The MTN Golden Lions ended the first round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division at the top of the standings after they saw off second placed The Sharks in Johannesburg on Saturday. It was the Golden Lions’ sixth win from their first seven matches as they moved up to 27 log points, five ahead [...]

Middelburg, Brakpan and Noordelikes are the latest teams set to qualify for the 37th National Club Championships in Stellenbosch next month, following a drama-filled weekend of club rugby action from around the country. The season-ending tournament, which features the 14 provincial champions, a team from Limpopo, as well as one invited club in a 16-team [...]

The MTN Golden Lion secured their position on the top of the 2011 ABSA Currie Cup log after they beat The Sharks 28-19 at a fuller than usual Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg. The Sharks’ loss comes at the hand of none other than Elton Jantjies, who scored 23 of his sides total of 28 points [...]

Rugby supporters will have the opportunity to send off the Springbok team to the Rugby World Cup next Thursday (September 1) when the team will make a public farewell from Sandton, broadcast live on national television and radio.   Thousands of fans are expected to pack Sandton as the team makes an on-stage appearance in [...]

Top 20 Rankings for u15 (North Vaal Region): 1. Waterkloof 2. Monument 3. Transvalia 4. HTS Middelburg 5. Eldorainge 6. Menlopark 7. Affies 8. Helpmekaar 9. Ben Vorster 10. EG Jansen 11. Kemptonpark 12. Nelspruit 13. Florida 14. Tuine 15. Brandwag 16. Zwartkop 17. Garsfontein 18. Pretoria boys High 19. Marias Viljoen 20. Litchenburg Other [...]

My name is Chantal Cloete and I’m a student at the University of the Witwatersrand, studying towards my Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Marketing Degree. As partial fulfilment of this degree I need to submit a research project or thesis.   I am conducting my research on fan identification with the Sharks rugby team [...]

The Sharks and Lions go head-to-head in the weekend’s Absa Currie Cup spotlight match, a massive Joburg derby match that the opposition teams and plenty of rugby fans will be watching with more than just a passing interest. The Lions are a bonus point ahead of The Sharks on the log going into this match [...]

Photo by Denese Lups / Rugby15 Allister Coetzee, head coach of DHL WP, today named a match 22, to take on the Pumas at Puma Stadium in Witbank, on Friday 26 August, with 9 positional and other changes to the 22 that beat the Lions last Friday in Cape Town. 7′s specialist Steven Hunt gets [...]

Photo by Andrew Schoeman / Rugby15 The first round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division ends this weekend with a clash between the two top teams on the log when the MTN Golden Lions host The Sharks in Johannesburg on Saturday. Friday’s two games see the two most successful teams in the history of [...]

Vodacom Blue Bulls winger Bjorn Basson was ruled out of Friday’s Absa Currie Cup match against the Leopards in Rustenburg due to a influenza. He will be replaced by Gerhard van den Heever.   The revised team to play the Leopards is: 15. Jurgen Visser, 14. Akona Ndungane 13. Zane Kirchner 12. Wynand Olivier 11. [...]