Daniel back soon - Du Preez
Cell C Sharks have a Vodacom Super Rugby date with the Rebels in Durban tomorrow (Saturday).
Listen to the full interview here, or read our story below.
Kickoff is at 19h30 and the match will be refereed by Marius van der Westhuizen.
The Cell C Sharks XV will also be in action at Growthpoint Kings Park tomorrow.
They will host Griquas in a Supersport Challenge match starting at 17h00.
Odwa Ndungane has been named Sharks XV captain this week.
Keegan Daniel will not be involved in either of the matches tomorrow.
This despite Daniel resuming full training with the Sharks.
Sharks head coach, Robert du Preez, believes Daniel should be ready for action soon.
"He is only in his tenth week after his op. The prognosis was 12 weeks. After that he should be back. He has been doing some good contact work. It will probably be another week or so before he starts playing," Du Preez said.
Clement Poitrenaud is another player who will not see action with either the Sharks or the Sharks XV this week.
Du Preez has revealed that the Frenchman is not yet fully fit.
"He is still carrying a slight groin injury and we just want to make sure that he is 100% before we bring him back into the set-up. He will probably play in the Supersport Rugby Challenge first and we will see how he goes there," Du Preez added.
Curwin Bosch is back at flyhalf for the Sharks this week. He was shifted to fullback in a late and injury-enforced change ahead of the meeting with the Jaguares two weeks ago. Du Preez feels that Bosch is happy both at flyhalf and fullback.
"When we initially brought Curwin into the set-up, we wanted to bring him in at fullback. It does give him a little bit more space. I think he has grown a lot in terms of his confidence. I think he is very relaxed about where he plays. When Garth got injured, Curwin was very happy to move back to fullback. It is probably not ideal to chop-and-change him like that. He did slot back into the flyhalf position easily. I think he can play both positions really well," Du Preez said.
The Sharks had a bye last week and Du Preez believes the break came at a good time.
"We played seven weeks in a row. You know the guys worked really hard in those seven weeks, so the break was absolutely necessary. We wanted to get the boys away from thinking about rugby. They did do some training while they were away, but not to the intensity that we do when were are playing. The break was fantastic and the guys came back with renewed energy. That is what we are looking for this weekend," Du Preez concluded.
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The Cell C Sharks XV will also be in action at Growthpoint Kings Park tomorrow.
They will host Griquas in a Supersport Challenge match starting at 17h00.
Odwa Ndungane has been named Sharks XV captain this week.
Keegan Daniel will not be involved in either of the matches tomorrow.
This despite Daniel resuming full training with the Sharks.
Sharks head coach, Robert du Preez, believes Daniel should be ready for action soon.
"He is only in his tenth week after his op. The prognosis was 12 weeks. After that he should be back. He has been doing some good contact work. It will probably be another week or so before he starts playing," Du Preez said.
Clement Poitrenaud is another player who will not see action with either the Sharks or the Sharks XV this week.
Du Preez has revealed that the Frenchman is not yet fully fit.
"He is still carrying a slight groin injury and we just want to make sure that he is 100% before we bring him back into the set-up. He will probably play in the Supersport Rugby Challenge first and we will see how he goes there," Du Preez added.
Curwin Bosch is back at flyhalf for the Sharks this week. He was shifted to fullback in a late and injury-enforced change ahead of the meeting with the Jaguares two weeks ago. Du Preez feels that Bosch is happy both at flyhalf and fullback.
"When we initially brought Curwin into the set-up, we wanted to bring him in at fullback. It does give him a little bit more space. I think he has grown a lot in terms of his confidence. I think he is very relaxed about where he plays. When Garth got injured, Curwin was very happy to move back to fullback. It is probably not ideal to chop-and-change him like that. He did slot back into the flyhalf position easily. I think he can play both positions really well," Du Preez said.
The Sharks had a bye last week and Du Preez believes the break came at a good time.
"We played seven weeks in a row. You know the guys worked really hard in those seven weeks, so the break was absolutely necessary. We wanted to get the boys away from thinking about rugby. They did do some training while they were away, but not to the intensity that we do when were are playing. The break was fantastic and the guys came back with renewed energy. That is what we are looking for this weekend," Du Preez concluded.
Twitter - @SportswaveAndre