$hark$ 2023 and beyond

[assfly]

I wonder if Eddie Jones likes bunnychow.

[OomStruisbaai]

I wonder if Eddie Jones likes bunnychow.

His experience of rolling blackouts isn't great.

[FalseBayFC]

I wonder if Eddie Jones likes bunnychow.

His experience of rolling blackouts isn't great.

He'll feel right at home on Durban beaches after living in the UK.

[assfly]

The $harks are in a weird position, given their last three games.

Our depth is poor, looking at our loss to Cardiff.

We can put out a good 1st team and get wins on the road, like we did this weekend.

We can't play our same team each weekend, so do we focus on the URC or Champions Cup?

It's not like we're dead and buried in URC, but I think a top 4 finish is unlikely. I'd like to see us rest our frontline forwards (Kolisi, Eben, Bong, Ox, Thomas) for Champions Cup. If we drop out of that then we try for a late surge in URC.

At least it looks like Bosch is coming back to his best form. I'm not sure what happened during his injury break, but it worked.

[OomStruisbaai]

R365

REPORT: BATH DEAL WITH TANK ALMOST SEALED
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NEWS: Bath looks set to land the services of Springbok prop Thomas du Toit when his contract with the Sharks ends.

The 27-year-old Du Toit is very familiar with Bath boss Johann van Graan, who has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to persuade the big frontman to make Bath his next destination of choice.

Apparently Du Toit has also been in negotiations with Lyon but Van Graan looks set to seal the deal soon.

[OomStruisbaai]

Kolisi off to Racing

https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/siya-join-racing-sharks/

[OomStruisbaai]

[OomStruisbaai]

Will he take the Americans with him?

[OomStruisbaai]

Strand school, HHHH gave the Piesang Boere their Sharks name.

KwaZulu-Natal’s Sharks got their logo from Hottentots-Holland High School.

In the mid-1990s, the school’s 1st XV was sponsored by Canon, which also sponsored Natal’s provincial team at the time. The school, which is situated between the towns of Somerset West and Strand, agreed to give the Natal Rugby Union its logo, which saw the team rebranded from the ‘Banana Boys’ to the ‘Sharks’.

[Sandstorm]

Any chance Chilli can change this thread title to something more relevant to 2023?

[Sards]

No mention of the Stormers

[OomStruisbaai]

Why Stormers? His family stayed happily in Cape Town like yourself. What is your reason for not staying in Derbin?

[Sards]

Why Stormers? His family stayed happily in Cape Town like yourself. What is your reason for not staying in Derbin?

The cold Atlantic water. Table mountain blocking my view. Undersized kreef tails at the merchants, cold winter

[OomStruisbaai]

Why Stormers? His family stayed happily in Cape Town like yourself. What is your reason for not staying in Derbin?

The cold Atlantic water. Table mountain blocking my view. Undersized kreef tails at the merchants, cold winter

Same happened with the Kolisi family

[Chilli]

Any chance Chilli can change this thread title to something more relevant to 2023?

Done.

[Sandstorm]

Any chance Chilli can change this thread title to something more relevant to 2023?

Done.

Cheers mate.

Alternatively you could just delete the thread and save us all the bother of trolling on it.

[Sards]

Noone gives a shit about undersized kreef tails

[assfly]

RIP Ian Macintosh

[OomStruisbaai]

RIP Ian Macintosh

Sad day RIP

[assfly]

He did so much for $harks, Springbok and Zimbabwean rugby. I read his book and it was one of the most inspiring I've ever read, especially with him being from the same place in Zim as myself.

[FalseBayFC]

RIP Ian Macintosh

He was probably the first coach in SA to fully embrace the potential of the pro era. His Natal and Sharks teams were real class. Four-time Currie Cup winner as Coach. His Sharks team 1996-1999 was a real class outfit. He'll certainly be missed.

[Sards]

He did so much for $harks, Springbok and Zimbabwean rugby. I read his book and it was one of the most inspiring I've ever read, especially with him being from the same place in Zim as myself.

Legend

[Sards]

I see Fassi is training with the CC squad. Geez , what a player for that competition.

[Sards]

Looks like Hyron is Ebens replacement on the flight.

I also see we have secured a great talent at hooker for the Currie Cup. I think its another Cape boy

[assfly]

Looks like Hyron is Ebens replacement on the flight.

Eish. That's a serious drop in quality.

Eben was probably our most important player coming into this game. Our slim hopes of winning are effectively gone now.

[OomStruisbaai]

Looks like Hyron is Ebens replacement on the flight.

Eish. That's a serious drop in quality.

Eben was probably our most important player coming into this game. Our slim hopes of winning are effectively gone now.

Hope he will be back soon
Cameron will be on the bench
S24

While Etzebeth's injury looks unlikely to be long-term, there is more concern over scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse, who also injured his shoulder against Munster.

The Bok scrumhalf has gone under the knife and is ruled out for up to 10 weeks.

Fellow Springbok Grant Williams is expected to start in his place against Toulouse, with Cameron Wright providing cover off the bench.

[assfly]

I can't wait for Cameron's first box kick to go out on the full.

[assfly]

U20 Champs

Not bad for a province that has Cameron Wright as a paid professional player.

[TheNatalShark]

Bit sad middle of the week

Saturdays of rugby, waterpolo or the beach in the morning followed by the Vodacom cup or u19 & u21s and the main games were great. Would have been better if they won more!

[OomStruisbaai]

Congrats to the Sharks u20s.

[OomStruisbaai]

Director of rugby Neil Powell expects Springbok enforcer Eben Etzebeth to miss the remainder of the Sharks’ 2023 season as his shoulder injury is worse than first reported.

[Zig]

We'll see if all that rand and chicanery was worth while against Toulouse.

It would be a massive upset but both Leinster and Munster earned their spurs in Europe beating Toulouse in their backyard. Win in Toulouse, you can win anywhere.

[Sards]

So Plumtree it is

[Sards]

Bosch has a rib injury. Still need to confirm the extent but that looks like him out of the next round

[OomStruisbaai]

So Plumtree it is

What's wrong with the $hark$? Reappoint previous sacked coaches?

[Sards]

Good move. I see the support coaching staff at the Sharks are already looking at other options. Sharks need a clean out and a new vision.

[handyman]

The more they change, the more they stay the same. Where is the vision to go with the money? Going back to Plumtree is not the move of a world champion team.

[handyman]

Director of rugby Neil Powell expects Springbok enforcer Eben Etzebeth to miss the remainder of the Sharks’ 2023 season as his shoulder injury is worse than first reported.

Perhaps a chance for RG at the Boks?

[OomStruisbaai]

Good move. I see the support coaching staff at the Sharks are already looking at other options. Sharks need a clean out and a new vision.

The Americans won't eat that shite. They'll leave that ship.

[OomStruisbaai]

Director of rugby Neil Powell expects Springbok enforcer Eben Etzebeth to miss the remainder of the Sharks’ 2023 season as his shoulder injury is worse than first reported.

Perhaps a chance for RG at the Boks?

RG will walk into the Bok team. He is a freak.