The Sharks’ disappointing performance in last season’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship has been chalked off as a learning experience ahead of the competition’s 2022-23 edition. URC
This is according to coach Sean Everitt, as he announced a star-studded squad for the game against Zebre on Friday evening.
“After our URC review at the end of last season, there were certain things we had to work on,” Everitt said. The Sharks will be without a number of their key players for the first half of the season as the Boks wrap up their Rugby Championship this weekend before embarking on their end-of-year tour of Europe.“We are playing against teams that have their full international complement available, so we are under no false illusion of what is expected from us. I think that experience [of playing without their Boks] last year was good for us,” he added.
“We know that the breakdown in this competition is unforgiving, so it’s the area we focused on, plus as the accuracy and execution of set-piece attack and phase play.”
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