Sharks keen to ditch the bridesmaid tag
Durban-based team has reached four Super Rugby finals and lost all of them
Sharks loose-forward Lubabalo “Tera” Mtembu may be on the sidelines because of a knee impediment but he fully understands how the franchise has to get rid of their Super Rugby “bridesmaids” tag. They may not have done the failed final “three-peat” the Lions have been subjected to in the past three years but the Sharks are a settled bunch who played some decent cup-final winning rugby‚ albeit in the Currie Cup. Sharks coach Robert du Preez has said the Sharks have to make it count in 2019 and Mtembu agrees. The Sharks have made four finals (1996‚ 2001‚ 2007 and 2012) against New Zealand (Blues‚ Chiefs)‚ South African (Bulls) and Australian (Brumbies) opposition, but lost them all. They’re not the only South African Super Rugby side with a dismal playoff game record but theirs stands out because of the talent that has often been abundant at the Durban franchise. “We’ve been together for about three years now and in the last two years‚ we’ve had the same squad. There have been one or t...
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