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Jun 18, 18 •
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BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship •
Shaun Liddle •
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Junior Springbok vice-captain and centre Wandisile Simelane, who capped off the World Rugby U20 Championship with the honour of being the joint top try-scorer with six tries, looked back at the competition with fond memories as the team prepared to depart for...
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Jun 18, 18 •
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General News, International •
Shaun Liddle •
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Julian Savea confirmed this evening that he will be leaving New Zealand at the end of the 2018 Investec Super Rugby season to join French Top 14 club Toulon. New Zealand Rugby, Hurricanes and Wellington Rugby have collectively praised Savea for his massive...
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Jun 18, 18 •
245 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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NSW Waratahs scrumhalf Jake Gordon has joined the Qantas Wallabies Mitsubishi Estate Ireland Series squad after Will Genia underwent surgery on a fractured arm. Gordon returned from Japan this morning after playing for the Waratahs in an exhibition game...
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Jun 18, 18 •
308 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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The All Blacks will be doing their part for National Volunteer Week in the build-up to the third and final Steinlager Series Test against France at Forsyth Barr Stadium. As rugby fans start to paint Dunedin black ahead of Saturday night’s Test, All Blacks...
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Jun 18, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
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England were beaten 33-25 by hosts France in the final of the World Rugby U20 Championship. Steve Bates’ side trailed 14-8 at the break with France scoring a try through Cameron Woki and Louis Carbonel contributing nine points. A Marcus Smith penalty...
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Jun 18, 18 •
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The New Zealand Under 20 team has finished fourth at the World Rugby U20 Championship, losing to a fast-finishing South African side in the play off match this morning in France. New Zealand held a 25-14 lead at the half time break, but South Africa scored...
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Jun 18, 18 •
248 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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The Junior Wallabies have won the Fifth Place Final of the World Rugby U20s Championship on Sunday night, defeating Argentina U20s 41-15 at the Stade De La Mediterranee, Béziers. Australia scored five tries to two as the young men in gold secured Fifth Place...
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Jun 18, 18 •
311 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship •
Shaun Liddle •
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Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux was a pleased man on Sunday after his team delivered a strong performance to defeat New Zealand by 40-30 at Stade de la Méditerranée in Béziers to finish the World Rugby U20 Championship on a high note and claim the bronze...
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Jun 18, 18 •
240 Views •
General News, SuperSport Challenge •
Shaun Liddle •
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Tafel Lager Griquas and the SWD Eagles scored important victories in the Central and South Sections of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge, while the Leopards and Eastern Province recorded their maiden wins for 2018 in Round 9 of the competition. The men from...
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Jun 17, 18 •
395 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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New Zealand Under 20 Coach Craig Philpott has made several changes to the team named to face South Africa in the play off for third at the World Rugby U20 Championship. The match will be played at a Stade De La Mediterranee in Béziers, kick off 4.30pm...
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Jun 17, 18 •
525 Views •
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Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira celebrated victory in his 100th Test appearance for the Springboks as the team clinched the Castle Lager Incoming Series over England at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday. South Africa overturned a 12-0 deficit to win...
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Jun 17, 18 •
327 Views •
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England U20s head coach Steve Bates has named his side to play France in the final of the World Rugby U20 Championship on Sunday (KO 6pm BST, live on ITV 4) in Beziers. Ben Curry (Sale Sharks) will captain the side on Sunday at Stade De La Mediterranee with...
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Jun 17, 18 •
383 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship •
Shaun Liddle •
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The Junior Springboks will face New Zealand in the World Rugby U20 Championship bronze playoff in Béziers on Sunday with a new centre pairing of Wandisile Simelane and Lyle Hendricks. Simelane switches from the left wing to centre, while Hendricks replaces...
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Jun 15, 18 •
891 Views •
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Springbok captain Siya Kolisi said the entire Bok team was extremely proud of Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira, who will make his 100th Test appearance for South Africa on Saturday. The Boks and England tackle each other in the second of three Castle Lager...
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Jun 15, 18 •
387 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship •
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Louis Koen said on Friday that the Junior Springbok team were determined to finish the World Rugby U20 Championship on a winning note when they meet New Zealand in the bronze playoff in Béziers on Sunday. The SAU20’s returned to the training field on...
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Jun 15, 18 •
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Egon Seconds will become the second South African to take charge of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship final when he takes the whistle in the showpiece match between France and England in Béziers on Sunday. Seconds will follow in the footsteps of...
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Jun 15, 18 •
662 Views •
Europe, General News, International, National, Pale Toe, South Africa, South Africa, Springbok News, Springboks •
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Simon Riekert- Johannesburg Rassie Erasmus, Springbokafrigter het toe nie soos bespiegel is, grootskaalse veranderings aan die Springbokspan gemaak wat eerskomende Saterdag in...
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Jun 15, 18 •
932 Views •
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Three more youngsters are making their provincial debuts when the iCOLLEGE Pumas face the Namibian Welwitschias at the Sasol Rugby Club in Secunda on Friday night. Prop forward Morgan Naudé and lock Le Roux Roets will have their first taste of the SuperSport...
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Jun 15, 18 •
403 Views •
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Boland Cavaliers head coach Randall Modiba has named an unchanged starting XV to face the SWD Eagles in a Supersport Rugby Challenge match at the Outeniqua Park stadium in George on Friday 15 June 2018. After a hard-fought battle against log-leaders Western...
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Jun 15, 18 •
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The Xerox Golden Lions XV host the Valke in the Supersport Challenge at Emirates Airline Park on Friday afternoon at 15:00 and shows six changes to the side that beat the Welwitchias at Wits last weekend. The Lions Under 19 side will also face a Valke side in...
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Jun 15, 18 •
417 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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The three-year cycle of the Coca-Cola Schools of Excellence rugby development programme will culminate in four rugby festivals in the Central, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape regions in the coming months as the project reaches an exciting finale for...
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Jun 15, 18 •
479 Views •
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Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Cell C Sharks XV SuperSport Rugby Challenge Sunday, 17 June 2018. Kick-Off: 13:00 Sisa Dukashe Stadium, East London Live on SuperSport 1 TEAM: 15. Luxolo Ntsepe 14. Godfrey Ramaboea 13. Christopher Bosch 12. Jonathan Francke 11. Tythan...
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Jun 14, 18 •
344 Views •
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The SuperSport Rugby Challenge will again reach communities far and wide when this enthralling competition resumes on Friday, with yet another action-packed Rugby Festival on Sunday promising to end a weekend of tries and more tries. The ninth round could...
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Jun 14, 18 •
329 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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Malherbe, Du Toit return to starting line-up for Bloemfontein clash Kriel and Du Preez amongst the replacements Tendai Mtawarira will make his 100th Test appearance for South Africa in Bloemfontein on Saturday in the second Test in the Castle Lager Incoming...
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Jun 14, 18 •
546 Views •
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England head coach Eddie Jones has named his team to play South Africa in the second Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday 16 June (kick off 1605 BST, live on Sky Sports Action & Main Event). There are two changes to the starting XV that played on Saturday...
