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The Sharks will play the Cheetahs on Saturday at 2:00 in the Toyota challenge. 3 of the new recruits will feature in this match – ex-Wallaby Ben Tapuai at inside centre, OJ Noah from Samoa at flank and new prop Dian Bleuler on the bench. Meanwhile Dylan Richardson has been named on the bench for […]

Sbu Nkosi has certainly wasted his time flying to the UK, although Jesse Kriel had a much better game against Scotland than he did against Wales. Reinach and Pollard start at 9 and 10, although Elton had a pretty good game once he had a scrumhalf serving the ball to him. Lood is back in […]

Willie le Roux comes back into the team while Elton Jantjies and Franco Mostert swap places on/from the bench with Handre Pollard and Lood de Jager. Jesse Kriel is still preferred at wing over Sbu Nkosi (who should have joined the Boks over last weekend) or even Aphelele Fassi. The Bok forwards dominated the Welsh […]

Sbu Nkosi will miss the Wales test due to having too few blank pages in his passport to get a Schengen visa (prep being done in France). He is replaced by Jesse Kriel instead of Aphelele Fassi as expected. With Damian Willemse (not a natural fullback IMO) in the 15 jersey this back three does […]

The Sharks managed an improved showing against the Ospreys last week although there is still a lot of room for improvement. Boeta Chamberlain had a big hand in that win and it is good to see the coach persisting with him at 10 this week. Another player I feel deserve more opportunity is Marnus Potgieter […]

The bad news is that Cameron Wright is also out injured – the good news is that Thomas du Toit is back after being released from the Boks for personal reasons. Lucky Dlepu will make his senior debut for the Sharks. The Bulls is missing play maker Johan Goosen due to Covid but will still […]

Cheslin Kolbe did not recover from a leg knock and has been replaced by Sbu Nkosi. Thor and Faf are back in the team. Ox has been selected as cover to Kitshoff. Nienaber has selected 3 loosies on the bench which makes sense given that 3 locks are starting. One would expect the Aussies trying […]

Dylan Richardson is back at open-side (this is still the best available loose trio for the Sharks IMO) while Marius Louw replaces Murray Koster. Griquas will arrive in Durban knowing that they have managed to comprehensively beat the Sharks on their home field earlier in the competition. Hopefully the loss to WP at home have […]

Sean Everitt is still rotating his players and building up a decent squad for the URC. Murray Koster and Werner Kok will face WP in the midfield while Curwin Bosch is back in the 15 jersey. Le Roux Roets adds a lot of power to the tight 5. ChrisS – it seems the Sharks PR […]

Grant Williams has been called up to replace the injured Jaden Hendrikse – just reward for some excellent performances in the Currie Cup. It is not clear how the rest of the Rugby Championship will play out, but due to Covid travel bubbles the Boks have decided to have four scrumhalves available. Faf de Klerk […]