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Super Rugby pre-season ready for lift-off as Sharks line up Russia

Curwin Bosch during the Super Rugby match between Cell C Sharks and Jaguares. (Photo by Steve Haag/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

The Sharks will prepare for this season’s Super Rugby tournament with two matches against Russia in Durban.

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Sean Everitt’s side will face Russia on Friday (January 10) and then again on January 17.

The Sharks will also face NWU-Pukke ahead of their first meeting with Russia this weekend.

A match against the Stormers in Soweto also awaits the Sharks on SuperHero Sunday (January 19).

The warm-up matches will provide some valuable game time for the Sharks with their new recruits. Some of the new players are Madosh Tambwe, James Venter, Sikhumbuzo, Ox Nche and Henco Venter.

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The Sharks start their 2020 Super Rugby campaign against the Bulls at Kings Park on Friday, January 31 before going on a four-match tour with matches against the Highlanders, Hurricanes, Melbourne Rebels and Queensland Reds.

Elsewhere, the majority of the Super Rugby teams will prepare for this year’s tournament with two trial matches, while the Sunwolves, Chiefs and Brumbies have scheduled only one match, respectively.

January 10, Friday

Sharks v Pukke
Venue: Kings Park, Durban

Sharks v Russia
Venue: Kings Park, Durban

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7BBTeNAUQV/

January 11, Saturday

Stormers v Maties, UCT, CPUT and a DHL WP XV
Venue: Florida Park, Ravensmead

January 17, Friday

Sharks v Russia
Venue: Kings Park, Durban

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Lions v Bulls
Venue: Loftus Versveld, Pretoria

Jaguares v Georgia
Venue: Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires

Highlanders v Waratahs
Venue: New South Wales, Sydney

Chiefs v Blues
Venue: Waihi Arena, Hamilton

Reds v Rebels
Venue: Marley Brown Oval, Gladstone

January 18, Saturday

Hurricanes v Crusaders
Venue: Mid Canterbury Rugby Union, Ashburton

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Qa2VYAgzR/

January 19, Sunday

Stormers v Sharks
Venue: FNB Stadium, Soweto

Lions v Bulls
Venue: FNB Stadium, Soweto

January 23, Thursday

Rebels v Brumbies
Venue: St. Albury, New South Wales

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https://twitter.com/RugbyPass/status/1214791959614607360

January 24, Friday

Jaguares v Georgia
Venue: San Isidro Club, Buenos Aires

Blues v Hurricanes
Venue: Takapuna Rugby Football Club, Auckland

Crusaders v Highlanders
Venue: Wanaka A&P Show Grounds, Otago

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5_0QHpgVwD/

Reds v Waratahs
Venue: Dalby Leagues Club, Queensland

January 25, Saturday

Sunwolves v Challenge Barbarians
Venue: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu, Japan

– Rugby365

Reds head coach Brad Thorn and new captain Liam Wright have spoken of their hopes for the upcoming Super Rugby season:

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Flankly 1 hour ago
'Absolute madness': Clive Woodward rips into Borthwick in wake of NZ loss

Borthwick is supposed to be the archetypical conservative coach, the guy that might not deliver a sparkling, high-risk attacking style, but whose teams execute the basics flawlessly. And that's OK, because it can be really hard to beat teams that are rock solid and consistent in the rugby equivalent of "blocking and tackling".


But this is why the performance against NZ is hard to defend. You can forgive a conservative, back-to-basics team for failing to score tons of tries, because teams like that make up for it with reliability in the simple things. They can defend well, apply territorial pressure, win the set piece battles, and take their scoring chances with metronomic goal kicking, maul tries and pick-and-go goal line attacks.


The reason why the English rugby administrators should be on high alert is not that the English team looked unable to score tries, but that they were repeatedly unable to close out a game by executing basic, coachable skills. Regardless of how they got to the point of being in control of their destiny, they did get to that point. All that was needed was to be world class at things that require more training than talent. But that training was apparently missing, and the finger has to point at the coach.


Borthwick has been in the job for nearly two years, a period that includes two 6N programs and an RWC campaign. So where are the solid foundations that he has been building?

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