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Jun 25, 19 •
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The 2019/20 Ulster Rugby Academy squad has also been announced, which includes five new entrants. Flying back three sensation Aaron Sexton will make the full time switch from athletics to rugby, having recently broken the Irish Schools records for both the...
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Jun 25, 19 •
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The Ulster Rugby management team has confirmed the senior playing squad for next season, with 37 fully-contracted players and 7 development players included. Of the 44 players named in the panel, 41 are Irish-qualified and 27 have progressed through...
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Jun 24, 19 •
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Simon Riekert- Loftus Versveld Dit was ʼn moeë Pote Human wat Saterdag met my gepraat het uit Nieu Seeland; daar was verligting in sy stem dat die SuperRugby-seisoen van 2019 verby is, maar agter daardie moeë stem was daar ʼn tikkie weemoed wat agter sy...
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Jun 24, 19 •
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Edinburgh have today secured the signing of Fijian Sevens star Mesulame Kunavula on a long-term deal. Kunavula, 22 – who can operate across the back-five and is equally adept at both flanker and lock – links up with his teammates immediately as they...
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Jun 24, 19 •
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The ISUZU Southern Kings have been boosted in their pre-season preparations by the arrival of highly experienced Kiwi strength and conditioning coach, Wayne Taylor. “Tails”, as he is affectionately known, has joined the Port Elizabeth-based side where he...
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Jun 24, 19 •
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The Tafel Lager Griquas team claimed their first SuperSport Rugby Challenge title by beating defending champions, Pumas 28-13 at Transnet Saldanha Stadium in Saldanha Bay on Sunday. The new champions held a 16-8 lead at the break and always seemed to have the...
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Jun 24, 19 •
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A group of twenty six players have gathered in Pretoria on Sunday for the next installment of the national alignment and conditioning camps as the Springboks continue with their preparations for the forthcoming international season. Players from the Vodacom...
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Jun 21, 19 •
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The SuperSport Rugby Challenge final between the Pumas, and Tafel Lager Griquas in Saldanha on Sunday might be a repeat of last year – when the two sides contested the final in Oudtshoorn with Pumas winning – but that is one of the few unchanged...
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Jun 21, 19 •
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Samu Kerevi has claimed back-to-back Pilecki Medals after being voted by his teammates as the St.George Queensland Reds best player in 2019. For a second-straight year, Kerevi won the top award which is named after the late legendary Queensland prop Stan...
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Jun 21, 19 •
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The Scarlets have further strengthened their squad for the 2019-20 campaign with the signings of second row Danny Drake, scrum-half Dane Blacker and prop Alex Jeffries. Danny Drake joins from New Zealand provincial side North Harbour. The 24-year-old lock has...
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Jun 21, 19 •
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The Qantas Wallabies are pleased to announce that Shaun Berne will join the coaching staff ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Berne, who completed his Vodafone Super Rugby commitments with the Melbourne Rebels earlier this week, will start his role...
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Jun 21, 19 •
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The New Zealand Under 20 side to face Ireland in their seventh place play-off match at the World Rugby U20 Championship in Argentina has been named. The team is: 1. Oliver Norris2. Shilo Klein3. Fletcher Newell4. Cullen Grace5. Tupo Vaa’i6. Kaylum...
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Jun 21, 19 •
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Exciting young centre Tom Griffiths is to join Dragons from English and European champions Saracens. Griffiths has agreed a deal to make the move to Rodney Parade and will link up with his new team-mates at Ystrad Mynach from Monday. The hard-running and...
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Jun 21, 19 •
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Junior Springbok scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse has been nominated as one of four players for the World Rugby U20 Championship Breakthrough Player of the Tournament award after a strong contribution to the team’s performance in the international showpiece in...
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Jun 20, 19 •
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The Vodacom Bulls and Cell C Sharks will be flying the South African flag during the 2019 Vodacom Super Rugby quarterfinals this weekend. Handre Pollard and his Vodacom Bulls team face the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday morning with the men from...
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Jun 20, 19 •
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England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has announced a squad of 29 players to attend England’s training camp at Pennyhill Park next week (23-27 June 2019). Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints), Ruaridh McConnochie (Bath Rugby) and...
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Jun 20, 19 •
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Date: Saturday 22 June 2019 Time: 20h05 (AEST) 12h05 (CAT) Venue: GIO Stadium, Canberra Referee: Mike Fraser Assistant Referees: Angus Gardner, Graham Cooper Television Match Official: James Leckie The Cell C Sharks side named to play the Brumbies in...
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Jun 20, 19 •
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Vodacom Bulls midfielder, Jesse Kriel, will make a welcome return to the starting team to face the Hurricanes in the Vodacom Super Rugby quarterfinals clash in Wellington on Saturday. Kriel returns from an ankle injury sustained late in April and will run out...
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Jun 20, 19 •
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Rugby Australia Chief Executive Raelene Castle has issued the following statement after World Rugby announced overnight that it has discontinued plans for a World Nations Championship after it failed to gain unanimous agreement from the Unions to continue its...
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Jun 20, 19 •
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New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has commended World Rugby for its leadership in seeking to strengthen the global game, despite being forced to discontinue plans for a World Nations Championship, after failing to win unanimous support from Unions. NZR Chief Executive...
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Jun 20, 19 •
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The Junior Springboks owe it to themselves and the country to finish the World Rugby U20 Championship on a winning note when they line up against Argentina in the bronze playoff in Rosario on Saturday. That is the view of Junior Springbok captain, Phendulani...
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Jun 20, 19 •
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The owners of the ISUZU Southern Kings franchise and Head Coach Deon Davids have mutually agreed to part ways. “We greatly appreciate the hard work Deon has done in laying the foundation for the future,” said Loyiso Dotwana, Chairman of the ISUZU Southern...
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Jun 19, 19 •
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Junior Springbok assistant coach Bafana Nhleko said on Wednesday the team was still hurting from their defeat against France in the World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final, but they were determined to finish the tournament on a high note. The Junior...
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Jun 19, 19 •
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Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions coach, Mzwakhe Nkosi, will take charge of the SA Schools team and Border’s Phiwe Nomlomo of the SA Schools A-team in August when the two South African sides take on France, England, Wales and Argentina in the annual U18...
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Jun 18, 19 •
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England will face Wales in the fifth-place final on Saturday at the World Rugby U20 Championship after sealing a 30-23 victory over Ireland in Rosario, Argentina. They will take on Wales, who earlier defeated New Zealand in the other semi-final, at the...
