‘Canes could yet do a ‘Sharks’

Cape Town – The Hurricanes, on paper at the halfway stage for most teams in Super Rugby’s ordinary season, look as though they’re on a near-unstoppable surge to top-placed finish and rights to a possible maiden home final and first-time title.

But paper can be a reasonably flimsy, deceptive device in sport, and if last year’s occurrence in the competition is any yardstick, the men from the Cake Tin should be extremely wary of resting on their laurels for the run-in.

At roughly the same time in 2014, Jake White’s Sharks were sitting almost as pretty, with seven wins from eight of their 16 league fixtures, their only blemish having been a 23-19 derby reverse to the Bulls at Loftus.