‘No regrets’ - Everitt leaves Sharks with immediate effect

The Durban-based side announced on Monday evening that Everitt has left “by mutual consent”.  

The announcement came some 24 hours after the side’s humiliating 35-0 defeat to Cardiff at Kings Park on Sunday night. 

“This decision has been made in the best interests of the team moving forward,” said Sharks CEO Eduard Coetzee. 

“Our Director of Rugby, Neil Powell, will oversee the remainder of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship campaign as well as our first foray in the Heineken Champions Cup, which kicks off on the 10th of December. Neil will be ably supported by the rest of our current senior coaching structure, which remains unchanged.”

Everitt has been with the Sharks since 2008, when he was appointed as an assistant in a Currie Cup winning year.

He also coached the unbeaten Sharks Under 19s to the SA Rugby Under 19 Championship title in 2018, and thereafter he assumed the role as head coach of the 2020 Super Rugby campaign, where they were top of the log when Covid brought an abrupt end to the campaign.

“This is a sad development for me and sometimes the results don’t always match the tireless effort that has been put in,” Everitt said in a statement.

“I have been a part of this union for close on 15 years and I’ve always had the best interests of this team at heart. I leave with no regrets.”