This season a juggling act

You have got to feel for especially the Sharks and their coach John Plumtree, but also, all the teams playing in the United Rugby Championship.

- Jacques van der Westhuyzen

The stop-start nature of the competition makes life extremely difficult for the teams and at the end of it all the outfit that wins the title would probably have dealt best with the interruptions throughout their campaign. Because, let's be honest, there are a lot.

For two weekends now Plumtree has been able to pick his strongest Sharks team, with a bunch of Springbok players in the mix, and they've knocked over two former championship-winning sides, Glasgow Warriors and Munster.