The Sharks’ season continues to go from bad to worse, with the Durban-based side having surrendered a 15-point lead to lose against the Lions on Saturday.
The pressure continues to pile up on a Sharks team that always carries high expectations, but that continues to underperform this season, having fallen to the bottom of the URC table.
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Sharks need answers
Coach John Plumtree has admitted after the latest defeat that there is an increasing frustration with this latest run of results.
“To pretty much give the match away like that, we certainly have a few problems that we’re going to have to look at. Without being too disrespectful to the Lions, they put us under pressure, but we didn’t help ourselves either,” he told reporters.
“Every coach feels under pressure when you’re going through a patch like this, it’s perfectly natural. We’re all working real hard and we’re trying our best. Like always, I look at myself first and ask what I could’ve done better, but I’m disappointed with that second half.
“There’s something going on with the group … and we all feel it. We felt good [before the game] and felt good all week, but under pressure we didn’t respond well, and our decision-making under pressure was terrible tonight, and it’s going to have to go down to the leaders.”
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Bottom of the log
The Sharks remain at the bottom of the URC table, having won just one game out of nine.
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