Gold fears the Plum factor

Beleaguered Cell C Sharks director of rugby Gary Gold thinks the Hurricanes team that his men face in Wellington in a Vodacom Super Rugby tour match on Saturday will smell blood in the water and go all out for a comprehensive victory rather than be lured into any sense of complacency.


There are 22 log points separating the Hurricanes from the Sharks, and in terms of how the players and the supporters feel, there is even more of a world of difference between the two sides.


The Hurricanes are riding the cusp of a confidence wave and top the log, whereas in Durban the Sharks supporters a…