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Sep 3, 11 •
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Photo by Denese Lups / Rugby15 Morgan Piek – On the 125th year anniversary of Griquas Rugby, beating them in Kimberley was always going to be an uphill battle for Western Province. DHL Western Provinces’ worst fears were realised within the first...
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Sep 1, 11 •
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Allister Coetzee, head coach of DHL WP, today named his team to take on the Griquas at GWK Park in Kimberly on Saturday 3 September. Danie Poolman reclaims the 14 jersey and Steven Hunt who started last week moves to the bench as wing cover. Marcel...
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Sep 1, 11 •
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Photo – www.sarugby.com 1 September 2011 Morgan Piek – South Africa has long a tradition of very good flyhalves. We can go back right to the begining, but the list would be too long to mention. The beauty of it is that it’s not just restricted...
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Sep 1, 11 •
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Photo by Rugby15 The second round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division kicks off on Friday in Nelspruit, with the highlight of the weekend Saturday’s match in Pretoria between the Vodacom Blue Bulls and The Sharks. It’s been a tough season for the...
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Sep 1, 11 •
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The Sharks vs Vodacom Blue Bulls, Loftus Versveld, Pretoria Saturday 3 September 2011 – Kick-off at 17:05 Sharks coach John Plumtree has named his side to take on the Blue Bulls at Loftus on Saturday (5pm) and has included Jean Deysel at eighthman in...
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Aug 31, 11 •
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Photo by James Loretz / Rugby15 The MTN Golden Lions will be playing the Ford Pumas this Friday, 2 September 2011 at Mbombela in Nelspruit. Kick off is at 19:10. One forced change has been made to the MTN Golden Lions team following their 28 – 19 victory...
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Aug 30, 11 •
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Fixtures for the Rugby World Cup 2011 Date Time (South Africa) Pool Match Details Locations Stadium Fri Sept 9 10:30am A New Zealand v Tonga Auckland Eden Park Sat Sept 10 03:00am B Scotland v Romania Invercargill Rugby Park Stadium Sat Sept 10 05:30am D Fiji...
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Aug 29, 11 •
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The MTN Golden Lions ended the first round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division at the top of the standings after they saw off second placed The Sharks in Johannesburg on Saturday. It was the Golden Lions’ sixth win from their first seven matches as they...
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Aug 26, 11 •
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My name is Chantal Cloete and I’m a student at the University of the Witwatersrand, studying towards my Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Marketing Degree. As partial fulfilment of this degree I need to submit a research project or thesis. I am...
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Aug 26, 11 •
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The Sharks and Lions go head-to-head in the weekend’s Absa Currie Cup spotlight match, a massive Joburg derby match that the opposition teams and plenty of rugby fans will be watching with more than just a passing interest. The Lions are a bonus point ahead...
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Aug 26, 11 •
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Photo by Denese Lups / Rugby15 Allister Coetzee, head coach of DHL WP, today named a match 22, to take on the Pumas at Puma Stadium in Witbank, on Friday 26 August, with 9 positional and other changes to the 22 that beat the Lions last Friday in Cape Town....
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Aug 25, 11 •
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Photo by Andrew Schoeman / Rugby15 The first round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division ends this weekend with a clash between the two top teams on the log when the MTN Golden Lions host The Sharks in Johannesburg on Saturday. Friday’s two games see the...
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Aug 25, 11 •
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Photo by Andrew Schoeman / Rugby15 After only four rounds of the 2011 Absa Currie Cup, the Vodacom Blue Bulls are leading the race in SuperSport’s Audience Ratings, having surpassed the half a million mark (566 832) in their opening encounter against The...
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Aug 24, 11 •
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1. Charl du Plessis 2. Ashton Constant 3. Eugene Butterworth 4. Ligtoring Landman (C) 5. Grant le Roux 6. Milroy Isaacs 7. Junior Bester 8. Zandre Jordaan 9. Niel Papier 10. Elgar Watts (o/k) 11. Brandon April 12. Jonathan...
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Aug 24, 11 •
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Comments Off on Derick Kuün calls it a day
Vodacom Bulls and Blue Bulls stalwart Derick Kuün announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect on Wednesday. The three time Super Rugby gold medallist, who has also won the Absa Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup as a Blue Bulls player,...
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Aug 24, 11 •
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Comments Off on England and Australia RWC 2011 teams to visit Christchurch
Tournament organiser Rugby New Zealand 2011 today welcomed the decision of the England and Australian Rugby World Cup 2011 teams to include Christchurch in their Tournament itineraries. “Both teams were due to play matches in Christchurch, but the...
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Aug 21, 11 •
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Photo by Andrew Schoeman/ Rugby15 The Vodacom Blue Bulls scored their first bonus point victory of the Absa Currie Cup season when they emphatically beat GWK Griquas at Loftus Versfeld on Friday afternoon. After that, DHL Western Province ended the MTN...
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Aug 18, 11 •
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Photo by Andrew Schoeman DHL Western Province will have to beat the MTN Golden Lions in Cape Town on Friday to avoid a similar three-match Absa Currie Cup losing streak as in 2010. With the Castle Tri-Nations Test in Port Elizabeth between the Springboks and...
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Aug 18, 11 •
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Looseforward Juan Smith will not be considered for the Springbok Rugby World Cup squad because of injury. Smith made the decision to rule himself out of contention on Wednesday and informed Springbok coach Peter de Villiers. “Juan had been in a race...
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Aug 17, 11 •
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Comments Off on Allister Coetzee to try tame the Lions with one change.
Allister Coetzee today named his side to take on the unbeaten Lions at DHL Newlands on Friday evening 19h00. There is only 1 change to the starting XV that took on the Sharks with Pieter Louw in at 6 for Rohan Kitshoff, who has joined the Namibian squad for...
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Aug 14, 11 •
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The MTN Golden Lions opened up a four-point lead at the top of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division log with the halfway mark of the competition looming. The team from Johannesburg remained the only unbeaten side in the competition after they beat the...
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Aug 12, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Haka, Its Meaning and Origin
The Maori haka performed by the All Blacks, has become famous around the world, though few realise it’s origin or meaning. Te Rauparaha, the warrior chief of Ngati Toarangatira, originally from Kawhia, had visited Tuwharetoa to solicit aid against the...
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Aug 12, 11 •
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Comments Off on Fund raises over R1.1-million for injured rugby players
The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund celebrated the one-month countdown to the Rugby World Cup in style on Tuesday 9 August when over R1.1-million was raised for the victims of serious rugby injuries at its Bell’s Night of the Stars Rugby...
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Aug 11, 11 •
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Comments Off on Bok team to face the Wallabies in Durban
Fourie du Preez and Heinrich Brüssow will return to the Springbok starting line-up for the first time in 21 months, following the announcement of the team to meet Australia in a Castle Tri-Nations Series Test at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban on Saturday....
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Aug 11, 11 •
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Comments Off on Six teams to play in Absa Currie Cup Premier Division from next year
The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division will be contested by six teams from 2012 and eight teams will play in the Absa Currie Cup First Division, the SARU General Council decided today at a meeting in Newlands. The decision was confirmed after a majority vote...
