It appears that Sharks coach John Plumtree will be sacked if they don’t have success on their Super 14 tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Even the support from the Sharks’ rugby bosses appears lukewarm after the team lost their first three matches in this year’s competition.

It was reported this week that Sharks coach John Plumtree was not prepared to comment when he was asked whether the coach’s job is safe.

And, to make things worse, the Waratahs have stated that they will have no mercy for the struggling Sharks in Sydney on Saturday.

The Sharks have a poor record in Sydney. The last time that they won there was in 2000.

Of the eight games they have played there against the Waratahs, they have won only two.

“It’s sometimes a case that a team full of champion players like the Sharks aren’t a champion team,” Waratahs prop Al Baxter told the Sydney Morning Herald.

Waratahs coach Chris Hickey said that he realised how dangerous a wounded side like the Sharks could be.

“They are realising that they are running out of time and that they have to win against us. If you look at their games, they were in the picture every time with 20 minutes left to play, but just could not make it.”

Source: supersport.co.za

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