In 2019, the participated in the 2019 Super Rugby competition, the 24th 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 6th place overall to qualify for the finals as a wildcard team. They lost in their quarterfinal match to the .

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Sharks coaching and management staff for the 2019 Super Rugby season were:

2019 Sharks coaches and management Name Title Robert du Preez Head coach Ricardo Loubscher Backline coach Jaco Pienaar Forwards coach Braam van Straaten Defence coach David Williams Attack coach

Squad

The following players were named in the Sharks squad for the 2019 Super Rugby season:

2019 Sharks squad Player Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Sharks Apps Pts Apps Pts Centre 42 40 32 35 Lock 20 0 20 0 Fly-half 33 178 33 178 Lock 59 20 33 15 Hooker 47 20 47 20 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Hooker 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Wing 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 37 35 37 35 Loose forward 38 30 38 30 Fly-half 31 322 17 215 Prop 52 30 52 30 Centre 56 25 56 25 Lock 0 0 0 0 Fullback 0 0 0 0 Lock 1 0 1 0 Centre 17 5 17 5 Prop 5 0 1 0 Wing 24 75 10 20 Hooker 0 0 0 0 Prop 0 0 0 0 Prop 13 0 13 0 Scrum-half 2 0 0 0 Prop 150 25 150 25 Loose forward 47 25 47 25 Wing 129 185 129 185 Wing 20 30 20 30 Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 Prop 102 50 28 10 Loose forward 30 10 15 5 Hooker 104 30 35 10 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Prop 27 0 27 0 Scrum-half 96 20 16 5 Fullback 8 0 8 0 Loose forward 0 0 0 0 Hooker 64 50 15 15 Lock 0 0 0 0 Loose forward 85 30 36 5 Lock 5 0 0 0 Hooker 0 0 0 0 Wing 54 100 24 55 Loose forward 22 10 22 10 Loose forward 6 0 6 0 Centre 15 5 13 5 Scrum-half 1 0 1 0 Fullback 0 0 0 0 Scrum-half 18 10 18 10 Wing 15 40 0 0 Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 15 February 2019, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Standings

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 QF SF Final Opposition Bye Bye Cumulative Points Position (overall) Position (SA Conf.) Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

The Sharks played the following matches during the 2019 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sharks in 2019 is as follows:

2019 Sharks player statistics Player name SF F App Try Con Pen DG Pts 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 16 16 8 3 0 0 0 15 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 19 4 19 19 4 5 5 17 2 0 0 0 10 5 5 5 19 5 5 5 5 5 9 1 0 0 0 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 20 20 6 20 6 6 6 6 16 1 0 0 0 5 7 7 7 19 19 20 7 7 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 16 7 0 0 0 35 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 21 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 17 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 22 22 22 22 22 10 10 10 17 2 16 10 0 72 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 16 5 0 0 0 25 12 12 12 22 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 16 4 0 0 0 20 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 16 3 0 0 0 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 1 0 0 0 5 15 15 15 15 15 23 23 23 15 15 15 15 15 23 15 15 4 0 0 0 20 16 16 16 16 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 15 1 0 0 0 5 17 17 17 17 17 17 1 17 17 17 17 17 12 1 0 0 0 5 18 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 19 4 19 19 19 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 21 21 9 21 21 21 21 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 22 23 15 23 23 5 1 1 0 0 7 23 22 22 12 22 22 22 7 2 0 0 0 10 18 18 18 18 17 18 3 18 3 1 1 18 18 17 18 15 1 0 0 0 5 23 23 23 23 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 14 2 15 19 0 97 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 19 4 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 21 21 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 6 6 6 20 20 20 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 23 23 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 14 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 7 6 6 6 8 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 22 13 23 23 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 17 17 1 1 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 18 18 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 7 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 Total 17 41 32 29 0 356

(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 23. 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, "Con" to the number of conversions kicked, "Pen" to the number of penalties kicked, "DG" to the number of drop goals kicked and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

Kwanda Dimaza, Muller du Plessis, Andrew Evans, Tera Mtembu, Sanele Nohamba, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Courtney Winnaar and Leolin Zas did not make any appearances.

See also

Sharks 2019 Super Rugby season

References