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WATCH: Sharks to scare Bulls

Zelim Nel says the conditions are perfect for the Sharks to spring a surprise at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

Sharks players after warm up before the United Rugby Championship 2021/22 game between the Stormers and the Sharks at Cape Town Stadium on 5 February 2022 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix

Sharks coach: We don’t talk about altitude

Sharks head coach Sean Everitt says altitude should not be a factor when his team travels to Pretoria to face the Bulls in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash.

Bosch back as Sharks give bench Bok boost

Sharks coach Sean Everitt has tinkered with his matchday squad, reinforcing the bench with Curwin Bosch and Sikhumbuzo Notshe the Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against the Vodacom Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.

Seabelo Senatla of the Stormers scores a try during the United Rugby Championship 2021/22 game between the Stormers and the Sharks at Cape Town Stadium on 5 February 2022

Senatla on ‘good trajectory’ to reach Bok dream

Stormers head coach John Dobson says Seabelo Senatla’s recent performances have been of an ‘international level’ as the former Blitzboks star is desperate to become a success in the 15-man game.

Stormers celebrate a try scored by Adre Smith of the Stormers during the United Rugby Championship 2021/22 game between the Stormers and the Sharks at Cape Town Stadium on 5 February 2022 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix

Dobson downplays Stormers’ success

Coach John Dobson has tempered celebrations of the Stormers’ recent success in the build up to an important showdown against the Lions at Ellis Park on Saturday. DYLAN JACK reports.

Munster vs Cell C Sharks. Sharks' Yaw Penxe runs in a try United Rugby Championship, Thomond Park, Limerick - 25 Sep 2021

Locked in: SA teams to host postponed URC games

South Africa’s four Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams will host Scarlets, Munster, Cardiff and Zebre Parma next month in two rescheduled rounds of the competition, which had to be postponed late last year.

Mapimpi lights up URC in January

Springbok wing Makazole Mapimpi was rewarded for a number of sterling performances in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship for the Sharks by being named the competition’s Player of the Month for January.

Former Bok prop: Don’t let rugby get too soft

Former Springbok prop Julian Redelinghuys says that rugby should be wary of sacrificing its physical attributes in pursuit of player safety.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 08: Sean Everitt (Head Coach) of the Cell C Sharks with Neil Powell of the Cell C Sharks during the Cell C Sharks training session at Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium on February 08, 2022 in Durban, South Africa.

Powell boosts Sharks’ prep for Bulls clash

Blitzboks head coach Neil Powell has linked up with the Sharks for a brief spell ahead of the crucial Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash with the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday.

Skinstad: Tambwe SA’s standout player in URC

Former Springbok captain Bob Skinstad has singled out Vodacom Bulls wing Madosh Tambwe as one of the best performers in the United Rugby Championship.