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Sep 19, 17 •
1500 Views •
Analysis, General News, International, Pale Toe, Rugby Championship News, South Africa, Springbok News, Springboks, Super Rugby, The Rugby Championship •
Simon Riekert •
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Simon Riekert-Johannesburg Daar word altyd gesê dat rugbyspelers en veral ondersteuners so ʼn paar dae tyd nodig het om oor die skok of euforie van ʼn wedstryd te kom. Wel, dis Dinsdag en die nuusstroompie uit SARU raak dunner, maar die skok is helaas nog...
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Sep 12, 17 •
435 Views •
Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
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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 11, 17 •
509 Views •
Analysis, General News, Womens Rugby •
Johan Jonck •
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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 •
374 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
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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 •
507 Views •
Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
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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 •
419 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
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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 •
441 Views •
Analysis, Currie Cup F.Div, General News •
Johan Jonck •
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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 •
522 Views •
ABSA Currie Cup, Analysis, General News, South Africa •
Johan Jonck •
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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 •
418 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
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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 •
587 Views •
Analysis, Craven Week, General News, School •
Johan Jonck •
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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 •
525 Views •
Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
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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 •
381 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
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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 •
473 Views •
Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
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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 •
389 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
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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...
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Sep 5, 17 •
969 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
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On Saturday the 16th of September 2017 at 19:30 Toyota Stadium will host its first Guinness Pro14 match when the Toyota Cheetahs will take on Zebre from Italy. With the compliments of our remarkable and loyal sponsor, Toyota SA, this will also be our annual...
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Sep 5, 17 •
725 Views •
Analysis, General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
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The 2017 edition of one of the most exciting new events in South African schools rugby, the Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week, will be hosted at the Bill Jardine Stadium in Johannesburg from 2 to 5 October. The development rugby tournament, initiated by the SA...
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Sep 5, 17 •
698 Views •
Analysis, General News, Sevens Rugby •
Johan Jonck •
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Springbok Women’s Sevens captain Veroeshka Grain said on Tuesday the players are cautiously excited for the Rugby Africa Sevens in Tunisia next week, which also doubles up as the Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifier, and that they will focus all their energy on...
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Sep 4, 17 •
583 Views •
Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
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Ruan Dreyer arrived in Perth on Monday to complete the assembly of the full Springbok squad in Western Australia for this Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies. The front ranker arrived at around midday at the team...
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Sep 3, 17 •
448 Views •
Analysis, Currie Cup F.Div, General News •
Johan Jonck •
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The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias earned their maiden Currie Cup First Division victory on Saturday in an action-packed round as defending champions, the Down Touch Griffons, registered their second victory in a row. The team from Namibia got off to a...
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Sep 2, 17 •
784 Views •
Analysis, General News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
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The Springboks will continue to work hard and look for improvement as they head to Perth where they will face the Wallabies next in the 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship. The second part of the Springbok squad, consisting of the forwards and some...
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May 7, 17 •
661 Views •
Analysis, General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Logs, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
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The Emirates Lions maintained their winning streak with a comprehensive 47-10 victory over the Rebels in Melbourne on Saturday morning (SA time), while the Cell C Sharks continued with their quest for a place in the Vodacom Super Rugby playoffs by outplaying...
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May 7, 17 •
661 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
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The Leopards and DHL Western Province maintained their winning streak in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge this weekend, with both teams unbeaten after three weeks in this new tournament on the South African provincial rugby landscape. Their third win in as many...
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Apr 30, 17 •
830 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
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Visiting teams ruled in the second weekend of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge with no less than five of the travelling teams winning their matches, with only DHL Western Province able to win at home. It was action-packed from start to finish though, with yet...
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Apr 30, 17 •
527 Views •
Analysis, General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
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Cell C Sharks clinch vital bonus-point victory in Argentina Emirates Lions start Aussie tour with gritty win over Force The Southern Kings outplayed the Melbourne Rebels 44-3 in Port Elizabeth on Saturday evening to record their biggest Vodacom Super...
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Apr 27, 17 •
465 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
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Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth will make his 50th Vodacom Super Rugby appearance for the DHL Stormers when they face the Highlanders in Dunedin on Friday in the second of their three-match tour of New Zealand. Kick-off is 09h35 SA time. The imposing...
