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Jun 6, 13 •
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Comments Off on Public seating to Saturday night’s Test match at Eden Park have sold out.
Public seating to Saturday night’s Test match at Eden Park have sold out. For the first game of the Steinlager Series between the All Blacks and France, around 46,000 rugby fans will flood into Eden Park to enjoy the first international fixture of the...
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Jun 5, 13 •
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General News, International, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Springbok fans – win the experience of a life time
Springbok fans could win the experience of a life time when they get a behind the scenes glimpse of what happens before and during rugby Tests. The SuperFans will get to experience a whole lot of awesomeness as they will have front-row seats of what...
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Jun 5, 13 •
2882 Views •
General News, International, Springbok News, Springboks, World Rugby •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Van der Merwe in for injured Du Toit
MTN Golden Lions lock Franco van der Merwe, currently on loan to The Sharks, has been called up to the Springbok squad in the place of the injured Pieter-Steph du Toit. Van der Merwe will join the squad in Durban as soon as possible. Du Toit has...
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Jun 5, 13 •
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British & Irish Lions, British & Irish Lions News, General News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Lions Tour to be broadcast live on Sport 24
As the British & Irish Lions Tour of Australia gets underway in Perth on Wednesday night, Sport 24 announces it will deliver every match live to global audiences in the air and at sea, providing unprecedented access to rugby content. Sport 24 is a...
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Jun 5, 13 •
2567 Views •
General News, New Zealand •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Canterbury Rugby announces SBS Bank as its principal sponsor
The Canterbury Rugby Football Union (CRFU) is pleased to announce SBS Bank as their new principal sponsor for the ITM Cup and Canterbury Sevens representative teams. In what is a significant commercial and strategic deal SBS Bank will hold the primary...
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Jun 4, 13 •
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General News, Rugby World Cup News, RWC 2011 •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Vodacom Blue Bulls and Vodacom Bulls players well represented in Baby Boks Team
The South Africa Under-20 team to face the United States in their first match of the IRB Junior World Championship 2013 will be captained by Vodacom Blue Bulls loose forward Ruan Steenkamp, who continues the trend of Vodacom Blue Bulls junior players to lead...
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Jun 4, 13 •
3934 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Ready for action – Castle Lager Incoming Series
The four captains of the teams competing in the unique Castle Lager Incoming Series gathered at Growthpoint Kings Park on Tuesday. South Africa, Scotland, Italy and Samoa will contest the tournament on a log basis over the coming three Saturdays in Durban,...
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Jun 4, 13 •
7495 Views •
British & Irish Lions, British & Irish Lions News, General News, Video •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Brian O’Driscoll tackles Thai Cooking
Can HSBC Ambassador Brian O’Driscoll take the heat in the kitchen? Ahead of captaining the British & Irish Lions against the Western Force, find out how the Lions legend prepares for a game with his pre-match eating rituals...
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Jun 4, 13 •
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Comments Off on PUMAS Rugby Union will soon host the first ever Double-Header Test series in the history of world rugby
The PUMAS Rugby Union will soon host the first ever Double-Header Test series in the history of world rugby. The event will be hosted on June 15, 2013 at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, the new home of STEVAL PUMAS and the Mpumalanga Rugby Union. ...
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Jun 4, 13 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on 2013 Canterbury Rugby wider training group announced
The Canterbury Rugby Football Union has announced its wider training group for the 2013 ITM Cup season. Thirty players from clubs around Canterbury have been selected in the group. Canterbury is chasing its sixth successive title this season under the...
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Jun 3, 13 •
5769 Views •
General News, International, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Robert Ebersohn has been called up to the Springbok squad
Toyota Free State Cheetahs centre Robert Ebersohn has been called up to the Springbok squad currently preparing for the Castle Lager Incoming Series in Durban. Ebersohn’s inclusion follows uncertainty over the availability of midfielders Jean de...
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Jun 3, 13 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Springbok injury update from Durban
Six players in the Springbok squad took little or no part in training at Northwood School in Durban on Monday because of various injury niggles. Juan de Jongh (centre) is not available for selection in the opening Test in the Castle Lager Incoming...
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Jun 3, 13 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Mapoe injury rules him out of remainder of Vodacom Super Rugby season
Vodacom Bulls player Lionel Mapoe will miss the remainder of the Vodacom Super Rugby season due to a shoulder injury. The versatile outside back sustained the injury on Saturday during his side’s 30-25 win over the Toyota Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. According...
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Jun 3, 13 •
4405 Views •
Blitz Bokke, General News, IRB World Cup Sevens, Sevens Rugby •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Treu names Springbok Sevens training squad
The Springbok Sevens team started their preparations for the Rugby World Cup Sevens at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport on Monday. Treu has called on a number of available stalwarts in his contracted group for the global Sevens showpiece, which takes place...
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Jun 3, 13 •
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General News, International, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Chean Roux joins Springbok Team Management
Former Varsity Cup-winning Maties head coach and a current member of SARU’s High Performance Mobi-unit, Chean Roux, has been added to the Springbok Team Management in the role of Performance Analyst. Roux, who in his playing days represented the DHL...
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Jun 2, 13 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls stay on top of the SA Conference – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 16 Review
The Vodacom Bulls firmed their grip on the top position of the South African conference on Saturday by beating closet rivals, the Toyota Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday, while the DHL Stormers kept their outside change of a play-off spot alive with a...
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Jun 1, 13 •
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Comments Off on Olivier released to take up French offer
The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd has agreed to release Wynand Olivier in order for the multiple Cup winning midfielder to take up an offer with French club Montpellier. Olivier’s contact expires on 31 October 2013, but the BBC agreed to a request from...
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Jun 1, 13 •
2985 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Junior Springboks Squad has first full training on French soil
The South Africa Under-20 rugby squad started their IRB Junior World Championship (JWC) match preparations on Saturday at their tournament base in Les Sables d’Olonne in France. The Junior Springboks arrived in France on Friday afternoon and enjoyed their...
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Jun 1, 13 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Crusaders Injury Update
During last nights game against the Waratahs which saw the Crusaders win 23-22, Crusaders lock Dominic Bird incurred a significant shoulder injury. Following further medical assesment today the Crusaders can confirm that Bird has ruptured his left pectoralis...
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May 31, 13 •
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Club Rugby, General News, Varsity & Club •
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Comments Off on National Clubs Round-up: Centurion on the charge
CENTURION will be playing for a place in the 2014 Cell C Community Cup while Winter Rose and Swallows square up in an eagerly-anticipated Eastern Cape derby on a jam-packed weekend of club rugby across the country. No fewer than 63 Premier League club...
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May 31, 13 •
3861 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Late changes to final SA President’s XV squad
Injuries have ruled out two players in the SA President’s XV shortly before their departure to Georgia for the IRB Tblisi Cup next month. Backs Joe Seerane and Hoffman Maritz will both miss the tournament in Tbilisi because of knee injuries....
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May 31, 13 •
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General News, International •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Fans tell the Blues what to wear for match against France
Fans have decided the Blues will wear the 2013 limited edition Harlequins-style jersey for their match against France in 11 days time. In a mid-week match during their tour here, the French will wear their traditional Blue playing strip which meant the Blues...
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May 31, 13 •
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Comments Off on Highlanders Named To Play Blues @ Forsyth Barr Stadium
Highlanders’ Head Coach, Jamie Joseph, has named his team to play the Blues at Forsyth Barr Stadium tomorrow night. The match takes on additional significance with The Gordon Hunter Memorial Trophy on the line. The trophy honours one of the...
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May 30, 13 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Durban braces itself for major rugby invasion
Durban and KwaZulu-Natal will go into mini-Rugby World Cup mode on Sunday when four of the world’s major rugby-playing nations descend on the region for the unique Castle Lager Incoming Series. The Springboks will be joined by fellow Rugby World Cup pool...
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May 30, 13 •
2865 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Massive clash in Bloemfontein – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 16 Preview
It’s still early days to talk about conferences titles and the like, but Saturday evening’s Vodacom Super Rugby derby between the Toyota Cheetahs and the Vodacom Bulls will have a big influence on how the top two local teams finish on the log in 2013....
