Posts Tagged ‘ABSA Currie Cup’

• Absa Currie Cup vs Vodacom Super Rugby: What's the difference?

  Jul 26, 11 • 3970 Views • General News, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • James Loretz • No Comments

  Just as the 2011 Absa Currie Cup season takes rugby centre stage from the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament, you could be forgiven with such an abundance of rugby in our sights for a bit of confusion between these two esteemed tournaments. Both are brutal,...

  
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  History of the Currie Cup

  Jul 1, 11 • 9101 Views • Currie Cup F.Div, Currie Cup F.Div News, General News • admin • 1 Comment

  by Paul Dobson North west of Pitlochry in the Scottish Highlands is the village of Fortingal. In ancient times, they say, Pontius Pilate had a camp nearby a cold place to wash your hands in winter. Fortingal is not an ancient village, not a century old in...

  

• No surgery for Botha

  Aug 16, 10 • 1808 Views • General News • James Loretz • No Comments

  The Vodacom Blue Bulls on Monday received the good news that their captain and Springbok hooker Gary Botha doesn’t require surgery. Botha will miss the next four weeks of Currie Cup action after suffering medial ligament damage inside the first quarter...

  

• Sharks crush Leopards

  Aug 13, 10 • 2434 Views • General News • James Loretz • No Comments

  The Sharks scored seven tries against an errant Leopards side to crush them 51-6 at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg. The Leopards failed to replicate the continuity and physicality that saw them scare the Blue Bulls at Loftus. They made far too many...

  

• Vodacom WP announce team for Griffons friendly

  Jun 30, 10 • 2039 Views • General News • Johan Jonck • No Comments

  Vodacom WP coach Allister Coetzee today announced his team to take on the Griffons in a SARU compulsory friendly in Welkom on Friday 2 July 2010. Kick-off is at 6pm. “We would like to ensure we maintain the positive momentum generated in this year’s Super...