In 2018, the participated in the 2018 Super Rugby competition, the 23rd edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the South African Conference of the competition, along with the , , and .

The Sharks won seven, drew one and lost eight of their matches during the regular season of the competition to finish third in the South African Conference, and in 8th place overall to qualify for the finals as a wildcard team. They lost in their qualifier match to the .

Personnel

Squad

The following players were named in the Sharks squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season:

2018 Sharks squad Player Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Sharks Apps Pts Apps Pts Centre 25 15 15 10 Lock 10 0 10 0 Fly-half 20 97 20 97 Centre 0 0 0 0 Fly-half 16 156 16 156 Lock 42 10 16 5 Scrum-half 58 5 29 5 Loose forward 117 80 117 80 Centre 4 5 4 5 Lock 3 0 3 0 Loose forward 26 25 26 25 Loose forward 27 15 27 15 Fly-half 14 107 0 0 Prop 36 20 36 20 Centre 40 15 40 15 Prop 52 0 0 0 Lock 0 0 0 0 Lock 51 5 51 5 Centre 1 0 1 0 Prop 4 0 0 0 Wing 14 55 0 0 Hooker 34 0 34 0 Prop 0 0 0 0 Prop 2 0 2 0 Prop 136 25 136 25 Loose forward 40 15 40 15 Wing 112 170 112 170 Wing 7 15 7 15 Prop 102 50 28 10 Loose forward 15 5 0 0 Hooker 93 30 24 10 Prop 10 0 10 0 Scrum-half 80 15 0 0 Fullback 8 0 8 0 Hooker 49 35 0 0 Loose forward 73 30 24 5 Hooker 0 0 0 0 Wing 43 80 13 35 Loose forward 8 0 8 0 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Centre 15 5 13 5 Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 Fullback 0 0 0 0 Scrum-half 1 0 1 0 Wing 15 40 0 0 Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 17 February 2018, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Standings

Round-by-round

The table below shows the Sharks' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position:

Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 QF SF Final Opposition Bye Bye Bye Cumulative Points 1 1 3 8 9 9 13 14 14 18 18 23 24 28 28 28 32 32 36 Lost Position (overall) 5th 11th 12th 7th 9th 10th 10th 9th 10th 9th 11th 8th 10th 8th 9th 9th 9th 9th 8th Position (SA Conf.) 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

The Sharks played the following matches during the 2018 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sharks in 2018 is as follows:

2018 Sharks player statistics Player name SF F App Try Con Pen DG Pts 1 17 17 1 17 17 17 1 1 17 17 17 17 17 1 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16 16 16 16 16 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 16 2 0 0 0 10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 17 2 0 0 0 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 19 19 19 19 12 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 7 7 6 20 20 6 20 20 20 7 7 7 14 2 0 0 0 10 8 20 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 11 2 0 0 0 10 9 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 9 9 9 21 21 9 21 21 21 17 2 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 17 5 44 34 0 215 11 11 11 11 11 11 23 23 11 23 23 10 4 0 0 0 20 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 16 2 0 0 0 10 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 17 5 0 0 0 25 14 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 3 0 0 0 15 15 15 23 23 11 11 11 11 23 23 23 11 11 14 11 11 11 17 3 0 0 0 15 16 16 2 2 2 16 16 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 15 3 0 0 0 15 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 3 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 10 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 19 20 20 19 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 15 1 0 0 0 5 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 23 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 17 3 2 1 0 22 23 14 14 22 23 23 23 23 23 14 14 11 4 0 0 0 20 8 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 21 21 21 9 9 21 9 9 9 16 1 0 0 0 5 20 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 2 0 0 0 10 22 22 22 12 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 16 1 0 0 0 5 6 6 20 20 20 20 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 2 2 2 2 16 16 16 16 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 11 3 0 0 0 15 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 penalty try – 0 – – – 0 Total 17 50 46 35 0 447

(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

Tristan Blewett, Michael Claassens, Johan Deysel, Jean Droste, Khutha Mchunu, Coenie Oosthuizen, Rhyno Smith, Kerron van Vuuren, Jeremy Ward, Courtney Winnaar and Leolin Zas did not make any appearances.

See also

Sharks 2018 Super Rugby season

References