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Apr 14, 21 •
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The Blue Bulls Company is delighted to announce the signing of loose forward Jacques du Plessis from French club, Montpellier, effective 1 July 2021 on a 3 year deal. The 27-year-old Du Plessis, affectionately known as Sheep, started his...
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Apr 13, 21 •
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Kick-off times and dates for the first three rounds of the PRO14 Rainbow Cup has been confirmed, with the opening game – a coastal derby between the DHL Stormers and Cell C Sharks in Cape Town – getting proceedings underway in South Africa. The match...
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Apr 12, 21 •
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The Blue Bulls Company is delighted to announce the signing of utility back James Verity-Amm who joins the Vodacom Bulls from the Tafel Lager Griquas effective immediately. Verity-Amm (26) attended Hottentots Holland High School in the Western Cape where he...
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Apr 8, 21 •
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Chris van Zyl has decided to call time on his career as a rugby player after years of dedicated service to Western Province Rugby. The experienced lock ends with 72 caps for DHL Western Province and 42 caps for the DHL Stormers, having contributed immensely...
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Apr 7, 21 •
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The Blue Bulls Company is delighted to announce the signing of front row powerhouse Mheli Dlamini, from KZN based Crusaders Rugby Club in Durban North. Affectionately known as Giraffe, the tighthead prop enjoyed a stint with the Down Touch Griffins in the...
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Apr 6, 21 •
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The Springboks will be defending the Webb Ellis Cup in France in a little over two years’ time – the eighth Rugby World Cup in which South Africa will compete – and this at the scene of the Boks’ second title when John Smit lifted the coveted gold...
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Apr 6, 21 •
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Speedster Seabelo Senatla has committed to a two-year contract extension with Western Province Professional Rugby (WPPR). The fleet-footed wing, who is the all-time leading try-scorer for the Springbok Sevens team, has committed his future to the DHL Stormers...
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Apr 6, 21 •
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The Springboks’ preparations for the forthcoming international season will move up a gear in the next fortnight as Rassie Erasmus (Director of Rugby), Jacques Nienaber (head coach) and the rest of the management host of a series alignment camps. This week,...
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Mar 30, 21 •
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Experienced tighthead prop Frans Malherbe has signed a contract extension with Western Province Professional Rugby (WPPR). Malherbe made his DHL Stormers debut 10 years ago and currently has the third-most caps for the team with 109 to his name, just 15...
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Mar 26, 21 •
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The Vodacom Bulls, Emirates Lions, Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers’ first foray into Europe has been confirmed with the news that the PRO14 Rainbow Cup will kick-off on the weekend of 24 April, with fixtures for the first three rounds now established. Three...
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Mar 26, 21 •
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There are a number of changes to the DHL Stormers team for their final preparation game against the Emirates Lions at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. Several experienced players come into the mix for the encounter with the Johannesburg side, which kicks off at...
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Mar 25, 21 •
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Promising props Neethling Fouché, Leon Lyons and Sazi Sandi have all signed contract extensions with Western Province Professional Rugby (WPPR). Imposing tighthead Fouché has developed into a formidable competitor in his three years in Cape Town, becoming a...
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Mar 25, 21 •
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Cell C Sharks head coach Sean Everitt has included a number of players who were part of the conditioning group and are now ready to play in Friday evening’s match against the Vodacom Bulls at Jonsson Kings Park. Amongst them are newly signed Springbok...
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Mar 25, 21 •
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Vodacom Bulls Director of Rugby, Jake White, continues rotating his squad as he named the group that will travel to face the Cell C Sharks in their final Preparation Series warm-up match at JONSSON Kings Park on Friday, 26 March 2021. Springbok Nizaam Carr...
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Mar 23, 21 •
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SA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions confirmed on Tuesday that they were aligned on delivering the Castle Lager Lions Series in South Africa in the scheduled playing window. The Lions Board confirmed its preference to SA Rugby on Monday evening, prior...
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Mar 18, 21 •
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Coach Hawies Fourie announced his team with various changes for the Preparation match between the NNC Pumas and the Toyota Cheetahs on Friday, 19 March. Kick-off in the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit is at 16:30 and the match will be live on SuperSport....
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Mar 18, 21 •
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Saturday’s preparation series clash with the Lions in Johannesburg gives the coaching staff and players another shot at developing and refining their game plan as well as bringing more squad players back into the game day team. Cell C Sharks head coach Sean...
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Mar 18, 21 •
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Springbok prop Trevor Nyakane and a host of experienced seniors return to the Vodacom Bulls’ starting line-up for their Preparation Series meeting with the DHL Stormers at Loftus Versfeld on Friday, 19 March 2020. Besides Nyakane coming in at prop, Ruan...
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Mar 18, 21 •
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Hooker Scarra Ntubeni has signed a three-year contract extension with Western Province Professional Rugby (WPPR). The seasoned front row forward has been with WPPR for his entire professional career and will build on over a decade of experience over the next...
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Mar 17, 21 •
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Lock Salmaan Moerat will captain the DHL Stormers in their preparation match against the Vodacom Bulls in Pretoria on Friday. Moerat is one of several players to come into the starting line-up for the North-South encounter at Loftus Versfeld, which kicks off...
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Mar 17, 21 •
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SA Rugby will host a virtual Elite Player Development (EPD) programme for Under-17 and Under-18 players in the next three days, in line with its objective to ensure effective development pathways despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. A...
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Mar 16, 21 •
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Hollie Davidson will take charge of her first Guinness PRO14 match this weekend after the Scottish match official was appointed to the Round 16 game between Munster Rugby and Benetton Rugby. Additionally, Joy Neville (IRFU) will serve as Television Match...
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Mar 16, 21 •
278 Views •
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World Rugby’s announcement on Tuesday of a global women’s season was met with great excitement by the Springbok Women at their base in Stellenbosch, where the training squad were increased to 40 players as their preparations moved up a gear. And with the...
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Mar 12, 21 •
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Springbok backline star Damian Willemse has signed a three-year contract extension with Western Province Professional Rugby (WPPR). A product of the Western Province Rugby youth structures who was identified as a dazzling talent from a young age, Willemse...
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Mar 10, 21 •
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SA Rugby announced that club rugby, from Under-19 level upwards, will be permitted to move to contact training (Phase 2 of the integrated return to train and play) from Monday 15 March, provided all players had undertaken non-contact training for at least...
