Sharks have a pep in their step
Phepsi Buthelezi says back-to-back Champions Cup wins have given the Sharks the momentum to beat the Lions in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Friday, as well as ignite their playoff charge.
Phepsi Buthelezi says back-to-back Champions Cup wins have given the Sharks the momentum to beat the Lions in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Friday, as well as ignite their playoff charge.
Werner Kok was yellow-carded during the Sharks’ win against Bordeaux in France for this dangerous clean-out on Jean-Baptiste Dubie in the Champions Cup clash.
The Cell C Sharks and Emirates Lions get reacquainted when the SA sides do battle in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash at Kings Park on Friday.
The Sharks made it two wins on the trot as the DHL Stormers and Lions opened their accounts, but the Vodacom Bulls and Cheetahs suffered heavy defeats before a three-week hiatus in the Champions and Challenge cups.
The Sharks recovered from a nervy first half to secure a tense win over Bordeaux-Bègles in their Champions Cup clash on a freezing Friday night at Stade Chaban-Delmas.
Flyhalf Curwin Bosch kicked 14 points as the Sharks came from behind to claim an impressive Champions Cup win away to Bordeaux on Friday night.
December is in full swing and for the first time, summer holiday plans include a surfeit of top-flight rugby for fans of the Vodacom Bulls, Lions, Sharks and DHL Stormers.
Neil Powell hopes to get “20 minutes or so” out of a fit-again Lukhanyo Am when the Sharks and Bordeaux clash in the Champions Cup at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Friday.
Speedster Madosh Tambwe will start for Bordeaux alongside captain and fellow former Shark Jandre Marais when the teams clash in the Champions Cup at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Friday.
Follow the live action as Bordeaux Bègles host the Sharks in a Champions Cup clash at Stade Chaban-Delmas.