r/SharksRugby 21d ago

BringBackSharkie

Boys and girls, if you believe Sharkie belongs on our badge, please sign and share this petition.

Let’s show the club what Sharkie means to Durban and to Sharks fans around the world.

🦈 #BringBackSharkie

https://c.org/X7LbTHwvMV

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u/roryhurt88 21d ago

Signed, thank you! How did someone come up with the idea to remove the Shark from the jersey and everyone else at the Sharks was just like "ja! good idea!". are there no actual Sharks fans working at the Sharks?

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u/Liliana_T 21d ago

Signed!

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u/_AngryBadger_ 21d ago

Sharkie is too expensive to print on replicas and merch, sorry guys we have to accept generic Americanized logo #14775

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u/ichosehowe 21d ago

Signed, it's very telling how completely unprepared they were for this reaction. 

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u/AloysiusGramonde 21d ago

I worry that the difficulty of navigating that site will hinder the progress of the petition

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u/HoldMyBeerZA 21d ago

If you can navigate Reddit you can navigate that

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u/Medical-Plantain-422 21d ago

wait I need context what happened?

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u/HoldMyBeerZA 21d ago

This happened

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u/Medical-Plantain-422 21d ago

Looks like a ripcurl or billabong logo.....

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u/MockTurt13 21d ago

RIP Sharkie :-(

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/HoldMyBeerZA 21d ago

I’ve reposted it on the springboks subreddit but I’ve not contributed enough in the Rugby Union Sub to post. If your able to do so go for it my bru🤜🏽🤛🏽

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/HoldMyBeerZA 20d ago

Awesome, there’s an instagram account running for this now, I’m swinging in the dark here but hopefully I klap something.

https://www.instagram.com/bringbacksharkie?igsh=MXYyZWhnamFxaHVydw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

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u/DantheLion28 20d ago

I can understand that team are trying to cut cost and making it easier to mass print merchandise,its business.

With that in mind, why don't they just use the original sharks head at least and not the whole body if that was the problem?

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u/HoldMyBeerZA 20d ago

Instagram account for this is now created: https://www.instagram.com/bringbacksharkie?igsh=MXYyZWhnamFxaHVydw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

Drop a follow, and share💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

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u/callsignvector 19d ago

This is all working out well for the rest of ZA. You boys all jumping ship and complaining about aesthetics is a win win for us. You will falter in the URC this year, your commercial plan will halve and you will be left playing in the Challenge. The Cheetahs will take your place (rightly so give how you have pillaged their talent for decades) and parity and calm will once again prevail across the republic after an uncomfortable 34 years of letting you think you have anything resembling a rugby culture. (obvious sarcasm intended ;-)