Bismarck injection for Sharks

26 Feb 2009

Bismarck du Plessis and Jacques Botes return to the Sharks team to take on the Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday.

The pair have both been on the bench for the opening couple of encounters but replace John Smit and Keegan Daniel this week. Du Plessis and Botes were battling pre-season injuries but have recovered fully.

These are the only changes to the team that dealt with the Lions 25-10, with Beast Mtawarira remaining on the bench after Deon Carstens scored in last week’s victory.

Sharks coach John Plumtree is not under-estimating the Chiefs, who have lost their opening encounters against last year’s finalists the Crusaders and Waratahs.

“They will be really desperate,” said Plumtree. “They won’t want to go three down. In fairness, they have probably had the hardest draw of any New Zealand side, playing last year’s finalists in the opening two weeks away from home.

“There won’t be panic stations just yet, and with us out of the way and having played the Waratahs and Crusaders, they know they will have got possibly three of the better teams out the way, but certainly, you don’t want to drop any home games.”

Sharks – 15 Stefan Terblanche, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Francois Steyn, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Johann Muller (c), 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Deon Carstens.
Subs – 16 John Smit, 17 Beast Mtawarira, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Ross Cronje, 21 Riaan Swanepoel, 22, Luzuko Vulindlu.


154 Comments

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  • 151.alf: Reply to this comment
    26 Feb 2009, 13:29 pm

    #149 coma: Klaar almal opge-eet … Burp !

  • 152.K9 Pavement-special: Reply to this comment
    26 Feb 2009, 13:31 pm

    #150 coma: Hehehehe. Spies moet homself nog bewys in ‘n tight game. Kan nie tackle nie. Veral rondom die skrums en losskrums. Hy was goed in twee games. Teen Eng B/c en Saterdag. En altwee games was dit touchrugby gewees.

  • 153.coma: Reply to this comment
    26 Feb 2009, 13:34 pm

    #148 alf: Vok, gaan jy binnekort uitbars in “Jam blikke, Vis blikke”?

  • 154.coma: Reply to this comment
    26 Feb 2009, 13:39 pm

    #152 K9 Pavement-special: Ek stem, kyk die ou is nie sleg nie, ek geniet sy rugby van tyd tot tyd, maar die feit bly staan, hy het nie verdien om voor Kanko te speel laas jaar nie. Kanko was loshande doe beste 8 in die S14 en CC.

    Spies het een groot voordeel, ‘n getekende springbok kontrak!!!

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