Johannesburg – Preparing for a Currie Cup stressful enough but spare a thought for rival coaches Sean Everitt of the Sharks and Jake White of the Bulls, who will only know this evening which of the players they have at their disposal for the most important game of the season.
Sharks chief executive Eduard Coetzee confirmed that the Sharks were due to undergo Covid-19 tests at 7am on Tuesday morning, and presumably it is the same at the Bulls, with all teams having to follow the same protocols (more than 48 hours must lapse after a game has ended before players can be tested).
Then there is a 12-hour wait for the results.
Following the Sharks beating Western Province is last weekend’s semi-final, it was revealing when Everitt commented that the challenges facing all of them are more tough than they let on.
“We always say it (the constant uncertainty over who can play and who can’t) does not affect our preparations, but it does,” Everitt said.
He also alluded to the wisdom of SA Rugby in allowing the four semi-finalists an extra week to prepare for the knockouts so that they could consolidate their squad.
