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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on England Team unchanged for Ireland clash
England Team Manager Martin Johnson has named an unchanged starting line-up to face Ireland in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Saturday. The only changes to the matchday 22 are on the bench, where Lee Mears (Bath Rugby), Joe Worsley (London Wasps) and Ben...
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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on Maties show class in victory over Shimlas
FNB Maties showed tremendous grit and character in overcoming a competitive FNB Shimlas side to secure a hard-fought 31-15 Varsity Cup victory in a windy Stellenbosch on Monday night. Despite the howling wind, the Stellenbosch faithful flocked to the...
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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on Convincing win for Vishuis in Varsity Cup hostel league
Vishuis recorded a stunning 24-7 away win over Steinhoff Dagbreek in an exciting Steinhoff Koshuisrugby Championships clash in Stellenbosch on Monday. Vishuis, the Shimlas team in the Steinhoff Koshuisrugby Championships, have confirmed themselves as the...
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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on Juan Smith vital to Vodacom Cheetahs success!
In the Volksblad newspaper Vodacom Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske mentions that Juan Smith is making a significant impact both on attack and on defense for the Cheetahs! There is no denial that Juan will play a very important part in the 2010 Super 14...
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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on Know more about the hospitality suites at Vodacom Park
On this Blog we not only share information about the team and the performance of players, but also strive to provide more information about the facilities within the stadium. We have decided to share some insight on the hospitality suites within the stadium....
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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on Brumbies side to play Stormers announced
The Brumbies have made one change to their line-up to take on the Stormers in their Super 14 Round Three encounter at Newlands on Friday. Lock Ben Hand makes his first appearance for the side in 2010 having started every Super 14 match for the Brumbies in...
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Feb 22, 10 •
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Comments Off on Good news for Vodacom Blue Bulls on Matfield and Spies
The Vodacom Bulls received a massive boost on the injury front when its medical team confirmed that Springbok No 8 Pierre Spies will be fit to face the Waratahs. Spies, who injured his knee in the 50-32 win over the Brumbies at Loftus Versfeld, was the one...
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Feb 22, 10 •
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Comments Off on Super 14 Blues Toeava sidelined by injury
Blues centre Isaia Toeava looks set to miss the next few weeks of rugby as he struggles with a nerve injury in his buttock. Toeava is seeing a specialist on Monday to help clear the problem up, but the likely prognosis is a period of frustrating rest and...
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Feb 19, 10 •
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Comments Off on Reds surprise with bonus point victory over Crusaders!
The Queensland Reds displayed brilliant running rugby in a well-deserved victory over the Canterbury Crusaders on Friday! Reds flyhalf Quade Cooper scored 31 points as the Reds upset the Crusaders with a 41-20 victory in Brisbane. The Reds were brillant with...
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Feb 19, 10 •
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Comments Off on Blues hold off Highlanders in Carisbrook
The Blues survived a desperate late surge by the Highlanders to clinch a 19-15 win in their Super 14 match at Carisbrook on Friday night. The Blues scored three tries to two to retain the Gordon Hunter Memorial Trophy, which they have held since 2006, before...
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Feb 19, 10 •
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Comments Off on Rugby TV Ads
Here are some rugby tv ads that we thought you might like! South African World Cup Rugby Advert – Sasol That Elusive Guinness Rugby Advert Rugby World Cup 2007 Commercial Vodacom Rugby Ad Nike Rugby ad Adidas – Rugby World Cup ...
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Feb 19, 10 •
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Comments Off on Boks Motivational Clip by Gary Goldberg
This motivational video was used at the beginning of the British & Irish Lions series in South Africa in2009. It shows, among other things, the team during their team building program where they went open water diving with Sharks and spent an evening...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Ricky Januarie starts for Stormers against Waratahs
Springbok scrumhalf Ricky Januarie will make his first Super 14 start for the Stormers this year when they take on the Waratahs at Newlands on Saturday. Coach Allister Coetzee on Thursday named a team that shows a couple of changes from that which won their...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Bulls help un-lock some value for Sharks
The Blue Bulls Company has released lock Wilhelm Steenkamp, on loan, to the Sharks for the remainder of the Super 14 competition. Steenkamp, who has 19 Super Rugby caps, will return to his Pretoria base after completion of the competition. He will again be...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Experienced Brumbies side to battle Bulls in Pretoria
Star recruits Matt Giteau and Rocky Elsom will make their first appearances for the Brumbies in 2010 against Super 14 champions the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday night. The pair missed the Brumbies’ season-opening 24-15 win over the Western Force due to...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Bok 7’s Team paired with Samoa in pool for Adelaide 7’s
There is no easy route to the Finals of any IRB Sevens competition, and the Bok 7’s side will have to be at their best to improve their position on the log when they face Samoa in their pool in Adelaide! The Blitsbokke, who won the Plate in Las Vegas and...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Hurricanes to battle Force without suspended Eaton
Wellington – Hurricanes lock Jason Eaton has been stood down for disciplinary reasons and will miss Saturday’s Super 14 match against the Western Force in Wellington. The All Blacks forward had breached team protocol, the Hurricanes said in a...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Western Force picks 2 debutants to play Hurricanes
Emirates Western Force will debut two of their young guns in the starting XV with Mitch Inman and Ben McCalman set to tackle the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday night. Inman will start at outside centre after Ryan Cross was declared unfit following a...
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Feb 17, 10 •
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Comments Off on Steinhoff Vishuis is confident of meeting the high expectations of excellence in the Steinhoff Hostel League.
Vishuis qualified for the 2010 competition by winning the hostel league of the University of the Free State at the end of 2009. Their first match in the 2010 competition will be when they play Steinhoff Dagbreek in an away game at the Danie Craven Stadium in...
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Feb 17, 10 •
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Comments Off on Reds select teenage flanker to face Crusaders
Teenage backrower Jake Schatz will make his Super 14 debut for the QR Reds at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night against one of the toughest teams in the competition, New Zealand’s Crusaders. The 19-year old QAS Reds Academy forward, who captained his club...
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Feb 17, 10 •
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Comments Off on John Smit to plat 100th Super rugby game for Sharks
John Smit will make history on Friday night when he becomes the first local player to represent the same franchise in 100 Super rugby games. Bulls loose forward Pedrie Wannenburg will join Smit a day later when he becomes a centurion for the Pretoria-based...
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Feb 16, 10 •
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Comments Off on Pukke v Shimlas
Pukke scrapes home in narrow victory over Shimlas [We would to share the match summary from Varsitycup.co.za] NWU-Pukke bounced back from last week’s disappointing loss (to UCT) to secure a hard-earned 17-16 home win over Shimlas in their FNB Varsity...
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Feb 16, 10 •
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Comments Off on Big win for Ikeys over NMMU in Varsitycup
We would like to share the Match summary from Varsitycup.co.za: John Dobson’s Ikey Tigers were too good for FNB NMMU in their Varsity Cup – and Monte Taljaard Trophy – match in a windy Port Elizabeth on Monday evening, with the fired-up...
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Feb 16, 10 •
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Comments Off on Giteau cleared to play the Bulls
CA Brumbies playmaker has been cleared of further damage to his right quad after withdrawing from a training session last night. Giteau pulled out of the training session in Perth as a precaution with scans taken today clearing him of any new damage. He...
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Feb 16, 10 •
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Comments Off on Jean De Villiers heading back to SA
Munster centre Jean de Villiers will leave the province and return to South Africa at the end of the current season. According to the Belfast Telegraph website, the 28-year-old confirmed his decision on Monday, stating that his desire to play for the...
