2018 Sharks (rugby union) season

In 2018, the participated in the 2018 Super Rugby competition, the 23rd edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the South African Conference of the competition, along with the, , and.

The Sharks won seven, drew one and lost eight of their matches during the regular season of the competition to finish third in the South African Conference, and in 8th place overall to qualify for the finals as a wildcard team. They lost in their qualifier match to the.

Squad
The following players were named in the Sharks squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season:

Round-by-round
The table below shows the Sharks' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position:

Matches
The Sharks played the following matches during the 2018 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics
The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sharks in 2018 is as follows:

(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by. "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.


 * Tristan Blewett, Michael Claassens, Johan Deysel, Jean Droste, Khutha Mchunu, Coenie Oosthuizen, Rhyno Smith, Kerron van Vuuren, Jeremy Ward, Courtney Winnaar and Leolin Zas did not make any appearances.