John Plumtree (Steve Haag Sports/Gallo Images)
In the build-up to their biggest fixture of the season, Sharks coach John Plumtree has implored his team to do one thing for him – win the week.
With Saturday’s EPCR Challenge Cup semi-final against French side Clermont Auvergne (kick-off 13.30) having taken on must-win significance if the Sharks are to have any chance of a backdoor entrance into next season’s Champions Cup, the levels of pressure the ambitious Durban franchise finds itself under are at fever pitch.
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