Archive for 2015

  • Marais change four in Bulls starting team for Cape clash

    Sep 16, 15 • 1743 Views • General NewsComments Off on Marais change four in Bulls starting team for Cape clash

    Photo: Anton Geyser Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Nollis Marais named flyhalf Louis Fouché in his starting team to play DHL Western Province in Cape Town on Friday. The inclusion of Fouché, who swops places with Tian Swanepoel (to the bench) is one of three...

  • Two of SA named in RWC 2015 disciplinary team

    Sep 16, 15 • 1885 Views • General News, International, Rugby World Cup, RWC 2015Comments Off on Two of SA named in RWC 2015 disciplinary team

    World Rugby has included two South Africans in an experienced disciplinary team for Rugby World Cup 2015, underscoring its commitment to the clear and consistent application of the disciplinary process and rules at rugby’s showcase event. The South African...

  • Toyota Free State Cheetahs teams take on Griquas

    Sep 16, 15 • 2856 Views • General NewsComments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs teams take on Griquas

    Photo: Anton geyser / Rugby 15   The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will be taking on the Griquas on Saturday, 19 September at 15:00 in the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein.  The two neighbouring teams will also be competing for the Movember Cup.  Coach,...

  • SA Under-18 clinch Sevens gold at Commonwealth Youth Games

    Sep 16, 15 • 2514 Views • General News, International, SchoolComments Off on SA Under-18 clinch Sevens gold at Commonwealth Youth Games

    Photo credit: Sascoc The future of South African Sevens shone brightly during a brilliant display by the SA Under-18 Sevens team in Samoa last week, as they captured the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia, Samoa. South Africa finished the...

  • Experienced Springboks side braced for different challenge from Japan

    Sep 16, 15 • 1633 Views • General News, International, Rugby World Cup, RWC 2015, SpringboksComments Off on Experienced Springboks side braced for different challenge from Japan

    The most experienced Springbok side ever are bracing themselves for a different kind of challenge when the face Japan in their Rugby World Cup opener in Brighton on Saturday.   Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer on Wednesday named Jean de Villiers as captain...

  • GUILDFORD SIGNS FOR 2016

    Sep 16, 15 • 1676 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on GUILDFORD SIGNS FOR 2016

    Waratahs Rugby has today confirmed the signing of former All Black Zac Guildford for the 2016 Super Rugby season, on a short-term contract for 10 months. Guildford will commence his time with the NSW Waratahs at the conclusion of the New Zealand ITM Cup...

  • All the Action with the Vodacom Rugby App

    Sep 16, 15 • 3120 Views • General News, International, Rugby World Cup, SpringboksComments Off on All the Action with the Vodacom Rugby App

    Rugby supporters won’t have to skip a beat while the best countries in the world battle it out for the Webb Ellis Cup, thanks to the Vodacom Rugby App. As the official telecommunications partner of the Springboks for the past 21 years, Vodacom will ensure...

  • AW15 PUMA TRAINING Q&A WITH DUANE VERMUELEN

    Sep 16, 15 • 2380 Views • General News, International, RWC 2015, SpringboksComments Off on AW15 PUMA TRAINING Q&A WITH DUANE VERMUELEN

    Duane Vermeulen: Q: Having not played since your neck injury in June, how are you feeling physically and have you started taking contact during practice? A: Having not played since June I was a little bit tentative taking to the field for the first time after...

  • AW15 PUMA TRAINING Q&A WITH TREVOR NYAKANE

    Sep 16, 15 • 4524 Views • General News, International, RWC 2015, SpringboksComments Off on AW15 PUMA TRAINING Q&A WITH TREVOR NYAKANE

    Trevor Nyakane: Q: Who was the first person you told after hearing you had been selected for the World Cup squad? A: My Dad. Q: As this is your first World Cup, what tips have the senior players given you on how to handle the occasion? A: They told us that...

  • Watch the Lions and Springboks in Emirates Airline Park

    Sep 15, 15 • 2144 Views • General News, International, Rugby World Cup, RWC 2015, SpringboksComments Off on Watch the Lions and Springboks in Emirates Airline Park

    Supporters of the Xerox Golden Lions attending the game against the Cell C Sharks at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday 19 September will be able to watch the Springboks in their World Cup opener against Japan in the stadium on the Big Screen after the Lions...

  • Feel the gees at Absa Boktowns

    Sep 15, 15 • 1725 Views • General News, International, Rugby World Cup, RWC 2015, World RugbyComments Off on Feel the gees at Absa Boktowns

    Springbok supporters wishing to share the World Cup ‘gees’ with their fellow countrymen can once again enjoy the unique vibe of Absa Boktown during the tournament. Absa Boktowns, managed by the official Springbok Supporters’ Club, launch this weekend in...

  • Just one change to DHL Western Province starting XV against the Bulls

    Sep 15, 15 • 1887 Views • General NewsComments Off on Just one change to DHL Western Province starting XV against the Bulls

    Head coach John Dobson has not tampered too much with the team that did duty in Durban last weekend, as DHL Western Province prepare to host the in-form Vodacom Blue Bulls in Absa Currie Cup action at DHL Newlands on Friday night (kick-off 19h00). The only...

  • Steval Pumas team to take on the EP Kings

    Sep 15, 15 • 1744 Views • General NewsComments Off on Steval Pumas team to take on the EP Kings

    Steval Pumas vs EP Kings Match: Round five, Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Date: Friday, 18 September 2015 Kick-off: 17:00   Coach MJ Mentz named his 22-man line-up for the seventh Absa Currie Cup match of the season to...

  • JP DU PLESSIS HEARING

    Sep 15, 15 • 2527 Views • General NewsComments Off on JP DU PLESSIS HEARING

    EP KINGS centre JP du Plessis will receive no further sanction after an SA Rugby Union hearing on Monday (September 14) following the red card he received in the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match against the Free State Cheetahs in Port Elizabeth on...

  • HAYLETT-PETTY RE-SIGNS WITH FORCE FOR 2016 & 2017

    Sep 15, 15 • 1732 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on HAYLETT-PETTY RE-SIGNS WITH FORCE FOR 2016 & 2017

    Rising young lock/back-rower Ross Haylett-Petty will remain with the Western Force, after re-signing with the Western Australian club for a further two seasons. The locally-produced tall forward made his Asteron Life Super Rugby debut in 2015, initially...

  • Jimmy Tupou suspended for one week

    Sep 15, 15 • 3711 Views • General News, Mitre 10 CupComments Off on Jimmy Tupou suspended for one week

    New Zealand Rugby Duty Judicial Officer (DJO) Nigel Hampton QC has accepted a guilty plea from Counties Manukau captain Jimmy Tupou who was cited for contravening law 10.4(h) Dangerous Charging into a Ruck, in an ITM Cup match on the weekend. The incident...

  • Reds sign NRL winger Eto Nabuli for two years

    Sep 15, 15 • 1866 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Reds sign NRL winger Eto Nabuli for two years

    Queensland Rugby Union today announced the signature of St.George Illawarra Dragons Fijian winger Eto Nabuli for two years. The 27-year-old grew up playing the 15-man code in Sigatoka, Fiji, but has played Rugby League in Australia for the past three years...

  • Vodacom Blue Bulls Fitness Report presented by Medihelp

    Sep 15, 15 • 1512 Views • General NewsComments Off on Vodacom Blue Bulls Fitness Report presented by Medihelp

    All ready to go for big clash down south Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Nollis Marais will have all his regular squad members fit and ready when he takes to the training field for Friday’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the DHL Western Province in Cape Town....

  • Record first-day ticket sales for Cape Town Sevens

    Sep 14, 15 • 1867 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, International, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World SeriesComments Off on Record first-day ticket sales for Cape Town Sevens

    The launch of ticket sales for the HSBC Cape Town Sevens in December has broken all previous records for the event in South Africa, said a delighted Jurie Roux, CEO of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Monday. An astonishing 21 000 tickets were sold...

  • EP Kings injury update

    Sep 14, 15 • 1822 Views • General NewsComments Off on EP Kings injury update

    Apart from the normal bumps and bruises, the Kings’ hard fought 32 – 24 victory over the Free State Cheetahs on Friday night has not come without the expense of injuries. Still uncertain of the extent of the players injuries, Dr Von Hagen and his...

  • EP Kings Injury Report

    Sep 14, 15 • 1542 Views • General NewsComments Off on EP Kings Injury Report

    New injuries: – Steven Sykes – Rib injury, will treat this week and monitor – Scott van Breda – Dead leg, left thigh, will review during the week – Normal bumps and bruises with other players Follow up on known injury: – Shane...

  • Verslag – Valke Sewes Toernooie

    Sep 14, 15 • 2122 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on Verslag – Valke Sewes Toernooie

    Hoërskool Dr. EG Jansen het geskiedenis gemaak deurdat hy vanjaar as die beste Sewes rugbyskool in die Valke aangewys is. Om hierdie besonderse prestasie te behaal moes Dr. EG Jansen blink vertonings in die twee Valke toernooie wat onderskeidelik by...

  • MORAHAN LATEST TO RE-COMMIT TO FORCE

    Sep 14, 15 • 1654 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on MORAHAN LATEST TO RE-COMMIT TO FORCE

    Flyer Luke Morahan has re-signed with the Western Force and will remain at the club for at least another season.   The express-paced outside back – who has re-signed for one year with the option of a second – was the club’s leading try scorer in...

  • Rousing RWC welcome for Boks in Eastbourne

    Sep 13, 15 • 2763 Views • General News, International, RWC 2015, SpringboksComments Off on Rousing RWC welcome for Boks in Eastbourne

    The Springboks were given a vibrant and rousing reception at their official Rugby World Cup Welcoming Ceremony, held at the iconic Winter Gardens in Eastbourne on Sunday afternoon.   Hundreds of rugby fans lined the street and packed the venue as the...

  • Cheetahs, Blue Bulls make a move in Absa u21 competition

    Sep 13, 15 • 1932 Views • General NewsComments Off on Cheetahs, Blue Bulls make a move in Absa u21 competition

    The Toyota Free State Cheetahs and Vodacom Blue Bulls scored significant wins in the Absa Under-21 Provincial Championship this weekend, as log leaders DHL Western Province played to a 32-32 draw against the Cell C Sharks in Durban. The Blue Bulls 16-6 win...