back line fire power to pull this one through as had been the case for much of the season.
John Plumtree afterwards admitted as much, as he spoke of the Bulls slowly squeezing the breath out of the Sharks and his pride of a Sharks team that showed so much spirit and guts.
The Sharks just cant get away from injuries to play a full strength team against the high flying Blue Bulls, One wonders if an experiment of Kankowski at 13 is not worth a try? Continue reading
The Sharks season is turning into a season of “If Only” as they wrapped up their 5th consecutive victory over a Blues team that had only one plan and that was to spread the ball from anywhere and everywhere.
The Sharks show only 1 enforced change, with consitency in selection again shown this week. An ankle injury to Sharks centre Riaan Swanepoel has necessitated the one and only change to the team’s starting XV for Saturday’s Super 14 rugby match against the Blues at the Absa Stadium in Durban.
Sharks are working hard on their defence shortcomings and how to put pressure on the Blues back line, how that will be possible is going to be difficult as we know the Sharks back line lack first time defence and on many occasions it takes more then 1 player to put an apposing team player down. Continue reading
The Sharks scraped home against a Lions team showing more hunger and determination then they did in their other games prior to this weekend, A major concern was the way the sharks went well ahead and then went to sleep, not once but twice as the 2nd sleeping session nearly cost them the match.
The stadium was alive and well Saturday with thousands of Sharks supporters streaming into Coca Cola park.
The Sharks have signed Sias Ebersohn from the Cheetahs! Sias the brother of Robert Ebersohn is a very good up and comming Flyhalf that at school level was rated higher then Robert.
I am sure we are all aware of the rules of how to banter without telling one another we have ugly grannies, so lets rock people and don’t hold back Continue reading
The Sharks have made two changes to the starting lineup and a surprise bench. Continue reading
News from the sharks is that a full strength team for saturday is possible bar 4 players that that are still on the injury list.
The Players being Keegan Daniel, Adriaan Jacobs Louis Ludick and Ryan kankowski, Good news is that Johann Muller will return with other news being that Lambie will be available for selection even though he was named in the Springbok Under 20 squad.
As for players like Murray and Mvovo who played Vodacom cup last week, one waits to see if they played well enough to return to the Super 14 squad. Continue reading
Durban – Sharks prop Jannie du Plessis will appear before a SANZAR judicial officer in Bloemfontein on Thursday after being cited for dangerous play following Saturday’s Super 14 match against the Reds in Durban.Du Plessis was cited for allegedly striking Reds hooker Sean Hardman with the head and also for entering a ruck in a dangerous manner.
Du Plessis’s hearing will take place at the offices of the Free State Rugby Union at 10:00.
Ryan Kankowski has a broken thumb and will be out for the rest of the Super14
The sharks must surely now have turned the corner after their poor start to this years Super 14 competition, After 3 good wins in a row they now have a week off to recover from their hard trip down under.
There are quite a few injury concerns and this layoff could not have come at a better time. Continue reading
The Sharks have managed to resolve England flyhalf Andy Goode’s work permit issues and the veteran No.10 will start in the Super 14 Round Eight match against the Reds in Durban on Saturday. Continue reading
The Sharks will be happy to be back home in Durban and the Absa Stadium, as 5 weeks away from home must very hard on the players for so many different reasons, One can only hope that playing this weekend after their long flight does not take it’s toll.
Also one is not sure what injuries there are, that being besides the injury to Adriaan Jacobs and Johann Muller that is already known, On the plus side is being back at home their is far more players to choose from as back-up is at hand.
It does seem that the Sharks have turned to corner and one expects a good performance from them this comming weekend against the Queensland Reds who themselves are on a upward curve. Continue reading
Ruan Pienaar kicked an extra time penalty for the Sharks to snatch a 26-29 victory for the Sharks in Wellington earning his team their second win of the season. Continue reading
The Sharks have made very few changes to the side which beat the Highlanders at the House of Pain last weekend, they show 2 forced changes due to injuries to Lock Johann Muller and Flanker Keegan Daniel. Flanker Botes comes into the starting lineup in place of Daniel whilst lock Hargreaves comes in for Muller. Continue reading
The Sharks will probably have to do without the services of Johann Muller for their final tour match against the wellington Hurricanes.Although it has not been confirmed if he would be fit to play or not, One cannot seem him playing with what seems to be a broken finger.
Here is a picture of Johann Muller’s hand sporting a broken finger for his troubles and having had to spend the night in Hospital, less than ideal!Just boarded flight to Wellington,last week! http://yfrog.com/iyjzsj 2:24 PM Mar 20th via Tweetie ( thanks to John Smits snippets on Twitter). His place in the starting line up will probably be taken by Alsitair Hargreaves with Wilhelm Steenkamp comming onto the bench.
Will keep you informed on any further news that may arise.
Yes you read it here first as it has come to light that the Sharks are in advance talks with Bath Rugby Club to try get Butch James back home in Durban.Although not much more is known at this stage, we will let you know as soon as more infomation is available on this matter.