Coach Nienaber has split his squad for the Rugby Championship with 14 players leaving for New Zealand this week and the remainder staying behind for the test against the Wallabies at Loftus.
Jean Kleyn will make his debut for the Boks partnering with Marvin Orie with RG Snyman on the bench.
(more…)The Cell C Shark will be going for a third consecutive victory against the defending Currie Cup champions Airlink Pumas. To try and achieve this the Sharks coach reverted to mostly tried and tested Currie Cup players.
(more…)Joey Mongalo has pretty much rested the bulk of his players used over the last couple of games, and introduced a couple of URC players plus a few others who have not featured recently.
(more…)Joey Mongale has again made some rotational changes for the game against the Lions. Khwezi Mona, Fez Mbatha and Henco Venter start in place of Dian Bleurer, Dameon Venter and Celimpilo Gumede who all drop out of the squad. Tiaan Fourie, Alwayno Visagie and Aphelele Fassi start in place of Bradley Davids, Rohan Janse van Rensburg and Marnus Potgieter who all drop to the bench. Kerron van Vuuren comes into the squad onto the bench.
(more…)The Cell C Sharks will travel to Middle Earth aka Northern Free State to face the Griffons in Welkom on Friday afternoon. A bonus point victory might result in the Sharks topping the overall log.
(more…)Joey Mongalo has again made some changes to the team from last week. Carlu Sadie comes in the starting 15, Jeandre Labuschagne moves to lock, Dylan Richardson starts and James Venter shifts to the blindside flank.
(more…)The Cell C Sharks go into tomorrow’s game just six log points behind the second placed Airlink Pumas. Another victory will see them with a real chance of competing for a top two finish.
(more…)It’s time for the Cell C Sharks to travel to Pretoria for their game against the Vodacom Blue Bulls on Saturday.
(more…)Neil Powell has selected two youngsters in his squad for the game against Leinster. Corne Rahl will start at 4 lock, while Nevaldo Floors is on the bench. Marius Potgieter moves to wing in place of Werner Kok (presumed injured?). James Venter will replace Siya Kolisi as open side flank. Boeta Chamberlain will want to dictate from 10 with Aphelele Fassi starting at full back.
(more…)John Plumtree will rejoin the Sharks to coach the senior team starting on the 1st of July. He will be joined by Dave Williams as an assistant coach (previous with the Sharks from 2019 to about 2021).
It will be interesting to see how the dynamic between Powell and Plumtree (who in 15’s is really the more senior of the two) will work out.
Hopefully Plum can get the Sharks on track to reach the full potential of players in the squad.