I harbour no bad feelings against Ulster, if they are sick then what can you do or expect?
The Glasgow team also got sick, I hope the dietitian's on both teams take extra care now after whatever both teams did. I wonder actually in what professional environment this can get so out of hand.
I sincerely hope that they did not do something stupid.
But it is what it is, it's not great to lose out on a game that was looking like it could have a strong effect on the rest of the season, for both team's prospects really.
This could have been a game that swung these two teams' respective teams' log positions. On the Flipside, it could have enforced the position of Ulster against a first-choice Shark side at home. Either way, the result would have been powerful in the context of the season.
In all likelihood, this game is now only going to happen near the end of the season, things could be much different and the Sharks may not have their Springboks for that game. I suppose that should be no excuse but it does feel like a missed opportunity from a personal POV.
There will be a substantial financial loss from the Sharks, as their planned festival during and after the game now completely falls flat as no one will want to attend after the rugby game.
Musicians have been paid for, for a concert on the main stage after the game, along with the multitude of other events that was planned for this game, along with what would have been a game they invested the most marketing spend of the season on because it formed part of the festival concept that the union has targeted as a way to get fans to the ground.
To build the brand locally, last season's equivalent was against Leinster I think that if it was not the largest home crowd of all the URC teams last year then it would have been the best attended game of the season outside the final. This game could have been another season record.
Shark's official sources have indicated that it's very expensive and they cant do it too often maybe once or twice a season. So without a ball being kicked, the team has suffered a loss. Force majeure.
