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To be great againWe have heard it a million times, there is no ‘I’ in team, the more you practice, the luckier you get, and so it goes on, but none of these really seem to relate to the current Sharks setup, where there is a distinct lack of hunger within the ranks, and the problem is not [...]
Sharks an easy target for on-form kickers
This is hardly rocket science, I guess, but it seems to be a very strong pattern that’s emerging; the Sharks give away far too many penalties in games and have done so for quite some time. It seems that all you need to do in order to beat the Durbanites these days is pick a [...]
Wikipedia help
The Sharks brand has long been known as one of the most well known Rugby brands internationally, and this is mainly due to how well the Sharks brand has been marketed over the last few years. But for such a well known sporting brand the wikipedia page is poorly written with very little information. This [...]
I’ve been Sharksfrenzied!
Way back in the nineties, the Sharks were the pioneers in actually marketing a rugby team. The idea was great, innovative and for supporters it was “fricken awesome, dude!” Remember the “Hi, I’m Ollie..” although we hated the song, we SANG it for dear life, coz “we are, we are DYNAMITE! “ Needless to say, [...]
2 X Super 8’s = Super 16
Right, I’ve thought long and hard about just how those idiots SARU and SANZAR can crowbar the EP Kinglets into Superugby and I think I’ve cracked it. Step one; scrap the current conference system. Step two; introduce the new format, which will work as follows. There will be two conferences or leagues (Much like that [...]
Boks won’t get a break
New Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer is making all the right noises early in his new job, after being quoted in the Beeld that he would not prevent his Springboks from participating in the Currie Cup. Meyer has spoken openly about his thoughts on oversees players and wanting all the local unions to adopt a similar [...]
SA Barbarians to face England
In the latest news it has been confirmed that England will play against an SA Barbarians team in a midweek match during Englands three week tour. The Baabaas team will be made up of players from the eight Currie Cup First Division Teams. The coach is yet to be announced. SARU’s Council will confirm today [...]
André Pretorius returns
Former Springbok flyhalf André Pretorius has returned to South Africa, and has been snapped up by the newly relegated Leopards team, and has already started training with the Potch-based outfit. Pretorius joins two of his previous Lions teammates in Leon Boshoff and Jorrie Muller, all three practically the same age, but with Boshoff being the [...]
Leading the pack
Of all the challenges that face the Sharks and Sharks coach John Plumtree, the issue of captaincy is one he cannot afford to stuff up. As with all my previous columns that deals with the subject of captaincy, I cannot stress enough how important it is for any coach and team to make the right [...]
It must be good to feel wanted
Today in a local newspaper it was confirmed – like we did months ago – that Francois Steyn wants to come back and play in SA. Steyn, who was one of the best players in the Springbok squad this past Worldcup and in my opinion one of the best players per se, will certainly have [...]
Currie Cup Fantasy League 2011 wrap
The fantasy league for the CC 2011 came to an end on the 29 October with the same basic result as the CC itself ended in, but more about the ending later. Let’s first take a walk through the season which has seen 203 teams with their managers competing for the ultimate prize….. too end [...]
“Sharkie” shows dem!
The Sharks adorable mascot “Sharkie” is still wet behind the ears, but that did not stop him from receiving his first “trophy”! Sharkie was introduced to the world this year in a somewhat unorthodoxed manner, when he was reavealed as the Sharks latest “signing”. Some thought it brilliant, other were not that impressed! Sharkie, being [...]
Sharksworld Awards 2011: The Winners
The process of voting on the Sharksworld 2011 awards has been changed slightly from the original plan as a result of how the nominations went. After counting the nominations, we realised that there were clear winners in six of the seven categories and as such it was decided that the players with the most nominations [...]
Rose without a Garden
I beg your pardon, I never promised you a Rose garden…Griquas will not be renewing Earl Rose’s contract. Rose, who had a bit of a raw deal at the Lions, rugby career was given a second change just over a year ago by the Kimberley based team. The Cheetahs however decided not to use him [...]
Aurevoir, Fred?
The various media reports of late that a certain French flyhalf is longing for his homeland and the chance to play for Les Bleus once more have had me chewing the cud over the last couple of days… Monsieur Michalak, it would seem, is keen to return to the land of his birth as soon [...]
The dream trip
It started as a pipe dream, slowly turned into a half decent idea and eventually became reality when I set off from the annual PKF Beerfest to make my way to Johannesburg to watch the Currie Cup Final at Ellis Park. Most of you will know the eventual result of this match, but we have [...]
The forwards get the ball – the backs score the tries
So often in today’s complicated modern world, we allow ourselves to become weighed down – swamped – by complexity. Everything, it seems, is really complicated and the more complicated it gets, the more difficult it is to see clearly and figure out exactly what we’re trying to do. Fortunately, though, rugby is not really such [...]
Can we PLEASE stop the excuses?
I’m not sure whether to view the latest round of excuses coming out of Durban with mirth, or disdain, although I’m tending towards the latter. I’m referring, of course, to John Plumtree’s post-Final utterances about how difficult it was to re-integrate the returning Springboks into his side and that there wasn’t enough time to do [...]
From Castle to Ellis…..
That is shorthand for ”from Newcastle to Ellis(Coke)park courtesy of Sharksworld”… So let me quickly tell you all my story unfolding at rapid pace since about 10am Friday morning. As it turned out KSA put up a post on Friday morning that one lucky(or more like blessed) Sharksworld blogger can get a generous sponsor to [...]
Doing the Final – Bosveld Style
It’s been needed for a while. It has been a long year. Career wise, family wise, rugby wise and life wise. So when my husband asked me a few weeks back: “when do we have an ‘off’ weekend, we need to get away for the weekend?” I jumped with both arms and feet into the [...]
