Sharks Should Unleash 'the Boogie Man' Jurenzo Julius Against Bordeaux

Comment by Rowan Callaghan

Burly young centre Jurenzo Julius stunning cameo for the Sharks against Toulouse in Durban last Saturday suggested that The Boogie Man is going to give a lot more opponents nightmares, and that coach John Plumtree should let him off his leash more often.

The 20-year-old former Junior Springbok star sparked the Sharks, and the crowd, into life as he set up and scored their opening try in a style reminiscent of his playing days at Paul Roos Gymnasium and the junior national team, after coming on in the 58th minute of their Champions Cup clash at Kings Park.

He hurdled and side-stepped players, offloaded the ball to perfection to create the line-break that led to the try rounded off with a neat side-step of Blair Kinghorn and evaded tackles in an electric display in the 20-8 defeat.

It wasnt his only contribution to the game, with his energy and all-round play shaking the home team from their slumber in the oppressive heat and humidity of Kings Park on a typically balmy Durban evening, where Toulouse looked more at home than the error-prone Sharks.