AB de Villiers has pulled out of South Africa’s Twenty20 internationals at home against New Zealand in December, citing the need for extra rest before the Tests in January. Justin Ontong, the Cape Cobras captain, has been called into the squad.
|
|
|
The Sharks, although sitting pretty with the Springbok front row, still look vulnerable as the backup props, although steady for the most, have not been as dominating as the team would want. This is specially the case at Loosehead where Dale Chadwick at times would stand his man and other times just fade into obscurity as he seems lack drive and passion. The Sharks could very well see one or two of the junior props coming through the ranks to fill that gap unless Dale really stands up. At Tighthead things seem more settled as Wiehann Herbst has been solid in backup to Jannie Du Plessis, and young Nick Schonert is growing as a player and will no doubt have a good future.
|
|
Copyright © 2013 Rugby-Talk - By Rudi Geldenhuys, All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa 37 queries. 1.177 seconds. 9 visitors online now2 guests, 6 bots, 1 members Max visitors today: 12 at 03:16 SAST This month: 56 at 20 May 2013, 06:28 SAST This year: 65 at 23 April 2013, 20:22 SAST All time: 97 at 22 September 2012, 15:31 SAST No Counter as from 31 October 2009: 6,779,982 Page Impressions |
Time to talk about the men in the middle. Although there is heaps of talent, and plenty of experience, they seem to be very thin on the ground, especially if Fourie does decide to migrate to the side of the scrum… or perhaps even further!
In this Article we look at the contenders for PROPS at the Sharks 2013 Super Rugby group.
SANZAR announced their 18 referees for the 2013 Super Rugby season, the group of referees includes 5 new as well as the Argentinean Francisco Pastrana (who controlled his first Super Rugby match in 2012).