{"id":138884,"date":"2019-06-08T15:06:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T13:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/preview-jaguares-vs-cell-c-sharks-featured-durban-blog\/"},"modified":"2019-06-08T15:06:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T13:06:19","slug":"preview-jaguares-vs-cell-c-sharks-featured-durban-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/preview-jaguares-vs-cell-c-sharks-featured-durban-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Jaguares vs Cell C Sharks \u2013 Featured Durban Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sharksrugby.co.za\/preview-jaguares-vs-cell-c-sharks\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preview: Jaguares vs Cell C Sharks<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>The Cell C Sharks take on the Jaguares in a second round, return leg Vodacom Super Rugby derby clash at the Jose Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires on Saturday evening knowing what they need to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With one pool match \u2013 against the DHLStormers \u2013 remaining after this one, also away from home, the Cell C Sharks hold our destiny in our own hands. A huge effort in the final fortnight of the pool stages of the competition will secure a top eight finish and a place in the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is no shortage of motivation for a Cell C Sharks side that knows they have two weeks to deliver all-or-nothing performances to secure a place in the knock-out rounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all know we need to win the next two to make the play-offs and the boys are very encouraged to produce the goods; we\u2019re very motivated to go win these next two games,\u201d said eighthman Dan du Preez who last week celebrated his half-century milestone of appearances in Vodacom Super Rugby for the Cell C Sharks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>What They Said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve adopted the mindset of playing knock-out rugby for a few weeks now and it\u2019s getting close to the business end now so the knock-out stance intensifies and we won\u2019t shy away from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cell C Sharks prop Thomas du Toit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough last weekend didn\u2019t go according to plan, we can take confidence out of a lot of our performances this year. We just need to pull together as a team and cut out the errors. The Jaguares are a very physical team so we\u2019ll have to take them on at set-piece time. Our set-piece needs to function to give our backs the platform to strike off. \u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cell C Sharks eighthman Dan du Preez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJaguares: They\u2019re an international team, that play all year round together, they never split up. They\u2019re delivering at the moment, they\u2019ve hit a run of form and have unity and belief.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cell C Sharks Assistant Coach Nick Easter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Head coach Robert du Preez has made a few changes to the side, with Hyron Andrews and Tyler Paul starting amongst the forwards and Robert du Preez coming in at flyhalf with Curwin Bosch named at fullback.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Jaguares are coming off a great run of form with three victories over Australian and New Zealand opposition including a statement-of-intent 28-20 victory over the Hurricanes in Wellington. They\u2019ve won seven of their last eight matches after starting the competition after losing four of their first six matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two teams have met seven times in Vodacom Super Rugby with the Cell C Sharks having won on five occasions and the Jaguares two although the Jaguares have won two of their last three matches against the Sharks after losing their first four encounters in Super Rugby history.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Few Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clean Breaks*:<\/p>\n<p>Cell C Sharks: 9.6 Jaguares: 8.7<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goal-kicking Percentage:<\/p>\n<p>Cell C Sharks: 77% Jaguares: 76%<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Offloads*:<\/p>\n<p>Cell C Sharks: 8.4 Jaguares: 6.8<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Penalties Conceded*:<\/p>\n<p>Cell C Sharks: 8.4 Jaguares: 10.6<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tackle Percentage:<\/p>\n<p>Cell C Sharks: 86% Jaguares: 85%<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lineout Success:<\/p>\n<p>Cell C Sharks: 85% Jaguares: 89%<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scrum Success:<\/p>\n<p>Cell C Sharks: 93% Jaguares: 86%<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>*Ave per game<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head to Head:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2017: Cell C Sharks 18-13 Jaguares<\/p>\n<p>2017: Jaguares 25-33 Cell C Sharks<\/p>\n<p>2018: Jaguares 29-13 Cell C Sharks<\/p>\n<p>2018: Cell C Sharks 20-10 Jaguares<\/p>\n<p>2019: Cell C Sharks 17-51 Jaguares<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Referee: \u00a0Nick Briant<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off: Saturday 8 June<\/p>\n<p>Time: 9.40pm<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Estadio Jose Amalfitani, Buenos Aires<\/p>\n<p>The post <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/sharksrugby.co.za\/preview-jaguares-vs-cell-c-sharks\/\">Preview: Jaguares vs Cell C Sharks<\/a> appeared first on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/sharksrugby.co.za\">Sharks Rugby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fill in the form below to have your blog featured on MyDurban \u2013 we will post a snippet and title link to your new blog posts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Submit and get free press releases here:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyPR Free Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mydurban.co.za\/meet-some-of-our-durban-bloggers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meet the Durban Bloggers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preview: Jaguares vs Cell C Sharks: The Cell C Sharks take on the Jaguares in a second round, return leg Vodacom Super Rugby derby clash at the Jose Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires on Saturday evening knowing what they need to do. \u00a0 With one pool match \u2013 against the DHLStormers \u2013 remaining after this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[8275,3335,953],"class_list":{"0":"post-138884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-durban","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-mydurban-co-za","9":"tag-newspaper","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}