Sharks Coach John Plumtree has been able to select from just about his strongest squad of the Absa Currie Cup campaign for Saturday’s showdown with the Free State Cheetahs in their Absa Stadium Durban semifinal.
Courtecy of the Sharks official web site:
Stefan Terblanche will retain the captaincy role he has carried all season with great success but he will be aided by two other leaders in John Smit and Johann Muller – the latter one of a slew of players who went into the week with an injury cloud hanging over them, but have all emerged match ready.
The backline remains unchanged although Monty Dumond comes in for Waylon Murray on the bench in the only change amongst the backs. In the forwards, Jean Deysel who played off the bench last week starts at flank alongside another stalwart in Jacques Botes who also makes a welcome return from injury.
The Vodacom Super 14 lock pairing of Johann Muller and Steven Sykes is re-united with Muller’s arm holding up against a physical bashing in practice while the front row remains intact from last week (and the Springboks) with both of Bismarck du Plessis and Tendai Mtawarira having come through the injuries the pair sustained against Griquas last week and have been passed fit to play.
Michael Rhodes and Alistair Hargreaves are the unfortunate players to miss out, although their contribution has been invaluable and they will certainly share in the team’s euphoria and success.
The Sharks
15. Stefan Terblanche (Captain)
14. Odwa Ndungane
13. Adrian Jacobs
12. Riaan Swanepoel
11. JP Pietersen
10. Juan Hernandez
9. Ruan Pienaar
8. Ryan Kankowski
7. Jean Deysel
6. Jacques Botes
5. Johann Muller
4. Steven Sykes
3. John Smit
2. Bismarck du Plessis
1. Tendai Mtawarira
Replacements
16. Craig Burden
17. Jannie du Plessis
18. Albert van den Berg
19. Keegan Daniel
20. Rory Kockott
21. Monty Dumond
22. Andries Strauss
Eina….this is a strong team
Even the bench is scary hehehe, goodluck cheatertjies
thanks gbs
good team , much as expected
Now it says I am posting too quick…….hehehehe. Have to re type the damn post over…….unhappy smiley…haha.
Very good starting 15 that. Pleased that Muller, Beast and Bissie are there.
Now wonder what ever happened to Mvovo? He played some great rugby before Odwa returned. Sharky you know mate?
GO SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSS
@Tripples – 2 Big Smiley..haha.
@Puma – no idea to be honest , i think he been dropped , as he only had a light injury
Have any of you guys seen the kick to the face that Adi Jacobs gave one of the Griekwas guys last week?
I was mighty surprised that there was no citing.
@sharky_forever – 6
I thought maybe he was injured. Played some great rugby while Odwa was on Bok duty. Think Mvovo has far more speed than Odwa. Maybe not the same experience but see a good future for him. Thought he would have been kept in the side after playing so well. Rate that youngster.
Goeie span, as hul ‘click’ gaan die Ctahs ‘n lang dag hê.
Wonder net wat gaan gebeur as een van die Ctahs se stutte vir Bismark op volspoed tref teen daai eina ribbes ?
Maar, dit help nie om vir Bissie te spaar vir die semi, en dan in elkgeval te verloor nie.
Eish, nog twee dae om te wag. Ek sien al meer uit na hierdie 2 wedstryde as ‘n 3N toets !
@Puma – rate him too , he is young bro his full time come
Good team. We will have some tough encounters this weekend. May the best teams win.
7 @ Cosa – Nope did not see it. Was it delibarate?
@sharky_forever – 10
It sure will. Pleased we have him at the Sharks.
@Snoek – 11
Sure is a great team. Yip, may the best teams win this weekend in both semi finals.
Just really hope its a Sharks/Bulls final. If not so be it.
Good team. Should whack WP in the final.
@Cosa – 7
No never saw it.
@K9-MonsterLeeu – 15
That is if WP and Sharks make the final. Could go anyway this weekend for any of the 4 teams.
I feel though that Bulls will have too much power for Province but then like I have said its a one off game so WP could win. Cheetahs too could win. I think Sharks have a great side and should win but like the other semi all it takes is only one point to win. Cheetahs could win too. Just hope its my Sharkies that win though…..LOL.
May the best teams win this Saturday and really hope the two best face each other in the final.
SA rugby is just brilliant. To think we can see that high standard of rugby just amongst ourselves is awesome.
Very good team.
Ek hoop vir ‘n Bul vs Cheetah final, ek was heeltemal te min op Roftus die laaste drie jaar.
En ons kort die geld noudat Jorrie Muller gekoop is.
Nouja, nouja, my ‘naweek’ het pas begin, gaan dit sommer n lekker laaaange maak met die rugby en alles….
Ek is opge-‘stock’ met die drinkgoed en die braaigoete…..wag nou net vir die afskop, hieeeeeehaaaaaaa!
Laat die byle huil en die pikke hik, GOOI MIELIES !!!!!
@Rooipiet – Jy ‘n bul? En wat is dit van Jorrie?
@bdb –
Daaai Cheetah -voorhoede is wild.
WP Nel kom uit voorry-kontrei, die Hantam.
Weet nie of jy nog vir James O’Kennedy onthou nie (Jnr Springbok en Bolandstut van Loeriesfontein?), en Arrie Strauss, Willouw van Niekerk, Cobus Visagie….almal Klipwerf se manne daai, moosa sterk en atleties,so gebore….
21@Pietman – middag Pietman, ja, die Ctahs se voorry lyk goed, net jammer oor Andries Strauss wat beseer is, maar sy neef is ook nie te sleg nie. Ken nie al daai stutte nie, maar wel vir Cobus. Geniet jou langnaweek wat begin het !
@bdb –
Attie Strauss het een of twe games Springbok gespeel, ek dink Willouw was n ruk by die Bulle ook.
@Snoek – 12
I thought is was pretty gross, and my son saw it as well. We then took it slomo thru that, and is still looked like a deliberate kick.
One of the Kwas tackled Adi, but they fell in a loose kinda 69 position. Adi then klobbered him one with the foot under the chin.
@bdb –
Hang ook baie af wat die weer gaan maak in Dubs, klink my hulle voorspel reen daar?
As ek nou weer so na die Sharks se span kyk , dan wet ek darem nie of die Cheetahs hulle kan wen nie.
Dis n hengse goeie outfit daai van die Haaie, mooi gebalanseerd, min swak plekke…..Ndungane moet net tekkel n slag!
26@Pietman – Op papier is Sharks en Bulle gunstelinge, veral die Sharks omdat hul tuisveld voordeel het vir beide semi, en finaal, as hul saterdag wen.
Maar op die veld kan enigiets gebeur. Spanne vol bokke is al baie verras in die verlede. Dit klink of die manne op die blogs nou al moeg gepraat is, kan nie meer wag vir die afskop nie, dat kan gebeur wat moet gebeur.
A decent but not unbeatable team.
Where are the Sharks usual games about not being able to give in a team list due to injuries, naming one team and then playing another, bracketing players as the coach isn’t sure about who will play? No this is too clean for the Sharks, they must be up to something.
Just a little scenario that ran through my mind (I’m bound to make full recovery, hehe!) regarding the captaincy:
Against all the odds the Sharks are having one of those days where nothing seems to go right and after 20 minutes find themselves behind their own posts awaiting the conversion which will make the score 16-3 in favour of the Cheetahs.
The team turns to:
a) Their captain for advice and inspiration, or
b) John Smit for advice and inspiration.
If they naturally turn to Smittie, why not make him the captain in the first place?
28@Loosehead – ek onthou daardie een jaar, het hul ‘n klomp bokke op die bank gekies vir ‘n semi teen vrystaat in bloem. Die vrystaat het hul disnis gespeel in die eerste helfte, en toe die bokke opkom, toe is dit heeltemal te laat.
Watter jaar was dit, kan iemand onthou ?
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