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Neil Powell has included four returning Springboks in the starting XV, with several positional surprises, for his first match in charge of the Sharks in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship against Ospreys on Friday.
Thomas du Toit will sit out the Sharks’ European Champions Cup debut after being handed a six-week ban, reduced to three, for his red card in the Boks’ win over England.
The Sharks and Ospreys will face off in Durban on Friday in the first match of round 9 in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
There were big wins for the DHL Stormers, Vodacom Bulls and Lions, but the Sharks suffered an embarrassing home defeat, in Round 8 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
It was a night to forget for the Cell C Sharks as Cardiff Rugby delivered a masterclass in wet-weather rugby to win their Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Durban on Sunday evening.
Cardiff was clinical in logging four tries while keeping the Sharks scoreless in an impressive Vodacom United Rugby Championship victory at Kings Park on Sunday.
When Eben Etzebeth signed for the Sharks earlier this year, it was clear one of the true greats of the modern game was heading to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
The Sharks and Cardiff will do battle at Kings Park on Sunday in the final match of round 8 in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
The high-flying Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers will look to pick up where they left off in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship after a three-week hiatus in the competition.
The former Springbok and Sharks prop’s team of the best he played with and against.
