“The only trophy of significance that the Sharks have won in recent years has been the second-tier Challenge Cup”—Weekend Witness, December 6. Not the lack of reward, but the final realisation that the Currie Cup (trophy of 2024) is now dead and buried. Insignificant!
Be that as it may, the very same conditioner who oversaw the meek 2025 Currie Cup team, of no “significance”, has been elevated to head coach at the Sharks. A career move, in leaps and bounds, reminiscent of a frog turned Cinderella. Does that sound cynical?
Not at all. I am overjoyed that the new coach is a local, home-grown talent and not some import. And the Sharks XV (third team) did show remarkable resilience and improvement towards the end of their dismal 2025 Currie Cup campaign.
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Maybe the “guppies” will grow some teeth now? Well done to the Sharks for looking no further than what they already had, and congratulations to JP Pietersen.
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