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Jun 14, 19 •
165 Views •
General News, International, National, South Africa, Springbok News, Springboks, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
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In a significant boost for SA Rugby and the Lions Rugby Company, Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx has extended his contract with the Emirates Lions until 2021. The Lions Rugby Company, together with SA Rugby, and the newly established contracting model have been...
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May 23, 19 •
363 Views •
General News, Junior Rugby, National, South Africa, South Africa, Womans Rugby, Womens Rugby, Youth Weeks •
Shaun Liddle •
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It will be ladies first as SA Rugby’s annual Youth Weeks series – where close to 3000 players will showcase their skills in six tournaments across four venues around the country – kick off next month with the U16 and U18 Girls Week tournaments in...
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May 8, 19 •
278 Views •
General News •
Shaun Liddle •
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SA Rugby confirmed on Wednesday their interest as submitted to World Rugby for hosting the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town in 2022. Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 will be played during the September / October window considering the international calendar,...
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Apr 23, 19 •
356 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
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SA Rugby was one of only eight of 19 South African sporting federations that achieved their transformation targets in 2017/18, it was announced at the presentation of the sixth report of the Eminent Persons’ Group on Transformation in Sport (EPG) in...
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Apr 8, 19 •
587 Views •
General News, National, South Africa •
Shaun Liddle •
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The Blue Card – which signals players who need to be removed from the field due to a concussion or suspected concussion – will be rolled out across South Africa in the next few weeks at all levels of the game, except elite adult tournaments or matches...
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Apr 4, 19 •
222 Views •
General News •
Shaun Liddle •
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SA Rugby posted a modest post-tax profit of R2m after two years of losses, it was announced at the Annual Meeting of the organisation in Cape Town on Wednesday. The result reversed losses of R62,4m in 2017 and R15,7m in 2016 as a series of cost-cutting...
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Apr 2, 19 •
379 Views •
Currie Cup, Currie Cup F.Div, General News, National, South Africa, South Africa, SuperSport Challenge •
Shaun Liddle •
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· Currie Cup Premier Division in earlier time-slot · Argentina XV, Namibia to feature in the Currie Cup First Division · Makeover for...
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Mar 20, 19 •
413 Views •
General News, National, South Africa, South Africa •
Shaun Liddle •
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Venue: Boland Stadium, Wellington Date: Thursday...
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Mar 14, 19 •
330 Views •
General News, International, World Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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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 13, 19 •
327 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
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Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux would have been excused if he experienced some form of déjà vu on Tuesday when the SA Rugby Academy squad took on his old team, the DHL Stormers, in a friendly hit-out that would have stood the youngsters in good stead as...
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Mar 11, 19 •
516 Views •
General News, International, Springboks •
Shaun Liddle •
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SA Rugby on Monday switched to the new globally recognised domain name created especially for rugby when Springboks.rugby went live as the union radically overhauled its fan engagement tools. The new digital platform was custom-made for SA Rugby by its...
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Mar 8, 19 •
343 Views •
General News, National, South Africa •
Shaun Liddle •
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A consortium of Eastern Cape business people has acquired a controlling interest in the Isuzu Southern Kings rugby franchise, SA Rugby was delighted to confirm on Friday. SA Rugby sold a 74 percent shareholding in SA Super Rugby (Pty) Ltd, the Isuzu Southern...
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Mar 1, 19 •
330 Views •
General News •
Shaun Liddle •
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SA Rugby has announced free entry to The Springbok Experience from today (Friday), after reluctantly taking the decision to close the rugby museum as a cost-saving measure. The top-rated facility will be open from 09h00 to 17h00 every day (except...
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Mar 1, 19 •
371 Views •
General News, National, South Africa •
Shaun Liddle •
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SA Rugby announced on Friday that Microsoft South Africa, a global organisation that enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge, has joined their family of partners as the official cloud partner. The new...
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Feb 9, 19 •
521 Views •
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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 •
436 Views •
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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 •
461 Views •
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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 •
948 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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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 •
412 Views •
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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 •
1045 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 •
590 Views •
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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 •
1249 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 •
624 Views •
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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 •
2718 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...
