Beast stays with Sharks
5 Jan 2011
The Lions have failed to bring Beast Mtawarira to Joburg.
According to The Mercury, the loosehead prop has signed a three-year contract with the Sharks and been pushed up to the same salary bracket as the likes of John Smit, despite being a relatively inexperienced Bok.
‘The Beast is a big part of the Sharks having come from nowhere to advance from the Sharks Academy to the senior team and then to the Springboks,’ coach John Plumtree told the newspaper. ‘He has gone on to become one of the best loosehead props in the world and our coaching staff are excited about continuing his development.’
However, while Mtawarira’s immediate future has been determined, the boardroom battle between the Sharks and Lions could continue well into 2011 after the Sharks lodged a complaint against the Lions with Saru. The Sharks said the Lions offered Mtawarira an alternative contract when he already had a binding contract with the Sharks, which was in breach of the governing body’s regulations.
141 Comments
5 Jan 2011, 15:24 pm
Three words come to mind:
Pot
Kettle
Black
5 Jan 2011, 15:35 pm
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTT will still ring out at King’s Park!
5 Jan 2011, 15:39 pm
ah some rugby news, how was he ever not on the same salary as smit to start with, Beast is probably the best LH in world rugby at the moment and with Bismarck and Alberts is probably the Sharks team imo.
5 Jan 2011, 16:08 pm
@cab : Yes, Sharks are going to have a really solid year. Consistency with Running Rugby.
5 Jan 2011, 16:11 pm
best for boks that the current bok front row stays intact at the sharks
5 Jan 2011, 16:12 pm
Point 1:
Anyone paying John Smit more than Beast Mtawarira needs their head read. In fact, if Smit is earning more than Willem Alberts, Jean Deysel or Bismark du Plessis then we have a prime case of fruitless and wasteful expenditure on our hands.
Heck, based on his current abilities, Smit should be no higher than a mid bracket earner – on a similar level to Keegan Daniel, Hargreaves or Adrian Jacobs at the Sharks.
Point 2:
The Sharks really don’t have a leg to stand on with this complaint, considering their own actions over the last few seasons.
5 Jan 2011, 16:16 pm
@Tacitus :
Point 2:
Depends on whether they broke the law don’t you think.
Or in other words who has better lawyers.
5 Jan 2011, 16:17 pm
@Oxy moron :
Last I heard, the court ruled against the Sharks in the Mapoe case.
5 Jan 2011, 16:20 pm
what a new article..?!?! so the rumours that keo closed down wasnt true after all..
other rugby websites at least had some articles the last while..
5 Jan 2011, 16:24 pm
@Tacitus :
So therefore neither do the Lions
5 Jan 2011, 16:28 pm
@Oxy moron :
My point is that the Sharks are rather hypocritical if they complain about other teams doing exactly the same thing they’ve been doing for the last 2 years.
5 Jan 2011, 16:36 pm
@Tacitus : again your lack of knowledge about anything comes to the fore , as longs as its blue you think ur knowledgable
the bulls can only wish they had john smit
for a clown you sure like pointing fingers?? why not worry about your team thats on the DOWN
let us worry about our team k?? just a thought
5 Jan 2011, 16:39 pm
@crikey mate did you see that shark : hiyas aunty crikey sharky lol hows things on ur side?? hope you had a great festive season , and HNY to ya
5 Jan 2011, 16:47 pm
@sharks_lover : 12 – Sharky, Any franchise would be paying John top dollar. Also like you said John will no doubt be in some sort of coaching role at the Sharks once he stops playing. You look after that kinda talent. Pleased he is at the Sharks.
5 Jan 2011, 16:47 pm
@sharks_lover :
galo sir
had a fab xmas and new years ty and urself?
the year of the super cup for the sharks!!
5 Jan 2011, 16:48 pm
Okay have to go out. Hope Kallis and Steyn are still in by the time I get back.
Catch up later.
5 Jan 2011, 16:50 pm
@Puma : puma did you get my mail??
catch you laters bro enjoy
5 Jan 2011, 16:52 pm
@crikey mate did you see that shark : Doing great ty , yeah as for super cup we can only hope , but our depth is looking good.
5 Jan 2011, 17:03 pm
Hehehe. Got to admire their optimism.
5 Jan 2011, 17:13 pm
The Beast “a relatively inexperienced Bok” what a load of BS. 3 years with Boks and 26 tests.
John Smit doesn’t deserve any money cause he is a useless spare wheel to any team he is with.
Look in the mirror John…retire already PLEASE!
5 Jan 2011, 17:21 pm
@daydreamer : look in the mirror urself , you will see a moron, enough said
5 Jan 2011, 17:25 pm
“Sharks CEO Brian van Zyl commented that the Sharks are paying “top dollar” to keep the highly sought after 26-year-old front ranker in Durban after increasing Mtawarira’s salary to that of seasoned Springboks such as John Smit.”
Ummmm if you wanna hang onto your players then pay them what they are worth!
The real winner in this scenario is the Beast as he doesn’t have to leave Durban & gets a pay rise.
I reckon he deserves every cent he earns from his new contract & he can thank the Lions for making the Sharks realise his value!
5 Jan 2011, 17:26 pm
there go the hypocritical Sharks, bunch of arseholes their whole management! straueli was poaching the ebersohn brothers just a couple if months back and the kids had to tell him to wait for the ‘window period’ but he went on and gave them ultimatums! now he’s one to lodge complaints with SARU, what a w_anker!
5 Jan 2011, 19:13 pm
KEO writers, the best “copy and paste” journalists the rugby world has seen.
This site is a joke. Go to Rugby365 if you want some proper rugby journalism.
5 Jan 2011, 19:42 pm
ROAR!
I can’t believe that those miser Orks were paying Beast an absolute pittance.
Now thanks to the Lions the Orks were forced to pay Beast a market related salary (unbudgeted of course) hell we even forced them to pay JPP, Kanko and fat boy Smit a decent salary.
Orks know this … the cold war will continue and no player is safe from a Gumede cheque. The good guys will do to you what the USA did to the USSR … bankrupt you.
p.s.
Kallis congratulations on your 40th ton. 1 more than Ponting and coming in 7 less tests WOW.
5 Jan 2011, 21:24 pm
I can’t help but wonder whether the Lions would also have offered R14m for John Smit…seeing as Beast and Smit are apparently on a par as far as the Sharks are concerned.
5 Jan 2011, 21:53 pm
Let’s be honest, Sharks fans: the Sharks shouldn’t be acting all self-righteous on this one. Remember the Mapoe saga?
5 Jan 2011, 22:49 pm
I bet Brian van Zyl can’t look his kids in the eye. I’d be bloody ashamed to be related to/associated with such a blatant, underhanded hypocrite. Hope the court case embarrasses the hell out of him.
6 Jan 2011, 02:50 am
Ouch!
England 584/7 (167.0 ov)
Four Oz bowlers have broken a hundred
Lead now 304…
6 Jan 2011, 02:51 am
Cricinfo…
“Ben Hilfenhaus, who is as willing as he is unable, will share the new ball.”
6 Jan 2011, 07:00 am
@Tacitus :
Legally, The Sharks have a leg to stand on if it is found that the Lions did breach regulations.
6 Jan 2011, 07:08 am
Don’t you girls worry about who’s wrong or right…worry about the coming Super 15.
The Sharks are gonna get you Gautengalengers!!
6 Jan 2011, 08:08 am
@Great White Shark : blah blah blah…the Sharks are the last team to be crying about this…how did mapoe end up training at the shark tank while contractually bound to the cheetahs? harold verster told van zyl from the get go to leave mapoe but the sharks continued till they lost multiple arbitration cases. bloody hypocrites!
6 Jan 2011, 08:10 am
@Mighty Grogg :
Relax Matey – nobody comes here for the journalism.
It’s rather like choosing the Spur over the Famous Butcher’s Grill for supper. You don’t go for the chef, but for the vibe and to let the kids have a play!
6 Jan 2011, 08:28 am
@Mongril :
Grogg does not understand what a blog is, a place where you DO copy and paste articles. It is not a news site with proper journalists…blerrie hell, just look at their pictures at the bottom of this page for confirmation!
6 Jan 2011, 08:33 am
@Tacitus :
Point 1 – Disagree , John Smit is the Bok Captain up until last year and should things change for him salary wise it will happen this year when he gets reviewed.
6 Jan 2011, 08:39 am
171/7…Tremlett on a hatrick…
6 Jan 2011, 08:48 am
Beast would never have gone anyway. His church and a winning team are both in Currie Cup country.
6 Jan 2011, 08:50 am
@Mongril.
You’re right, that’s just what this site is, a kiddies playground.
Cheers
6 Jan 2011, 09:13 am
bloody Shark hypocrites!
6 Jan 2011, 09:19 am
If the Lions had Beast, Butch, Pienaar and Steyn it STILL wouldn’t help them.
It goes down to team dynamic, spirit and a desire to win.
That Joburg zol and party ethic does very little for serious rugby players.
6 Jan 2011, 09:25 am
@Great White Shark(Predawn) : Roar
dawn luv why you so scared if the Lions?
6 Jan 2011, 09:25 am
@Great White Shark(Predawn) : Roar
dawn luv why you so scared of the Lions?
6 Jan 2011, 09:26 am
@Great White Shark(Predawn) : Ha ha, you sound like you desperately want that to be true.
6 Jan 2011, 09:26 am
Yes!
6 Jan 2011, 09:27 am
Come the Super 15 and the Lions are terrified of their own shadows.
6 Jan 2011, 09:28 am
Roar
6 Jan 2011, 09:28 am
I believe that our group will be the most closely contested group in this coming super competition. The Sharks, Bulls and Stormers will play well, but occasionally so will the Cheetahs and Lions. All the teams can actually (and have in the last year) have the beating of the other teams, particularly at home.
This means that in my opinion we will be unlikely to host a home semi, which means a semi final place at best for our sides. But thems the breaks I guess…
And I’m glad that Beast is at the Sharks. Good to keep that front row together. we’ll need that sort of “understanding” come WC time.
6 Jan 2011, 09:30 am
Orks will not make it into the play-offs … not with the Cheatahs and Mitch’s Lions around.
6 Jan 2011, 09:35 am
The Cheetahs and Lions will make South Africa proud this year..and when I woke up my coffee was cold.
New year, same tired old story.
Lions please…playing the Aussie and Kiwi teams are not the same as playing the Wannabes and All Blecks.
6 Jan 2011, 09:38 am
wish the SA teams would rather get sa players abroad back as opposed to the raping and pillaging of our home franchises…
6 Jan 2011, 09:46 am
@grant10(grant10) : I hope you’re not referring to the Lions here. Because it’s pure self-defense.
6 Jan 2011, 09:50 am
@>^..^< katman(katman) : no mate….mean it sincerely, stormers and most franchises have blood on there hands….i understand lions frustrations….just dont think its good for our rugby….and would rather have some saffas back than this constant poaching…by all saffa teams…
6 Jan 2011, 09:52 am
gents…gotta run…have a great day …and go Proteas!!
6 Jan 2011, 09:56 am
I hope the Proteas can do to India what the Poms are doing to the convicts right now, rip them a new one.
6 Jan 2011, 09:58 am
@grant10(grant10) : Nice to see you back.
6 Jan 2011, 10:04 am
Howzit guys. All the best for the new year. Just came back from Oz. Hope you have a great year, appreciating what the Bulls will do for SA rugby, yet again!
6 Jan 2011, 10:05 am
@Tegejo(Tegejo) : You mean dragging us back to 1986? Can’t wait.
6 Jan 2011, 10:09 am
@>^..^< katman(katman) : Nah, being the only competitive side in the Super15. Bulls and Stormers. For the rest of SA…. ESPECIALLY the dreadful Lions, I see a very long season….
6 Jan 2011, 10:12 am
Well done Beasty, you got what you really wanted.
He was never going to leave, lets face it. He is now part of a young champion side and going to a very green but hungry Lions side might have done his career a slight disservice.
Look at Alberts, I dont think he is now any better a player he was 3 seasons ago with the Lions, he is just playing in a team with a better pack and team around him and he is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
Beast also recently bought a massive house in the Durban North area I think for him and his missus, not the type of thing a bloke does if he is looking to upsticks every time his contract is up for renewal.
Now you have to perform my boy, no excuses.
6 Jan 2011, 10:15 am
I nearly cried, laughing when I read the young champion side bit…..
6 Jan 2011, 10:15 am
So we lost Beast, but pissing Brian van Zyl off (and squeezing his wallet) is priceless in its own way.
6 Jan 2011, 10:24 am
@Tegejo(Tegejo) :
Okay. You are going to have to explain why you laughed. It wasnt a joke and I certainly never misspoke.
Unless of course you’re like that homeless dude on the corner of Umgeni and Goble(cant think of the terrorists name that has replaced Goble) roads who is prone to fits of uncontrolled laughter for no apparent reason.
Must be the drugs.
6 Jan 2011, 10:32 am
@grant10(grant10) :
You make a good point. But after considering it for a moment I came to the conclusion that this is a perfect demonstration of the fact that all our best players are still plying their trade locally.
In a way, it is proof that our policy of only picking local players for the Bok team is working.
6 Jan 2011, 10:33 am
@John Galt(John Galt) : Not the drugs, mate. I cant help laughing at dellusional people. Its like laughing at the little ret@rd boy shoving the ice cream against his forehead. You know its wrong, but you cant help yourself….
6 Jan 2011, 10:35 am
@John Galt(John Galt) :
I think he was laughing at the “young” part.
6 Jan 2011, 10:39 am
@Tegejo(Tegejo) : “young champion side” = Currie Cup CHAMPIONS 2010.
Pretty simple, really.
Lol, I loved your post at 59… your prediction that the Bulls and Stormers will be “the only competitive sides in S15″
Let’s wait and see what the Sharks say about that.
6 Jan 2011, 10:47 am
Sigh.
So much sudden optimism in Durban.
Hate to be there when reality sets in.
6 Jan 2011, 10:52 am
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon) : In my opinion, only one team can claim it’s a champion side, and that’s the Bulls of 2007 – 2010. And before them, the Crusaders of 2000 – 2005.
6 Jan 2011, 10:55 am
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon) : Then I could argue that the Kings are also a young championship side, as they won the 1st division. If winning a dewatered CC makes you happy, by all means. Some of us bigger unions set higher targets for ourselves….
6 Jan 2011, 10:56 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus) :
Still dont get it.
15 Ludik – 24 yrs
14 Ndungane 29
13 Stef – 35
12 Strauss 26
11 Mvovo – 24
10 Lambie 20
9 Mcleod 26
8 Kanko 25
7 Alberts 26
6 Daniel 25
5 hargreaves 24
4 Sykes 26
3 JDup 25
2 Bissie 26
1 Beast 25
Average age 25 and a half. Not exactly the oldest team I’ve ever seen lift the currie cup.
6 Jan 2011, 11:02 am
@John Galt(John Galt) : Jannie Dup’s 25 hey?…Get your facts straight
6 Jan 2011, 11:02 am
@Tacitus(Tacitus) :
Never been much of an optimist myself.
I dont know what will happen in this years S15 with its new layout. Quite frankly, anyone who says they do, is a moron.
What i can say is that Sharks were playing a great brand of rugby toward the end of last season, a brand that mixed the SA and NZ style to perfection. It wasnt just a ‘throw the ball around and hope it works’ style. If they carry on in that method this year, I really think they will be difficult to beat.
Lets just hope it continues. And if you think Im not going to back the Sharks 100% even if they come short this year, you’re horribly mistaken.
6 Jan 2011, 11:06 am
Dewatered?
6 Jan 2011, 11:08 am
@John Galt(John Galt) : amazing how they can all be optimistic about their teams . but dont you sharks supporters dare ??????
i mean grant has been an ******* about smitty , but atleast grant is fair and does not sit here and run down other teams
tacci is a clown of note , the poor oke prolly crapping his diaper
others trying to tell us like tegejo how we wont get anywhere blah blah , what an arogant twatwaffel , i mean a short while ago the same useless sharks slaughtered his famous amazing wp
buncha clowns i tell ya
6 Jan 2011, 11:08 am
@Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking) :
According to the Sharks website he was born 14/10/1985. So at the time of the currie cup he was?
You’ll have to help me out here, my maths is a little laboured.
6 Jan 2011, 11:11 am
@John Galt(John Galt) : john i just happen to know a few of the bulls players and one or 2 in their management and him always tacci always knocking the sharks as useless and running down someone like john smit ??
they will be the first to tell him to go back to danville and stop showing his idiotic stupid moron side
see bulls are a great team and have got good people playing for them
unlike some of their supporters
6 Jan 2011, 11:12 am
as for the super 15 , there are no favourites , new year new season new competition
time will tell
but id rather be a team comming off a winning note then one or 2 that had their asses handed to them on a platter
6 Jan 2011, 11:17 am
Some Province supporters are still feeling the pain…like Burger after that one tackle..
6 Jan 2011, 11:19 am
yes, the sharks are gonna getcha.
the bulls will once again be our stiffest competition locally as they have been for the last 4 years.
the chok….uhm…stormers will probably be up there again but the sharks seem to have their number (since 2004 really).
so my prediction is:
sharks to top the local pool, bulls in second and stormers pushed really close by the lions for third.
lucky there are so many sharks fans in CT so the pubs and restaraunts will still do a brisk trade.
6 Jan 2011, 11:21 am
@Great White Shark(Predawn) : schalk is made of stern stuff foreshore.
it was interesting to watch some of the keo youth league and clifton revolutionary brigade start shouting his praises after denigrating him last year for going to the beach.
hypocrites.
but there is a new man van staal in town and his name is willem alberts.
6 Jan 2011, 11:26 am
Alberts is the real deal. Not only is he a tough rugger player but he also has an even temperament. Professional, intelligent and results orientated.
Burger is like the cartoon version of Alberts.
6 Jan 2011, 11:31 am
Alberts not in the same league as THE BURGER
After Alberts can get a pass away or feed his backline – only then Alberts mite be mentioned in the same paragraph than Schalla
Alberts could just be another 1 season wonder! After almost 9 years at the pinnacle of rugby Schalla is the real deal
6 Jan 2011, 11:38 am
Sehwag out. Hopefully a sign of things to come!
6 Jan 2011, 11:41 am
Jannie du Plessis was born on 16 November 1982
Ask Wiki if you want to verify
And don’t believe all the bulls… the Sharks website feeds you.
I even saw Lionel Mapoe’s profile with a pic of him in a Sharks jersey on there last year
6 Jan 2011, 11:43 am
@Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua) : blah blah blah,
6 Jan 2011, 11:44 am
@stormersboy(stormersboy) : good morning old chap ^5
6 Jan 2011, 11:45 am
@rangerman(rangerman) : good day ranger bro ltnc , HNY by the way hope you had a good one
alberts and deysel will be breaking a few more oposition ribs this year for sure
6 Jan 2011, 11:50 am
Name: Willem Alberts
Date of Birth: 11/05/1984
Place of Birth: Pretoria
Position: Eighthman
Height: 1.92 m
Weight: 119 kg
High School: Monument Hoer Skool
Club: Acer Durban Collegians
Sharks Debut: 2010 vs Chiefs (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Jacques Botes
Date of Birth: 28/11/1980
Place of Birth: Nelspruit
Position: Flank
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 99kg
High School: Potch Gymnasium
Club: Envirosan Old Boys
Sharks Debut: 2005 vs Stormers (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Anton Bresler
Date of Birth: 16/02/1988
Place of Birth: Windhoek Namibia
Position: Lock
Height: 1.98 m
Weight: 112 kg
High School: DHS
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2010 vs Griquas (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Craig Burden
Date of Birth: 13/05/1985
Place of Birth: Durban
Position: Hooker
Height: 1.84 m
Weight: 100 kg
High School: Maritzburg College
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2006 vs Cheetahs (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Dale Chadwick
Date of Birth: 20/06/1989
Place of Birth: Durban
Position: Prop
Height: 1.83 m
Weight: 107 kg
High School: Westville Boys High School
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2009 vs Leopards (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Patric Cilliers
Date of Birth: 03/03/1987
Place of Birth: Pietermaritzburg
Position: Prop
Height: 1.86 m
Weight: 113 kg
High School: Michaelhouse
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2007 vs Lions (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Kyle Cooper
Date of Birth: 10/02/1989
Place of Birth: Johannesburg
Position: Hooker
Height: 1.78 m
Weight: 106 kg
High School: Glenwood Boys High School
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2010 vs Griquas (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Keegan Daniel
Date of Birth: 05/03/1985
Place of Birth: Humansdorp
Position: Flank (loose forward)
Height: 1.88 m
Weight: 94 kg
High School: Dale College
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2006 vs Reds (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Jean Deysel
Date of Birth: 05/03/1985
Place of Birth: Free State
Position: Eighthman/Flank
Height: 1.91 m
Weight: 112 kg
High School: Hentie Cilliers
Club: Goss & Balfe Crusaders
Sharks Debut: 2007 vs WP (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Justin Downey
Date of Birth: 11/11/1986
Place of Birth: Johannesburg
Position: Flank
Height: 1.92 m
Weight: 104 kg
High School: Northwood Boys
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2009 vs WP (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name : Monty Dumond
Date of Birth : 20/08/1982
Place of birth: Klerksdorp
Position : Flyhalf
Height : 1.81m
Weight : 95 kg
High School : Orkney High School
Club: Airtron Harlequins
Sharks Debut: 2007 vs Lions (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Bismarck du Plessis
Date of Birth: 22/05/1984
Place of Birth: Bethlehem
Position: Hooker
Height: 1.89 m
Weight: 111 kg
High School: Grey College (Bloem)
Club: Chemspec Jaguars
Sharks Debut: 2005 vs Waratahs (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Jannie du Plessis
Date of Birth: 14/10/1985
Place of Birth: Bethlehem
Position: Prop
Height: 1.88 m
Weight: 118 kg
High School: Grey College (Bloem)
Club: Airtron Harlequins
Sharks Debut: 2008 vs Western Force (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Alistair Hargreaves
Date of Birth: 29/04/1986
Place of Birth: Durban
Position: Lock
Height: 2.01 m
Weight: 114 kg
High School: DHS
Club: Envirosan Old Boys
Sharks Debut: 2006 vs Griquas (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name : Wiehahn Herbst
Date of Birth: 05/07/1988
Place of Birth: Klerksdorp
Position: Prop
Height: 1.80 m
Weight: 114 kg
High School: Klerksdorp High School
Club: Envirosan Old Boys
Sharks Debut: 2009 vs Boland (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Adrian Jacobs
Date of Birth: 14/08/1980
Place of Birth: Kraaifontein
Position: Centre
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 95kg
High School: Scottsville Senior
Club: Thanda / ZRA Zululand Rhinos
Sharks Debut: 2004 vs Brumbies (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Ryan Kankowski
Date of Birth: 14/10/1985
Place of Birth: Port Elizabeth
Position: Eighthman
Height: 1.93 m
Weight: 107 kg
High School: St Andrews
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2006 vs Lions (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Rory Kockott
Date of Birth: 25/06/1986
Place of Birth: East London
Position: Scrumhalf
Height: 1.80 m
Weight: 89 kg
High School: Selborne College
Club: Goss & Balfe Crusaders
Sharks Debut: 2007 vs Bulls (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name : Patrick Lambie
Date of Birth: 17/10/1990
Place of Birth: Durban
Position: Fullback / Flyhalf / Centre
Height: 1.77 m
Weight: 92 kg
High School: Michaelhouse
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2009 vs Griquas (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Piet Lindeque
Date of Birth: 31/01/1991
Place of Birth: Freestate, Winburg
Position: Centre
Height: 1.80 m
Weight: 94 kg
High School: Grey College Bloemfontein
Club: Goss & Balfe Crusaders
Sharks Debut: TBC*
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Name: Louis Ludik
Date of Birth: 08/10/86
Place of Birth : Kempton Park
Position: Fullback
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 92kg
High School: EG Jansen Hoer Skool
Club: Duikers
Sharks Debut: 2010 vs Griquas (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Luviso Lusaseni
Date of Birth: 16/12/1988
Place of Birth: East London
Position: Eighthman / Flank / Lock
Height:1.92 m
Weight: 105 kg
High School: Selborne College
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: TBC*
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Name: Charl McLeod
Date of Birth: 05/08/1983
Place of Birth: Johannesburg
Position: Scrumhalf
Height: 1.80 m
Weight: 88 kg
High School: Wonderboom High School
Club: Airtron Harlequins
Sharks Debut: 2008 vs Boland (Absa Currie)
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Name: Steve Meyer
Date of Birth: 21/03/1984
Place of Birth: Johannesburg
Position: Flyhalf
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 92kg
High School: Kearsney College
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2006 vs Leopards (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Gerhard Mostert
Date of Birth: 04/10/84
Place of Birth: Rustenburg
Position: Lock
Height: 1.99 m
Weight: 122 kg
High School: High School Rustenburg
Club: Acer Durban Collegians
Sharks Debut: 2010 vs Chiefs (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Tendai Mtawarira
Date of Birth: 01/08/1985
Place of Birth: Harare
Position: Prop
Height: 1.88 m
Weight: 116 kg
High School: Peterhouse
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2007 v Waratahs (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Lwazi Mvovo
Date of Birth: 03/06/1986
Place of Birth: Umtata
Position: Wing
Height: 1.85 m
Weight: 91 kg
High School: Maria Louw High
Club: Envirosan Old Boys
Sharks Debut: 2008 vs Boland (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Skholiwe Ndlovu
Date of Birth: 13/02/1985
Place of Birth: Durban
Position: Flank
Height: 1.82 m
Weight: 98 kg
High School: Northwood Boys
Club: Goss & Balfe Crusaders
Sharks Debut: 2007 vs Boland (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Odwa Ndungane
Date of Birth: 20/02/1981
Place of Birth: Umtata
Position: Wing
Height: 1.84 m
Weight: 96 kg
High School: Hudson Park High
Club: Envirosan Old Boys
Sharks Debut: 2005 vs Stormers (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Sabelo Nhlapo
Date of Birth: 17/12/1988
Place of Birth: Johannesburg
Position: Loosehead prop
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 118kg
High School: Highlands North Boys High School
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: TBC*
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Name: Ruan Pienaar
Date of Birth: 10/03/1984
Place of Birth: Bloemfontein
Position:Scrumhalf
Height: 1.87 m
Weight: 93 kg
High School: Grey College (Bloem)
Club: Chemspec Jaguars
Sharks Debut: 2005 v Stormers (Vodacom Super 12)
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Name: JP Pietersen
Date of Birth: 12/07/86
Place of Birth: Cape Town
Position: Fullback/Wing
Height: 1.90 m
Weight: 102 kg
High School: HS Generaal Hertzog
Club: Chemspec Jaguars
Sharks Debut: 2005 vs Boland (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Andre Pretorius
Date of Birth: 29/12/1978
Place of Birth: Johannesburg
Position: Flyhalf
Height: 1.76 m
Weight: 90 kg
High School: Dinamika High School
Club: Goss & Balfe Crusaders
Sharks Debut: 2010 vs Blue Bulls (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Julian Redlinghuys
Date of Birth: 11/09/1989
Place of Birth: Pretoria
Position: Tighthead Prop
Height: 1.76 m
Weight: 110 kg
High School: Monument High School
Club: Goss & Balfe Crusaders
Sharks Debut: 2009 vs Blue Bulls (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name : Michael Rhodes
Date of Birth: 19/12/1987
Place of Birth: Durban
Position: Flank
Height: 1,97 m
Weight: 114 kg
High School: Michaelhouse
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2009 vs Blue Bulls (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Mark Richards
Date of Birth: 09/09/1989
Place of Birth: Springs
Position: Wing / fullback
Height: 1.75 m
Weight: 82 kg
High School: Michaelhouse
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: TBC*
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Name: Ross Skeate
Date of Birth: 02/04/1982
Place of Birth: Johannesburg
Position: Lock
Height: 2.01 m
Weight: 114 kg
High School: SACS High School
Club: Harlequins
Sharks Debut: 2010 vs Blue Bulls (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Andries Strauss
Date of Birth: 05/03/1984
Place of Birth: Pretoria
Position: Centre
Height: 1.86 m
Weight: 97 kg
High School: Grey College- Bloem
Club: Acer Durban Collegians
Sharks Debut: 2006 vs Chiefs (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Riaan Swanepoel
Date of Birth: 14/01/1986
Place of Birth: Craddock
Position: Centre
Height: 1.83 m
Weight: 103 kg
High School: Northern Cape High School
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 2008 vs Boland (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Steven Sykes
Date of Birth: 05/08/1984
Place of Birth:Middelburgh
Position:Lock /flank
Height:1.98m
Weight:118 kg
High School: Marlow Agricultural High School
Club: Acer Durban Collegians
Sharks Debut: 2005 vs EP (Absa Currie Cup)
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Name: Stefan Terblanche
Date of Birth: 02/07/1975
Place of Birth:Mossel Bay
Position:Fullback, wing
Height:1.87 m
Weight: 95 kg
High School: Swellendam High School
Club: Jonsson College Rovers
Sharks Debut: 1998 vs Blues (Vodacom Super 14)
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Name: Eugene van Staden
Date of Birth: 16/12/1980
Place of Birth: Crodock
Position: Tighthead / Loosehead
Height:1.82 m
Weight: 118 kg
High School: Bredasdrop High School
Club: Duikers
Sharks Debut: 2010 vs Griquas (Absa Currie Cup)
6 Jan 2011, 11:51 am
@Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking) :
@@John Galt(John Galt) :
6 Jan 2011, 11:51 am
alberts is the man van staal as jean deysel is an injury free juggernaut…alberts will have to finish a couple of seasons without breaking down like an umlazi E20.
6 Jan 2011, 11:53 am
@Frankly speaking(Frankly speaking) : jannie was born 1985
Name: Jannie du Plessis
Date of Birth: 14/10/1985
Place of Birth: Bethlehem
Position: Prop
Height: 1.88 m
Weight: 118 kg
High School: Grey College (Bloem)
Club: Airtron Harlequins
Sharks Debut: 2008 vs Western Force (Vodacom Super 14)
wikipedia my friend is one of the worst placers to get stats
6 Jan 2011, 11:54 am
Happy New Year to you all and may the Sharks win the S15, the Bokke the WC and the Proteas win this series as well as CWC.
To my Sharks bruddas don’t worry about the other supporters, the knowledgable ones know that they had some seasons in the doldrums and are sober enough to realise it can bit again. Life is strange and who knows what it will dish up as long as we remain true to supporting the Sharks (and Man Utd – just for you Ranger
) nothing else matters.
6 Jan 2011, 11:55 am
@Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua) : nine years?
wtf?
he played in the 2003 wc with barely a game at superrugby level?
no man, thats 8 years.
he is a king, no doubt.
but alberts broke him, plain and simple.
@sharks_lover(sharks_lover) : howdy man, ja happy new years.
alberts and deysel are scary as a combo. with keegan and botes in the background most sides will be nervous.
6 Jan 2011, 11:56 am
@sharks_lover(sharks_lover) : Gday SL, hoep you had a good NY in that “wonderful” city. That info has to be wrong as Jannie is older than Bizzie
6 Jan 2011, 11:58 am
@bananaboy(bananaboy) : geez my spelling is shite today. That should be “bite” instead of “bit” in the first post and “hope” instead of “hoep”. Guess I’m just excited about what the Sharks are going to do this year
6 Jan 2011, 11:58 am
@bananaboy(bananaboy) : hiyas piesangs HNY bro
look agreed but a blue blind oke like tacci i love telling off,
6 Jan 2011, 12:00 pm
@Transformation(Transformation) : haha, happy new years transie.
alberts is hard buddy.
ask schalk. he will tell you himself.
119kg’s of excuse me mofo.
and you know it
@bananaboy(bananaboy) : haha! screw manu! POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!
you’ll never walk alone (even if you are crawling)
6 Jan 2011, 12:02 pm
is biz the older boetie or is it jannie?
who cares, they are both cc champs.
and they are sharkies.
6 Jan 2011, 12:04 pm
willem alberts scored three test tries in his first three tests.
is this a record for a flanker?
6 Jan 2011, 12:05 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : lol ranger
jannie is a little older , but not more then a year
6 Jan 2011, 12:05 pm
i am actually not sure at all how this new superrugby format will play out.
but i know the sharks will give me more good times than bad, as usual.
so i am looking forward to kick off!
6 Jan 2011, 12:07 pm
@sharks_lover(sharks_lover) : ok, thanks.
he won a cc (or was it two?) with FS also.
and one with the sharks in 2008.
he has more cc wins than the entire stormers squad put together (ok, maybe willem de waal matches him
)
6 Jan 2011, 12:13 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) :
Aren’t the Sharks zero from 15 attempts in professional super rugby, where are the good times there or am I missing something?
6 Jan 2011, 12:16 pm
sharks_lover .. a bit dof aren’t you? but i guess its all the durban poison you ppl in KZN take …. Jannie is a medical doctor right? For about 2 – 3 years? Well it takes 7 + years to become a medical doctor. So how can he be 25?
6 Jan 2011, 12:22 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : I bet you wish you had a Fergie now hey.
There’s only one ……..,
Just imagine playing like **** and still leading the league having lost no games.
6 Jan 2011, 12:23 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA) : all the semis and finals they played means they won a lot of games my china.
and that gave me joy.
its like you kiwis for example. you win a lot of games between wc’s but then choke like the lead singer of inxs every four years but you always tell us how happy you are with the all blacks
now apply your logic to your own situation and you will find inner peace sonny.
6 Jan 2011, 12:25 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA) : @104 But hey at least we play good rugby
6 Jan 2011, 12:25 pm
@bananaboy(bananaboy) : i blame kenny dalglish actually.
when he turned merc pool were never the same again.
fergie cant coach forever though buddy
6 Jan 2011, 12:28 pm
@bananaboy(bananaboy) : and we have manners.
6 Jan 2011, 12:28 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) :
All the finals they have played, that would be how many? Don’t count O7 as we both know that one didnt really count.
6 Jan 2011, 12:33 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : Yeah Ranger but look at the players he turned out as coaches. Hughes,Bruce,Ince etc so somewhere there will be a replacement for him.
6 Jan 2011, 12:49 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA) : haha, didnt count like 1987?
you are not really learning are you?
@bananaboy(bananaboy) : ag, like bill shankly, there is only one fergie buddy.
you sound nervous?
6 Jan 2011, 12:57 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : happy new year to u too…
yeah he is a huge lump, but like deysel i suspect he is a mr glass! like i said alberts needs to keep it up for 2 seasons straight, then he maybe mentioned alongside schalk.
6 Jan 2011, 12:59 pm
@Transformation(Transformation) : true, i always punt consistency over a few seasons but even at the lions he was a wrecking ball.
but ja, like lambie, lets see some consistently good seasons before we go too crazy.
6 Jan 2011, 13:00 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : Lets see what happens this weekend in the FA cup. Both my parents support Pool so there is a bit extra riding from me on this game.
6 Jan 2011, 13:10 pm
@bananaboy(bananaboy) : 116 in as much as i hate Manure, Pool will get their arses handed to them on the weekend. just last night they lost 3 – 1 to blackburn who don’t even have a manager!
6 Jan 2011, 13:15 pm
@Transformation(Transformation) : Transie you only hate them because they are successful.
. – like the Sharks
Trust you are healthy, had a good break and looking forward to a gr8 rugby year.
6 Jan 2011, 13:33 pm
@bananaboy(bananaboy) : nope, bunch of Glory Hunters! Hated them before they won much.
Alex ‘i don’t do interviews with BBC’ Ferguson is the most pompous poehol EVER! As for the Sharks, well i don’t know what ‘success’ you’re referring to
the Sharks are mediocre at best, they’ve never dominated ANY competition. Success = Crusaders ie 7-time Super Rugby champs not the hypocrites from sewage spewing Debben 
6 Jan 2011, 13:40 pm
@Transformation(Transformation) : haha, like the mighty elephants have done much?
the sharks have been the most successful cc team over the last 20 years surely?
6 wins in 22 years, has anyone else won that many in that period?
and they have been losing finalists on 2 or 3 occasions?
but you are being emotional and i have already mad a mistake trying to bring logic into the discussion.
just as long as you dont get hysterical m’kay?
6 Jan 2011, 13:42 pm
@Transformation(Transformation) : as for glory hunters, what else is there in sport?
mediocrity specialists?
well as a mighty elephant supporter i understand your stance
they are the true southern kings of mediocrity lmao!
6 Jan 2011, 13:47 pm
where did that snippy little kiwi go?
is it already internet closing time in china?
6 Jan 2011, 13:50 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : They also have only those 6 victories EVER. And yes, btw, the Bulls also have 6 from the last 20 years. They have a lot more than those 6 though, coupled with a three superrugby title, I’d say that THEY were the benchmark team of the last 20years, wouldn’t you say?
6 Jan 2011, 13:56 pm
@Tegejo(Tegejo) : thats why i mentioned the last 20 years.
i did not say of the last 100 years tegejo?
i was talking about A COMPETITION with transie as he said the sharks had never dominated any compo.
but yes, we sharkies respect what the bulls have achieved even if it was off the back of a cheating cowardly action by a players and a gutless display by a drunken kiwi yobbo ref who is now an aussie but still a tunc.
there you go, happy?
6 Jan 2011, 13:56 pm
@Tegejo(Tegejo) : In between those 6 CC titles and the 3 superrugby titles didn’t they also have a rotten run for a few years in super rugby.
6 Jan 2011, 14:10 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : The Sharks and Lions dominated the CC from 1990 – 1996. That period saw their bigger wallets thrash everything in their path.
The Sharks will always be competetive, but dominating a full strengh domestic comp,I doubt it. Unless they buy the entire Grey College, and force them to play in black
6 Jan 2011, 14:12 pm
@bananaboy(bananaboy) : They went through a bad patch, yes. History only remember winners though…and that they have been. Unlike every other SA team. (And I’m not talking abouth Transvaal fluke)
6 Jan 2011, 14:16 pm
@Tegejo(Tegejo) : ah, the old “buying players” chestnut.
did bjorn basson go to school in pretoria? young hougie or old hougie? morne steyn? guthro? bakkies?
dont be silly man please.
the sharks won 4 cc’s in the 90′s (between 90 and 96, take a guess who dominated those years then?) and were in two finals after 1996.
they have won 2 in the last three.
now stop being emotional please. the bulls are amazing! happy?
6 Jan 2011, 14:22 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : Did you not read my post? I agreed that they dominated those years. But dude, to be honest. I was still in primary school. Its a helluva long time ago. The Sharks/Cheetah-A team is having a good run at the moment. But even with all their Grey players, they are not near the benchmark team. Only people from Durbs will tell you that. If you go to any rugby-knowing person in Australi, New Zealand or England, they will tell you who the benchmark is. Not only in South Africa, mate. Get a dose of reality. Everything is not blac, white and dynamite!
6 Jan 2011, 14:24 pm
@Tegejo(Tegejo) : yes it is.
6 Jan 2011, 14:28 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : 120 do you see me going around claiming the Elephants/Kings are a ‘success’? Hehehe
only in Debben…
6 Jan 2011, 14:32 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : I rest my case. NEXT
6 Jan 2011, 14:33 pm
@Transformation(Transformation) : well you cant can you?
or you would be committed.
and not in a good way.
anyways, i am out. battle tomorrow?
cheers man.
6 Jan 2011, 14:34 pm
@rangerman(rangerman) : how have you ‘dominated’ a comp when other people have achieved the same thing you’re bragging with before YOU? Let us see the Bulls pull a three-peat then we can talk about domination. The Sharks haven’t dominated sh*t!
6 Jan 2011, 14:41 pm
@Transformation(Transformation) : transie get over yourself. WP are the true champions. Even Ranger knows this fact.
6 Jan 2011, 14:47 pm
@TASSIES(TASSIES) : Put away you Tassies…I know its hot in Cape town, mate! But surely a nice cold Fanta would do?
6 Jan 2011, 14:48 pm
Lopsie gets his man. The wall has come tumling down….. Too little too late, I’m afraid…
6 Jan 2011, 14:51 pm
@TASSIES(TASSIES) : yoh uvelaphi ngoku wena?
hayi mani sukuphupha apha!
6 Jan 2011, 15:52 pm
Lions not giving up on Beast pursuit
2011-01-06 13:15:03
Golden Lions President Kevin de Klerk
believes that the tug-o’-war between the
Lions and the Sharks over the services of
Springbok prop Tendai Mtawarira is not
over yet, and the player’s decision will
ultimately decide his fate.
Sharks CEO Brian van Zyl has indicated that
the Sharks are adamant that Mtawarira has
a binding contract with them and the matter
has now been put to rest. De Klerk,
however, believes there could still be one
final twist in this ongoing saga.
De Klerk revealed his admiration for
Mtawarira as a player and
explained why he believed there was still a
chance that the Beast could become a Lions
player in 2011.
“We’re not done with our negotiations [yet]
and, ultimately, it is going to depend on the
Beast where he wants to play his rugby,” De
Klerk said
“I don’t believe that he has a proper
contract, but we don’t need – or want – to
have to go to court to contest that.”
De Klerk compared Mtawarira’s current
contract with the Sharks to the dispute
between the same two unions a year ago
that saw loose forward Willem Alberts and
fullback Louis Ludik trade Johannesburg for
Durban.
“It is a similar type of arrangement to the
one we had with Willem Alberts and Louis
Ludik where the contracts were not
complete, so there was an opening for us to
negotiate with him and we did on that
basis,” he explained.
“We believe that we have a wonderful
opportunity for him [Mtawarira] up here at
the Lions with the new team that we are
developing.
“We would love to have him on board, but
we will respect his decision about where he
would like to play,” he added.
The Lions are in a rebuilding phase with a
number of young players coming through
the ranks, and the financial backing of IT
multi-millionaire Robert Gumede is allowing
the union to purse a few more well-
established players to mentor young
starlets like Elton Jantjies and Jaco Taute to
name just two.
However, should the ambitious move to lure
the Springbok loosehead prop to
Johannesburg fail, De Klerk is confident that
coach John Mitchell has enough talent at his
disposal to work with.
“We are pretty well layered and have some
up-and-coming youngsters that are making
big statements at the moment, so we are
pleased about the road ahead,”
De Klerk expects finality on this saga to be
obtained “over the next few days”.
6 Jan 2011, 16:17 pm
@Transformation(Transformation) :
Yeah the more I think about this the more I am becoming totally indfferent as to whether he goes or not.
If he wants to chase the cash, good on him, its a professionaly game with an age limit.
I dont think think it will be a great move for him rugby wise though and I think you’ll see him lose even more ground in his quest to be no 1 loosehead ahead of Guthro.
As for the Sharks, well they are well covered in the front row so no worries there. Van Staden is a very good player.
Lions becoming the Man City of SA rugby. The union is flat broke but luckily there is a large benefactor to buy players.
10 Jan 2011, 13:10 pm
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