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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Toyota Free State, Bloemfontein, 8 June 2018
TEAM AJ Coertzen ( VC) Ederies Arendse Kyle Steyn Jonathan Francke Enver Brandt George Whitehead Christiaan Meyer Conway Pretorius Sias Koen Wendal Wehr Peiter van Vuren ( C ) Sintu Majenzi Ruan Kramer Kwezi Mkhafu Devon Martinus RESERVES AJ Le Roux ...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State XV vs Tafel Lager Griquas
Toyota Free State XV will be taking on the Tafel Lager Griquas in round 8 of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge in Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Friday evening. The match kicks off at 18:00 and gates open at 16:00. The Toyota Free State XV will still want...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Human back in his happy place
He made his Springbok Sevens debut at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris last year and more importantly, won his first gold medal in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, and this week, Dewald Human re-joined his fellow Blitzboks in the French capital. Human, who...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on England U20s side to play Scotland
England U20s head coach Steve Bates has named his side to play Scotland on Thursday in their final Pool B fixture of the World Rugby U20 Championship in Beziers (8pm BST, live on worldrugby.org). The side will be captained by scrum half Ben White...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on LATU CALLED IN TO FINALISE 33-MAN SQUAD FOR MITSUBISHI ESTATE IRELAND SERIES
New South Wales hooker Tolu Latu has been added to Michael Cheika’s Qantas Wallabies squad for the Mitsubishi Estate Ireland Series ahead of the first Test at Suncorp Stadium. Latu has played four times for Australia and completes the 33-man squad following...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on AUSSIE MEN’S SEVENS READY FOR LAST TANGO IN PARIS
1.Jeral Skelton, 5 caps, Brothers 2.Dylan Pietsch, 10 caps, Randwick 3.Sam Myers, 36 caps, Norths (Sydney) 4. Lewis Holland (c), 37 caps, Queanbeyan 5.Ben O’Donnell, 9 caps, Randwick 6. Brandon Quinn, 8 caps, Gordon 7.Tim Anstee, 19 caps, Eastwood...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Junior Boks want to take step forward in France
SA Rugby’s High Performance manager and Junior Springbok assistant coach Louis Koen says the team is keen to take a step forward in the World Rugby U20 Championship when they meet hosts, France, in their final pool match in Narbonne on Thursday. The SA U20s...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Gans: It about using the opportunity
The Springbok Sevens team provides the perfect environment for developing players and people, and Stedman Gans feels that being surrounded by some of the leading players in the world, assisted with his growth as a Blitzbok in the last year. The 21-year-old...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Opening fixtures for Youth Weeks announced
SA Rugby on Tuesday announced the fixtures for the opening days of the various Youth Weeks, which will deliver three weeks of back-to-back rugby action from Monday, 25 June until Saturday, 14 July, when the best school rugby players from across the country...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Record number of Get Into Rugby activities in SA in 2017
More Get Into Rugby activities to introduce young people to the game were organised in South Africa, along with Columbia, than anywhere else in the world in 2017, according to the most recent figures released by World Rugby. According to the World Rugby Year...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Coetzer, Buthelezi to join Junior Boks in France
DHL Western Province flyhalf David Coetzer and Cell C Sharks No 8 Phendulani Buthelezi will join the Junior Springboks in France on Tuesday as injury replacements for Damian Willemse and Muller du Plessis respectively. Willemse suffered a knee injury in the...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Human, Ndhlovu to join Blitzboks in France
Dewald Human and Mfundo Ndhlovu will replace the injured Cecil Afrika and Branco du Preez in the Springbok Sevens squad for the HSBC Paris Sevens on 9-10 June at the Stade Jean Bouin in the French capital. Afrika (hamstring) and Du Preez (shoulder) will...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Soper joins Ulster coaching ticket
Ulster Rugby has confirmed that Daniel Soper will join the coaching team next season in the position of Skills Coach. Following on from the announcement of new Head Coach Dan McFarland and the news that former player Jared Payne will assume the role of...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Saturday was a possible dress-rehearsal
The iCOLLEGE Pumas’ 43-35 victory in the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday over the Xerox Golden Lions which was in the balance until the last seconds, could have been a dress-rehearsal for a possible SuperSport Challenge quarter final later this...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on ENGLAND FINISH FOURTH AT HSBC LONDON SEVENS
England finished fourth at the HSBC London Sevens after losing 19-21 to Ireland at Twickenham Stadium. Earlier on day two, England beat Australia 21-17 but were unable to overcome South Africa in the semi-final as they won 19-29. On day one in the pool...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby congratulates recipients of Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to rugby
Women’s Rugby World Cup winning captain Fiao’o Faamausili heads this year’s list of rugby service awards in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Faamausili was named Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit while former Black Fern Rochelle Martin,...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on JUNIOR WALLABIES DEFEAT JAPAN TO SET UP POOL A SHOWDOWN WITH NEW ZEALAND
The Junior Wallabies have defeated Japan 54-19 overnight in the second pool game of the World Rugby U20s Championship at Stade de la Mediterranee, Bézier. Australia scored eight tries in the high scoring affair as the Junior Wallabies moved into second in...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on AUSTRALIA HOLDS ONTO FOURTH PLACE ON WORLD SERIES LADDER AFTER LONDON SEVENS
The Qantas Australian Men’s Sevens side have exited at the fifth-place Semi-Final stage in a disappointing day two at the HSBC London Sevens. The Aussies first task was the Cup Quarter Final against hosts England at Twickenham. The Australians off to...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks beaten in London as Fiji extend World Series lead
The Springbok Sevens team were beaten 21-17 by Fiji in the final of the HSBC London Sevens on Sunday, a result that saw the current Olympic champions extend their HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series lead to eight points with one tournament left to play. The...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on England U20s defeat Italy at World Rugby U20 Championship
England U20s sealed a second bonus-point victory after a seven-try win over Italy at the World Rugby U20 Championship. Having beaten Argentina 39-18 in their opening fixture of the tournament, they followed that up with a 43-5 victory over Italy in Perpignan...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Roux lauds Junior Bok fightback to beat Ireland
Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux lauded his team’s determined second-half display against Ireland in their World Rugby U20 Championship match at Stade d’Honneur du Parc des Sports et de l’Amitié in Narbonne on Sunday to register a 30-17...
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Jun 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Race to play-offs intensifies – SuperSport Rugby Challenge Round 7 Review
The undefeated and defending SuperSport Rugby Challenge champions, DHL Western Province, continued on their merry way with yet another victory in Round 7, while the iCOLLEGE Pumas and Toyota Free State XV – the other teams yet to lose this year – also...
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Jun 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Erasmus: No excuses as Boks come up short against Wales
Rassie Erasmus, SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby, offered no excuses for the Springboks’ narrow 22-20 loss against Wales in difficult conditions in Washington DC on Saturday evening. Wales scored their third and decisive try right at the end of the Test when...
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Jun 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Crusaders loose forward Pete Samu released by New Zealand Rugby
New Zealand Rugby has agreed to release Crusaders loose forward to be available for his country of birth after reaching an agreement with Rugby Australia. Chris Lendrum, NZR Head of Professional Rugby, said the two national unions reached an agreement late...
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Jun 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds lose to Waratahs at Suncorp Stadium
The St.George Queensland Reds have suffered a 52-41 loss to the NSW Waratahs at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night. The Waratahs outscored the Reds eight tries to seven, with the boot of NSW flyhalf Bernard Foley kicking six conversions to push the score past...
