IT IS fair to say the Sharks have reached a point of no return in their Super Rugby campaign, which has lurched from one low to the next.With Cobus Reinach having left the tour due to a broken hand, they are now scraping the barrel in the No 9 position and their reluctance to call up another scrumhalf is bemusing.Hooker Kyle Cooper has been called up as a replacement even though Bismarck du Plessis demonstrated why the Sharks had missed him during his four-week hiatus.Former Sharks looseforward Wayne Fyvie said he was glad to have missed last Friday’s 48-15 hammering against the Highlanders but feels the side needs to apply the hard lessons of the season quickly.Whether they can do so on Saturday against the high-flying Hurricanes is a different story."It is going to be a hard tournament for them and I know how they feel at the moment," Fyvie said."I was part of that 2000 Super 12 team that had a dismal campaign and it wasn’t a happy place to be."Through tough times you learn some o...
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