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Apr 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on VODAFONE SUPER RUGBY WEEK EIGHT PREVIEW
Sunwolves v NSW Waratahs When: Saturday April 7 at 15:15 AEDT Where: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo TV: LIVE on FOX Sports 505 Radio: LIVE on RUGBY.com.au Radio and ABC Grandstand Platforms Broadcast information: The Waratahs will unleash Will Miller...
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Apr 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Opportunity knocks for next Blitzboks generation
Few are better placed to explain the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Sevens experience than former Blitzboks captain and stand-in Springbok Sevens coach, Marius Schoeman. A decision by Blitzboks head coach Neil Powell to take the biggest chunk of his regular squad...
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Apr 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers forced to change
The DHL Stormers have made some injury-enforced changes to the starting line-up to face the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday. Injuries to scrumhalf Justin Phillips (rib) and flank Cobus Wiese (hamstring) mean that Jano Vermaak and Chris van Zyl will...
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Apr 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women’s Sevens on track in Hong Kong
The Springbok Women’s Sevens remained on track to win the ticket that would secure them core status in the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series by booking their place in the quarter-final of the Qualifying tournament in Hong Kong. They will face...
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Apr 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Combrinck boost for Emirates Lions – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 8 Preview
DHL Stormers forced into several changes for big Highveld encounter Unchanged Cell C Sharks aiming for positive end to overseas tour in Napier The Emirates Lions will welcome back stalwart, Springbok winger Ruan Combrinck, for their important Vodacom Super...
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Apr 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on EMIRATES LIONS VS DHL STORMERS
Springbok wing Ruan Combrinck returns to action this weekend when the Emirates Lions take on the DHL Stormers at Emirates Airline Park. Combrinck picked up the injury while on duty for his Japanese club Kintetsu Liners and was forced to return back to South...
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Apr 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Junior Springboks switch into match mode
The Junior Springbok training squad will switch into match mode on Monday when coach Chean Roux’s training squad gathers in Stellenbosch for their fourth training camp as the World Rugby U20 Championship draws closer. The squad will meet Georgia in...
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Apr 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Brumbies in Canberra
The St.George Queensland Reds have named their team to take on the Brumbies in Round 8 of Vodafone Super Rugby this weekend. Centre Samu Kerevi will earn his 50th Queensland cap in Canberra, while Scott Higginbotham will resume the captaincy as he returns to...
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Apr 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Kalib Hamiora Whakataka suspended for doping offences
The New Zealand Rugby Judicial Committee has completed an anti-doping hearing for Kalib Hamiora Whakataka resulting in a two-year ban from playing rugby for the possession and use of Clenbuterol. Whakataka, 30, admitted to the purchase and use of Clenbuterol...
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Apr 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Action galore on day two of rugby fest
The second day of the Oakland World Schools Festival tilted towards equilibrium as the international teams launched a comeback in the latter part of the programme. The South African one-way traffic from the day before flowed into the early matches on...
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Apr 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Playing with a smile part of Blitzboks culture
There are few venues more intimidating than Hong Kong to make your HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series debut, but Springbok Sevens player Ryan Oosthuizen had some calming advice for the five new Blitzboks that will run out for the team this weekend. Friday’s...
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Apr 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks vs Hurricanes McLean Park, Napier
15.Curwin Bosch 14. Sbu Nkosi 13. Lukhanyo Am 12. Andre Esterhuizen 11. Lwazi Mvovo 10. Robert du Preez 9. Louis Schreuder 8. Tera Mtembu 7. Jean-Luc du Preez 6. Philip van der Walt 5. Stephan Lewies 4. Ruan Botha (c) 3. Thomas du Toit 2. Chiliboy Ralepelle...
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Apr 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women’s Sevens ready to go all the way
Springbok Women’s Sevens captain Zintle Mpupha believes the key to qualifying for the 2018/2019 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series is a brave team effort. The Bok Women’s Sevens are currently in Hong Kong where they will contest the official HSBC...
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Apr 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on ENGLAND SEVENS SQUAD NAMED FOR HONG KONG
Simon Amor has named the England Sevens squad that will play in the Cathay Pacific HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on 6-8 April. As the seventh stop on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, the three-day tournament takes place one week before Team England Sevens...
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Apr 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Dragons squad announced for Italian trip
Dragons Head Coach Bernard Jackman has announced his 26-man squad that will travel to Italy for the Benetton clash on Saturday 7th April and remain there until they take on Zebre Rugby on Saturday 14th April 2018. The Men of Gwent will spend a week in Italy...
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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...
