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May 22, 19 •
57 Views •
Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
Shaun Liddle •
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Four tournaments into the of 2018/19 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and the Blitzboks looked down and out, failing to make the same impact and strong start that saw them winning consecutive World Series titles in 2016/17 and 2017/18. In the next four...
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May 22, 19 •
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General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
Shaun Liddle •
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England Men Sevens head coach Simon Amor has named his side to play in the HSBC London Sevens this weekend at Twickenham Stadium (live on Sky Sports Arena and Main Event on Saturday and Sky Sports Action and Main Event on Sunday). Phil Burgess will captain...
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May 22, 19 •
82 Views •
Australia, General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
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Qantas Wallabies star Scott Sio has re-signed with Rugby Australia and the Brumbies until the end of 2022 on a new three-year deal. The 27-year old established himself as a mainstay of the Wallabies front-row during Australia’s Rugby World Cup campaign in...
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May 22, 19 •
83 Views •
Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
Shaun Liddle •
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One of the most striking sculptures outside Twickenham Stadium in London, the one in Rugby Road where a couple of players lift another high in the air, could easily have been crafted from a photo in the mind of Branco du Preez, the most experienced Blitzbok...
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May 21, 19 •
172 Views •
General News, International, Womans Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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Laurian Johannes, a former Springbok Women’s player, has broken new ground with her appointment as coach of the South African Women’s U20 squad, making her the first female head coach of a national team on the local rugby scene. Another former Springbok...
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May 21, 19 •
165 Views •
Australia, General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
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Rugby Australia Chief Executive, Raelene Castle has led a chorus of praise from across the Australian Rugby community after George Smith announced his retirement from professional Rugby today. Smith’s 20-year professional playing career saw him play at...
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May 21, 19 •
201 Views •
General News, International, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
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New Zealand Rugby and the BNZ Crusaders Investec Super Rugby Club are jointly reviewing allegations about player behavior while on tour in South Africa. NZR Chief Rugby Officer Nigel Cass confirmed that enquiries started as soon as staff were alerted by...
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May 21, 19 •
148 Views •
Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
Shaun Liddle •
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The enjoyment of playing for the Springbok Sevens team, being part of a special group of players and having an opportunity to make the country proud will be some of the driving factors for the Blitzboks this week in London as they prepare for the penultimate...
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May 17, 19 •
275 Views •
Australia, General News, International, National, Super Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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Israel Folau issued sanction directing contract termination for high-level Code of Conduct breach Wallabies and Waratahs back Israel Folau has today been issued a sanction directing termination of his playing contract for his high-level breach of the...
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May 17, 19 •
153 Views •
General News, International, Rugby World Cup, Womans Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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The Springbok Women will battle it out for a place in the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in August when they face Kenya, Madagascar and Uganda in the Women’s Cup in Gauteng, which serves as the qualifier for the international spectacle. The...
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May 16, 19 •
160 Views •
General News, Varsity & Club, Womans Rugby •
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A dedicated work ethic allied to massive support from varsity structures has seen the University of Johannesburg women’s rugby players start to make a major impact on the sport. The squad, who are currently touring France, have a number of national players...
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May 16, 19 •
158 Views •
General News, International, Rugby Championship News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship, World Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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· Appointments confirmed for 63 matches of 2019 Test season · All 23 Rugby World Cup 2019 match officials in action · Appointments made for RWC 2019 warm-up...
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May 16, 19 •
115 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship •
Shaun Liddle •
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Louis Koen, SA Rugby’s high performance manager and Junior Springbok assistant coach, said on Thursday the SA Under-20s team have taken big strides in their preparation in the last two weeks as their departure date for the World Rugby U20 Championship in...
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May 15, 19 •
225 Views •
General News, International, National, South Africa •
Shaun Liddle •
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The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd confirmed the departure of Springboks Lood de Jager and Jesse Kriel at the end of the current season and wished them well in their future endeavours. De Jager will join Sale Sharks in England and Kriel is heading to Japan to...
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May 15, 19 •
175 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship •
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It is exactly a week since Phendulani Buthelezi was named as the Junior Springboks’ captain for 2019, and the Cell C Sharks looseforward says it is such a surreal feeling, it still hasn’t sunk in yet. Buthelezi, who turns 20 years old on Thursday, 30 May...
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May 15, 19 •
165 Views •
Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
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Branco du Preez will become the most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time at the HSBC London Sevens next weekend when he runs out for his 70th tournament for the Blitzboks in the penultimate tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at...
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May 14, 19 •
213 Views •
General News, International, Other Tournaments, Top 14 •
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The Blue Bulls Company would like to confirm that Vodacom Bulls and Springbok flyhalf Handré Pollard has agreed terms with French club, Montpellier. Pollard, currently preparing in Melbourne with the Vodacom Bulls squad to play the Rebels on Friday,...
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May 14, 19 •
172 Views •
General News, International, Womans Rugby, World Rugby •
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The Spanish Women’s team will visit South Africa later this year in a groundbreaking tour where they will provide stiff opposition to the Springbok Women, a South African Invitational XV and the Eastern Province XV in Port Elizabeth in September. It will be...
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May 14, 19 •
170 Views •
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Matches confirmed for Suva 13 July and Rotorua 20 July New Zealand Maori & Fiji Under 20s to play curtain raiser The pride of the Maori All Blacks haka will face the fierce Fijian cibi when the two sides play in a home and away two-match series...
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May 13, 19 •
184 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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A hard-fought victory over Australia at the Langford Sevens in Canada this morning has confirmed the Black Ferns Sevens as the first team to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The reigning World Cup and Commonwealth Games champions bounced back from...
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May 10, 19 •
287 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
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The Springbok Women’s Sevens team will try to maintain the winning momentum they picked up in France earlier this week when they contest the Stanislas Sevens at Stade Matter de Nancy in Nancy on Saturday and Sunday. The South Africans opened their short...
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May 9, 19 •
242 Views •
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Gloucester Rugby fly-half Danny Cipriani has been crowned the RPA Players’ Player of the Year at a glittering awards ceremony at Twickenham Stadium on Wednesday evening. The influential play-maker polled the most number of votes from his fellow...
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May 9, 19 •
221 Views •
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he New Zealand Under 20 squad for the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship has been announced this morning. A total of 28 players will travel to Argentina at the end of this month for the tournament, with their sights set on New Zealand’s seventh age...
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May 8, 19 •
211 Views •
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All Blacks and Highlanders winger Waisake Naholo will leave New Zealand at the end of 2019, it was announced today. 28-year-old Naholo has confirmed he will join London Irish. An attacking player who uses his deceptive speed and strength to...
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May 7, 19 •
357 Views •
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New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has congratulated New Zealand’s four referees selected by World Rugby to match official duties at Rugby World Cup 2019. Paul Williams (Taranaki) and Ben O’Keeffe (Wellington) have both been selected to their first ever Rugby World...
