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Cape Town - In an exclusive interview, Sharks captain MARCO WENTZEL talks about fighting back, why his Springbok Tests weren’t memorable and the clash with the Bulls in Durban on Saturday.
Sport24 asked: The Sharks lie in fourth place on the South African conference and ninth overall. Sum up the trials and tribulations the team has experienced and the way forward.
Marco Wentzel: It has been a very difficult Super Rugby season for us so far and we could easily rattle off a whole list of excuses, from Gary Gold coming in late, to players getting injured and suspended. We could have turned on each other quite quickly, because it does happen to some teams, but the fact that we have remained united shows that we are a tight-knit group. I believe all of the (aforementioned) circumstances combined to create the perfect storm we are in, but we are fighting back and as the season progresses, I believe we will better understand what the coaching staff wants from us as players. You can definitely see that Gary and Brendan Venter have worked together before because they are unified in their game approach and their philosophies are very similar. Gary is a level-headed guy; he understands people and is probably one of the best man-managers I have worked with.
