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Apr 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Twenty two players invited to second Springbok alignment camp
A total of 22 players from the DHL Stormers and Emirates Lions have been invited to attend the second Springbok alignment camp from 8 to 11 April at the Riverside Resort in Vanderbijlpark situated in the south of Johannesburg. The Springbok management are...
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Apr 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on JESSE PARAHI TAKES REINS OF AUSSIE 7S ON EVE OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Veteran Jesse Parahi has been named the acting captain of the Australian Men’s Sevens team for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Parahi inherits the position from James Stannard who was ruled out of the Games following an off-field incident on Good...
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Apr 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Try-fest on opening day of the Oakland World Schools Festival
The South African teams dominated matters on the first day of the inaugural Oakland World Schools Festival with the visiting teams suffering massive defeats at Paarl Boys’ High School on Tuesday. All four matches on the opening day went the way of the...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Lions players see the real reward for their Vodacom Super Rugby tries
Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft palate or cleft lip. That’s almost 27 children in your average Vodacom Super Rugby match. But this season, every South African team is doing something to ensure that these roughly 27 children per match get...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on All systems go for Bok Women’s Sevens, says Delport
Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Paul Delport may be facing the biggest challenge in his coaching career, but the former Junior Springboks and Springbok Sevens captain was at ease about the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series Qualifier in Hong...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on TEAM ENGLAND SEVENS SQUAD NAMED FOR 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Simon Amor has named an experienced Team England squad for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, taking place on the Gold Coast this month (13-15 April). The team includes seven members of Team GB who picked up silver medals at the Rio 2016 Olympics and six players...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on George Clancy set for 100th Guinness PRO14 Appearance
This weekend George Clancy will become only the second referee to reach a century of appearances in the Guinness PRO14 when he takes charge of Scarlets versus Glasgow Warriors on Saturday. Last year, Nigel Owens (WRU) made his 150th appearance in the...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Smith embraces playing on another big stage
He has had his share of drama, excitement and disappointment in his rugby career, but when Rhyno Smith makes his debut for the Springbok Sevens team on Friday against South Korea at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC World Rugby Sevens tournament, it will be the...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Player Movement
Free State Cheetahs (Pty) Ltd is delighted to announce that the contracting committee have so far finalised and signed 23 player contracts for the next season and or beyond. Currently more negotiations with senior players in the present group and from outside...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Guinness PRO14 Round 19 – Important for Toyota Cheetahs
The Guinness PRO 14 championship is drawing to a close with only three and in some instances only four, pool matches left to determine who will play in the Guinness PRO14 Final Series. PRO14 is divided into two pools, namely Pool A and Pool B and the Toyota...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Phil Price earns Scarlets contract
Dragons Rugby can confirm that Phil Price will remain at Scarlets after signing terms following his loan spell at Parc Y Scarlets. The 29-year-old Bridgend born prop joined the Dragons in 2009 and has made over 150 appearances for the Welsh Region. Price has...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Afternoon kick-off at DHL Newlands on Freedom Day
The kick-off time for the DHL Stormers’ encounter with the Rebels at DHL Newlands on Friday, April 27 has been moved forward to 15h05. The Vodacom Super Rugby clash that falls on Freedom Day (a public holiday in South Africa), was originally scheduled...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Lions Rugby Company sign Nic Groom
The Lions Rugby Company (Pty) Ltd. would like to announce the signing of Nicholas Groom from Northampton Saints. Due to injury and depth Groom will join the Company from 31 March 2018 until 31 October 2019. The Lions would like to welcome Groom and his...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on Changes to New Zealand Commonwealth Games rugby sevens teams
Injury and illness have forced changes to both men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams days out from the start of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. In the men’s team, young rising stars Ngarohi McGarvey Black and Caleb Clarke have both been ruled out. ...
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Apr 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on World Schools Rugby Festival kicks off in SA style
The inaugural Oakland World Schools Festival got off to an emphatic start with some of the world’s top schoolboy rugby players coming together for a true South African feast. The week-long tournament which will feature some of the most promising...
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Apr 2, 18 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks keen to discard novice tag
Experience may not be one of the tools in the Springbok Sevens’ armoury as they attempt to win the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens for the first time, but the team is determined to use the other attributes that could lead to glory as they look to stay...
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Apr 2, 18 •
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Comments Off on KERF wrap and bursaries
A highly successful 11th Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up today (Monday) with three teams ending the festival unbeaten and the announcement of four players who each received bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2019. Two local teams,...
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Apr 2, 18 •
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DROSTDY 29 – 26 SELBORNE COLLEGE The penultimate festival match, between Selborne College and HTS Drostdy, saw the East London side dominating position for the first 20 minutes. The Worcester team struggled to get their hands on the ball and, when they...
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Apr 2, 18 •
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Comments Off on KERF Game 4 – DHS-Dale
DHS 39 – 0 DALE COLLEGE In the fifth match of the final day, unbeaten DHS faced Dale College who had lost both their earlier festival games. It was the KZN side which dominated the first 10 minutes with a penalty by Shakur la Douce, and then a converted...
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Apr 2, 18 •
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Comments Off on KERF – Game 3 – Middelburg-Queen’s College
HTS MIDDELBURG 35 – 17 QUEEN’S COLLEGE It was an entertaining first half in the third match between HTS Middelburg and Queen’s College. The latter had lost both their games, whilst Middelburg had a narrow one-point win against Kearsney in their first...
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Apr 2, 18 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Day 3 – Game 1 – Glenwood & Welkom Gim
GLENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL – WELKOM GIMNASIUM The final day of the Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival opened with two sides in the top four of the games thus far. Glenwood, undoubtedly the top team of the festival, and Welkom Gimnasium, making their...
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Apr 2, 18 •
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Comments Off on Catch all the World Schools Festival Action Live Online
Rugby-loving fans around the globe will not miss a moment of the inaugural Oakland World Schools Rugby Festival from 2 to 7 April 2018 in Paarl, as all 20 games will be live-streamed for free on www.netwerk24.com. The tournament will see some of the most...
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Apr 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls take honours in derby clash – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 7 Roundup
Cell C Sharks sparkle in Auckland triumph over Blues Crusaders edge Emirates Lions in hard-fought clash The Vodacom Bulls returned to winning ways with their 33-23 derby win over the DHL Stormers on Saturday evening, while earlier in the day the Cell C Sharks...
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Apr 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on KERF DAY 3 PREVIEW AND FIXTURES
Judging by the quality of rugby from the first two days of the Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival, those attending the final day tomorrow (Monday) are in for a treat of cracking rugby, dogged defense and touches of individual brilliance contrasting...
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Mar 31, 18 •
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Comments Off on KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL – DAY 2 MATCH REPORTS AND SCORES KERF – Game 2 – DHS v Queen’s College
DURBAN HIGH SCHOOL 24 – 7 QUEEN’S COLLEGE With the mist thickening, much of the game between Durban High School (DHS) and Queen’s College was played with spectators struggling to see across the field. Despite the wet conditions, handling on both sides...
