Eduard Coetzee: Last News

Sharks CEO Eduard Coetzee has apologised to their fans after Sunday's humiliating 35-0 home defeat to Cardiff.

Sharks CEO Eduard Coetzee said the dysfunctionality that comes with a World Cup year has had an impact on the Durban team's inconsistent 2022/23 season.

Former Sharks and Hurricanes coach John Plumtree is reportedly poised to return to Durban as the new Sharks head coach, replacing Sean Everitt, who was let go late last year.

The Sharks' chief executive officer Eduard Coetzee led the tributes as the South African sporting fraternity mourned the passing of former heavyweight champion Gerrie Coetzee.

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi will join French club Racing 92 after the World Cup later this year. Kolisi, who skippered the World Cup-winning Springboks at the 2019 tournament in Japan, currently plays for United Rugby Championship side Cell C Sharks. Confirming Kolisi's move to Paris and an early release from his contract, the Durban-based Sharks said he had agreed a multi-year deal with the Top 14 club. "Siya has been an instrumental and much-loved member of the Cell C Sharks family since his arrival two years ago," Sharks chief executive Eduard Coetzee told their website. "His move to France is a new and exciting opportunity, and we could not be happier for him. "We are blessed to have him don the black and white jersey, and we know that over the next few months he will continue to give back to the team and our fans."

Like a Durban North rickshaw carrying far too many people too pull, the Sharks laboured over the line to defeat the Ospreys on Friday night in the immediate game following the Cardiff humiliation.

Noel McNamara will remain in his role of attack coach at the Cell C Sharks, despite the departure of head coach Sean Everitt yesterday.

Sharks head coach Sean Everitt has stepped down from his post just 24 hours after his team suffered a humiliating 35-0 defeat to Cardiff at Kings Park on Sunday.

For any team, being left scoreless in a match is ignominious.