Sharks without Etzebeth for Bulls clash
The Sharks will be without injured Eben Etzebeth and Jason Jenkins for their United Rugby Championship semifinal encounter against the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.
This means the Durban-based team will have a new lock pairing of Corné Rahl and Emile van Heerden, who replace Etzebeth and Jenkins, respectively.
Captain Siya Kolisi says that although the team hasn’t quite played to its potential, any win will do at this stage of the tournament.
“We want to play better, there are many things we want to do better on the field, but there were a lot of good things we did against Munster,” he said this week.
“We’ve also played better this season with a full team and everyone available, but with injuries, the dynamics change.”
Kolisi says they are expecting a tough match against the Bulls, adding that the ultimate goal is to play the kind of rugby they know they are capable of playing.
“The most important thing is finding a way to win when things aren’t going well. I’ve been in a team where we played amazing rugby, and we still lost. You can have that, or you can have what we’re going through.
“But the ultimate goal is to play the kind of rugby we know we’re capable of playing.”
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