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Peter de Villiers is getting his knickers in a knot about his captain John Smit

Peter de Villiers is getting his knickers in a knot about his captain John Smit both prematurely and needlessly, for the answer to the conundrum he speaks of is laid before him every weekend in Super Rugby. Simply do what the Sharks are doing. That is the answer to the question he is so intent... Continue Reading →

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savage Super Rugby showdown between the Sharks and the Stormers at Kings Park tomorrow

THE signs are that this is going to be one savage Super Rugby showdown between the Sharks and the Stormers at Kings Park tomorrow (5pm) and the team with the most key players still standing at the death, and the most accurate goal-kicker, will be the likely winner. That might sound dramatic but consider this:... Continue Reading →

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THE Springboks will be banking on this gameplan for the 2011 event.

MIKE GREENAWAY THE Springboks will be banking on the game plan blueprint of the 2007 Rugby World Cup triumph at the 2011 event. This was much suggested in the naming yesterday of what amounts to be a preliminary Springbok Rugby World Cup squad that bares little difference to that of France four years ago and... Continue Reading →

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Public criticism of Springbok captain John Smit should be reserved

Public criticism of Springbok captain John Smit should be reserved until he has had an opportunity in his favoured position of hooker in the Super Rugby competition, says national coach Peter de Villiers, who has expressed his frustration at not being able to judge the form of his World Cup captain. Speaking at yesterday’s announcement... Continue Reading →

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Savage Super showdown with the Stormers on Saturday

IT does not get any easier for the Sharks. Four countries in four weeks, the (relative) horror of an overseas flight in cattle class between London and Johannesburg, a jaw-droppping battle with a Crusaders team that is skilled and brutal in equal measures, and now a homecoming war with the Bulls-beating, SA Conference trend-setting, Stormers.... Continue Reading →

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this afternoon two of Super Rugbys’ most enterprising teams do battle

MIKE GREENAWAY RUGBY’s northern hemisphere is set for an invigorating breath of fresh air this afternoon when two of Super Rugbys’ most enterprising teams do battle for vital competition points at the hallowed home of rugby. The recently ended Six Nations was a mostly dull affair but rugby in that part of the world will... Continue Reading →

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All Black coach Graham Henry’s challenge to Sonny Bill Williams

The Sharks are just going to love the timing of All Black coach Graham Henry’s challenge to Sonny Bill Williams to show more physicality in his game if he wants to start at the World Cup, starting with his performance for the Crusaders at Twickenham on Sunday The 25-year-old sensation has so far offloaded in... Continue Reading →

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Three of the Sharks’ wins to date have been against the bottom teams

A sceptic would point out that that three of the Sharks’ Super Rugby wins to date have been against the bottom teams – the Cheetahs, Force, and Rebels – the other win being an impressive one at home against the Blues, who are second in the New Zealand conference and fifth overall. An optimist would... Continue Reading →

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Playing the Crusaders at the neutral venue of Twickenham will give the Sharks a helping hand

Playing the Crusaders at the neutral venue of Twickenham will give the Sharks a helping hand, reckons captain John Smit, but they will nevertheless have to pull serious finger if they hope to live with the red-hot, seven-time champions. “Playing them in London is a little less frightening than playing them in Christchurch, but only... Continue Reading →

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There are so many different slants we can take on the phenomenal throw-up of a Sharks versus Crusaders match at Twickenham

There are so many different slants we can take on the phenomenal throw-up of a Sharks versus Crusaders match at Twickenham, but the most significant from a rugby point of view is that the Sharks have their best chance in years of beating the seven-times champions in an ‘away’ fixture, and the Durban team’s decision... Continue Reading →

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Springbok captain John Smit’s participation in Saturday’s big clash with the high-riding B lues is in the balance

Springbok captain John Smit’s participation in Saturday’s big clash with the high-riding Blues is in the balance, the same goes for another Springbok JP Pietersen, as well as openside flank Jacques Botes, but the good news is that scrumhalf Charl McLeod should be good to go. Smit pulled out of the Super Rugby opener against... Continue Reading →

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Rugby’s train-spotters will no doubt find it intriguing

MIKE GREENAWAY Rugby’s train-spotters will no doubt find it intriguing that after 15 years of Super Rugby competition, the Sharks have won 89 of their 184 matches, drawn six and lost ... exactly 89. If a precisely 50 percent record doesn’t blow your hair back, think again in a South African context because the Sharks... Continue Reading →

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Just about good to go was the vibe from the Shark Tank last night

Just about good to go was the vibe from the Shark Tank last night after John Smit’s troops worked out on the main Kings Park pitch in anticipation of Saturday’s long-awaited Super Rugby opener against the troublesome Cheetahs (5pm). Just about? There are a few injury and illness problems but by Friday’s captain’s training run... Continue Reading →

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