Sharks Rugby news ...

A new Shark CEO ...

After the news was leaked last Thursday that ex-Shark and Springbok captain John Smit would be taking over as CEO of the Sharks rugby team from Brian Van Zyl, the Board of Directors finally released a statement today saying it was true.  John played for the Sharks for 13 years before he left to play for club Sarcens.  Our coach Plumtree had this to say about John becoming CEO  "On behalf of team management and the players, I extend our congratulations to John on his appointment. Over the years, many of us have shared special memories with John and we look forward to working with and supporting him in his new capacity."  All we can say is Welcome home to where you belong, we personally can't wait to see this Legend at games at King Park

Rugby player, Family man and now Sharks CEO

JOHN SMIT'S ACHIEVEMENTS

• Was capped 111 times for the Springboks in a 12 year international career (2000-2011);
• Represented South Africa at three Rugby World Cups;
• Captained the Springboks on 83 occasions;
• Represented The Sharks on 186 occasions (61 Currie Cup and 125 Super Rugby caps) between 1998 and 2011;
• Captained the Springboks to Rugby World Cup glory in 2007;
• Tri-Nations winner in 2004 and 2009;
• Captained the Springboks in their series win against the British and Irish Lions in 2009;
• Retired as the most-capped Springbok of all time and the most-capped international captain of all-time.

                                                                                                       

Sharks get Bok call up ....

If you read our previous post you will see that we are really proud that a few of our gorgous men in Black and White have been called up to the 36 man Springbok squad that would be attending the first 2 national training camps.  A huge congrats goes out to Tendai Mtawarira, Jannie du Plessis,  Bismarck du Plessis,  Franco van der Merwe,  Marcell Coetzee, Willem Alberts, Ryan Kankowski, Pat Lambie, Frans Steyn,  Lwazi Mvovo, JP Pietersen and Cobus Reinach who where included in the squad.  We are 100% behind you guys!

                                                                                                   

2013 Super15 season recap ...

The begining of this rugby season saw some of our Favourie sharks injured and on the bench before the Super15 even started and you couldnt help but wonder if this was a preminition of worse things to come this season. Last year oour team finished 2nd after loosing to te Chefs, can we hold that trophy this year?  Well our boys have come out fighting this year, having won 5 out of the 7 games we have played thus far, however if you ask many Shark supporters they may be proud that our boys are top of the SA log (3rd over all) but they still feel they are lacking in some major areas.  For starters we seem to be failing when it comes to scoring tries in games, having only scores 13 tries this season 10 of which in one game. Many of the wins are thanks to Pat's kicking. 

If our boys are hoping to win this tournament they need to pick up their game plan, and start scoring tries!  Starting with a few in this Saturdays game against the Cheetahs' who are only 3 points behind us!  If they go in with a bit more confidence and some determination we are sure that they can do it!



                                                                                                      

New Shark hottie on the field ...

New hottie in the tank!

If you watched last weeks game against the Stormers you may have been left a little disappointed by the lose, but you would also have seen the newest additions to the team Sean Robinson who made his Super Rugby debut.  At the age of 19, he's got Carrie and Jackey going just a little cougar over him, he's set to have an amazing rugby career ahead of him.  The winger, who replaced Odwa who is on the bench carrying a hamstring strain, played for the under19 Sharks last year.  Plumtree had this to say about the latest addition to the Super rugby team.

"Sean Robinson is a youngster in his second year at the Sharks Academy and looks to have all the attributes of being a really good footballer, It's a great opportunity for him and we've placed no pressure on him to have a big game, rather that he goes out and enjoys the experience.  We're hoping he has a good game and that he plays many more games for the Sharks.”

We are really looking forwards to many more seasons seeing Sean playing for our team!  What do you girls think?