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 →
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 →
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 →
