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Force (9) 12 / Sharks (19) 39 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Sharks at NIB Stadium, Perth at 13:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Sharks won well and convincingly but the attrition rate was also high with Odwa Ndungane spear-tackled and taken to hospital. Also looked like Willem Alberts was carrying an injury.
Bonus point in the bag for the Sharks on a very important away win.
The Sharks made only one change to the starting line up for their match against the Force this coming weekend, with JP Pietersen who gets a start as Lwazi Mvovo drops to the bench after a slight twist of his ankle last weekend.
Elton Jantjies capped of an impressive 2010 with a call-up to the Springbok squad, so why does the 2011 version seem so out of his depth? Continue reading
“It was a great result for us against a quality team,” said Sharks captain Stefan Terblanche. “If you’d have given us two wins to kick off the campaign we would have taken it.”
Sharks (16) 26 / Blues (9) 12 (Final Score)
The Sharks hosted the Blues at Mr Price Kings Park, Durban at 17:00 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Sharks started fast but then the game became scrappy, all the way through… not a memorable game but won nonetheless by the Sharks, before their trek accross the big waters.
2 Wins from 2 for the Sharks, this is what matters, I suppose.
Sharks coach John Plumtree has stuck largely with the team that beat the Cheetahs last week for this Saturday’s Vodacom Super Rugby clash with the Blues at Mr Price KINGS PARK.
Keegan Daniel’s inclusion at flank is the only change to the starting lineup after Jacques Botes took a knock to the hip.
At a rainy Kings Park, the Sharks opened their Super Rugby season with a workmanlike 24-9 win over the Cheetahs on Saturday evening.
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Sharks (8) 24 / Cheetahs (3) 9 (Final Score)
The Sharks hosted the Cheetahs at Mr Price Kings Park, Durban at 17:00 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
Sanzar made an announcement today to say some forced changes had to be made to the Referee line-ups for some of the First Round games
Very nominally, the Stormers have something to place in the cobwebbed trophy cabinet at Newlands, as it were, after their clean-sweep performance in the Neo Africa Tri-Series.
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Stormers (3) 17 / Sharks (10) 16 (Final Score)
The Stormers hosted the Sharks in the last of the Tri-Series warm-up games in preparation for the Super Rugby Tournament at 17:00 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 2 & M-Net on TV in SA.
In an error-ridden game the Sharks took the iniative and controlled most of the game till too many substitutions, to key players, derailed their game and allowed the Stormers to fight back and steal a win near the end.
I would not read too much into this game or the result, except maybe that Patrick Lambie’s goal kicking is still shoddy, that Meyer Bosman and Stefan Terblanche make a fine center combination and that the Stormers do not lie down to be defeated….
Sharks coach John Plumtree has scoffed at suggestions that Springbok captain John Smit is no longer a viable option as a prop.
Speaking ahead of the pre-season Tri-Series finale, against the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday, Plumtree said he will continue to “rotate” the Bok skipper in all three front row positions.
The misery of being defeated 41-10 by the Lions in their opening Neo Africa fixture has been compounded for the Sharks by an injury that could force Alistair Hargreaves to be out of rugby for some time.
The Lions tore the Springbok laden Sharks team apart last night in the Neo Africa Tri Series. Continue reading
The Sharks have named a squad of 27 players for their Super Rugby warm-up tournament against the Stormers and the Lions in Cape Town.
The Sharks have launched their new look Super Rugby jersey in time for die hard supporters to purchase before the start of the new Vodacom Super Rugby season. The official match jersey will be worn by The Sharks for the first time against the Cheetahs on Saturday 19 February to be played in Durban.
The Sharks are making the best of the time they are spending at the Bafokeng Sports Campus in Phokeng and look set to return to Durban in great shape for the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament, coach John Plumtree said on Thursday.
If history is anything to go by, the South African challenge for the new Super 15 trophy will be a 3-horse race. Continue reading
According to Sharks coach John Plumtree, Springboks skipper John Smit will have shed seven to eight kilos by the time the Super Rugby season starts.
Its now only 40 days away
The following articles comes from the Afrikaans newspapers, maybe later today or tomorrow it will appear in English. Thanks to Rapport we have a bit of Rugby news.
Former Blue Bulls flyhalf Jacques-Louis Potgieter says that the Sharks have the right mix of playing style which will help them in the upcoming Super Rugby season.
The former Free State Cheetah left the Bulls earlier this year to join the Sharks and is fitting in well in Durban and says that the Sharks are similar to the Bulls in their set up.
Springbok captain John Smit has been given the all clear to return to the playing field and has already been training for a month.
The Lions and Sharks have both upped the ante as the tug-of-war for the services of iconic Springbok prop Tendai Mtawarira drags on into the festive season.
After a successful inaugural tournament, WP Rugby and Club Newlands are delighted to announce the return of the Neo Africa Tri-Series in 2011.
The pre-season series will see the DHL Stormers, the Sharks and the Lions battle it out as they prepare for the Vodacom Super Rugby, which kicks off on 18 February.
Come 2011, the Beast could be hunting with the Lions instead of swimming with the Sharks.
Tendai (Beast) Mtawarira, the Sharks and Springbok prop, has apparently received an offer from the Lions which he may be unable to turn down.
This ratings was done by a well known sports writer Jan de Konning. Comment on the ratings and tell us how you would have rated the players.
Sharks (23) 30 / WP (10) 10 (Final Score)
The Sharks hosted WP in the Currie Cup Final held at ABSA Park, Durban at 17:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on M-Net, SuperSport 1 and SuperSport HD on TV in SA.
The Sharks won with passion, commitment and super defence!
Facts on the 2010 Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Final:
With excitement levels reaching fever pitch in Durban, and indeed the country, Sharks coach John Plumtree has announced his team for face Western Province in the Currie Cup final on Saturday. Kick-off is at 17:30.
The Golden Lions Rugby Union have signed Sharks prop Patric Cilliers and flank Michael Rhodes have signed for the 2011 Super Rugby competition.
The Sharks have announced that Absa has terminated their 11-year association with them, having decided to drop the current sponsorship as stadium naming rights-holder which they have held since 2000.
The bruising battle of the backrows will have a profound impact on Saturday’s Currie Cup final between the Sharks and Western Province at Kings Park.
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Okay, now we’re finally ready to go. After a week of doing pretty much nothing and, for some, having to trek all the way to Johannesburg for an ill-timed Springbok training camp, preparations can start in earnest for the Sharks and Western Province for this weekend’s Absa Currie Cup final in Durban.
Folks, say welcome to the new addition to Authors here on Rugby-Talk. Rob Peters is the owner of NEWSPOD MEDIA who will also supply us with AUDIO CONTENT of after match interviews.
They act as Media Provider to a host of Radio Stations in SA and an exciting collaboration between Rob and Myself might see us lead into a new era of Pod Casting and possibly Live Streaming in future.
Welcome the man with open arms, here’s another outstanding rugby lover in our midst!
AUDIO REGARDING THE SEMI’s & THE UPCOMING FINAL:
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Sharks coach John Plumtree on Sunday praised his players for the guts and character they showed to secure their 16-12 victory over the Blue Bulls in their Absa Currie Cup semifinal on home ground on Saturday.