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Jul 17, 20 •
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SA Rugby announced on Friday that professional rugby teams would return to non-contact training from Monday. The confirmation followed several weeks of preparation and consultation with government and all provincial unions to ensure compliance with regulation...
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Jul 15, 20 •
291 Views •
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SA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions confirmed on Wednesday the 2021 tour to South Africa will go ahead as scheduled. The eagerly awaited series visits some of the most impressive stadiums in world sport and culminates in three Test matches against the...
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Jul 9, 20 •
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Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and Rassie Erasmus, SA Rugby’s director of rugby, thanked South Africans for answering the Springboks’ call to help raise funds to help with hunger alleviation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as the names of the 44 winners were...
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Jul 9, 20 •
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SA Rugby announced a ground-breaking three-year deal on Wednesday that leading African energy brand Engen will power rugby development programme, Get Into Rugby, and become the official fuel supplier of the Springboks, until 2023. The Get Into Rugby programme...
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Jul 3, 20 •
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Andy Edwards, the experienced Saracens Strength and Conditioning coach, has been appointed as the new Head of Athletic Performance for the Springboks. SA Rugby confirmed on Friday that Edwards will take up his new role with the Springboks on 1 August, and...
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Jul 1, 20 •
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Thanks to the fantastic support and generosity of Springbok supporters, the R1 million-mark was surpassed on Tuesday in the Bok’s #StrongerTogether for R32-12 campaign, which raises money for hunger alleviation in struggling communities as a result of the...
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Jun 18, 20 •
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Springbok coach and captain, Jacques Nienaber and Siya Kolisi, led a delegation of eight national players and coaches at the Food Forward SA warehouse in Cape Town on Thursday, where they assisted in packing food parcels in the fight against hunger. The visit...
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Jun 1, 20 •
368 Views •
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SA Rugby on Saturday welcomed an announcement that professional sports teams could begin the process of returning to training under Level 3 lockdown easing. Mr Nathi Mthethwa, the Minister for Sports, Arts and Culture, made the announcement at a briefing on...
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May 20, 20 •
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Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant has signed with Western Province Rugby, adding considerable experience and pedigree to the DHL Stormers backline. The fleet-footed World Cup winner, who turns 25 on Wednesday, is one of the most exciting outside backs in...
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May 19, 20 •
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• Springboks raising money for hunger alleviation • Giant raffle of cherished team memorabilia• A R32-12 ticket puts buyers in line for one of 44 prizes• Win Siya’s jersey, Bongi’s boots and more For R32-12 you can have the shirt off Siya’s...
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May 14, 20 •
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The One Cup of Pap Initiative is a feeding project aimed at donating food, clothes, toys and books to the less fortunate initially in the Fourways and surrounding suburbs. It was the brainchild of Wayne Boardman (former Sharks and Stormers Super Rugby lock)...
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May 5, 20 •
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Aled Walters, who has been the Springboks’ Head of Athletic Performance since 2018, has been released from his contract and will leave South Africa to join an overseas club in June, SA Rugby announced on Tuesday. Rassie Erasmus, Director of Rugby, paid...
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Apr 23, 20 •
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Five months after their magnificent Rugby World Cup triumph, Siya Kolisi and his Springbok teammates will talk viewers through the final as part of a Freedom Day rugby special on SuperSport. The players and new Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber will lend fresh...
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Feb 18, 20 •
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FlySafair will continue to provide the Springboks and SA Rugby with safe and comfortable flights in and around South Africa after it was announced on Tuesday that their sponsorship as domestic airline partner has been renewed for another four years. As...
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Feb 18, 20 •
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The Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok team of 2019 added another fantastic award to their impressive list of recent accolades when they scooped the prestigious Laureus Team of the Year Award in Berlin on Monday evening. The South African national rugby team...
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Feb 5, 20 •
709 Views •
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• World Champions’ home Test programme confirmed • Final Springbok Test at DHL Newlands • Rising Georgia make SA debut in Port Elizabeth • New Zealand visit the Lowveld in September The Springboks will bid an emotional farewell to DHL Newlands in...
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Jan 24, 20 •
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• Third win in four years for Pieter-Steph du Toit • Herschel Jantjies and Handré Pollard also scoop top awards • Rassie Erasmus and Springboks honoured for brilliant 2019 Pieter-Steph du Toit capped off phenomenal 2019 season when he added the...
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Jan 21, 20 •
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Free State Rugby is incredibly proud of another top coach from the Cheetahs who has been appointed by SARU. Daan Human, a former scrum coach and ex-Cheetah player has now been appointed by SARU as the new Springbok scrum coach. Free State Rugby is proud of...
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Dec 4, 19 •
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The British & Irish Lions could make history on an eight-game tour of South Africa in 2021, with Warren Gatland’s side set to play in front of the largest-ever crowd for a Lions Test since the game turned professional, after the itinerary was jointly...
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Nov 20, 19 •
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SA Rugby confirmed on Wednesday that the Springboks will face Scotland and Georgia in three home Tests in the new international window of July 2020, as part of the Castle Lager Incoming Series match schedule. The newly-crowned Rugby World Cup champions are...
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Nov 11, 19 •
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Springbok captain Siya Kolisi thanked South Africans from all walks of life for coming out in their hundreds of thousands to congratulate the Boks on winning the Rugby World Cup in the last week. The Springboks arrived home from Japan on Tuesday and visited...
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Nov 10, 19 •
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Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok backrow forward, Francois Louw, has called time on an outstanding international career. The 34-year-old made the announcement after capping a ten-year Test journey with a winner’s medal in Saturday’s 32-12 victory over...
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Nov 10, 19 •
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The fifth and final leg of the Springboks’ RWC Trophy Tour will take place in Cape Town on Monday. The route plan for Cape Town is as follows (all time approximate):• 10h30: Tour starts at City Hall and bus departs along Darling Street• Left onto...
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Nov 8, 19 •
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The third and fourth legs of the Springboks’ RWC Trophy Tour will take place in East London on Saturday and Port Elizabeth on Sunday, with the final leg scheduled for Cape Town on Monday. The first two legs were in Gauteng and Durban. The actual bus trips...
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Nov 7, 19 •
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The second leg of the Springboks’ RWC Trophy Tour will take place in Durban on Friday. The route plans for East London (9 Nov), Port Elizabeth (10 Nov) and Cape Town (11 Nov) will be communicated in due course. The route plan for Durban is as follows:•...
