Coach Nienaber has selected 10 players of the group sent ahead to New Zealand, with the rest made up from players that featured against the Wobblies. Having Grant Williams on the bench (can play at wing) allows him to go with another 6-2 split on the bench.
(more…)The Sharks will start the URC with four games in Europe = the first two games against top Irish sides Munster and Leinster.
The Sharks will be without most of their current Boks (due to the RWC). So will the Irish sides be stripped of Irish internationals, but their second tier players fit more seamlessly into their teams and playing style while there is a huge difference in the Sharks with Boks and without.
(more…)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.
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