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Jul 30, 18 •
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The Toyota Cheetahs and Southern Kings will set their sights on Celtic Park in Glasgow, which has been chosen as the host stadium of the 2019 Guinness PRO14 Final on 25 May next year as the showpiece event will be played outside of a traditional rugby venue...




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Jul 29, 18 •
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The Emirates Lions and the Crusaders will meet each other for the second successive year in the Vodacom Super Rugby Final, this time in Christchurch, after both teams won their home semi-final matches on Saturday. The team from the Highveld scored six tries...




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Jul 27, 18 •
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The South African Rugby Union on Friday updated its constitution to make specific provision for the addition of a female representative to its delegation to meetings of World Rugby, the sport’s global governing body. The new constitutional requirement...




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Jul 27, 18 •
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Premier Interschools is a series of 12 matches, which feature the highest profile and most traditional interschool rugby rivalries, from South Africa’s top rugby schools which are broadcast live on SuperSport from March to August. Grey High School will take...




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Jul 26, 18 •
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Oupa Mohoje will be leading the Toyota Cheetahs in the 2018/19 Guinness PRO14 championships. Coach Franco Smith made the announcement to team almost a week before Mohoje’s 28th birthday. “Oupa is true Free Stater and the perfect example of a player who...




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Jul 26, 18 •
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• Emirates Lions aim for third successive final appearance • Crusaders favourites against Hurricanes in Christchurch Springbok No 8 Warren Whiteley will lead the Emirates Lions in their Vodacom Super Rugby semi-final match against the Waratahs at Emirates...




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Nov 24, 17 •
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The Springboks are expecting a very difficult contest when they meet Italy at the Stadio Euganeo in Padova on Saturday, according to their captain, Eben Etzebeth. The Springbok lock has shrugged off a lower leg injury and will lead South Africa for the 10th...




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Sep 12, 17 •
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Springbok flyhalf Patrick Lambie was granted an early release from his contract held jointly between SA Rugby and the Cell C Sharks and is free to relocate to French club side Racing 92, it was announced on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Lambie asked to be...




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Sep 12, 17 •
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Springbok flank Jaco Kriel will return home to South Africa after a shoulder injury has ruled him out of Saturday’s vital Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the All Blacks in Auckland. The industrious flanker complained of a shoulder problem after...




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Sep 11, 17 •
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Rights Mkhari and Zinhle Ndawonde will face a baptism of fire in the Rugby Africa Sevens in Tunisia on Saturday and Sunday as they make their Springbok Women’s Sevens debuts in the tournament that doubles up as the Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifier. ...




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Sep 11, 17 •
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The Southern Kings arrived back in Johannesburg on Monday morning, 11 September after a two-week tour of Wales and Ireland to get their debut season in the GUINESSPRO14 competition underway. “Both the props Ettienne Swanepoel and Rossouw De Klerk will...




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Sep 11, 17 •
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The Springboks are looking forward to measure themselves against the best team in the world when they meet the All Blacks on Saturday in Albany, according to Springbok coach Allister Coetzee. The Springboks and Wallabies played to a 23-23 draw over the...




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Sep 10, 17 •
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The SA Select Women’s Sevens on Sunday finished the Hokkaido Invitational in Japan on a disappointing note as they suffered defeats in both their matches to finish the tournament in eighth position. The team faced a tough challenge in the Plate semi-final...




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Sep 10, 17 •
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Defending Currie Cup First Division champions, the Down Touch Griffons, continued to set the pace in the competition – sponsored by Nashua and DirectAxis – as they registered their third bonus-point win a row in a weekend of big victories. The Down Touch...




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Sep 10, 17 •
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DHL Western Province and the Xerox Golden Lions this weekend leaped into third and fourth place respectively on the Currie Cup Premier Divusion log in a vital boost for their semi-final hopes, while the Cell C Sharks matched the seven-match winning run they...




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Sep 8, 17 •
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The Toyota Cheetahs will face Munster in round 2 of the Guinness PRO14 championship at Thomond Park in Limerick on Saturday, 9 September. The match kicks off at 17:15 (18:15 SA time) and will be broadcasted live on SuperSport 1. Francois Venter has returned...




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Sep 7, 17 •
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Former Springbok winger Jongi Nokwe will coach a young SA Select Women’s Sevens team at the Hokkaido Invitational Sevens in Japan on Saturday and Sunday as regular coach Renfred Dazel prepares his team for the Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifier in Tunisia on...




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Sep 7, 17 •
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Southern Kings rugby fans in particular and Eastern Cape rugby fans in general are in for a treat and will be able to watch their favourite team against world class opponents as the Guinness PRO14 comes to South Africa, with tickets to this exciting new...




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Sep 7, 17 •
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The Cell C Sharks will hunt their seventh successive Currie Cup victory – a feat they last achieved in 2010 – when they travel to Nelspruit to take on the Steval Pumas on Friday evening as the competition – sponsored by Nashua and DirectAxis – enters...




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Sep 7, 17 •
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On Saturday, 9 September the Toyota Free State Cheetahs will be taking on Western Province at Newlands in Cape Town. Kick-off is at 15:00. While flyhalf, Ernst Stapelberg will be making his Currie Cup debut for the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, the...




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Sep 7, 17 •
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The 2018 edition of the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week will be hosted at Paarl Boys High from 8 to 14 July, in celebration of the school’s 150th anniversary, with both tournaments getting fresh makeover. The U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week...




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Sep 7, 17 •
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Ross Cronjé has shrugged off his ankle injury and comes back at scrumhalf in the Springbok team for Saturday’s important Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test in Perth against Australia. Cronjé, who has established himself as the regular No 9 this...




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Sep 6, 17 •
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The Currie Cup First Division teams will have their sights set on building momentum and working their way into favourable log positions this weekend as the competition nears the halfway mark. In Friday’s match, the Leopards will look to build on...




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Sep 6, 17 •
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He may have played in 92 Test matches since his debut more than nine years ago, but Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira is very much thrilled with the current Springbok environment. The experienced prop gave his trademark broad smile when he spoke about the...




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Sep 6, 17 •
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The captain of this year’s Gold Cup winners will become the first to hoist aloft the remastered version of the tournament’s iconic trophy, after it was painstakingly restored by the same company that manufactured it almost a century ago. The...



