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Western Force coach John Mitchell (Gallo)
Christo Buchner
Rustenburg – The Sharks, Stormers and Western Force will prepare for the Super14 series early next year in a mini-tournament in Cape Town.
Western Force coach John Mitchell on Friday confirmed that such a tournament is being planned.
He attended the Currie Cup match between the Sharks and Platinum Leopards in the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, which the defending champions won 44-15.
Although no other details have been revealed, Mitchell said matches between the Sharks, Stormers and his team would take place.
"It will probably be early in January," said Sharks assistant coach Grant Bashford.
"It will be excellent preparation for us to play against quality teams like the Stormers and Force."
"What everybody is looking for in the run-up to the Super14, is serious opposition, so you can see where you stand. It doesn't help if we play against a team we can beat by a 100 points. It won't help us at all."
Mitchell said a visit like that to South Africa could be of great value to him.
"It remains a wonderful yardstick to measure yourself against South African teams."
The Former All Blacks coach also said it was a wonderful stroke of luck to be able to help out at the Sharks over the past two weeks.
http://www.sport24.co.za/Content/Rug...per_14_planned_
I'd call that an overblown headline!
your not wrong, maybe "pre-season tour" is a more appropriate term
Good idea. Both teams are really strong at the breakdown and the Sharks in particular have a monster set piece. Will be awesome preparation before we run out onto the Glue Factory (MES).
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
Now all the sceptics in another thread can see the "real" reason why John was talking to the Sharks
Simon Cron: “People talk about winning and losing all the time and they are critical, but there’s a process to get into and it’s the ability to stay present, do your job and execute skills under pressure.”
There was only 1 sceptic.
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Septic with a "C"
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Seems to be a Super three fourteenths.
As for that so called septic with a c deep sea trawler skipper - Appears not to discern mud from sh1te...
Man's gotta do something while he's out there in his canoe, sans paddle.
Nice one!
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So that means we wont get any pre season trial games here ?? they are usually good value?? Pity.