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Apr 15, 18 •
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The Springbok Sevens team missed out on a podium finish at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia and have now set their sights on the remaining two objectives they aim to achieve this season. That was the message from Blitzbok coach Neil Powell,...
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Apr 13, 18 •
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The Springbok Women’s Sevens team on Friday went down to top-ranked Canada and New Zealand on the opening day of the Rugby Sevens event at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. The South Africans opened their campaign against Canada, who won...
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Apr 12, 18 •
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SANZAAR has today confirmed the 12-match schedule for this year’s The Rugby Championship including match venues and kick-off times. The schedule includes a new Rugby Championship venue. Trafalgar Park, Nelson, will host the New Zealand versus Argentina...
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Mar 29, 18 •
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Dewald Human will captain an exciting Springbok Sevens squad – containing five uncapped players – to the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens next weekend. Human is one of six players who were part of the Blitzboks squad that won the HSBC World Rugby...
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Mar 9, 18 •
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Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell feels the biggest challenge to his team at this weekend’s HSBC Canada Sevens will not be the opponents they face, but rather their own ability to play as a team. The Blitzboks face Russia, Scotland and New Zealand in...
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Mar 8, 18 •
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The Springbok Sevens team have enjoyed their time in Vancouver as they prepared for this weekend’s HSBC Canada Sevens, but with the tournament fast approaching, it means it’s time for serious business. The Blitzboks had some good training...
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Mar 7, 18 •
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Tickets for the Springboks’ second Castle Lager Incoming Series Test against England – which will be the 40th Test between these sides – on Saturday, 16 June at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein is now available, with prices starting at only R100. In...
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Mar 7, 18 •
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Free State Rugby is excited to announce that tickets for the Castle Lager Incoming Series match between South Africa and England on Saturday, 16 June 2018 in Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein are now availible. “We are very excited to host a Test again this...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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The Springboks will kick off their 2018 international season on an historic note when they face Wales in a once-off Test in Washington DC in the USA on Saturday 2 June. This momentous match – the first time the Boks will face Tier One opposition on neutral...
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Jan 25, 18 •
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Springbok Sevens captain Philip Snyman will represent South Africa for the 50th time in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series when the HSBC Sydney Sevens tournament kicks off in Allianz Stadium on Friday. The 30-year-old player made his Blitzbok debut in 2008 in...
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Jan 24, 18 •
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Springbok Sevens coach, Neil Powell, is eager for the third tournament of the 2017/18 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to start, as he wants to measure the progress his team has made. The HSBC Sydney Sevens starts on Friday at Allianz Stadium, with South Africa...
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Jan 3, 18 •
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SA Rugby on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Renfred Dazel to the Springbok Sevens coaching staff and promoted Paul Delport into the position of Head Coach for the Springbok Women’s Sevens team. Former Blitzbok stalwart Dazel, who coached the...
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Dec 11, 17 •
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The Springboks’ Castle Lager Rugby Championship home fixtures for 2018 were confirmed on Monday with matches scheduled for Pretoria, Durban and Port Elizabeth in the 22nd edition of the Southern Hemisphere championship. The Wallabies will appear in Port...
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Dec 6, 17 •
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Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell rewarded the 12 players who won the opening tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai when he named an unchanged squad for the highly anticipated HSBC Cape Town Sevens on Wednesday. The tournament takes place...
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Dec 3, 17 •
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They will continue to pursue their fifteens ambitions and push for national selection in that code as well, but for now Seabelo Senatla and Kwagga Smith just love being Blitzboks again and what better way to celebrate their return to the team than winning the...
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Dec 3, 17 •
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Springbok captain Eben Etzebeth will see a specialist in Cape Town to further examine his shoulder and back injuries. The towering lock was forced off the field just before halftime against Wales in Cardiff after he sustained a nerve injury, which caused...
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Dec 1, 17 •
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The Springboks play their last match of the season on Saturday against Wales in Cardiff, but captain Eben Etzebeth said his side will not need any extra motivation for the clash in the Principality Stadium. The South Africans have gone on to register...
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Dec 1, 17 •
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The Springboks will host England in three Tests in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Cape Town during the Castle Lager Incoming Series next June. It will be England’s first visit to South Africa in six years and SA Rugby confirmed on Friday that the three...
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Nov 30, 17 •
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Eleven changes for final Test of 2017 Uncapped Am and Schreuder in match day squad Warrick Gelant and Dan du Preez will get their first starts for the Springboks in the final Test of 2017, against Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on...
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Nov 27, 17 •
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Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx and flanker Siya Kolisi will return to the training field on Monday as the team begins their preparations for the last Castle Lager Outgoing Tour match against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday. Marx sat out of the previous Test...
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Nov 26, 17 •
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Thomas du Toit has been called up to provide front row cover for the Springboks and is set to join the tour squad on Monday in Cardiff, Wales. Tendai Mtawarira sustained a groin injury in Saturday’s 35-6 victory over Italy in Padova, and while the...
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Nov 26, 17 •
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Springbok coach Allister Coetzee praised his team for getting the job done by beating Italy 35-6 in very difficult conditions in Padova on Saturday. The Springboks kept the Azzurri tryless for their biggest victory in Italy since 1997, while the haul of...
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Nov 25, 17 •
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Unathi Mali will make her Springbok Women’s Sevens debut in Dubai in the opening leg of the 2017/2018 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series from 30 November to 1 December in one of three changes to coach Renfred Dazel team’s that secured the Rugby Africa Sevens...
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Nov 25, 17 •
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Springbok Sevens coach, Neil Powell, welcomed back Blitzboks regulars Kyle Brown, Kwagga Smith, Justin Geduld and Seabelo Senatla to his squad for the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens, the opening tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, to be played at...
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Nov 23, 17 •
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Four changes to match-23 Uncapped Warrick Gelant on the bench Bongi Mbonambi will make his first start for the Springboks against Italy in Padova, while Pieter-Steph du Toit returns to the starting team for Saturday’s third Test in the Castle Lager Outgoing...
