The Sharks willfield a strong and experienced side in Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final against Western Province in Durban.Sharks coach John Plumtree has selected nine Springboks in the starting line-up and a further four on the bench. Upfront, Tendai Mtawarira, Craig Burden, Steven Sykes and Willem Alberts have all been included in the starting […]
Sharks coach John Plumtree and young Vodacom Blue Bulls points machine Louis Fouchè have been named as the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Absa Currie Cup Player for August. Plumtree was instrumental in guiding the KwaZulu-Natal outfit to impressive victories over 2011 Absa Currie Cup champions, the MTN Golden Lions and also DHL Western Province […]
The Griffons remain the surprise early front-runners in the expanded Absa Currie Cup First Division after picking up their third successive five-point haul in a 29-24 victory over the Border Bulldogs in Welkom on Friday afternoon. In what is rapidly developing into an intriguing competition, defending champions the Regent Boland Kavaliers slipped to their third […]
Baby Boks flyhalf Handre Pollard has officially signed for the Blue Bulls and will join them at the end of the 2012 season. This is according to rugby portal keo.co.za, which indicated 10 days ago that Pollard had had talks with then Bulls director of rugby Heyneke Meyer during the U16 Grant Khomo Week in […]
The Eastern Province Kings survived a close call as they beat the Regent Boland Cavaliers 25-20 (halftime 15-7) in their Absa Currie Cup First Division opener on Friday. It needed the late intervention of fullback SP Marais and the accurate boot of replacement flyhalf Wesley Dunlop, called off the bench in the final quarter, to […]
The New Age reports that Lions flyhalf Butch James will join coach John Mitchell in the firing line as the Golden Lions Rugby Union looks to finalise its decision to dock three weeks from the former Springbok’s salary for not fulfilling contractual obligations. James received a four-week suspension after he had recklessly charged into a […]
iAfrica’s Jan de Koning reports that former Springbok lock Johan Ackermann has been entrusted with the unenviable task of taking over as head coach of the Lions. It says that the forwards coach has been appointed as caretaker head coach in the place of suspended New Zealander John Mitchell. This after the Golden Lions Rugby […]
It’s been decades since the Lions held the Currie Cup aloft at Ellis Park but they proved that thet were worthy champions by thrashing the Sharks by 42 points to 16. It was a one-sided affair that humiliatd the Springbok-laden Durba- based outfit as the Lions ran in three tries while flyhalf Elton Jantjies kicked 24 […]
So No1 plays No 2 at No 1′s home ground. And that’s how it should be as the MTN Golden Lions and The Sharks eased to convincing wins in Johannesburg and Durban respectively. The Lions were particularly impressive, and the final 29-20 scoreline did not reflect their dominance. It will take something truly special for […]
With the possibility of a home semifinal still within their reach at kick-off, the Toyota Free State Cheetahs did everything in their power to finish second in the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division when they beat neighbours GWK Griquas 49-39 at the Free State Stadium. The Sharks put an end to the Cheetahs’ aspirations a […]