Cronje in Sharks hotseat
Guy Cronje will start at flyhalf when the Sharks play WP at Newlands on Saturday.
Without Ruan Pienaar and Frans Steyn available, coach John Plumtree is forced to start a youngster at 10. Odwa Ndungane is also back from the Springboks to take his place on the right wing.
Keegan Daniel, Jean Deysel and Jacques Botes will start in the back row, while Ryan Kankowski has been bracketed with Justin Downey on the bench.
Sharks – Stefan Terblanche, Odwa Ndungane, Andries Strauss, Riaan Swanepoel, Luzuko Vulindlu, Guy Cronje, Rory Kockott, Keegan Daniel, Jean Deysel, Jacques Botes, Johann Muller (c), Steven Sykes, Jannie du Plessis, Craig Burden, Deon Carstens.
Subs: Skipper Badenhorst, Patric Cilliers, Albert van den Berg, Justin Downey / Ryan Kankowski, Charl McLeod, Monty Dumond, Chris Jordaan.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
#48 Original Pierre: Sorry didn’t read post properly
Have no clue how this young chappy plays was good in the U19 last year, actually they beat the WPU19 last year in the final, and saw him for 10 mins against BIL looked good but what can you tell in 10 mins?
July 9th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Too strong for WP , especially the loosies. For a moment there I read Geo Cronje LOL !!
July 9th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
#52 sparticus:
Too strong, mmmm. I don’t know. If the WP forwards can score some parity in the tight phases the backline could be able to do some damage. Seriously. In the backline the Sharks have two or three players that are arguably better than their WP counterparts. Loosies is a big plus for the banana boys, and so is the props. But for a team that won the CC last year, I would not be resting to surely if I were the Sharks…
July 9th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Maybe he could arrange a bit of match-fixing, like that other Cronje fellow?
July 10th, 2009 at 1:45 am
I hear that the Ebersohn brothers are in hot demand right now.
A quick question… how much money does the Bulls and Sharks have (left). I am sure that to maintain the contracts of MANY of their players is costing them an arm and a leg. Despite the fact that they have had a lot of recent success and (near) sell out crowds at most of their games…
It sounds like Sias and Robert will come as a package deal, and that will only increase the payroll. You cant spend money you don’t have. And even if they have it, how much are they willing to spend?
Anybody any ideas?
July 10th, 2009 at 7:55 am
#55 Greenpoint-Gunner: what ever you think wp have ??
times it by 20 then youll understand what sharks or bulls have
you forget the sharks havent been buying much
July 10th, 2009 at 9:31 am
#53 Greenpoint-Gunner: We are not resting, but remember at end of August our big guns return, and that is when WP meets us in Durban, and of course that is true for the Bulls as well, so if were a WP I wouldn’t sleep too easily either! I am worried about this match on Saturday though!
July 10th, 2009 at 9:40 am
cant wait to watch im interested in this new youngester and how he performs
July 10th, 2009 at 10:00 am
#56 sharks_lover: Howdi Sharks_Lover, and if they do get Hernandez we are likely to make loads more money, there will be even more interest in the Sharks from the Ladies!
July 10th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Kyk wat raak daai frokk@n Co(e)tzee nou weer kwyt, laat my dink aan Martina Navratilova wat dit gestel het dat: The person who says it is not all about winning, probably lost…
Anyway, here is on about playing the Sharks tomorrow:
Western Province coach Allister Coetzee says it is the performance of his team not the result that will determine whether he leaves Newlands with a smile on his face after their Currie Cup opener against the Sharks on Saturday.
“In every competition it is obviously important to start well, but the result is not the be-all-and-end-all. We just want to try and get the cohesion going and although the first 20 minutes will always be a bit nervy, we know we can’t predict the result and so it’s not our focus at all. We just want to ensure that we put into practice all the systems and processes we have been working on and then go from there.”
July 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am
#55 Greenpoint-Gunner: Sharks are owned 40% by SuperSport so they have money where needed.
Sharks also have divided interests into other areas sch as investments, fucntions, merchandising, photo royalties etc etc etc.
So they make money from the Season tickets 28000 @ 1000 ave, get x percent from SARU from TV etc etc.
They have big money in SA terms. The Bulls are doing even better financially I believe.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Where on earth did Province Find Frikkie Welsch,why do these idiots continue to sign has been or rejects like Frikkie Welsch,Wylie Human,Gcobani Bobo(the 2nd slowest wing on earth)& Hilton Lobberts just 2 mention a few.As a Province supporter such signins really baffle me…………..GO Province!!!!!!!!!!!!