John Plumtree has been around the block enough times to know that caution rather than elation is the watchword for the unbeaten Sharks as they approach a relatively easier fourth-round fixture in Melbourne on Friday. “I try not to get excited about anything these days,” he said wryly. “In this game, the moment you pat... Continue Reading →
Durbanites know they have the brute force to smash an Australian team that is brimful of talent out wide but suspect up front.
Sharks coach John Plumtree yesterday named an unchanged pack of forwards for tomorrow’s Super Rugby tour opener against the Force in Perth (1.05pm SA time), and that will surprise nobody given than the Durbanites know they have the brute force to smash an Australian team that is brimful of talent out wide but suspect up... Continue Reading →
the Sharks are a happy team so far
MIKE GREENAWAY This time last year, the Sharks were in Christchurch preparing for their first tour game, with just two points in the bank (from two narrow losses at home) and no flyhalf to speak of (Andy Goode joined the team later that week. A year on, John Plumtree’s decidedly merrier men are top of... Continue Reading →
rugby Sharks win
SHARKS -16 BLUES -9 FROM MIKE GREENAWAY AT KINGS PARK THE Sharks have their share of bogey teams – the Reds and the Cheetahs spring to mind – but in turn one wonders how Auckland’s finest feel about a Sharks team that yesterday extended their victory streak over them to a magnificent seven? The Sharks... Continue Reading →
It is hard to believe it is 15 years since the Sharks and Blues delivered an all-time classic at Kings Park in the first ever season of Super rugby.
It is hard to believe it is 15 years since the Sharks and Blues delivered an all-time classic at Kings Park in the first ever season of Super rugby. Gary Teichmann’s Sharks just lost to Zinzan Brooke’s All Blacks team deputising as Auckland (Sean Fitzpatrick was at hooker but was not the captain, and you-name-it... Continue Reading →
At the risk of tempting fate for the Sharks
At the risk of tempting fate for the Sharks, one of the quirks of Super Rugby is the Sharks’ brilliant record against the Blues, who they have beaten six times in a row since Kevin Putt’s team lost heavily in Auckland in 2005 - including a semi-final win in Durban in 2007 and three wins... Continue Reading →
THE Sharks were menacing and muscular, if not convincing,
THE Sharks were menacing and muscular, if not convincing, in their ultimately emphatic crushing of the Cheetahs at a wet and bedraggled Kings Park on Saturday evening but the bottom line is that they finished the weekend top of the South African conference (on points difference better than the Bulls) and in ideal mood to... Continue Reading →
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 →
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske does not know what the specific ingredient is in the Cheetah’s o ften winning recipe against the Sharks
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske does not know what the specific ingredient is in the Cheetah’s often winning recipe against the Sharks, and if he knew he would bottle it and hide it under his mattress. The Cheetahs have a knack of knocking over the Sharks in important games in Durban – the 2009 Currie Cup... Continue Reading →
The Sharks 2011 season preview
THE official slogan of Vodacom SuperRugby 2011 is “Witness the Evolution”, a reference to the changing format of a competition that today has little resemblance to the Super 10 incarnation of 1993 and even less to the Super 8 before it, which involved only Kiwi, Aussie and Pacific Island teams. Fair enough, but for the... Continue Reading →
Key Super Rugby changes read more
Super Rugby kicks off in ten days time promising more talent, more tactics and more action as the competition expands and evolves in its 16th year. The Melbourne Rebels have been added as a 15th team, expanding the competition to five teams from each nation, and the competition structure has been re-engineered to meet the... Continue Reading →
what an awful Stormers Jersey ..what do you think ?
> > > the Stormers new top for 2011 ..Why must a sponsor insist on a logo > on the jersey ? > I bet half the paying public dont know what dhl do , or where their > office is in ct What do you think? > >
what an awful jersey ..what do you think ?
the Stormers new top for 2011 ..Why must a sponsor insist on a log on the jersey .. I bet half the paying public dont know what dhl do or where their Dist office is in ct
This is scary shit! The players will have to be managed like never before. The timing of the introduction of the new S15 needs to be seriously questioned.
This is scary shit! The players will have to be managed like never before. The timing of the introduction of the new S15 needs to be seriously questioned. The Super Rugby competition will not only expand to 15 teams in 2011, it will also undergo a significant format revamp. A new three-conference system will be... Continue Reading →
The Sharks will rock in 2011
IN the week that the Sharks kicked off their 2010 Super 14 campaign, their pre-season went from the ridiculous to the outright comical. They were still fighting the Lions in court over the services of two key players (flank Willem Alberts and fullback Louis Ludik) ; they had lost Pumas flyhalf Juan Martin Hernandez to... Continue Reading →
The Sharks will rock in 2011
IN the week that the Sharks kicked off their 2010 Super 14 campaign, their pre-season went from the ridiculous to the outright comical. They were still fighting the Lions in court over the services of two key players (flank Willem Alberts and fullback Louis Ludik) ; they had lost Pumas flyhalf Juan Martin Hernandez to... Continue Reading →
SANZAR appoints Game Manager
The newly-established SANZAR (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia Rugby) organisation based in Sydney has appointed former international referee Lyndon Bray to the new role of Game Manager. Bray is currently the High Performance Referee Manager for the New Zealand Rugby Union a role he has held since September 2008 and will relocate to Sydney in... Continue Reading →
