Rating
56
Above average — top 44% · Glicko-2 1613 ±90
Record
55-3-54
49.1% of 112 matches in the last five years
Average margin
+0.8
25.2 for, 24.4 against
Home advantage
+18.9
Points per match better at home
Attack
-1%
25.2 scored per match, against the placed field's average
Defence
+8%
24.4 conceded per match; positive is fewer than average
- Head coach
- JP Pietersen (URC & ERCC)
- Captain
- André Esterhuizen
- Founded
- 1890
- League
- United Rugby Championship
- Ground
- Kings Park Stadium (46,000 capacity)
- Based in
- Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
From Wikipedia, read 2026-08-20. Not an input to any forecast — the rating does not know who is coaching.
Zebre2026-05-16 · home54–19won
Benetton Treviso2026-05-09 · home46–7won
Edinburgh2026-04-24 · away28–33lost
Ospreys2026-04-18 · away17–21lost
Connacht2026-04-03 · away12–29lost
Newest first, from Sharks's own point of view. Home and away are as the record stores them; a fixture the record does not mark neutral is listed as one side's home, which is right for a league round and wrong for a final played at a third ground.
Biggest win: 69-14 v Dragons
Heaviest defeat: 12-66 v Bordeaux Begles
Above average — top 44%
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Teams that play alike sit close together. The two axes hold 68% of the variation between teams. Component 1 (45%) rises with more average margin and win rate. Component 2 (23%) rises with more high-scoring matches, less close matches.
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