Halstead blow for the Sharks
February 20, 2002

Springbok centre Trevor Halstead, who has been battling to overcome injury ahead of the Sharks' first Super 12 match against the Stormers in Durban on Friday night, was dealt a further cruel blow this week.

In preparing for the season opener - a re-run of last year's Currie Cup final - Halstead (pictured) injured a knee during Monday night's practice session. Early indications are that he is likely to be out of action for the first half of the Super 12 competition.

Deon Kayser, Charl van Rensburg, newcomer Nicky van der Walt and hooker John Smit are also on the injury list, but are expected to be fit for the next stage of the Sharks' campaign after the match against the Stormers.

Rudi Keil from Boland has been invited to join the Sharks and will be assessed next week for a position in the squad.

That means Theo van Rensburg, the assistant coach, will remain behind next week, while the rest of the Sharks squad travel to New Zealand for their first away game against the Highlanders.

With only 24 players going to Dunedin, Van Rensburg will be concentrating on assessing players to select a further four to travel with him to Sydney to join the Sharks touring party.

Sharks squad:

Backs: Ricardo Loubscher, Thinus Delport, Rodger Smith, Andre Snyman, Stefan Terblanche, Werner Gey van Pittius, Herkie Kruger, Gaffie du Toit, Craig Davidson, Chad Alcock.

Forwards: Ollie le Roux, Lukas van Biljon, Deon Carstens, Etienne Fynn, Eduard Coetzee, Albert van den Berg, Mark Andrews, Philip Smit, AJ Venter, Shaun Sowerby, Warren Britz, Wayne van Heerden.

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