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United Rugby Championship

Sharks win away to Bulls with impressive second-half display

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Yaw Penxe of Hollywoodbets Sharks looks on during the Investec Champions Cup match between Leicester Tigers and Hollywoodbets Sharks at Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium on December 14, 2024 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images)

Sharks claimed an impressive 29-19 victory away to Bulls in the United Rugby Championship.

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A low-key opening half had Sharks 10-7 in front at the break and they kicked on in the second period.

Tries by Jordan Hendrikse, Tino Mavesere and Yaw Penxe earned Sharks an excellent bonus-point victory in Pretoria.

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Off the North West of Scotland on the Isle of Lewis, you will find one of the UK’s most remote rugby teams: Stornoway RFC.
They show true dedication and passion for the game, overcoming unique challenges to compete.

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PMcD 17 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Great article NB and interesting debate.

Whilst the change to the 5x7’s has changed the ENG gameplan, we have basically ended with the defence playing like Saracens/Sale and the question is are we better to add a George Ford led style of Sale attack, or the more free flowing Fin Smith Saints style of attack to maximise the potential of this team to win the biggest prizes?



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fl 19 minutes ago
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Sela is older than AOF was when AOF was first capped. He’s 8 months younger than Fasogbon and 9 months younger than AOF. He’s not a little baby!

Joe Heyes weighs 126kg. Borthwick & Harrison clearly want the best tighthead playing tighthead. They will use weight, gym performance, etc. as ways of measuring development, but they’re not just going to select the heaviest player, or the player with the best bench press 1 rep max. If Sela is the best player on the pitch they will pick him.



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fl 38 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

it’ll be interesting to see what Borthwick will do, but its important to remember (i) that Furbank’s best performances for England have been in games where Ford has played 10; and (ii) that England’s best - and most recent - performances under Borthwick have featured neither Fin nor Furbank. Completely changing up the backline now would be a fairly strange choice.

this is especially true when you consider what’s going on at centre. The best options at 12 would seem to be Seb Atkinson and Max Ojomoh, but both have only 2 caps. At 13 Ollie Lawrence is probably the best option - but he has been out of the team for a while - and Borthwick also seems to want to give an opportunity to Freeman - who has barely played there before for England. In other words, there are going to be new combinations tried out at 12 & 13 (neither Atkinson or Ojomoh have played alongside Lawrence or Freeman for England before), so Borthwick will probably want plenty of experience in the other backline positions.



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PMcD 1 hour ago
Sela given big chance as Bath make statement selection

Sela is a year younger that Fasogbon & AOF, which is why he still played ENG U20 last year (and was a year early when he played with them both at ENG U20).

The physics of scrummaging is the reason they want LHP at around 125kG and THP 140kG, hence why Du Toit & Stuart are both that weight but that takes time.



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Wayneo 1 hour ago
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What people overlook is that Irish clubs have been sending their next generation of players down to South Africa in the URC to be forged in the fires of the most demanding environment.

Like we say “Iron hardens iron”



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I get the frustration and agree the ABs appear rudderless at times. That’s a coaching issue. But there is no way Smith is having the type of influence he needs to have. I doubt very much he is behind the kick and hope strategy - that plague follows Barrett wherever he goes - just ask any Blues fan. There have also been moments of brilliance - in fact the try in the first half at Wellington was one of the best of the year. And yes the ABs are adopting a heavily structured formula - a fundamentally new DNA based on power rather than pace / continuity. It’s not working (yet) if anything, this is about laying the type of foundation that will then enable what I think you mean by the layered league approach by establishing a series of bases from which planned moves can be executed. No surprises here given the Crusader blueprint. And surely this is about facing up to the reality that SA, France and England must be dominated in the set phase and contact to be beaten.

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Tommy B 3 hours ago
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I think what is probably not in debate is that Ireland won’t be as good in 2027 as they were in 2023.

The debate is about how big the gap will be.



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Hammer Head 4 hours ago
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Obvious.



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Do you feel JAS would get anywhere near the Bok team though, JW ? I don’t think he would.

Perhaps your point is that if he were in the Bok system, had been since he began to play the game, then he would be a far better player, better coaching background etc ?



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The Answer 7 hours ago
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Smith’s part of the problem. He’s one of the “masterminds” behind the current masterplan: get our flyhalves to kick the ball away on repeat and call it strategy. Because obviously pick-and-go, mauling, and direct carry-and-clean-out rugby are extinct concepts now, right? It’s not rugby anymore—it’s a long-form punt compilation with occasional breaks for a scrum.

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