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Sep 2, 16 •
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Comments Off on BUILDCORP WALLAROOS NAME SQUAD FOR BIGGEST TEST YET
The Buildcorp Wallaroos have named a 26 strong squad for their New Zealand tour which will include their first-ever double header against the Black Ferns before the third Bledisloe Cup Test between the Qantas Wallabies and the All Blacks at Eden Park. With...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Holland retires from rugby
Munster Rugby can today confirm that Johnny Holland will retire from professional rugby with immediate effect. The young out-half who initially sustained a hamstring injury while playing for Munster ‘A’ in the British and Irish Cup game against...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on De Villiers: ‘Australia and South Africa under equal pressure’
Former Springbok captain Jean de Villiers says Australia will be under just as much pressure as South Africa when they clash in the Rugby Championship on September 10. While Springbok rugby appears to have been in a free fall for the last couple of months,...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Lions green light for Halfpenny
The Lions have been given a boost after Leigh Halfpenny declared he’s available to tour from the outset, even if Toulon make the Top 14 final. In France the domestic final is scheduled for June 4 but the British and Irish Lions will fly out to New...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP U19 shuffle forward pack
DHL Western Province U19 coach, Nazeem Adams, has made a number of changes to his forward pack to face the Cell C Sharks U19 at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Captain Ernst van Rhyn moves from flank to lock in place of the injured Cobus Wiese, with Juarno Augustus...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Mukoko To Officiate At Women’s Africa Cup Sevens
Peris Mukoko will be part of the referees panel for the Women’s Africa Cup Sevens in Harare, Zimbabwe on September 17/18. One of Kenya’s leading female match officials, Mukoko, who also doubles up as a World Rugby certified Match Official Educator,...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Team Announcement: Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs EP Kings
Toyota Free State Cheetahs and Cell C announce renewal of partnership. The Toyota Cheetahs are proud to announce that Cell C has extended their partnership with the Toyota Cheetahs to 2017. Cell C has been a part of the Toyota Cheetahs family since...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Van der Merwe on DHL WP U21 debut
Junior Springbok wing Edwill van der Merwe will make his debut for DHL Western Province U21 against the Cell C Sharks U21 at DHL Newlands on Saturday. The speedster will be joined in a new-look backline by flyhalf Brandon Thomson, scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on CURRIE CUP PREMIER DIVISION 2016: Late changes to Boland team vs Pumas
The Boland Cavaliers have made a few late changes to their team that will face the Pumas at the Boland Stadium on Friday. Zandre Jordaan (eighth-man) and Basil Short (prop) have been withdrawn from the squad as they have been assessed to be unfit to take part...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions junior team sheets
The Xerox Golden Lions junior teams travel to Bloemfontein this weekend where they will face the Free State under 19 and under 21 teams. The Lions Under 21 side is currently second on the log, just one point behind the Free State, while the Lions Under 19’s...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP starting debut for Willemse
Flank Stefan Willemse will make his first start for DHL Western Province, in the Currie Cup clash against the Cell C Sharks at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Willemse came off the replacements bench in the victory against the Eastern Province Kings in Port...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Team Release for Western Province vs Cell C Sharks
Western Province vs. Cell C Sharks Date : Saturday, 3rd September 2016 Time : 17h05 Venue : DHL Newlands, Cape Town Referee : Rasta Rasivhenge Assistant Referees : Quinton Immelman, Jaco Kotze Television Match Official : Willie Roos Curwin Bosch 14....
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Gauteng and Coastal derbies spice up Currie Cup
Two big derbies, in Pretoria and Cape Town, will spice up the Currie Cup this weekend as the competition shifts into a new gear when the Premier and First Division tournaments pass the halfway mark and the battle for semi-final spots intensifies. Only four...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Bond University Queensland Country welcome back James Slipper for Melbourne Rising clash
Bond University Queensland Country will welcome back St.George Queensland Reds and Wallabies prop James Slipper, for their Round 2 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (NRC) against the Melbourne Rising this Sunday, 4 September. The inclusion of Slipper is...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City side to play Western Sydney Rams at Ballymore Stadium
The McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City side has been named for their first home match of the 2016 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship. City coaches have made six changes to the starting side to face the Rams in this Horan-Little Shield challenge match,...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on QUADE COOPER INKS RETURN TO AUSTRALIAN RUGBY AND QUEENSLAND REDS
Qantas Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper has officially put pen to paper on a new three-year contract, cementing his return to Australian Rugby after one season with French club Toulon. Cooper’s new deal will carry him through until the end of the 2019 Rugby...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Lionesses In Pool B For Women’s Africa Cup Sevens
Kenya have been grouped in Pool B of the Women’s Africa Cup Sevens set for Harare, Zimbabwe on 18 September. The Lionesses were Africa’s representatives in the women’s rugby sevens competition at the recently concluded Olympic Games in Brazil. They...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on BAREND PIETERSE ON GRIQUAS GAME
“It was definitely a game of two halves, but once again, I cannot fault the players on their effort.” “Considering that we had one day of training to prepare for this match, there were a number of mistakes but it is understandable.”...
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Sep 1, 16 •
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Comments Off on Game of two halves against Griquas
It was a game of two halves in Kimberley on Wednesday, with the EP Kings going into the break with a 3-point lead; but the home team bounced back and dominated the second half to take the game 47 points to 24 at the whistle. The first minutes of the game...
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Aug 31, 16 •
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Comments Off on Boland Cavaliers team vs Steval Pumas | Boland Stadium, Wellington | Friday 2 September 2016
The Boland Cavaliers have been bolstered by the return of Zandré Jordaan and Jacques Engelbrecht, two of the team’s most dangerous ball-carriers, for their Currie Cup Premier Division clash against the Steval Pumas on Friday 2 September 2016 at the Boland...
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Aug 31, 16 •
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Comments Off on Bok MVP played off the bench!
South Africa’s first loss in Argentina might have had something to do with the decision to leave their Most Valuable Player on the bench. Pieter-Steph du Toit replaced Lood de Jager six minutes into the second half of the Springboks’ 26-24 loss in Salta,...
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Aug 31, 16 •
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Comments Off on Benjamin happy to stay at Cheetahs
Free State Cheetahs winger Rayno Benjamin has extended his contract with the union for another year. “My blood is orange and my heart is here, that’s why I’m still here,” Benjamin started his career at ther Boland Cavaliers and moved...
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Aug 31, 16 •
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Comments Off on Rossouw in at fullback for Vodacom Blue Bulls Under-21s
Divan Rossouw is back at fullback for the Vodacom Blue Bulls Under-21 match against the EP Kings in the SA Rugby Under-21 Provincial Championship on Friday. He replaces Kurt Webster, who moves to the bench in one of two changes to the starting team. Jaco...
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Aug 31, 16 •
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Comments Off on TEAMSHEET BORDER
COMPETITION/AGE GRADE: CURRIE CUP 1ST DIVISION TEAM: DOWN TOUCH GRIFFONS OPPOSING TEAM: BORDER BULLDOGS TEAM COACH 1 (name): O.GORGONZOLA TEAM COACH 2 (name): BS 0069456 BokSmart (BS) No. COACH 1: BS-E.HERBERT BokSmart (BS) No. COACH 2: BS-BS 0005518 MATCH...
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Aug 31, 16 •
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Comments Off on Thrilling finish to Women’s Interprovincial pool rounds
The pool stages of the SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial Competition will come to an exhilarating end this weekend, with Western Province, the Blue Bulls and KwaZulu-Natal still in the hunt to face Border in the A Section final, while Free State needs only...
