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Sharks V. Reds – Injury Crisis? What Injury Crisis?

March 18th, 2012 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Reds are counting the cost and crossing their fingers after a brutal encounter with the sharks in South Africa. In a game marred by injury to both sides the Reds seemed to suffer the most with both flyhalf options injured before the fifty minute mark. Despite the rain […]

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Tags: green and gold rugby · digby ioane · post match review · Super Rugby · Jannie Du Plessis · Patrick Lambie · Keegan Daniel · scott Higginbotham · ben lucas · rugby · south africa · reds · sharks · will genia · queensland reds · review

Sharks V. Reds – Review

March 17th, 2012 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Sharks lost JP Pieterson in the warm up. A late change to any team is disruptive but the sharks seem to handle it with no problems. The expected fine weather has not eventuated and it looks like another wet game for the Reds.
The first try comes to the […]

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Tags: post match review · Reds V. sharks · james horwill · sharks · rugby · reds · review

Saracen, Crusaders and ‘that’ match at Twickenham

April 1st, 2011 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. Firstly, may I say, I LOVE England! I’m a kiwi living here on round two (I couldn’t stay away). I came back for the people, the banter, the English charm, the pubs, the socialness, the parks, the gigs and about a billion other things. But mostly, I came back for […]

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Tags: Aviva Premiership · Nigel Wray · Saracens · crusaders · sharks · twickenham

Super Rugby at Twickenham - Crusaders V The Sharks

March 28th, 2011 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article.
It was a balmy day at Twickenham yesterday, the first day of daylight saving, and the hint of spring making you feel good to be alive.  Although the crowd did not exceed expectations (only 35,000 turned up in the end), the lower tier of the stadium was still packed and […]

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Tags: Saracens · Matt Todd · Sonny Bill Williams · crusaders · twickenham · sharks · Daniel Carter

Waratahs vs Sharks Super 14 Semi Final Video Highlights

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Watching it again, there were a couple of bits that stand out:
How well the Tahs finished tries 2 and 3. Sure, they were great positions, but how often do you see guys take it on too far or passes miss the man in those situations? SNK’s golded ball and […]

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Tags: semi · video highlights · NSW waratahs · sharks · super 14 2008

Tahs Shred Sharks

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Waratahs 28 - Shorks 13
Someone took the Waratahs of 2008, condensed them all down, wrung out the pure essence, poured it into a bottle, and then served it up to the Sharks at the SFS last night. ‘Eau de Tah ‘08’ was just too powerful for the men from […]

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Tags: NSW waratahs · sharks · Semi Final · review

Waratahs vs Sharks Super 14 Semi Final Score

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Waratahs 28 - Sharks 13
The NSW Waratahs put in a mighty performance this evening to defeat last years finalists the Sharks by 4 tries to 1.
More to follow
For Waratahs:
Tries: Tuqiri, Horne, Beale, Burgess
Con: Beale
Pen: Beale
Drop-goal: Beale
For Sharks:
Try: Burden
Con: Kockott
Pen: Pienaar
Drop-goal: Pienaar
Waratahs: 15 Sam Norton-Knight, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Rob […]

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Tags: NSW waratahs · sharks · super 14 2008 · Semi Final · score

Super 14 Semi Final Previews

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. After one of the closest finishes of the regular season in Super 14 rugby, we find ourselves with what could be two cracking semi’s: Crusaders vs Hurricanes in Christchurch and the Waratahs vs Sharks in Sydney. So who should we be expecting in the final?
Crusaders vs Hurricanes
This should […]

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Tags: canterbury crusaders · NSW waratahs · hurricanes · sharks · semi-final · Super 14 · previews

Palu bitch-slaps Venter & Co. for a try - video

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. I mentioned that it made me chuckle at the time, but here’s big Cliffy’s first try from last weekend which followed an awesome tackle on one of the harder nuts of Saffa rugby - AJ Venter. No prize for guessing the two words that went through Ndungane’s mind as […]

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Tags: venter · whycliffe palu · sharks · waratahs · try · tackle

Waratahs vs Sharks Super 14: review & video highlights

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Waratahs 25 - Sharks 10
This was the Waratahs 5th straight win in the 2008 Super 14, and their second half four try dicking of the Sharks has rightfully slung them to second in the table. The blueprint for the win was the same as last week - muscle up […]

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Tags: 2008 · sharks · NSW waratahs · highlights · Super 14 · score · video · review

Brumbies vs Sharks Super 14 Video HIghlights

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Brumbies 27 - Sharks 21
Rounding out the upsets from last weekend was this great effort from the Brumbies. As you’ll see, there wasn’t too much backline flare on display, the whole team playing as one big back row, patient and accurate in both attack and defense - strangling the […]

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Tags: video highlights · act brumbies · sharks · super 14 2008

Sharks vs Reds, Super 14 2008 score & review

March 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Sharks 22 - Reds 10
Thanks to Sky not giving a shit, I’ve been able to see sweet f.uck all of this game. But as it happens, a good pommy mate of mine - Cap’n Dan - is a BA pilot down route in Cape Town.
Bored, and hankering to bet […]

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Tags: queensland reds · sharks · super 14 2008 · score

Super 14 2008 preview

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. It’s been a long old wait since last October, but at last we get some good southern hemisphere rugby back on the telly. What’s intriguing about this years competition though is trying to pick the key runners and riders, because this year there are a couple of extra factors […]

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Tags: sharks · force · predictions · crusaders · blues · bulls · reds · super 14 2008 · rugby · waratahs · ELVs · brumbies · preview