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Andre Barnard
This is a list of rugby union footballers who have played for the Sharks in Super Rugby, the Pro14 and United Rugby Championship competitions, and the European Rugby Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup competitions. The list includes any player that has played in a regular season match, semi-final or final for the Sharks, ordered by debut date and name. The Sharks competed in Super Rugby as Natal Sharks in 1996 and the Sharks between 1997 and 2020, competed in the Pro14 Rainbow Cup in 2021, in the United Rugby Championship from 2021, the European Rugby Champions Cup in 2022/23 and 2024/25 and the EPCR Challenge Cup in 2023/24. Super Rugby players (2012–2020) Other Super Rugby players The following players have represented the Sharks in Super Rugby prior to 2012, however due to lack of archived evidence no confirmed number of appearances and points can be confirmed for these players. Due to the lack of archived evidence, this list is incomplete. * Johan Ackermann * Chad Alco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharks (rugby Union)
The Sharks (known as the Hollywoodbets Sharks as they are their title sponsor) is a South African professional rugby union team based in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and are eligible to compete in either the Investec Champions Cup or EPCR Challenge Cup depending on qualification. They previously competed in the Super Rugby competition until 2020. The team also competes in the Currie Cup as the Hollywoodbets Sharks XV The Sharks reached the Super Rugby final on four occasions—once as Natal in 1996, and three times as the Sharks in 2001, 2007, and 2012—though they never won the title. To date, their best performance in the United Rugby Championship is reaching the semi-finals in the 2024-25 URC Season and winning the South African conference shield in the same season. In May 2024, they won their first major competition by winning the 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup, becoming the first South African team to win a European trophy. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lwazi Mvovo
Lwazi Ncedo Mvovo (born 3 June 1986) is a retired South African professional rugby union player. He played for the Springboks, the in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup as well as the in the Rugby Challenge. He was schooled at Maria Louw High School. His debut for the Sharks was on 27 June 2008 against Boland in . In the 2010 tournament Lwazi Mvovo was the second highest try scorer with twelve tries. In the Super Rugby competition, he tied for the second highest try scorer, with six. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Alberts
Willem Schalk Alberts (born 11 May 1984) is a South African former professional rugby union player who played for in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship competition. He previously played for the and the in Super Rugby and for the and in the Currie Cup before joining . At the end of January 2020, Alberts confirmed his move back to his roots to rejoin the , in order to help them with their Super Rugby campaign. He was schooled at Hoërskool Monument in Krugersdorp. Career Alberts made his professional debut for the Golden Lions in 2007. In that same year he was awarded his debut in the Super 14, playing against the Waratahs. He moved to the Sharks in 2010. In October 2010, Willem was selected to the Springboks squad of 39 players to prepare for the November tour of Europe. He is known for his punishing runs (often requiring more than one tackler to stop him) and his rock solid defence. Due to his colossal mass (120 kg) Alberts' bruising runs and bone-crunching tackl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Joubert
Marius Charl Joubert (born 10 July 1979 in Paarl, Western Cape) is a South African rugby union player who played as a centre for Stormers in Super Rugby. He has previously played for the Boland Cavaliers, Free State Cheetahs, ASM Clermont Auvergne and Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers and the Cheetahs in Super Rugby. Joubert was educated at Paarl Gimnasium, alongside current Springboks and former Western Province and Stormers teammates De Wet Barry and Jean de Villiers. A few years later, the same school produced another current Springbok star in Schalk Burger. Joubert started his career at the Boland Cavaliers where he played from 1999 to 2001 when he joined Western Province from 2002 to 2006. He made his debut for South Africa against New Zealand in 2001 and in that very game, picked up a serious knee injury. Despite several injury setbacks (one of which, a badly damaged shoulder, kept him out of the 2003 World Cup), Joubert continued to develop into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tera Mtembu
Lubabalo Siphosethu 'Tera' Mtembu (born 9 December 1990) is a South African rugby union footballer for the New England Free Jacks of Major League Rugby (MLR). His playing position is either as a or eighthman. He also played for the in and in the |
Meyer Bosman
Herman Meyer Bosman (born 19 April 1985) is a South African former professional rugby player, who last played for the Stade Français, in France. He is a flyhalf (10), but has recently showed great ability in the inside-center position. He has played for the national team of South Africa, the Springboks on 3 occasions in test matches between 2005 and 2006. He played his last test to date on 15 July 2006 against in Brisbane. Throughout his career, Bosman won three Currie Cup trophies, two outright and drawing another in 2006, also finishing as runner-up twice with the Sharks. Rugby career Cheetahs / Free State Cheetahs Bosman started his professional rugby career at the in 2005. During his first season, he scored the winning try in the dying moments of the Currie Cup final against the in Pretoria to earn his side a 29–25 victory. The result meant the Free State Cheetahs won only their second Currie Cup championship, the first being more than 30 years previously. Bosman wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Skeate
Ross Carson Skeate (born 2 August 1982 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a rugby union player. He plays for the Sharks and in the Super Rugby and Currie Cup competitions respectively. He returned to South Africa on a two-year deal from 1 July 2010 after spending just under two years at French Top 14 side Toulon. He moved to France after the completion of the 2008 South African season. He played for the Stormers franchise in the Super 14 and for Western Province in the domestic Currie Cup competition. Skeate has played for the Emerging Springboks South Africa 'A', also formerly known as the Junior Springboks or the Emerging Springboks, are the second national rugby union team representing South Africa, below the senior national team, the Springboks. Until 2018, it was also under the ... (2007). He's a skillful 'number 5' lock renowned for his line-out jumping prowess, physicality and prominence in the loose. At school he was a South African junior basketball player. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charl McLeod
Charl McLeod (born 5 August 1983) is a former rugby union player who played for Grenoble in the French Top 14. He played at scrum-half and previously represented the in the Currie Cup and the Sharks in the Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ... competitions. On 18 November 2010, whilst the Springboks were already two matches into their November tour of Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England, Charl received the call to join the squad. References External linksSharks profile * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Jordaan
Paul Abraham Jordaan (born 4 January 1992) is a South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is either fly-half or centre. He represents in the French Top 14. He was a member of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship The 2011 IRB Junior World Championship was the fourth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby' ... and won the 2012 tournament. References External links * itsrugby.co.uk profile Living people 1992 births South African rugby union players Sharks (rugby union) players Sharks (Currie Cup) players Rugby union centres Rugby union players from the Western Cape Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein South Africa international rugby sevens players South Africa Under-20 internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Botes
Louis Jacques Botes (born 28 November 1980 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former professional rugby union player. He played domestic rugby for the between 2002 and 2004 and for the between 2005 and 2014 and also played Super Rugby for the between 2005 and 2014. He usually played as a flanker or a number eight. In 2014, he broke Helgard Müller's Currie Cup appearance record, eventually going on to play in 156 Currie Cup matches. In addition, he played in 115 Super Rugby matches for the , made one appearance for the Emerging Springboks during the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa and played in a further 21 first-class games, mainly in the Vodacom Cup and Vodacom Shield competitions. Career Pumas After a spell in Pretoria where Botes played for the side in 2001, as well as club rugby for the University of Pretoria second team the Fezelas and their main side in 2002, Botes moved to Witbank to join the for the 2002 Currie Cup competition. He became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiehahn Herbst
Wiehahn Jovan Herbst (born 5 July 1988) is a South African rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat in Rugby Europe Super Cup. His regular playing position is prop and he previously played for the in Super Rugby and the Currie Cup, and for Irish side Ulster. On 28 March 2014 it was announced Herbst had signed a three-year contract with Ulster Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t .... References External links *itsrugby.co.uk Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbst, Wiehahn 1988 births Living people South African rugby union players Sharks (Currie Cup) players Sharks (rugby union) players Afrikaner people Rugby union players from Klerksdorp Rugby union props South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players South African expatriate rugby union players 21st-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Whitehead (rugby Union)
Timothy John Whitehead (born ) is a South African professional rugby union player who most recently played with . His regular position is centre. Career Youth and Varsity Cup rugby Whitehead played for Varsity Cup side in the 2008, 2010, 2011 editions of the competition. He made eleven appearances in this competition during the three seasons, helping Ikeys win the title in 2011 by beating in Pretoria. He also played for the side in the Under-21 Currie Cup competitions in 2008 and 2009. Western Province / Stormers His first class debut came in the 2010 Vodacom Cup competition when he came on as a substitute for in their match against the in Bredasdorp. His first start came a week later in their home match against the . After one more start in the Vodacom Cup that season, Whitehead was drafted into the squad for the 2010 Super 14 season. He made his Super Rugby debut on 20 March 2010 against the in Cape Town. He made a further two starts and seven substitute appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
