Daniel to skipper Sharks
16 Jan 2012
The Sharks have named Keegan Daniel as their captain for the 2012 Super Rugby campaign.
It was always known that 2011 Currie Cup skipper Daniel and Bismarck du Plessis were the front runners for the Sharks captaincy following the exits of John Smit (Saracens) and Stefan Terblanche (Ulster). And head coach John Plumtree announced on Monday his decision to stick with 26-year-old Daniel for the new Super Rugby campaign.
‘I was really impressed with Keegan during the Currie Cup last year, the way he grew as a leader in what was a difficult campaign,’ said Plumtree. ‘It was a campaign where we had to deal with a number of interruptions, through injury and the Springboks coming back. So it was difficult to manage and I thought he did really well.’
Plumtree added that most of the Sharks players backed Daniel as their captain.
‘He has the respect of all the players in the team which is obviously very important and also for the way he plays. And his friendliness and the person he is off the field make him a popular leader. I’m giving him this opportunity to keep the growth going and we’ll see how it goes,’ continued Plumtree.
‘I think the biggest thing – and I can’t emphasise it more – is that he has the support of all his team-mates. Ultimately, he was their choice as their leader. You can’t get a better endorsement than that from your peers.’
Du Plessis, who is set to become the first-choice Springbok hooker this season, will still play a leadership role as vice-captain. The 27-year-old will takeover as skipper should Daniel be unavailable for selection.
‘Keegan can’t play every game, so Bismarck du Plessis will be vice-captain. Again, it’s the same thing – a guy that leads by example. He’s also very astute in terms of tactics so I am keen to have his leadership and to give him the responsibility to grow within the group as well,’ said Plumtree. ‘Both of these players are ultimate competitors, they are real Sharks men with a real love for this jersey and it means a lot to them.
‘The majority of your leadership comes through actions and often words come second. Both these boys are right up there in that department.’
80 Comments
16 Jan 2012, 14:36 pm
Looks like Jean Deysel is set to play at no.4 then with Daniel the capt and going to be in the team and Alberts and Kankowski at 7 & 8 respectively
16 Jan 2012, 14:58 pm
Well congrats, Keegan.
16 Jan 2012, 15:01 pm
@Rhys7-1: would be crazy to play Deysel at 4, way too short to even win his own lineout ball and heavy as hell to lift … big mistake playing the nothing Daniel as a starting player. He is a good splinter player to have though.
16 Jan 2012, 15:05 pm
@Rhys7-1: Or Deysel on the bench?
16 Jan 2012, 15:14 pm
@RL-3:
Deysel is lighter than Brad Thorn, although Thorne is slightly taller. 2 inches max.
16 Jan 2012, 15:19 pm
@John Galt-5: deysel 1.91m
thorne 1.96m
16 Jan 2012, 15:19 pm
LOL
Last para by Plum
I wonder who he was referring too?
16 Jan 2012, 15:19 pm
Look !!!!!! …………………………. a non Stormers thread…………………………wow the interest is overwhelming !!!!! all of 6 comments!!!
For the record Bissy should of got the captaincy with Bambi as v/c !!!
16 Jan 2012, 15:27 pm
Good.
Now Bismarck can focus all his energy on his job as the next Bok captain.
16 Jan 2012, 15:29 pm
@Transformation-6:
Ok so just less than 2 inches.
16 Jan 2012, 15:30 pm
interesting to note that the lions, bulls, sharks, cheetahs and stormers are captained by loosies.
16 Jan 2012, 15:31 pm
can’t get too excited about the shark’s prospects.
lions hammered a full-strength sharks side in the cc final.
yet no one is punting the lions?
and everybody is talking up the stormers.
same old?
16 Jan 2012, 15:35 pm
bismark as bok captain?
dear god no.
16 Jan 2012, 15:43 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther-13:
just cos it looks like a sharks hooker and smells like a sharks hooker doesn’t mean its an automatic bok cappie…
16 Jan 2012, 15:43 pm
@Transformation-6: @John Galt-5: Yip Thorn a bit taller but a go to man in the lineout. Guppies should consider turning Kankowski into a 4 lock, get him to put on 5kg’s of muscle then maybe he can emulate Thorn, but it won’t happen, he has no mongrel in him.
16 Jan 2012, 15:44 pm
@charo-12: who is talking up the stormers?
it’s all about the SUPER SHARKS, from sports illustrated to keo. it has been like that for the past 3 years.
8)
16 Jan 2012, 15:44 pm
Sharks are fine upfront,more than enough quality
Problem is in the midfield.
16 Jan 2012, 15:47 pm
Should be not a go to man in the lineout.
16 Jan 2012, 15:55 pm
@mshiniwami-17: but Plum said bosman & joubert have just been “reconditioned” and are ready to FIRE.
16 Jan 2012, 16:02 pm
@RL-15:
lebowski couldn’t spell mongrel even if he had it tattooed on his right forearm in big bold capital letters…large font…
16 Jan 2012, 16:06 pm
Paul Jordaan has been released from the SA Under 20 training squad, hopefully so that he can concentrate on Super Rugby. Now we just need Wandile Mjekevu to partner him in the midfield and the Sharks will be looking pretty dangerous.
16 Jan 2012, 16:07 pm
@mshiniwami-17: so the rumor is that your boy Mjekevu is likely to only play in the VC cup … as a wing.
That be true, can it.
16 Jan 2012, 16:07 pm
i am not as worried about our12/13 as i was last year.
we have:
mjekevu
jordaan
bosman
joubert
whitehead
so we should be ok until fransie returns
16 Jan 2012, 16:09 pm
@RL-22: the rumour is that mitch couldnt afford him and the lions broeders didnt like how dark he was.
we will show the world once again how to create a superstar out of a youngster.
watch and learn son.
16 Jan 2012, 16:14 pm
@rangerman-24: he is a,greedy boy, wanted a super rugby contract and was told no! Now what will he say when big ears only offers only offers him a VC contract.
16 Jan 2012, 16:28 pm
@RL-15: I don’t know if that would work. Kankowski played lock at school and he excelled there but wasn’t known for his rucking ability or for getting down and dirty. He was the same as he is now, better used in the backline with ball in hand. Also, when he applied to sharks academy t was as a lock and they turned him down because he was too short, thats why he ended up as a loosie. Which is ultimately better.
16 Jan 2012, 16:31 pm
@rangerman-23: Looking at that list I’m surprised you aren’t worried! Mjekevu doesn’t yet have the skills or experience (nor if we hear correctly the contract) to play 13 for sharks. Jordaan and Whitehead have a lot of potential but not enough experience to be a force in the S15. Joubert is WAY past it. And Bosman is just kak.
16 Jan 2012, 16:32 pm
@RL-25: I hear Jacques-Louis Potgieter has given the Sharks the middle finger and signed with to Bayonne. Reckons he didn’t move there to watch Lambie, Bosman and Michalak play rugby.
16 Jan 2012, 16:32 pm
@RL-25: “greedy”? Muir gave mjekevu a super rugby contract and the boy didn’t disgrace himself, in fact he was better than the likes of the kak van rensburg. now why should he take a pay cut because mitchell is hellbent of playing that donkey deon?
16 Jan 2012, 16:33 pm
@Tarlo-27: i LIKE this guy!
16 Jan 2012, 16:35 pm
@>^..^< katman-28: hehehe jlp is the saffa version of SBW.
16 Jan 2012, 16:43 pm
@>^..^< katman-28: Credible reports coming out of both Durban and South-West France suggest that versatile prop Eugene van Staden will shortly be released from his Sharks contract, in order that he may join Biarritz Olympique permanently.
16 Jan 2012, 16:50 pm
@mshiniwami-17:
i would feel a bit more confident if we had someone like campese running the backline.
the current lot are hopeless.
16 Jan 2012, 16:55 pm
The problem with the Sharks squad is that if you look at them with no preconceived ideas or expectations, they aren’t too bad. They’re certainly not EMBARRASSING.
In fact, they might even do ok.
However, when you look at them with the the expectation tinted spectacles of possible title contenders, well, then they suddenly start looking fragile in all kinds of areas that didn’t draw much attention before.
The reality is simple: The Sharks have a decent squad, but it is neither balanced enough, nor does it have enough quality depth in most of the crucial positions to make them serious title contenders.
This is not an attempt to compare them to any other SA franchise. Just an honest appraisal of their chances, if you had to decide where to invest a R100 000 bet with the bookies.
Skip the Sharks, and look to put your money on some other team, would be my advice.
16 Jan 2012, 16:57 pm
@Transformation-29: yes Deon is uber kak! but at least he can do things better than Mr greedy – defend and catch a ball.
Keo please fix your site, it is as slow as Lambie in full sprint.
16 Jan 2012, 16:59 pm
@RL-35:
Lambie is a dial-up connection to Taute’s 3G modem.
Of course, Israel Dagg is the high speed ADSL line.
16 Jan 2012, 17:04 pm
@Tacitus-36: Are you saying that with Dagg you have to deal with Telkom?
16 Jan 2012, 17:08 pm
@RL-35: ball-in-hand, pace & skill mjekevu is way better than that van rensburg.
this is not news, if the coach doesn’t have a certain player in his plans then it is NOT greedy when the player seeks what he percieves as greener pastures. i don’t even think a sharks reject like ross cronje will be asked to take a pay cut but wandile, with more rugby pedigree must vreet kak…
16 Jan 2012, 17:09 pm
@>^..^< katman-37:
No just thinking that on the 100m finishline he may be maybe 1m ahead of Taute…with Lambie just then reaching the 50m mark.
16 Jan 2012, 17:10 pm
@Tacitus-36: zane kirchner must be the Heita HSDP
16 Jan 2012, 17:11 pm
@Tacitus-36:
Always Delayed Slightly Longer?
16 Jan 2012, 17:12 pm
@Transformation-38: Methinks you and mshiniwiniwiniwam blow too much smoke up this youngster’s bum. What rugby pedigree exactly, apart from a moderately impressive showing for the junior Boks and half a handful of decent games for the Lions? I think he has talent and could become a decent player. But all this “pedigree” rubbish is way premature.
16 Jan 2012, 17:13 pm
@Transformation-40:
And Hurdles van den Heever is the T3
16 Jan 2012, 17:16 pm
@Tacitus-39:
speed over 100m is meaningless.
the short bursts of acceleration are what make great players
16 Jan 2012, 17:33 pm
@>^..^< katman-42: this boy is in the same class as the bulls’ arno bothas, francois venters the stormers’ siya kolisis sharks paul jordaans but the lions want to shove him in vodacom cup and downgrade his pay.
you don’t see the value, then he’s off.
funny thing is siya kolisi was signed to the lions straight after leaving grey high, spent one year with your hans coetzee coached juniors and left for cape town, i wonder why.
16 Jan 2012, 17:48 pm
Easy now katters.
You will have the peanut gallery gaaning on about skill sets etc.
Mind you if the varkies don’t want him the bulls should sign him.
They are looking paler than a klansmans wedding.
16 Jan 2012, 18:10 pm
@mshiniwami-17:
They need look no further than Tim Whitehead in the midfield.
On Daniel, he is the right choice in my view.
16 Jan 2012, 18:18 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther-46: very true, Chilli is the only patty in the front row buger.
16 Jan 2012, 18:20 pm
@Morné-47: piss is that you?
16 Jan 2012, 18:23 pm
I was just watching a re-run of Carel du Plessis’ opening try against the ’84 British visitors. The ball retention and ball skills exhibited by the Bok backs then are far in advance of any current SA backline, provincial and national. It makes me sad
16 Jan 2012, 18:25 pm
How I’d love to see Bissie captain the Sardines. They’ll all be throwing fake punches and macho poses with faces to the ground while the opposition does them from behind
16 Jan 2012, 18:32 pm
@RL-49:
Yeah I was updating profiles on all the blogs and changed my name on this one when I changed my password and really couldn’t be arsed to change it again.
16 Jan 2012, 18:34 pm
@Michael-51:
When it comes to captains I judge them on the scary scale, now Burger gets a 5 from me, imagine walking into a dark ally looking at that big freak with that big head, Josh too will get a 5 on the scary scale, you would mistake him for big foot.
Strauss from the States gets a respectable 3 while Daniel gets a 4 cause he has this paedofile type serial killer face. Spies gets a pathetic 1.4 cause let’s face it, beach muscles ain’t scary.
16 Jan 2012, 18:34 pm
Keegan Daniel being skipper is on one hand very exciting, as long as the sharks continue to be bold and drop Kankow as well. A back row of Alberts, Deysel and Daniel has a good balance to it and could really excel. However if they have both Kankowski and Daniel in the same back row for a large part of the match, there is just too much work for the blindside flanker to carry out while the dancing queens wait out wide to get the ball.
16 Jan 2012, 18:37 pm
Morné @ 47…
Yip we both like whitehead… IMO he is the best centre in sharks…
16 Jan 2012, 18:45 pm
@RL-53: Nice one
16 Jan 2012, 18:45 pm
@ufo-55: He is, however, largely untested at Super level. Let’s see how he goes first. We (as in the SA public) needs an inside center who knows how to distribute.
16 Jan 2012, 18:47 pm
@Michael-57:
If Tim gets a decent opportunity the lad will excel. As far as centers go, this lad has a good game but more importantly a good brain on him.
16 Jan 2012, 18:49 pm
@ufo-55:
I would say he was one of the better ones at WP…
16 Jan 2012, 18:50 pm
@Morné-58: We’ll see. Good luck to him. He cannot be any worse than Bosman at this level.
16 Jan 2012, 18:54 pm
@Michael-60:
Unfortunately I don’t think we will, if he gets any Super Rugby game time I will be surprised.
16 Jan 2012, 18:57 pm
stormers were damn foolish to let Whitehead go…..once Sadie left they should have fought tooth and nail to retain Whitehead….now we an injury away from a crisis at centre……dont be surprised if Grant is used at 12 a lot this season
16 Jan 2012, 18:59 pm
Grant would be a better 12 than he is a 10.
16 Jan 2012, 19:01 pm
Morné… You’re absolutely right imo…
I wasn’t too upset to lose sadie… but was seriously pissed they let whitehead go… I saw him and jdj as out future centre pair…
16 Jan 2012, 19:01 pm
@ufo-64:
With you 100%
16 Jan 2012, 19:12 pm
@Morné-61: Yeah Plum and Reecy aren’t exactly good selectors and coaches of the backline…
16 Jan 2012, 19:16 pm
@Michael-66: I still have nightmares about Reece-Edwards being selected ahead of Theo van Rensburg for the Boks. A brainfart of the highest calibre.
16 Jan 2012, 19:24 pm
@Michael-66:
You forgot Bashford.
16 Jan 2012, 19:28 pm
@ufo-64:
Sadie is a thoroughbred UFO , massive loss !!! Whitehead very good and will excel in the Sharks environment but Sadie is special, watch this space !!
16 Jan 2012, 19:41 pm
Yeah jr… I know you rate him highly… and he may fulfill the potential you and many others see… but will have to overcome two serious flaws imo… if he is to progress.
I believe however… that whitehead is the unsung, unrecognised talent that helped sadie catch the eye so effectively…
It will certainly be very interesting to see how the career of each player develops… and I will be watching both spaces with much interest…
16 Jan 2012, 19:43 pm
sadie, whitehead and JDJ should have been our future….now we have an aging JDV and JDJ…then a massive gap…poor man management
16 Jan 2012, 19:45 pm
yeah grant… that would definitely have been first prize…
16 Jan 2012, 22:51 pm
@Morné-68: Bashford’s impact is easily forgettable.
16 Jan 2012, 22:52 pm
@grant10-71: Sadie made unrealistic demands. I agree re Whitehead.
17 Jan 2012, 08:37 am
@HongKongSlong-54: Would be best for the Sharks to bring Kanko on from the bench with 20 mins to go – he is excellent in an open game and with tired legs should be able to make a huge impact – horses for courses
17 Jan 2012, 08:40 am
Really hope the Sharks let Alberts play at 8 this season – come on Willem show Spies how it s done
17 Jan 2012, 09:03 am
Great choice, i thought he did well last year.
17 Jan 2012, 09:04 am
@Michael-73:
Bashfords impact is MOSTLY forgettable.
18 Jan 2012, 13:27 pm
@Transformation-45:
Well said sbali,
Mjekevu has played 2 years of SAu20′s,he played 1st team rugby at KES (top 10 school),was headboy at KES,played 2 years of Cravenweek,made his Superrugby debut at 18 etc
Have heard the same type of “pedigree” talk with honours nowhere near the above for many other players rated as “future” Boks from many on here…Likes of Pat Lambie,Johan Sadie,Eben Etzebeth, Marcel Coetzee etc…
How is this so?
18 Jan 2012, 13:29 pm
And oh Morgan newman is on a VC contract not Mjekevu
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