2019 Sharks (rugby union) season explained

Season:	2019
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Cup1:	Overall
Cup1 Result:	6th
Cup2:	South African Conference
Cup2 Result:	3rd
Prevseason:	2018
Nextseason:	2020

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:^[1]

2019 Sharks coaches and management
Name	Title
	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:^[2]

2019 Sharks squad
Player	Position/s	Date of birth (age)	Super Rugby		Sharks
Apps	Pts	Apps	Pts<	-- Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	All Appearances	All Points	Sharks Appearances	Sharks Points-->
	Centre	February 15, 2019	42	40	32	35
	Lock	February 15, 2019	20	0	20	0
	Fly-half	February 15, 2019	33	178	33	178
	Lock	February 15, 2019	59	20	33	15
	Hooker	February 15, 2019	47	20	47	20
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Hooker	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Wing	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	37	35	37	35
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	38	30	38	30
	Fly-half	February 15, 2019	31	322	17	215
	Prop	February 15, 2019	52	30	52	30
	Centre	February 15, 2019	56	25	56	25
	Lock	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Fullback	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Lock	February 15, 2019	1	0	1	0
	Centre	February 15, 2019	17	5	17	5
	Prop	February 15, 2019	5	0	1	0
	Wing	February 15, 2019	24	75	10	20
	Hooker	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Prop	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Prop	February 15, 2019	13	0	13	0
	Scrum-half	February 15, 2019	2	0	0	0
	Prop	February 15, 2019	150	25	150	25
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	47	25	47	25
	Wing	February 15, 2019	129	185	129	185
	Wing	February 15, 2019	20	30	20	30
	Scrum-half	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Prop	February 15, 2019	102	50	28	10
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	30	10	15	5
	Hooker	February 15, 2019	104	30	35	10
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Prop	February 15, 2019	27	0	27	0
	Scrum-half	February 15, 2019	96	20	16	5
	Fullback	February 15, 2019	8	0	8	0
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Hooker	February 15, 2019	64	50	15	15
	Lock	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	85	30	36	5
	Lock	February 15, 2019	5	0	0	0
	Hooker	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Wing	February 15, 2019	54	100	24	55
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	22	10	22	10
	Loose forward	February 15, 2019	6	0	6	0
	Centre	February 15, 2019	15	5	13	5
	Scrum-half	February 15, 2019	1	0	1	0
	Fullback	February 15, 2019	0	0	0	0
	Scrum-half	February 15, 2019	18	10	18	10
	Wing	February 15, 2019	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	R15	R16
Opposition					style="background:#ECECEC;"	Bye	style="background:#ECECEC;"	Bye
Cumulative Points					style="background:#ECECEC;"		style="background:#ECECEC;"
Position (overall)					style="background:#ECECEC;"		style="background:#ECECEC;"
Position (SA Conf.)					style="background:#ECECEC;"		style="background:#ECECEC;"

Key:	win	draw	loss	bye

Matches

The Sharks played the following matches during the 2019 Super Rugby season:^[3] ^[4]

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.

Notes and References

Vodacom Super Rugby 2019 . Sharks . 30 November 2018 . 5 December 2018 . 29 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181229015620/http://sharksrugby.co.za/vodacom-super-rugby-2019/ . dead .
Web site: 2019 Super Rugby Squad . Sharks Rugby . 6 July 2019.
2019 Super Rugby Draw Released . SANZAAR . 12 June 2018 . 12 June 2018.
Web site: 180611 GT 2019 Super Rugby Draw - Match Days and Times - Final Master . SANZAAR . 12 June 2018 . 12 June 2018.