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The penultimate day of action the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week tournaments at St Stithians College on Thursday proved to be an attacking festival as 828 points were scored in an entertaining day’s play. A total of 112 points and 17...
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Jul 20, 17 •
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Match: Steval Pumas vs Xerox Golden Lions Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Date: 23 July 2017 Kick-off: 14:30 Let the games begin: Steval Pumas vs Xerox Golden Lions Steval Pumas’ coach Brent Janse van Rensburg has said that the Currie Cup Premier...
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Jul 20, 17 •
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Sixteen weeks of stirring provincial rugby action will be kick-started on Friday evening when South Africa’s favourite domestic competition, the Currie Cup, presented by Nashua and Direct Axis, kicks off in Bloemfontein, where the Toyota Free State...
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Jul 20, 17 •
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Fifth all-South African playoff at Emirates Airline Park DHL Newlands invaded by Kiwis Canberra, Christchurch to host other playoffs Saturday’s Vodacom Super Rugby quarter-final between the Emirates Lions and Cell C Sharks in Johannesburg will only be the...
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Jul 20, 17 •
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Emirates Lions vs Cell C Sharks: 22 July 2017 @ 14:30 Ruan Combrinck will reach the milestone of 50 Super Rugby caps when he runs out at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday for the Vodacom Super Rugby quarter final against the Cell C Sharks. The same team will...
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Jul 20, 17 •
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Nkosikhona Masuku from the Golden Lions has been named the Coca-Cola Hero of the Day for day 3 of the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week. The prestigious Coca-Cola Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in recognition of a game changing...
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Jul 20, 17 •
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JD Schickerling and Roelof Smit catching eggs, SP Marais and JT Jackson making trick-shots and Rosko Specman and Ox Nche stumbling over their words are just some of the lighter moments rugby supporters will enjoy in a new series of Currie Cup videos which are...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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The U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week players were treated to a special motivational talk on Wednesday by the Springbok, Springbok Sevens and Junior Springbok coaches in a memorable evening at the SA Rugby Youth Weeks. Springbok coach...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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A handful of teams in the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week on Wednesday ensured that they have a chance to stake a claim for a place in the final match of the respective tournaments on Saturday as they remained unbeaten in their...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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The impoverished community of Mataffin was filled with laughter and excitement as a container library was donated to orphans living in the Mataffin Woodhouse Community Care Centre on Mandela Day. This year for the first time, two children from the community...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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Date : Friday, 21 July 2017 Time : 19h00 Venue : Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Referee : Cwengile Jadezweni Assistant Referees : Jaco Pretorius, Jaco Kotze Television Match Official : JJ Wagner Keegan Daniel captains a Cell C Sharks side filled with...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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Four Junior Springboks, Wandisile Simelane, Jeanluc Cilliers, Reinhardt Nothnagel and Len Massyn have been contracted by the Lions Rugby Company (Pty) Ltd. Rudolf Straeuli, CEO, emphasised that “we aim to develop players and keep key junior players in the...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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Experienced flyhalves Handré Pollard and Lionel Cronjé are amongst 14 players invited to a Springbok medical and conditioning assessment camp, which will be held in Stellenbosch next week. Thirteen of the 14 players are from the three South African...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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Team to play the Blue Bulls Tafel Lager Park – Kimberley 22 July 2017 – 19:30 1 Liam Hendricks 2 AJ Le Roux 3 Ewald van der Westhuizen 4 ...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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Dian Bleuler from South Western Districts has been named the Coca-Cola Hero of the day for day 2 of the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week. The prestigious Coca-Cola Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in recognition of a game changing...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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Extended national train-on squad, excluding Brumbies players as they compete in Vodafone Super Rugby Finals Forwards Jermaine Ainsley*, Western Force Adam Coleman, 12 Tests, Western Force Pek Cowan, 10 Tests, Western Force Jack Dempsey, 1 Test, NSW Waratahs...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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The U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week tournaments continued to entertain at St Stithians College in Johannesburg on Tuesday, with big victories dominating an action-packed day’s play. The Sharks registered an impressive 53-33 victory...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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The Xerox Golden Lions Under 19 side will travel to Pretoria on Friday to face the Blue Bulls in their third encounter in the competition. The Lions are top of the log with two wins out of two games played and are on 10 points. Three Lions players, Louritz...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will be facing the Cell C Sharks in the first Currie Cup match of the season on Friday Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein. The game kicks off at 19:00 on 21 July 2017. Free State Rugby announced late last week that the position of...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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The Qantas Australian Men’s Sevens team will play an International Series against Japan in Mackay, Queensland this August, as part of the build up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Kicking off on Thursday, August 17, Andy Friend’s side will play multiple...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has appointed former Qantas Wallabies playmaker Rod Kafer to a project role within its High-Performance department, where he will lead the facilitation of Australia’s elite coach development program. Kafer, a 12-Test Wallaby...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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New All Blacks Sevens Head Coach Clark Laidlaw has announced an experienced coaching line-up for the bumper 2017/2018 season. Laidlaw’s new coaching line-up will guide the side as they compete for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title, push for gold at...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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Sebastian Jobb from Griquas Country Districts has been named the Coca-Cola Hero of the day for day 1 of the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week. The prestigious Coca-Cola Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in recognition of a game changing...
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Jul 17, 17 •
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The U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week tournaments started with a bang at St Stithians College in Johannesburg on Monday with a mixture of big scores and tight encounters ensuring a gripping day’s action. In the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week,...
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Jul 17, 17 •
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SA Rugby President, Mr. Mark Alexander, on Monday, congratulated the Emirates Lions and DHL Stormers for winning their respective Vodacom Super Rugby conferences in 2017. The sides from Johannesburg and Cape Town will host two of the four quarter-finals this...
