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Feb 9, 19 •
264 Views •
General News, National, South Africa •
Shaun Liddle •
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Rassie Erasmus, SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby, Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and 2018 Player of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit took time out of their busy schedules on Thursday to inspire the SA Rugby Academy squad as they approached the end of week one of...
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Jan 24, 19 •
218 Views •
General News •
Shaun Liddle •
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he latest edition of the South African Rugby Annual – widely considered to be one of the finest rugby yearbooks in the world – is now on sale at leading bookstores across the country, as well as from selected online retailers. The ‘bible’ of the game...
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Jan 16, 19 •
244 Views •
General News •
Shaun Liddle •
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South African referee Ben Crouse will break new ground when he takes up the whistle in the USA’s Major League Rugby (MLR) competition on a five-week assignment in February and March, after receiving an invite from the tournament organisers. Crouse, who is...
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Dec 17, 18 •
508 Views •
General News, International, World Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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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 12, 18 •
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General News, International, National, Springboks •
Shaun Liddle •
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Two previous winners, Pieter-Steph du Toit and Malcolm Marx, are among the five nominees for the prestigious SA Rugby Player of the Year Award for 2018, while the Blitzboks and their coach, Neil Powell, were yet again nominated in two categories following the...
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Dec 11, 18 •
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General News, International, National •
Shaun Liddle •
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A collaborative anti-doping education meeting involving the key stakeholders in South African rugby was held on Monday in Newlands, Cape Town, with the aim of strengthening education and information delivery for young players and their support network....
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Dec 11, 18 •
463 Views •
General News, International, Springboks •
Shaun Liddle •
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The news is out. Australia is coming to Emirates Airline Park in 2019 to face the Springboks on 20 July. This will be the first time since 2008 that the Wallabies will be in action in Johannesburg. Edgar Rathbone, managing director of EPS (Pty) Ltd was...
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Dec 5, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
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SA Rugby unveiled on Tuesday how Accenture South Africa will champion the federation’s digital acceleration ambitions as the proud official digital partner to the South African Rugby Union and the Springboks. “To many South Africans, rugby is more...
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Dec 4, 18 •
956 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
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South African rugby is entering a whole new universe in 2019 as SA Rugby, SuperSport, Vodacom and Marvel team up to bring Super Heroes to life and create an all-conquering, planet-shifting, villain-busting “Superpowered” Vodacom Super Rugby competition....
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Nov 15, 18 •
406 Views •
General News, International, World Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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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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Oct 26, 18 •
1037 Views •
Craven Week, Craven Week Fixtures, General News, Grant Khomo Week, School, Youth Weeks •
Shaun Liddle •
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The U18 Craven Week will return to Grey College in the Bloemfontein for the first time since 2005, when the popular schools rugby showcase plays out from 1 to 6 July 2019. The flagship tournament in the SA Rugby Youth Weeks series will run concurrently with...
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Oct 26, 18 •
324 Views •
General News, International, National, Springboks •
Shaun Liddle •
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First encyclopaedia of Black Rugby unveiled Digital exhibit goes live at The Springbok Experience Compilation will be an on-going process SA Rugby launched what it hopes will grow into the definitive A to Z of Black Rugby, at the Springbok Experience Rugby...
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Oct 25, 18 •
451 Views •
General News, International, Springboks, World Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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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 20, 18 •
1016 Views •
General News, National, School, Springboks •
Shaun Liddle •
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Springbok captain Siya Kolisi had words of encouragement for the country’s top up-and-coming Under-15 schools’ rugby players, who will showcase their talent from 1 to 4 October in the 2018 edition of the Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week, which will once again be...
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Sep 19, 18 •
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General News, School •
Shaun Liddle •
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One hundred and twenty of the most talented Under-16 and Under-17 players in the country will be put through their paces at two Elite Player Development (EPD) camps in the Western Cape from 1 to 6 October, as SA Rugby’s High Performance Department assesses...
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Sep 18, 18 •
726 Views •
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SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, will take charge of the Barbarians for the first time when the famous club returns to action later this season. Just days after the Springboks recorded a superb first win in New Zealand in nine years when they...
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Aug 21, 18 •
792 Views •
Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & Club •
Shaun Liddle •
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SA Rugby president, Mr Mark Alexander, expressed sincere condolences to the Willows Rugby Club and the families who lost loved ones following a tragic accident on Saturday as one of their teams returned home from a club league match in Polokwane. Lerato...
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Aug 18, 18 •
750 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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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 16, 18 •
864 Views •
General News, National, Womans Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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Arch-rivals Border and Western Province will meet in the blockbuster match in an action-packed weekend in the A Section of SA Rugby’s Women’s Interprovincial Competition, while the B Section will kick off this weekend. Free State and the Blue Bulls get...
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Aug 9, 18 •
843 Views •
General News, National, Springboks •
Shaun Liddle •
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The first digital Boks for Books library, a Solar Powered Learning Lab, was launched by the Dell Development Fund, in conjunction with SA Rugby, at Emdeni High School in on Wednesday. The Dell Solar Powered Learning Labs are shipping containers converted into...
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Aug 6, 18 •
601 Views •
General News, Womans Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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It was one-way traffic and tries galore in the A Section of the Women’s Interprovincial competition, with three landslide victories – the winning teams scored 60 points or more each – by Western Province, Border and Eastern Province on Saturday. In the...
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Aug 1, 18 •
851 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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Three Springbok Women’s Sevens players – Zintle Mpupha, Eloise Webb and Megan Comley – will be in action in the second round of SA Rugby’s Women’s Interprovincial competition, with the big match in Cape Town where Western Province host KwaZulu-Natal...
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Jul 13, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
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Dr Wayne Viljoen, SA Rugby Senior Manager Rugby Safety, on Friday commended the referees, coaches, medical staff and players at the SA Rugby Youth Weeks for their efforts towards achieving BokSmart’ s long-term goal of #VisionZero. The key motivation behind...
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Jul 9, 18 •
871 Views •
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SA Rugby called on all men from the rugby fraternity in South Africa to join Tuesday’s “100 Years of Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu: Men’s March Men’s March Against Violence on Women and Children” in Pretoria. This initiative, supported by the...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
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SA Rugby president, Mr Mark Alexander, on Wednesday congratulated Mr Michael Oosthuyzen on his selection as president of the SA Deaf Rugby Association (SADRU), an associate member of the South African Rugby Union. Oosthuyzen (of Gauteng), who served as...
