Die internet ensiklopedie Wikipedia het sy eerste verskyning gemaak in daardie jaar. Die wêreld was geskud toe terroriste in die World Trade Centre ingevlieg wat die torings tot die grond toe neer gebring het en tot gister, was dit die laaste keer wat Westelike Provinsie die Currie-beker omhoog gehou het.
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Tags: Currie-beker eindstryd, Haaie, Sharks Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Currie Cup | 9 Comments »
THE Waratahs’ marquee overseas signing Sarel Pretorius is in danger of being demoted to the bench for his team’s first encounter of the year against his countrymen when they play the Sharks in Sydney on Saturday afternoon. Greg Growden March 21, 2012 Cut off … Sarel Pretorius trained with the main Waratahs squad for...
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Tags: Sarel Pretorius, Sharks Rugby, Waratahs Rugby
Posted in Super Rugby | 6 Comments »
Former Western Province centre Tim Whitehead says he joined the Sharks largely due to his desire to join a union “that’s doing well and playing good rugby.”
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Tags: Sharks Rugby, Tim Whitehead, WP Rugby
Posted in Rugby Personalities | 28 Comments »
When you approach player contracting like cattle trading, expect to shuffle shit more than what you will count trophies.
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Tags: Heineken Cup, Sharks Rugby, Stormers, Super Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Columnists, Rugby Administration | 17 Comments »
The MTN Golden Lions recorded the most emphatic Absa Currie Cup final victory since 1980 when they beat The Sharks, champions in 2010, by 42-16 at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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Tags: Currie Cup 2011, Lions Rugby, Sharks Rugby
Posted in Currie Cup | 9 Comments »
Sharks coach John Plumtree delivered on his promise that captain John Smit will be used anywhere in the front row as when he picked him at loosehead for their clash against the Cheetahs this weekend.
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Tags: Cheetahs Rugby, Sharks Rugby, Super 15
Posted in Super 15 | 17 Comments »
The Sharks are in the enviable position of being almost 100% injury free prior to the start of the Super 15 rugby tournament.
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Tags: Sharks Rugby, Super 15, Super Rugby
Posted in Super 15 | 3 Comments »
It is not often that the losing coach is the happier one in the post-match press conference.
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Tags: Lions Rugby, Neo-Africa Tri-series, Sharks Rugby, Stormers Rugby, Super 15
Posted in Columnists, Super 15 | 2 Comments »
Sharks coach John Plumtree made minimal changes for the last Neo-Africa Tri-series match at Newlands against the Stormers.
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Tags: Sharks Rugby, Stormers Rugby, Super 15
Posted in Super 15 | 2 Comments »
If you believe results in warm-up games don’t mean anything, I am afraid you are slightly deluded.
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Tags: John Mitchell, John Plumtree, Lions Rugby, Sharks Rugby, Super 15
Posted in Columnists, Super 15 | 2 Comments »
Stormers coach, Allister Coetzee has decided to stick with young Gary van Aswegen in the flyhalf position when he selected his team for their warm-up match against the Sharks this Saturday.
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Tags: Allister Coetzee, Gary van Aswegen, Lionel Cronje, Sharks Rugby, Stormers Rugby, Super 15
Posted in Super 15 | 15 Comments »
The Sharks have whipped out their big guns in their opening match of the Neo-Africa Tri-Series at Newlands.
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Tags: Lions Rugby, Sharks Rugby, Super 15
Posted in Super 15 | 23 Comments »
The tug-o’-war between the Sharks and Lions, for the services of Springbok prop Tendai Mtawarira, has finally come to an end.
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Tags: Beast, Lions Rugby, Sharks Rugby, Super 15
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The time to feel sorry for the Freestate Cheetahs has to come to an end, they have no-one but themselves to blame for their ongoing problems.
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Tags: Blue Bulls, Freestate Cheetahs, Lions Rugby, Sharks Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Columnists | 87 Comments »
Lionel Mapoe’s Cheetahs and Sharks jerseys have perhaps sat a little uncomfortably on his broad shoulders in the last few months, but this fine player will feel quite at home when he puts on his Bok Sevens practice jersey.
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Tags: Lionel Mapoe, Lions Rugby, Sevens Rugby, Sharks Rugby
Posted in Rugby Personalities | Comments Off
If anything, the Sharks Currie Cup success has allowed me to revisit a favourite old topic of mine.
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Tags: Currie Cup final 2010, Heinrich Brussow, John Plumtree, Sharks Rugby
Posted in Columnists, Currie Cup | 40 Comments »
The difference between a team totally reliant on individual performances, and a team reliant on total team-effort, is a Currie Cup title.
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Tags: Currie Cup final 2010, Sharks Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Columnists, Currie Cup | 12 Comments »
“As brutal, as intense as any top tier Test match I have refereed.” That was the opinion of Craig Joubert, the man with the best view of the Currie Cup final between the Sharks and Western Province. “The defensive hits going in were huge – the commitment was incredible.”
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Tags: Currie Cup final 2010, Sharks Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Currie Cup | 6 Comments »
Forget all the cliches you have heard this week. It is going to be ‘war’ between the Sharks and Western Province in Durban on Saturday.
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Tags: Currie Cup final 2010, Sharks Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Currie Cup | 48 Comments »
If you have anything planned for today, cancel it! Apart from the Currie Cup final there is a massive amount of rugby on television today which we have opened this thread for you to follow the games and comment on.
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Tags: AVIVA Premiership, Bledisloe Cup, Blue Bulls, Currie Cup 2010, French Top 14, ITM Cup, Sharks Rugby, SuperSport, WP Rugby
Posted in Game Threads | 56 Comments »
A different type of Sharks has predicted a Western Province win in the Currie Cup final this weekend.
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Tags: Currie Cup final 2010, Sharks Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Currie Cup | 18 Comments »
WP Rugby will aim for a rare treble this coming weekend as three teams from the Cape will contest in their respective finals. All WP sides announced
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Tags: Currie Cup final 2010, Sharks Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Currie Cup | 4 Comments »
The Sharks have announced that ABSA have terminated an 11 year association with them, having decided to drop the current sponsorship as stadium naming rights-holder which they have held since 2000.
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Tags: ABSA, Sharks Rugby
Posted in SA Unions / Teams | 13 Comments »
Two of the exciting young talents to come through the Sharks system over the past few years have been released from their contracts and will be linking up with the Lions in 2011.
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Tags: Lions Rugby, Michael Rhodes, Pat Cilliers, Sharks Rugby
Posted in Rugby Personalities | 3 Comments »
Sharks coach John Plumtree is not at all concerned about the ability of rookie flyhalf Patrick Lambie to handle the pressure of Saturday’s Currie Cup final.
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Tags: Currie Cup final 2010, Patrick Lambie, Sharks Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Currie Cup | 12 Comments »
Western Province are once again a team capable of reaching finals, but the final building block in the revival of the Cape rugby union is to start winning those games.
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Tags: Currie Cup final 2010, Sharks Rugby, Stephen Nell, WP Rugby
Posted in Currie Cup | 40 Comments »
What a fantastic advertisement for South African rugby!
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Tags: Currie Cup final 2010, Sharks Rugby, WP Rugby
Posted in Currie Cup | 1 Comment »
It may be the ignorance of youth, but given the sideshows with certain players in the last 18 months it is refreshing to see a brilliant young talent taking everything in his stride.
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Tags: Frans Steyn, Patrick Lambie, Ruan Pienaar, Sharks Rugby
Posted in Columnists, Rugby Personalities | 6 Comments »