SA title-winner relishing return to Shark Tank
Stephan Lewies is well aware what lies in store for his Harlequins team as they prepare to enter the Shark Tank this weekend.
Stephan Lewies is well aware what lies in store for his Harlequins team as they prepare to enter the Shark Tank this weekend.
Siya Kolisi will lead a Sharks XV bolstered by several Springboks, including Eben Etzebeth, when the Durbanites host Harlequins in their Champions Cup debut clash on Saturday.
The revelations from Sbu Nkosi about his mental health challenges came as “a shock” to fellow Springbok and former Sharks teammate Ox Nche.
Three bonus-point wins in an unbeaten round for the local teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship has the DHL Stormers, Vodacom Bulls and Lions firmly in the race for the playoffs.
Neil Powell says it was “about the result” for the Sharks as they shook off a difficult week with a scrappy win over Ospreys in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Friday.
The Cell C Sharks ended a turbulent week by rallying late to secure a morale-boosting victory over the Ospreys at Kings Park on Friday night.
Neil Powell has roped in the likes of Siya Kolisi and Eben Etzebeth during a “difficult week” to help refocus the Sharks to face the Ospreys in Durban on Friday.
Neil Powell has included four returning Springboks in the starting XV, with several positional surprises, for his first match in charge of the Sharks in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship against Ospreys on Friday.
Thomas du Toit will sit out the Sharks’ European Champions Cup debut after being handed a six-week ban, reduced to three, for his red card in the Boks’ win over England.
The Sharks and Ospreys will face off in Durban on Friday in the first match of round 9 in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.