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  • ORC GRIQUAS TEAM TO FACE THE EAGLES

    Jul 23, 15 • 2256 Views • General News • • Comments Off on ORC GRIQUAS TEAM TO FACE THE EAGLES

    OPPONENTS: SWD Eagles DATE: 25 July 2015 VENUE: Griqua Park Kimberley TIME: 15:00 1 Danie Mienie 2 AJ Le Roux 3 Ewald Van Der Westhuizen 4 Stephan Greeff 5 Jonathan Adendorf 6 RJ Liebenberg 7 Hilton Lobberts 8 Carel Greeff 9 Tian Meyer(Captain) 10 Riaan...

  • DHL WP U19s aim to build on winning start

    Jul 23, 15 • 1649 Views • General News • • Comments Off on DHL WP U19s aim to build on winning start

    The DHL Western Province Under-19 team will be looking to make it two from two when they travel to Port Elizabeth to face up to the Eastern Province Under-19s on Saturday (kick-off 14h00). Having come off a last-gasp 10-6 win over the Sharks two weeks ago,...

  • DHL WP Under-21s to build on positives

    Jul 23, 15 • 1419 Views • General News • • Comments Off on DHL WP Under-21s to build on positives

    The DHL Western Province Under-21 team will be looking to give their 2015 Absa Provincial Under-21 campaign a boost when they take on the Eastern Province Kings U21 team in Port Elizabeth on Saturday (kick-off 16h15). The DHL WP U21s lost a tight game at home...

  • DHL WP power up for EP Kings friendly

    Jul 23, 15 • 1406 Views • General News • • Comments Off on DHL WP power up for EP Kings friendly

    New DHL Western Province head coach John Dobson has selected a powerful combination for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup pre-season clash against the EP Kings in Port Elizabeth (kick-off 19h00). Having fielded a largely untried DHL WP XV selection against the...

  • Griquas have Absa Currie Cup destiny in their own hands

    Jul 23, 15 • 1297 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Griquas have Absa Currie Cup destiny in their own hands

    The ORC Griquas have their Absa Currie Cup Premier Division destiny in their own hands when they complete their Qualifier campaign this coming Saturday at home against the SWD Eagles. Kick-off is at 15h00. As things stand at the moment, the Kimberley rugby...

  • EP KINGS U19 AND U21 v WP PREVIEW

    Jul 23, 15 • 1667 Views • General News • • Comments Off on EP KINGS U19 AND U21 v WP PREVIEW

    FOLLOWING victories in their opening two matches, the EP Kings U19 side face arguably their toughest challenge of the season so far when they meet their Western Province counterparts in the Absa U19 interprovincial tournament at Nelson Mandela Bay in Port...

  • Border Bulldogs team to tackle the Leopards

    Jul 23, 15 • 1663 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Border Bulldogs team to tackle the Leopards

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  • EP RUGBY GRAND CHALLENGE PREVIEW FOR JULY 25

    Jul 23, 15 • 1379 Views • General News • • Comments Off on EP RUGBY GRAND CHALLENGE PREVIEW FOR JULY 25

    LOCKED at the top on 49 points each, there will be a fascinating battle for supremacy between Despatch and PE SAPS when the next round of the EP Grand Challenge is played on Saturday (July 25). With just two rounds remaining, plus a few postponed fixtures,...

  • South Africa vs New Zealand Teamsheets #RugbyChampionship

    Jul 23, 15 • 1942 Views • General News, International, Springboks, The Rugby Championship, World Rugby • • Comments Off on South Africa vs New Zealand Teamsheets #RugbyChampionship

    Match:  South Africa vs New Zealand @ Emirates Airlines Park, Johannesburg Date: Saturday 25 July 2015 Kick-Off : 17:05 local (SA Time), 12:05 ART, 15:05 GMT, 01:05* AEST, 03:05* NZST Referee: Jérôme Garcès AR1:  Romain Poite AR2:  Leighton Hodges TMO:...

  • All Blacks team named for Test against South Africa

    Jul 23, 15 • 1783 Views • General News, International, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on All Blacks team named for Test against South Africa

    The All Blacks side to play South Africa in the Investec Rugby Championship Test at Emirates Airline (formerly Ellis) Park, Johannesburg, on Saturday 25 July has been named, with lock James Broadhurst and first five-eighths Lima Sopoaga to make their Test...

  • MATCH REPORT: BOLAND CAVALIERS vs STEVAL PUMAS (friendly)

    Jul 23, 15 • 2116 Views • General News • • Comments Off on MATCH REPORT: BOLAND CAVALIERS vs STEVAL PUMAS (friendly)

    Boland Cavaliers vs Steval Pumas Boland Stadium, Wellington (Western Cape) Wednesday, 22 July, 2015 Final score: 19-38 (05-24) In their second match of the Cape Town tour, the Steval Pumas had to battle a strong wind against the Boland Cavaliers. Coach MJ...

  • EP RUGBY MEDIA RELEASE – CARLOS SPENCER

    Jul 23, 15 • 1843 Views • General News • • Comments Off on EP RUGBY MEDIA RELEASE – CARLOS SPENCER

    It is with great disappointment that EP Rugby have read the comments made in media on behalf of former EP Rugby coach Carlos Spencer following his departure from the Kings. Spencer, through his attorney David Jones, has attributed his departure from the Kings...

  • #RugbyChampionship preview – Round 2

    Jul 23, 15 • 1545 Views • General News, International, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on #RugbyChampionship preview – Round 2

    In a shortened version of the Rugby Championship, the two losers of week one are practically in last chance saloon while victories for week one’s winners would set up a winner-takes-all Bledisloe Cup clash in Round 3. It makes for a must-see weekend of...

  • Wallabies make seven changes for Pumas

    Jul 23, 15 • 1476 Views • General News, International, The Rugby Championship, World Rugby • • Comments Off on Wallabies make seven changes for Pumas

    The Qantas Wallabies have made seven changes to their starting line-up for Saturday’s Rugby Championship and Puma Trophy clash against Argentina at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza. In one of three changes in the forwards, Reds veteran Greg Holmes will...

  • DHL WP building towards 2015 Absa Currie Cup

    Jul 22, 15 • 1616 Views • General News • • Comments Off on DHL WP building towards 2015 Absa Currie Cup

    DHL Western Province have continued their build-up towards the 2015 Absa Currie Cup through a short training camp ahead of their second pre-season friendly, this Saturday in Port Elizabeth. The DHL WP squad, under the leadership of new head coach John Dobson...

  • Late change as Mapoe replaces injured Pietersen for Springboks

    Jul 22, 15 • 1740 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Late change as Mapoe replaces injured Pietersen for Springboks

    Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Late change as Mapoe replaces injured Pietersen for Springboks The Springboks were forced to make an injury-enforced change to the team for Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against New Zealand, with the uncapped...

  • Cheetahs name junior teams

    Jul 22, 15 • 1943 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Cheetahs name junior teams

    The Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.19’s will be taking on the Sharks’ u.19 side on Friday, 24 July at 13:00 and the Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.21’s will be playing against the Sharks’ u.21 team at 15:00. Both matches will be played at Growthpoint...

  • EP SCHOOLS PREVIEW FOR JULY 25

    Jul 22, 15 • 2645 Views • General News, School • • Comments Off on EP SCHOOLS PREVIEW FOR JULY 25

    FRAMESBY and Grey High, who provided the bulk of the players for the EP Craven Week team, will clash in the feature match of the weekend when the Eastern Province schools rugby programme resumes on Saturday (July 25) following the mid-year break. Perennially...

  • Queensland Rugby Adopts the Recommendations of the St.George Queensland Reds High Performance Review

    Jul 22, 15 • 1914 Views • Australia, General News • • Comments Off on Queensland Rugby Adopts the Recommendations of the St.George Queensland Reds High Performance Review

    The Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) today announced it will move to restructure its organisation following recommendations from the Reds High Performance Review headed by Damien Frawley. Frawley, a QRU Board member, the current CEO of Queensland Investment...

  • Nine changes for Springboks against New Zealand

    Jul 22, 15 • 15159 Views • General News, International, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship, World Rugby • • Comments Off on Nine changes for Springboks against New Zealand

    Photo: Anton Geyser The Springbok team to face New Zealand for the 90th time shows nine changes to the match-23 to that which did duty against Australia for the second match in the condensed Castle Lager Rugby Championship at Emirates Airline Park in...

  • McISAAC STEPS UP FOR TOP JOB WITH PERTH SPIRIT

    Jul 22, 15 • 1862 Views • Australia, General News • • Comments Off on McISAAC STEPS UP FOR TOP JOB WITH PERTH SPIRIT

    Former Perth Spirit hooker Tai McIsaac has been appointed head coach of the Perth Spirit for the 2015 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (NRC), alongside returning assistant coaches Dwayne Nestor and Elwee Prinsloo. It’s been eight years since McIsaac...

  • EP KINGS TEAM TO PLAY WP

    Jul 22, 15 • 1487 Views • General News • • Comments Off on EP KINGS TEAM TO PLAY WP

    LOCK Steven Sykes will captain the EP Kings team when they wind up their match preparations for next month’s Absa Currie Cup campaign with a friendly against Western Province at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday (July 25). In...

  • Convincing win for #EPKings U19s in Potch

    Jul 21, 15 • 1559 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Convincing win for #EPKings U19s in Potch

    Eastern Province outscored the Leopards six tries to four to record their second consecutive win in the ABSA Under-19 competition in Potchefstroom this past Saturday. Eastern Province’s eighthman Junior Pokomela, centre Jeremy Ward and fullback...

  • Disappointing result for U21s

    Jul 21, 15 • 1474 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Disappointing result for U21s

    The Eastern Province U21 side went down 8 – 28 in their second ABSA Under-21 match at Profert Olen Park in Potchefstroom this past Saturday. Eastern Province opened the scoring in the eleventh minute through fullback Malcolm Jaer, Simon Bolze failed to...

  • Schalk Burger takes over as Springbok captain

    Jul 21, 15 • 2004 Views • General News, International, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on Schalk Burger takes over as Springbok captain

    Photo: Anton Geyser Experienced loose forward Schalk Burger will become the 55th Springbok captain on Saturday when he leads South Africa out against New Zealand at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg. The 32-year-old Burger has been named interim captain,...