Sharks

Sharks The Natal Sharks were one of the maiden South African teams in Super Rugby competition, being established in 1996. The Sharks made the final in their maiden year, going down to the Blues in the decider. Despite making three Super Rugby finals, the Sharks are yet to win a title, with their last loss being a heartbreaking final defeat to the Bulls in 2007. The Sharks will be encouraged by a sixth place overall finish in 2011, in which they reached the first week of the finals before losing to the Crusaders, and they will look to build on this performance heading into the 2012 season.

Sharks Articles

Mitchell puts pride back into Lions

by The Crowd - November 2nd 2011 @ 5:18am

John Mitchell is having the last laugh after the former All Blacks coach mentored the Golden Lions of South Africa to a 42-16 victory in the Currie Cup rugby final over the Sharks at their Ellis Park fortress in Johannesburg at the weekend. Mitchell, who is into his second season as coach, admits many of [...]

Crusaders beat Sharks, Reds to play Blues

by AFP - June 26th 2011 @ 3:31am

Super Rugby round one playoff predictions

by Elisha Pearce - June 24th 2011 @ 3:25am

The first round of the finals series is upon us! Here is a slightly-more-epic-than-usual look at the two win at all costs matches this weekend. EP Blues vs Waratahs This week the Waratahs will look to continue their ‘book-end form’ of the year. They began the year with gusto, trouncing the Rebels at home and [...]

Super Rugby preview panel

by Jim Morton - June 23rd 2011 @ 3:52pm

The next evolution of Super Rugby

by Sluggy - June 21st 2011 @ 4:03am

A good administrator, like a good fighter plane designer, starts work on the next model as soon as the contracts for production of the current model are signed. The current Super Rugby model has until 2015, and then it will evolve again. It has to if they want a 16th Argentinian team, as three does [...]

Bring on the Super Rugby finals

by The Crowd - June 20th 2011 @ 8:05am

Well, we are now at the final stages of the Super Rugby and I will attempt to find the winner of this weekends games. Rugby 2011

Lions and Sharks draw 30-all in Jo’burg

by AAP - June 12th 2011 @ 12:07am

Can an Aussie team win the championship?

by Capital - June 8th 2011 @ 3:33am

The end of the first season of conference rugby is close at hand, and questions remain as to whether an Australian team can win the championship. At the top end of the draw, the Reds have the easiest run home – the Force in Perth followed by the Chiefs away, and they would be expected [...]

Sharks hold on for 23-18 win over Cheetahs

by AP - June 5th 2011 @ 6:07am

Super Rugby Round 16 preview panel

by AAP - June 3rd 2011 @ 1:58am

Super-Rugby Articles

Harris and Lucas in Reds No.10 audition

by Jim Morton - February 9th 2012 @ 4:04am

David Pocock: a skipper my Force teammates will fight for

by Matt Hodgson - February 8th 2012 @ 8:10am

It is the Western Force’s first ever change of guard, with the announcement that David Pocock will replace Nathan Sharpe as captain for 2012. Many would be surprised, with inaugural captain Sharpe still one of the top second rowers in Australia, and with a year left at the Force. The question has to be asked, [...]

Hoiles eyeing return in 2012

by Andrew Logan - February 7th 2012 @ 9:39am

I met Stephen Hoiles in May 2011, when I was invited to spend a weekend with the Brumbies courtesy of one of their corporate partners Deloitte, who work with the Brumbies on innovation and business management. I had watched him for much longer than that, particularly during the awful season of 2009, when Hoiles, as [...]

Rebels won’t panic despite trial thrashing

by Guy Hand - February 7th 2012 @ 3:58am

Slipper hungry for more Reds success

by Jim Morton - February 7th 2012 @ 3:56am

Will Super Rugby crowds continue their slide?

by nickoldschool - February 7th 2012 @ 3:38am

Dwindling crowd attendances are never a good omen in any sport or competition. The bad news is that it’s what we are facing in Super Rugby, particularly in Australia and New Zealand. From averaging 25,000 in 2004-05, we are now down to 19-20,000 in Australia alone. A “bad year’ can always happen, but when for [...]

Rebels want more from second rugby trial

by Melissa Woods - February 6th 2012 @ 7:33am

Clinical Chiefs cost rusty Rebels in Corio

by Stuart Fazakerley - February 6th 2012 @ 6:26am

There are several things one should expect to encounter in trial matches before the season proper. Some things will change, some remain, and the legitimacy and relevance of the result will always be questioned. So too it was in Geelong last night, where the Melbourne Rebels welcomed both their home province and the Waikato Chiefs [...]

Brumbies easily account for Force in trial

by AAP - February 5th 2012 @ 4:05am

Goose’s Super Rugby up-and-comer XV for 2012

by The Crowd - February 5th 2012 @ 3:57am

Do you smell that? Freshly painted field lines, Dencorub burning flesh, and what can only be described as the scent of fear wafting from our southern hemisphere neighbours. It’s Super Rugby season. This is my favourite time of year. The formalisation of squads, the trial matches held in towns and cities that don’t have the [...]