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Johannesburg - Cell C Sharks director of rugby Gary Gold was putting on a brave face after his team’s six point defeat to the Toyota Cheetahs that started his tenure at Kings Park, but he would be the first to agree that his first taste of the role was the stuff of nightmares.
According to the supersport.com website, The Sharks have been under the radar in their build-up to Super Rugby this year if you compare to the hype that surrounded Jake White’s involvement with the team this time in 2014. However what has been said has pointed to a bold new beginning in terms of game plans and intensity, and many who trekked to the stadium for the opening game would have done so with high expectations.
Perhaps those expectations were a bit too high as the Sharks were under-strength, with Ryan Kankowski, Frans Steyn and JP Pietersen still in Japan, and Willem Alberts still on the injured list. Jean Deysel, now back from Japan, was on the bench, but he has only just returned and probably isn’t the player now that he will be in a couple of weeks.
