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Mar 18, 19 •
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Rugby Australia has today confirmed the Qantas Wallabies will take on Manu Samoa in a farewell Test prior to the team’s departure for Japan at the new Bankwest Stadium in Paramatta on September 7. The Sydney Test, secured with the support of the NSW...
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Mar 15, 19 •
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Rugby Australia Chief Executive, Raelene Castle has issued the following statement after a meeting to discuss World Rugby’s Nations Championship proposal in Dublin on Thursday: “The proposal put forward by World Rugby for the Nations Championship has the...
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Mar 15, 19 •
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New Zealand Rugby Chief Executive Steve Tew today welcomed developments in World Rugby talks on the future model for international rugby. “World Rugby has been working very hard on finding a solution that ensures the future growth of the game in New Zealand...
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Mar 14, 19 •
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SA Rugby’s representatives will report back to internal stakeholders, following the latest discussions on the World Rugby Nations Championship concept. The creation of an annual championship for rugby nations – within a new, global business model –...
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Mar 14, 19 •
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Renowned coach and rugby mastermind, Robbie Deans, will guide a powerful World XV side including three Word Cup winners and 10 National Team representatives from across the globe in Rapid Rugby’s 2019 Showcase opener against the Western Force in Perth...
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Jan 19, 19 •
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With less than 250 days to go until Rugby World Cup 2019 gets underway, excitement for the event continues to build ahead of the general ticket sale this Saturday. Last year’s official ticket ballots saw record demand with more than 4.5 million...
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Jan 9, 19 •
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The Rugby Football Union (RFU), Premiership Rugby (PRL) and the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) have today set out the focus areas for their continued action to mitigate the risk of player injuries in the English professional game. The Professional Game...
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Dec 30, 18 •
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New Zealand Rugby congratulates Sir Bill Beaumont on being awarded a Knighthood for services to rugby in The Queen’s New Year’s honours list. Beaumont has been the Chairman of World Rugby for the past two years and has contributed more than five decades...
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Dec 17, 18 •
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The Springboks will have an ideal opportunity to fine-tune their final preparations for next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan when they face the hosts in a historic match before the start of the international showpiece. SA Rugby and the Japanese Rugby...
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Dec 13, 18 •
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All Blacks and Highlanders outside back Ben Smith has confirmed that he will be leaving New Zealand Rugby at the end of the 2019 season. 32-year-old Smith, who has played 76 Tests for the All Blacks and 144 games for the Highlanders, has signed a contract...
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Nov 26, 18 •
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SA Rugby President, Mr Mark Alexander, praised Springbok winger Aphiwe Dyantyi for scooping the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year Award in association with Tudor at a glittering function in Monaco on Sunday evening. In doing so, the 24-year-old...
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Nov 26, 18 •
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Michaela Blyde – Women’s Sevens Player of the Year DJ Forbes – joint International Rugby Players Special Merit Award Brodie Retallick – Try of the Year Black Ferns Sevens speedster Michaela Blyde has been named Women’s Sevens Player of the year,...
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Nov 15, 18 •
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Mr. Mark Alexander was elected to the World Rugby’s Executive Council in elections held in Dublin on Wednesday. The SA Rugby president will fill the seat vacated by Pat Whelan (Ireland), who stood down earlier this year. “It is a huge honour to be...
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Nov 3, 18 •
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All Blacks Beauden Barrett and Rieko Ioane, and Black Ferns skipper Fiao’o Faamausili have been named as finalists for the Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year awards, taking the tally of New Zealand nominations to seven, for this year’s World...
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Nov 2, 18 •
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Two Springboks, Malcolm Marx and Faf de Klerk, are amongst a group of five players nominated for the prestigious 2018 World Rugby Player of the Year Award. Marx (hooker) and De Klerk (scrumhalf) join their Springbok colleague Aphiwe Dyantyi as South African...
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Oct 27, 18 •
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All Blacks prop Karl Tu’inukuafe will officially graduate from the international newcomers’ class of 2018 as one of the world’s best. The 2018 All Black prop, who shot to fame after a shock call-up as injury cover for the All Blacks during the June...
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Oct 26, 18 •
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Springbok wing Aphiwe Dyantyi has been nominated as one of three candidates for World Rugby’s Breakthrough Player of the Year Award for 2018. There are three countries represented in the nominees for the 2018 award, in association with Tudor. The other...
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Oct 25, 18 •
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SA Rugby announced on Thursday that it was renewing its partnership with top sports performance brand, ASICS, for a further five years. The new agreement – which will make the relationship a decade-long one at the end of 2024 – will incorporate landmark...
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Sep 19, 18 •
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Rugby’s leading decision-makers will meet in Sydney next week when Rugby Australia hosts key World Rugby committee meetings. Within a week of scheduled meetings, World Rugby’s Executive, Rugby, Regional, Audit and Risk and Regulations Committees and Rugby...
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Aug 18, 18 •
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The highly-popular HSBC Cape Town Sevens tournament was named best the Best Live Experience of 2018 for the second time in as many years at the 2018 Sports Industry Awards in Johannesburg on Friday evening. The tournament sold out in hours in 2017 and more...
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Aug 11, 18 •
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World Rugby has announced that Sir Bryan Williams is one of five legends of the game to be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame for 2018. The World Rugby Hall of Fame recognises those who have made an outstanding contribution to the game of rugby...
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Aug 11, 18 •
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Auckland and Whangarei confirmed as host cities if bid successful New Zealand Government supports New Zealand Rugby in bid Possibility of Pacific Island women’s rugby tournament WRWC could be held in the Southern Hemisphere for the first time New Zealand...
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Aug 11, 18 •
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Rugby Australia has today offered its congratulations to current Qantas Wallabies’ Assistant Coach Stephen Larkham on being inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame on Friday. Larkham was one of five former players inducted into World Rugby’s Hall of...
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Aug 9, 18 •
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South Africa’s Ashleigh Murray, one of the country’s leading women’s referees, has been named amongst the 25 match officials from 15 unions for the 2019 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. World Rugby named the appointments for the forthcoming season on...
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Jul 31, 18 •
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England’s most capped player Rochelle Clark has called time on her international career, 15 years after earning her first cap. The 37-year-old made 137 international appearances, surpassing Jason Leonard’s previous record of 114 in November 2016, before...
