Friday, February 6, 2009

The Sharks - Super 14 squad reviewed

Everyone is talking up the prospects of the Sharks this year and you can't deny the quality in their side.

Pick a player - they can all pretty much dominate....

Skipper Badenhorst, Nikolai Blignaut, Jacques Botes, Deon Carstens, Keegan Daniel, Jean Deysel, Bismarck Du Plessis, Jannie Du Plessis, Alistair Hargreaves, Ryan Kankowski, Beast Mtawarira, Johann Muller, Skholiwe Ndlovu, John Smit, Steven Sykes, Albert van den Berg, Monty Dumond, Adrian Jacobs, Chris Jordaan, Rory Kockott, Waylon Murray, Odwa Ndungane, Ruan Pienaar, JP Pietersen, Francois Steyn, Riaan Swanepoel, Stefan Terblanche, Lionel Cronje, Justin Downey, Luzuko Vulindlu.

HOWEVER - and here is my personal opinion - Pienaar and Steyn rotating the flyhalf duties could be their downfall. Freddy Michalak was a bit up and down last year but he provided a genuine flyhalf channel. Pienaar is a reinvented flyhalf and Steyn doesn't seem to have the tactical awareness to dominate here...

Who knows maybe they'll surprise though.

Quality side.

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