Second-row setback for Sharks
12 Mar 2012
Ross Skeate’s injury could force the Sharks to field an unbalanced second-row combination against the Reds on Saturday.
Skeate sustained a hip-flexor injury towards the end of the first half of last Saturday’s clash against the Lions. Word from the Sharks camp is that he won’t be available for the next game against the Reds, meaning the Sharks will go into that match without a recognised No 5 lock.
Alistair Hargreaves is still two weeks away from a comeback, and so coach John Plumtree looks likely to field the combination that finished the game against the Lions with Anton Bresler packing down alongside Steven Sykes.
Bresler struggled in that No 5 position in the Sharks’ first match of the season. The Sharks were outplayed by the Bulls at the lineout and in the final analysis those set-piece failings proved costly.
4 Comments
12 Mar 2012, 09:43 am
‘you never stood a chance’ dragons…
12 Mar 2012, 09:57 am
Bresler was actually the one standout against the Bulls! And that Pieter-Steph du Toit kid can step up now!
12 Mar 2012, 10:56 am
Oh wtf ! The season has just started. Seems all these new rules/laws to prevent injury are doing diddlysquat, just bring back rucking and play the game how it used to be played
everything seems to be becoming so nambypampy in life and not just talking rugby here.
12 Mar 2012, 12:35 pm
I’m a Sharks fan, but Bresler is piss poor. He struggles at Currie Cup level,
let alone Super Rugby.
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