Akker, Beast and now Wright out injured. Burden (hopefully we can see him in the game), Makhabela and Ward added to the squad Sharks squad: Forwards – Coenie Oosthuizen, Craig Burden… Read More

This year the dog fight for quarter final places seem more intense than usual. The SA conference is especially crowded with (apart from the Jaguares who will definitely qualify for a QF spot… Read More

Philip vd Walt is out injured and replaced by Jacques Vermeulen. Tyler Paul moves back into the squad. Craig Burden is bracketed with Cullen Collopy as the reserve hooker – hopefully h… Read More

Rob Sr has made a few changes to the team against the Chiefs. Mzamo Majola (who impressed against the Chiefs) starts in place of the injured Thomas du Toit with Juan Schoeman taking his plac… Read More

Rob Sr bringing in a couple of fresh players into the squad makes a lot of sense – that defensive display against the Crusaders would have emptied a lot of tanks. Dan, Van Heerden and… Read More

The first objective for Super Rugby teams is to finish top of their conference in order to get a home quarter final (unless you end up playing the quarter final in your own country). The nex… Read More

The Crusaders did not select Ryan Crotty, Sam Whitelock, Richie Mo’unga and David Havili, but this is still a formidable team. Can the Sharks of 2019 emulate the Sharks 2014 to beat th… Read More

Thomas du Toit starts at loosehead in place of Beast who reportedly flew home with a knee injury. Schreuder starts at 9 and captains the side, with Ruan Botha swapping places with Hyron Andr… Read More

Cameron Wright gets a rare start for the Sharks. Hopefully he can convince Rob Sr to afford him a few more over the remainder of the season. Bosch moves to 10 with Fassi taking the 15 jersey… Read More

The Sharks have made five changes to the side that embarrassed themselves – and their supporters!! – by copping a whallop from the Jaguares last weekend. Beast and Coenie are bac… Read More

Ok so the Cell C Sharks’ team to face the Jaguares at JONSSON KINGS PARK on Saturday afternoon at 15h05 was announced. With the announcement some of the”missing&rd&hell…Read More

The rumour mill has churned out this one: Gary Teichmann will not renew his contract as CEO when it comes to an end in September. This news was reported in the Rapport newspaper today. Now w… Read More

Some people say legends are born and others that they are made by the sweat of their brow. I’m not going to debate that and I’m not going to pick a side…I am, however, goi… Read More

“Love is just like a merry-go-round with all the fun of a fair One day I’m feeling down on the ground Then I’m up in the air.” Sandie Shaw sang the ditty “… Read More

The Cell C Sharks team to face the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg shows minimal changes to from the side that narrowly lost to the Bulls. In the forwards Kerron van Vuuren sta… Read More

Akker van der Merwe received a three week ban for his role in the fisticuffs in Durban on Saturday, leaving the Sharks very thin at hooker. Both hookers, Akker van der Merwe and Schalk Brits… Read More

In recognition of the dominant Sharks u19 squad of last year, the 34-man Junior Springbok training squad contains 14 Sharks players. Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux announced his training… Read More

Over the past 5 years the Sharks had wins against teams like the Crusaders (in NZ playing with 14 and then 13 men), Hurricanes, Highlanders, Chiefs, Blues, Waratahs, Lions and Stormers, but… Read More

Hopefully Craig Burden will make the field this time. Sbu Nkosi drops out of the squad and his spot is taken by Lwazi Mvovo. Stringer swaps places with Pepsi. I am also glad to see espe… Read More

I know this is a rugby site…but I thought I would just write a little something about that other ball sport…you know, the one with the hard white ball and bats! Local side the… Read More

New Zealand referee Mike Fraser will be the man with the whistle at King’s Park when the Sharks take on the Bulls. This will be the first time that Fraser officiates in a Sharks game t… Read More

Sharks Centre Marius Louw copped a 3 week ban after a clothes line tackle in the closing stages of the Sharks game against the Rebels. A statement from Super Rugby pointed out that Louw&rsqu&hell…Read More

The Sharks completed an important, if at times scrappy, win over the Melbourne Rebels to find their way back into the South African conference race. Losses for the Stormers and Bulls opened… Read More

This evening sees the Sharks take on the Rebels in an important game for the men from the coast. After two poor games against South African opposition, the Sharks will want to get a good res… Read More

As from the 2021 Super rugby season Japan’s Sunwolves will be axed from Super Rugby reducing the total number of teams back to 14. The very unpopular conferenc… Read More

Craig Burden is probably the biggest surprise selection in the Sharks team for the game against the Rebels. He should be adding a bit of much needed physicality when he comes on as replaceme… Read More

After the disappointment at Loftus, perhaps time to take a few deep breaths, step back and consider the state of our season so far. After the first four rounds this is what the log looks lik… Read More

Injuries to Fassi and Paul required some changes to the squad from last week’s loss against the Stormers. Rhyno Smith takes over at 15 (with Bosch moving onto the bench) and Vermeulen… Read More

Almost time for the Sharks to play the Stormers! But before the game start what a strange weekend it has been!! Rebels beating the Highlanders, Blitsbokke drawing with Chile but for me the b… Read More

Craig Burden has been seen training at Kings Park and is reportedly actually on trial with the Sharks. He was always a very explosive player, but during his previous stint at the Sharks he o… Read More

Fortunately Sbu Nkosi is available to fill the 14 jumper after being taken off the field on a stretcher last Saturday. Rob du Preez has stuck with the exact same squad that did duty against… Read More

So that piece of Greek…or more accurately, German…in the title line means: “And they called for toilet paper.” It is a line from a German parody song that sings of… Read More

The Sale Sharks have announced that they have signed another of our local Sharks, this time hooker Akker van der Merwe. Although this was not unexpected after the whispers that Sale was goin… Read More

The Sharks defeated the highly talked up Blues from New Zealand at (what fans are surely hoping will continue to be) their home fortress, King’s Park. They claimed a 26-7 bonus point w… Read More

Robert du Preez (jr) is set to leave the Sharks at the end of this Super Rugby Season. He will remain a Shark of sorts, as he is heading back to the Sale Sharks where he spent the off season… Read More

Rob Sr has stuck with pretty much the same team as last week, apart for Thomas du Toit and Curwin Bosch replacing Khutha Mchunu and Rhyno Smith on the bench. The Sharks will always rock up m… Read More

This weekend will provide a much tougher challenge for the Sharks coming off a decent away win against the gritty Sunwolves. This Blues team has the personnel to punish any Sharks mistake &n&hell…Read More

Rob du Preez Sr has selected a strong starting team for Saturday’s game in Singapore. The only slight worry I have is that we are using two number 5 locks in the same pack. Van Vuuren… Read More

Ok so the first real look at what Cell C Sharks head coach Robert du Preez is planning for this year is here. He has named and interesting touring squad to Singapore  for… Read More

The teams for Saturday’s warmup have been announced. I assume Thomas du Toit is being given more time for his ankle to heal, but other usual suspects missing from the 33 man squad incl… Read More

Finally a game in our neighbourhood (or close enough). The Sharks will be taking on the Bulls at Ashton College in Ballito on Saturday at 2pm. The cost is R20 per adult and R10 per child. Th… Read More

At last some local rugby to sort out us addicts before the withdrawal symptoms getting too much to handle. All the better if it comes in a Marvel and DC flavour. SuperHeroSunday will kick of… Read More

Pat Lambie – the epitome of the rugby playing gentleman. Quietly and calmly going about his business, but taking charge when he needed to.  The ultimate team player  –… Read More

Louis Schreuder  will captain the Sharks in Super Rugby assisted by Beast Mtawarira as vice-captain. Louis has led the Sharks at the end of last year’s successful Currie Cup campa… Read More

I have found this Sharks squad listed at Sanzar Rugby. One would therefore assume it is a pretty official one, but it does contain one Rhyno Smith who I understand has moved to the Cheetahs… Read More

Best wishes for 2019 to all citizens of Sharksworld and their families. While we tread water and wait for the Sharks’ rugby season to start, how about we take part in two common practi… Read More

The coaching team for 2019 has been announced. Dick Muir was acted as consultant will move on, and David Williams (not the comedian and writer) will join the team as attack coach. Sharks sta… Read More

What a shambles of a game against Wales. The players looked jaded, disinterested and seemed to have had one foot on the plane to Monaco for the World Rugby awards. I think I’ll just&nb&hell…Read More

The final game of the year for the Boks and it’s against a Wales team who have become something of a hoodoo for the Bokke, having claimed victory over the Green and Gold in 4 of the la… Read More

The Sharks fixture list has been released for the 2019 season and sees the Sharks avoiding the Brumbies and the Highlanders in the league phase of the competition. The Sharks will enjoy thei… Read More

Springbok captain, Siya Kolisi, has escaped being cited by the Match Commissioner for headbutting Scotland Centre Peter Horne while being held on the ground. I noticed the incident during th… Read More

Author: Stephen Smith (StevieS) The Boks take on a confident Scotland this Saturday at Murrayfield at 19:20 (SA time), with the Scots having thrashed Fiji 54-17. Winger Tommy Seymour was in… Read More

The Scotland side to take on the Boks has been named, with all 3 South African born squad members named in the team. WP Nel will start at tighthead prop while Josh Strauss and Allan Dell wil… Read More

The Springboks take on France in the 44th meeting between these two teams. The Boks have won 26, lost 11 and there have been 6 draws. The Boks are ahead with 910 points scored vs 636. The fo… Read More

Van Zyl gets another start for the Boks at 9. Is this guy honestly the next best scrumhalf in Rassie’s opinion? PSDT moves back to 5 with Thor starting at blindside. Whiteley starts at… Read More

It’s that time of the year again, time to haul out the Bok jersey and, after the recent performances against the All Blacks, we can do this with pride. The Boks are full of confidence… Read More

Hi, Sharks fans First off, well done to all of the players, coaches and administrators. That was an incredibly tense final for me, especially when we were down at half-time, after having spu… Read More

Rob du Preez Jr has signed a 3 month contract with Sale Sharks and will arrive in the UK this week to prepare with the squad for the upcoming block of Gallagher Premiership games. Sale Shark… Read More

JLDP start in the blindside flank position while Paul shifts to open side. Fassi gets another chance to show off his pace at 11. Stringer and Vermeulen feature on the bench, and Van Wyk is b… Read More

Is the Currie Cup dead? The significance of the Currie Cup in South Africa is extremely worrying. The shortened appearance of some teams was shocking. However this previous weekend the Curri… Read More

Hi, Sharks fans Saturday 27 October, 16:00, Newlands… that is our main focus for this week. I’ve looked up some stats online for the 2018 Currie Cup, just to gauge where we are… Read More

Hi, Bok fans We are in for a rich helping of international fixtures in the coming weeks. Here are the matches, by weekend: Friday 26 October Japan vs World XV Saturday 27 October Australia v… Read More

Hi, Sharks fans First off, well done to the lads on a brilliant result against the Lions on Saturday. I was at the game and had my heart in my mouth for one or two moments, but the Sharks sh… Read More

Ok so it’s time for the Currie Cup knock-out games! The Cell C Sharks will be hosting the Xerox Golden Lions at JONSSON KINGS PARK on Saturday at 14h30. One big chance is that a&n&hell…Read More

Rob Du Preez Sr has made some interesting changes for the Saturday’s game in Kimberley – Rob Jr will run out at inside centre next to Bosch at flyhalf with Fassi at fullback. The… Read More

Hi, Bok fans I would like to start by saying I am proud of the Boks. It has been many a long year since I have felt this way about them. We have defeated New Zealand and Australia in back-to… Read More

Andre Esterhuyzen drops out of the match day squad to make place for De Allende. Francois Louw comes in at 8 with Notshe moving down on the bench. Beast and Kitshoff swap places. 15 Willie l… Read More

Will this Bok team be able to live up to the hype after beating the All Blacks in an epic clash two weeks ago in Wellington, New Zealand? Only time will tell and that time will be Saturday a… Read More

OK so the Sharks team to face WP at Newlands Stadium  this weekend was announced. With both teams being unbeaten it should be a hard and close match and should determine who will f… Read More

Vincent Koch has been called up to the squad in place of Thomas du Toit. Rassie still prefers 37 year old Schalk Britz over Akker. Sbu Nkosi has been called up into the squad after making it… Read More

Willie le Roux and Francois Louw have returned to England and will not feature in the two home games for the Boks. Damian De Allende, Lukhanyo Am and Makazole Mapimpi have also been ruled ou… Read More

Coenie Oosthuizen and Sbu Nkosi will make a welcome return to the bench against the Lions. Rob has also gone for new signing Ruben van Heerden on the bench as lock cover. Thomas du Toit will… Read More

Thomas du Toit will be available for selection against the Lions this weekend. Andre Esterhuyzen has however not been released – most likely due to De Allende’s crying off injure… Read More

Rassie has moved Kriel to wing in place of the injured Mapimpi. Am takes his place at 13. An out of sorts Pollard replace Jantjies who at least can kick to goal. Marx takes over the hooker p… Read More

Jantjies gets another chance in the 10 jersey along the re-united centre pair of de Allende and Kriel. Kolbe will most likely make his debut off the bench. Mbonambi starts in place of Marx w… Read More

Bosch drops down to the bench and Akker will see some Currie Cup action from the bench. Stringer takes over the 6 jersey from Vosloo who drops to the bench. 1. Juan Schoeman 2. Chiliboy Rale… Read More

Rassie has selected Cheslin Kolbe into the Bok squad for Australasia. He has also decided to have another look at the 37 year old Schalk Britz in place of Akker. Jesse Kriel has been favoure… Read More

Rob Senior has selected the same starting team from last week, with the only change on the bench where Luke Stringer comes on for an injured (knee) Tera Mthembu. Bloemfontein used to be a pl… Read More

I was reading an article recently about teenagers coming through the New Zealand 7’s programme and it made me think about the lack of skills in our players. We can compete physically b… Read More

After the upset in Argentina over the weekend, it’s clear to see that the Boks have to turn things around…and in a hurry! Our team lacks balance in the loose trio, our defence i… Read More

PSDT has moved to the bench with Mostert taking his place in the starting team. Louw comes onto the bench in place of Thomas the Tank, and Snyman replaces Orie. I have a suspicion the the Bo… Read More

Mvovo has been called up for the match against the Bulls. JLDP has not made the team sheet – I can only assume that he must be out injured. Johan Deysel is back in the squad, and Fassi… Read More

Well, another Super Rugby campaign has come and gone and we’ll close the chapter on that without further comment. This article is rather focused on the upcoming Currie Cup, and what th… Read More

Damian Willemse and Marco van Staden will be on the bench against the Pumas. As has been expected Siya Kolisi shifts to 7 to accommodate Francois Louw at 6. Andre Esterhuyzen gets a chance t… Read More

New signing Luke Stringer will play from the bench in Friday’s friendly against Bordeaux Bègles, while Curwin Bosch has not been selected due to a slight niggle. 1. Juan Schoema… Read More

Chiliboy Ralapele has been appointed as captain for the Currie Cup. He will be assisted by Daniel du Preez, Hyron Andrews, John-Hubert Meyer, Marius Louw, Robert du Preez Jnr and Tera Mtembu… Read More

SA has four players in the official Super Rugby team for 2018. Weirdly the Crusaders have one 1 player who made it – probably shows how good a team they are. 15 [...] Read More

I was reading an interview with John Dobson, the WP Currie Cup coach, and he mentioned that they may use the Kings and Cheetahs to give their fringe players game time in the Pro14 as there a… Read More

Rassie has selected the bulk of the squad from the English tests, plus a couple new and old faces: Cyle Brink, Jean-Luc du Preez, Thomas du Toit, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Steven… Read More

Beast Mtawarira, Akker van der Merwe, Thomas du Toit, Jean-Luc du Preez, Lukhanyo Am, André Esterhuizen, Makazole Mapimpi and Lwazi Mvovo have been called up to the Springbok training… Read More

Some more statistics, but this time only those that really count. I have compiled a table of the Sharks results from 2009 to 2018. The results (Log Points, Wins, Points For, Points Against… Read More

Rugby is a game that is made up of a number of mini-battles over 80-90 minutes. So how do the Sharks and Crusaders compare over the 2018 season? I compiled some statistics courtesy of Sanzar… Read More

Rob du Preez Sr has kept the same team that beat the Jaguares to qualify for the quarter-final: 1. Beast Mtawarira, 2. Akker van der Merwe, 3. Thomas du Toit, 4. Tyler Paul, 5. Ruan Botha (C… Read More

The Sharks beat the Jaguares 20-10 in Durban on Saturday night to earn a place in the knockout phase of Super Rugby 2018. It was an arm-wrestle. The Sharks came second in almost every depart… Read More

Soooo…the Sharks have their destiny in their own hands. A win against the Jaguares in Durban today will seal their spot in the playoffs. Can they do it? The clash is scheduled for 17:… Read More

The Highlanders kept the Sharks playoff hopes alive this morning when they beat the Rebels 43-37 in Dunedin! For the longest time in this game it did not look as if it was going to go the wa… Read More

Good news is than Dan has recovered from what looked at the time to be a serious neck injury. Sbu Nkosi is unfortunately ruled out for about 8-12 weeks due to an ankle injury, and will be re… Read More

A must win for the Sharks if they want to keep their hopes alive to play in the qualifiers. The Stormers will be playing for pride only, but they will not be out to do the Sharks any favours… Read More

The Super Rugby is one of the most popular sports in Africa, while slowly gaining traction all around the world. It features teams from Japan and the Southern Hemisphere which have played nu… Read More

As expected JLDP is not available for this match, but fortunately Akker has recovered to be able to start. Louis Schreuder rotates with Cameron Wright, and Wian Vosloo gets another opportuni… Read More