Currie Cup latest – Sharks reel in rookie

Currie Cup latest – Sharks reel in rookie

6 Oct 2011

Keo.co.za brings you news from the Currie Cup.

Sharks reel in rookie – Sharks U21 fullback Gouws Prinsloo will make his senior debut against the Leopards on Saturday.

In the midfield, centres Adi Jacobs and Meyer Bosman combine while Frederic Michalak slots in at flyhalf. Scrumhalf Conrad Hoffman gets a start in the absence of Charl McLoed, who is ruled out for the season.

Sharks – 15 Gouws Prinsloo, 14 Sibusiso Sithole, 13 Adi Jacobs, 12 Meyer Bosman,11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Conrad Hoffmann, 8 Keegan Daniel (c), 7 Marcell Coetzee, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Jean Deysel, 3 Eugene van Staden, 2 Kyle Cooper, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Subs: 16 Monde Hadebe, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Anton Bresler, 19 Jan Andre Marais, 20 Ross Cronje, 21 Marius Joubert, 22 Stefan Terblanche.


12 Comments

  • 1.NicG: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 12:42 pm

    About time – get some of the young centres into the mix too…

  • 2.oubaard: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 13:01 pm

    who cares

  • 3.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 13:11 pm

    hehehe the sharks should play this centre combo against the formidable unions :D

  • 4.mshiniwami: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 13:38 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-3:

    Sharks have promising youngsters in u21′s yet they refuse to blood them ESPECIALLy midfield.Jordaan & Lindeque…Of course Mnisi….

    Good to see former SA u20 hooker(2010) Monde Hadebe in the fold.

    Sharks…GO GET WANDILE MJEKEVU!!!!!

  • 5.mshiniwami: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 13:44 pm

    Time for Sharks to let go of:

    Stefan Terblanche
    Louis Ludik
    Jacques Botes
    Ross Skeate
    Jacques Louis Potgieter
    Meyer Bosman
    Marius Joubert

  • 6.hendrikp: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 13:53 pm

    @mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-5:

    Ross Skeate adds much needed physicality in that forward pack. Without him they’re stuck with 5 locks who really don’t get involved in anything else. Skeate the best lock in Natal at the moment.

    Also a bit harsh getting rid of Meyer Bosman. I’m no big fan but I wouldn’t get rid of him until Paul Jordaan comes through, and then negotiate a smaller contract for Bosman (who can act as reserve/cover).

    I’d agree with the rest though, but include Adi Jacobs.

    I’m not convinced about Piet Lindeque. Sharks need to find a quality clear first-choice centre.

  • 7.mshiniwami: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 14:06 pm

    @hendrikp(hendrikp)-6:

    I would keep Adi Jacobs ANY DAY ahead of Bosman. Better player STILL even in twilight of his career.Better than Bosman,JLP,Terblanche,Joubert etc If there was one to keep it would be Adi,far better squad player and impact player.

    Skeate?? What physicality? Dude is a wet noodle just above Hargreaves.Would rather invest time and resources to a young lock or continue with Jean Deysel experiment at no.4 lock,very much in the Thorn mould.

  • 8.willievz: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 14:12 pm

    @mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-5:

    Interesting that all of those players you mentioned were acquired at some stage by the Sharks, and most of them quite recently.

    Perhaps they need to look at their talent identification structures locally.

  • 9.willievz: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 14:14 pm

    @mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-7:

    The Sharks have been thin in the second row for quite some time now.

    Unless they find locks of a more mongrel calibre, and soon, they are better off selecting two athletic locks and playing a helter-skelter game than a tight structured one.

  • 10.hendrikp: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 14:38 pm

    @willievz(willievz)-9:

    I like how they’re playing Deysel at 4. Suggested it a couple of months ago but everyone told me he was too short, and that maybe Willem Alberts should play there.

    I think he could do a very good job for them at 4. He plays that straight-forward sort of game you expect from a lock, and allows Willem Alberts to play in his best position of blindside flanker.

    Maybe with Bresler at 5? Think the Sharks pack actually looks really good, especially if they work on their game ‘on the ground’.

  • 11.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 15:35 pm

    @mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-5:
    Yes to all of those. Exception maybe being Bosman. Poor guy has been playing 12 to Terblanche all his Sharks life. Im very interested to see how him and Adi go.

    Jordaan needs to be brought into the mix now. Scored a cracker against WP last weekend. Lindeque went off injured so not sure if hes available.

  • 12.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    6 Oct 2011, 16:09 pm

    @mshiniwami(mshiniwami)-5: Thought Joubert and Skeate was okay last week , ag man maybe I am just bias cos they both WP manne :)

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