The Sharks showed plenty of character to scrape a bonus-point win against a Scarlets team missing 19 first-choice players, but there should be bigger concerns over the team’s options at flyhalf, writes DYLAN JACK.
Look back at Aphelele Fassi’s man of the match performance for the Sharks against the Scarlets in isiXhosa commentary.
All-action Aphelele Fassi rescued the misfiring Sharks as the Durbanites beat Scarlets at Kings Park on Friday night.
Without 19 players due to injuries or international call-ups, Scarlets have named their team to take on the Sharks in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Durban on Friday night.
Coach Dwayne Peel says Scarlets will have to match the Sharks’ physicality while also containing the likes of Makazole Mapimpi when the two sides clash in Durban on Friday.
Sharks head coach Sean Everitt is confident that Marius Louw and Jeremy Ward can excel as a midfield partnership in captain Lukhanyo Am’s absence. DYLAN JACK reports.
Siya Kolisi will lead the Sharks in Lukhanyo Am’s absence when they face Welsh side Scarlets in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Durban on Friday evening.
Scarlets have forfeited their European Champions Cup pool game against Bristol this weekend after the coronavirus crisis forced their players into quarantine.
The entire South African leg of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship is under threat as European sides scramble to fly out of the country.
Lions were made to rue their spurned opportunities as they slumped to a heavy defeat against the Scarlets in Llanelli on Friday.
