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Oct 16, 17 •
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Comments Off on Book your spot for DHL Newlands semi
Tickets for the Currie Cup semifinal between DHL Western Province and the Xerox Golden Lions at DHL Newlands on Saturday go on sale on Tuesday. Tickets for the play-off match, which kicks off at 17h00 on Saturday, will be available from...
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Oct 15, 17 •
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Comments Off on Sharks, WP host Currie Cup semi-finals
The Cell C Sharks will host the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Durban and DHL Western Province will take on the Xerox Golden Lions in Cape Town in the Currie Cup Premier Division semi-finals – sponsored by DirectAxis and Nashua – next weekend following a...
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Oct 12, 17 •
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Comments Off on Leyds and Louw return for DHL WP
Springboks Dillyn Leyds and Wilco Louw both return for DHL Western Province in their final league game of the Currie Cup against the Cell C Sharks in Durban on Saturday. Both players featured for the Springboks against the All Blacks in an epic Test match at...
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Oct 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Leyds cleans up at 2017 WPRFU Awards night
Dillyn Leyds was the big winner at the 2017 WPRFU Awards evening, claiming three awards at a ceremony held at the Cape Sun on Tuesday. The versatile Leyds, who came back from injury this year to star for the DHL Stormers in three different positions before...
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Oct 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Notshe set to raise DHL WP half-century
Loose forward Sikhumbuzo Notshe will earn his 50th cap for DHL Western Province when he comes off the replacements bench against the Xerox Golden Lions at Emirates Airline Park on Sunday. Notshe will become the fourth DHL Western Province player to reach the...
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Oct 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on XEROX GOLDEN LIONS vs DHL WESTERN PROVINCE
Coach Swys de Bruin has opted for youth for the Currie Cup clash with the DHL Western Province side at Emirates Airline Park on Sunday. “Coming into the match with seven players who are still under the age of 21 is an exciting prospect for us. It shows...
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Oct 5, 17 •
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Comments Off on Play-off push in Potchefstroom for DHL WP U21
DHL Western Province U21 will be looking to secure a semifinal spot when they face Leopards U21 in Potchefstroom on Friday. Currently in third position on the standings heading into the final round of league fixtures, a win in Potchefstroom will book a...
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Oct 5, 17 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP U19 aiming to end top
DHL Western Province U19 will be aiming to secure top spot heading into the play-offs when they face Leopards U19 in Potchefstroom on Friday. Currently in first position with 10 wins from their 11 games this season, Head Coach Nazeem Adams’ team need...
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Oct 5, 17 •
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Comments Off on WP shows grit to come out on top in Iqhawe Week
Western Province held their nerve in a gripping Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week final match against their Western Cape neighbours Boland to secure a narrow 7-5 victory and top honours in the fifth edition of the tournament at the Bill Jardine Stadium in...
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Oct 1, 17 •
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Comments Off on Sharks earn Currie Cup Premier Division home semi-final
The Cell C Sharks will have a bye in the Currie Cup Premier Division – sponsored by Nashua and DirectAxis – next week with the peace of mind that they have secured the top spot on the log and a resultant home semi-final, as the battle for the...
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Sep 29, 17 •
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Comments Off on Backline boost for DHL WP
Centres Huw Jones and EW Viljoen return from injury to start for DHL Western Province against the Vodacom Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Sunday. There are a number of changes to the team which will travel to Pretoria for the North-South Currie Cup derby,...
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Sep 28, 17 •
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Comments Off on Eight changes for DHL WP U21
There are eight changes to the DHL Western Province U21 team to face Eastern Province U21 at City Park on Saturday. Head Coach Jerome Paarwater has made four changes to the backline and four to the forward pack for the encounter which kicks off at 12h00 on...
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Sep 28, 17 •
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Comments Off on Johnson to lead new-look DHL WP U19
Lock Jesse Johnson will captain a DHL Western Province U19 team which features wholesale changes for their encounter with Eastern Province U19 at City Park on Saturday. DHL Western Province U19 will be looking for their tenth win from 11 games in the clash...
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Sep 26, 17 •
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Comments Off on Competition Time
You could stand a chance to win tickets to go and watch the #Bulls live at Loftus Answer a simple question, Like RugbyFifteen and Blue Bulls on Facebook and Twitter and Share Question: Who are the Vodacom Blue Bulls playing the weekend Check out...
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Sep 22, 17 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Blue Bulls support CHOC #BeBoldGoGold
The Vodacom Blue Bulls have rallied behind their official charity, the Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa (CHOC), as the world honours September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The blue hue of Loftus Versfeld will have a gold tint come 1 October as...
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Sep 22, 17 •
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Comments Off on Augustus returns for DHL WP U21
Juarno Augustus returns for DHL Western Province U21 in their clash with Cell C Sharks U21 in Durban on Saturday. World Rugby Under-20 Championship Player of the Tournament Augustus returns from injury to take his place at No.8 for the encounter, which kicks...
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Sep 22, 17 •
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Comments Off on Four changes for DHL WP U19
There are four changes for DHL Western Province U19 for their encounter with Cell C Sharks U19 in Durban on Saturday. There are two changes in the backline and two changes to the forwards for the clash, which kicks off at 11h25 at Growthpoint Kings Park on...
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Sep 21, 17 •
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Comments Off on Van Zyl to reach DHL WP half-century at DHL Newlands
DHL Western Province captain Chris van Zyl will earn his 50th cap in the Currie Cup encounter with the Tafel Lager Griquas at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Van Zyl leads a side that has been bolstered by the return of a number of players from Springbok duty for...
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Oct 6, 16 •
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Comments Off on SWD U15s take top honours at Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week
South Western Districts on Thursday held their nerve in a tightly-contested final match at the Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week against 2015 finalists, Western Province, for a 13-8 victory at the Bill Jardine Stadium in Johannesburg to take top honours in the fourth...
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Aug 31, 16 •
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Comments Off on Thrilling finish to Women’s Interprovincial pool rounds
The pool stages of the SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial Competition will come to an exhilarating end this weekend, with Western Province, the Blue Bulls and KwaZulu-Natal still in the hunt to face Border in the A Section final, while Free State needs only...
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Aug 22, 16 •
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Comments Off on Border, Golden Lions women secure final berths
Border have booked their place in the SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial A Section Final, while the Golden Lions will feature in the B Section Final after both teams registered valuable victories in the penultimate round of pool matches this past weekend. In...
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Aug 19, 16 •
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Comments Off on Steinhoff Maties Rugby Tournament for Schools 2016
In 2015 the Danie Craven Stadium played host to the first edition of the Steinhoff Maties Rugby Top Schools Tournament. The tournament was formerly known as Die Burger Rugby Competition for High Schools and had been played between schools from the Boland,...
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Aug 12, 16 •
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Comments Off on Barrett shares fond memories of Olympic experience
South African referee Aimee Barrett on Friday described the experience of officiating at the Olympic Games in Rio as incredible, and she inspired women at home to follow their dreams, just as she did. Barret and fellow South African referee Rasta Rasivhenge...
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Aug 5, 16 •
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Comments Off on Blue Bulls v Western Province Preview
Traditional rivals the Blue Bulls and Western Province face off in what promises to be a thrilling Currie Cup opener in Pretoria on Friday. As the tournament’s most successful sides there will be no love lost in this north v south derby so a tough and...
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Aug 2, 16 •
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Comments Off on Basson to start at fullback for Vodacom Blue Bulls
Try-scoring ace Bjorn Basson will start at fullback for the Vodacom Blue Bulls when they take on DHL Western Province in the opening round of the Currie Cup Premier Division on Friday. Basson, who broke the Currie Cup record for tries in a season while...
