Winless Sharks look to turn things around

THIS season’s Sharks are looking alarmingly like the same side that stumbled through parts of last season until a late recovery in the United Rugby Championship (URC) took them to the semifinals — disjointed, error-prone and unable to turn potential into points.

- ROWAN CALLAGHAN

After four URC matches without a win, many among the Kings Park faithful may be asking whether John Plumtree is still the right man for the job. Plumtree’s squad is stacked with Springbok pedigree and World Cup winners and should be challenging for the title, not sitting near the bottom of the table.

What makes the current situation harder to excuse is that Plumtree has faced this problem before.

Last season, he admitted to the difficulty of integrating returning Springboks after the international window, disrupting combinations and squad balance. A year later, the same problem persists.

So, why hasn’t it been solved?