Hollywoodbets Sharks head coach John Plumtree admitted he still has some way to go before the team will function effectively as a unit following their 29-32 loss to the Toyota Cheetahs on Sunday in Bloemfontein.
“We could have easily won the game, but our scrum was not good enough towards the end."
“I can come up with quite a few excuses, but I don’t want to take that away from the Cheetahs, they showed great character. They clearly have some really good players here. They are well organised and really wanted it."
“But we also didn’t help ourselves with the fixed facets that didn’t function. Our lineouts were disappointing in the first half. When we corrected that in the second half, we were back in the game.
“It’s a big part of our game that we haven’t got right yet.”
“We are playing some good rugby at home, but we haven’t done it away from home,” Plumtree said.
“We just haven’t been clinical enough, mainly in our set pieces. Unless your set piece functions well, you are always under pressure. Our set piece didn’t function against the Bulls and it didn’t function against the Cheetahs."
“That is a big part of our game we just haven’t got right yet. It is pretty tough, trying to get everyone to improve.”