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    A rugby season like no other for Sharks

    Feb 06, 2021 3 minutes
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    STEVE HAAG
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    MIKE GREENAWAY

    ON January 31, 2020 the Sharks beat the Bulls in Durban in the opening round of Super Rugby … almost exactly one year later the weirdest season in rugby history ended with the Sharks losing to the Bulls in Pretoria in the second half of extra time of the lightning-affected Currie Cup final.

    Surely this was a rugby season like no other … We had Super Rugby, no rugby for five months, Super Rugby Unlocked, the 2020 Currie Cup being won in 2021, matches called off because

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