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Lions assistant coach Wessel Roux has admitted that the team is feeling the pressure from their poor start to 2022 in the Currie Cup and Vodacom United Rugby Championship, but still believe they can turn things around.
Former Springbok wing JP Pietersen has opened up on the challenges of transitioning from being a player to his current role as the Sharks’ Currie Cup assistant coach.
Springbok and Vodacom Bulls prop Lizo Gqoboka is thrilled at the prospect of facing Griquas in Kimberley for the first time in his 10-year career.
Sanele Nohamba will start his first game of the season when the Sharks travel to Mpumalanga to take on the Pumas in a Currie Cup clash on Friday night.
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The Sharks’ Sean Everitt is desperate for Neil Powell to take over as director of rugby, allowing him to be more “hands on” as head coach.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, is the mantra for Sharks coach Etienne Fynn and captain James Venter as the Currie Cup frontrunners strive to build on their unbeaten start to the season.
SA Rugby has announced the competition structure for the remainder of the 2022 rugby season, which will see an expansion of the Currie Cup First Division to include teams from Zimbabwe and Kenya.
The Sharks held off a courageous second half fightback from the Lions to register their third consecutive Currie Cup victory and move to the top of the log.
The Cheetahs continued their perfect start to the 2022 Currie Cup season with a three-tries-to-one victory away to the Pumas on Saturday.
