Once again our friends at Sharksworld have come to our aid with the inside track on our latest signing. Many thanks to Rob Otto for the article and Steve Haag of stevehaagsports.com for providing the picture.
When the news of Marcell Coetzee’s move to Ulster at the end of the current Super Rugby season emerged, it’s probably fair to say that Sharks fans moved pretty quickly from the initial shock and disbelief to resigned disappointment. After all, this sort of thing is becoming all too familiar in South African rugby of late and a player of Coetzee’s calibre would always be a prime target.
Coetzee has always been a very special player to Sharks fans – representing that rarest of breeds in the modern game, the true “home grown hero”. Growing up in one of Durban’s less fashionable neighbourhoods, Coetzee had to fight for every honour that came his way and was regularly overlooked for age-group teams en . . .
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