Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

  • SuperSport Rugby Challenge gets big stadium treatment in Round Five

    May 18, 17 • 1167 Views • General NewsComments Off on SuperSport Rugby Challenge gets big stadium treatment in Round Five

    After taking the game coast to coast and providing some smaller rugby venues with the opportunity to experience provincial action first hand, the SuperSport Rugby Challenge returns to some of the big stadiums this weekend. No less than three of the six...

  • Team Release – Sunwolves vs. Cell C Sharks

    May 18, 17 • 1357 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Team Release – Sunwolves vs. Cell C Sharks

    Sunwolves vs. Cell C Sharks Date : Saturday, 20 May 2017 Time : 19h55(SGT), 13h55(CAT) Venue : Singapore National Stadium Referee : Rohan Hoffmann (Australia) Assistant Referees : Aso Aki, Kawahara Tasuku Television Match Official : Fuji Minora Lwazi...

  • Team Announcement Emirates Lions vs Vodacom Bulls

    May 18, 17 • 2202 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Team Announcement Emirates Lions vs Vodacom Bulls

    Lions change three for big derby The Emirates Lions host the Vodacom Bulls at home at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday 20 May after returning from Australia, winning all three their Vodacom Super Rugby matches on tour and becoming the first ever South...

  • Vodacom Bulls team to face Emirates Lions

    May 18, 17 • 1570 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Vodacom Bulls team to face Emirates Lions

    Maxwane to make Vodacom Bulls debut Vodacom Bulls coach, Nollis Marais named FNB Tuks winger, Sibahle Maxwane, on the wing for the team’s Vodacom Super Rugby clash against the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday to hand the 21-year old his team...

  • Steval Pumas target third win against Hino Falcons

    May 18, 17 • 1740 Views • General NewsComments Off on Steval Pumas target third win against Hino Falcons

    Match: Hino Falcons vs Steval Pumas Venue: Bosman Stadium, Brakpan Date: 20th May 2017 Kick-off: 15:00   Steval Pumas target third win against Hino Falcons The Steval Pumas will feel confident walking onto the field this weekend when they come up against the...

  • Team Announcement: Toyota Cheetahs vs Hurricanes

    May 18, 17 • 1140 Views • General NewsComments Off on Team Announcement: Toyota Cheetahs vs Hurricanes

    Toyota Cheetahs take on Hurricanes in Wellington The Toyota Cheetahs will be taking on the Hurricanes on Saturday morning at 09:35 (SA Time) at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington. The team for the encounter has been announced. Changes to the team from last...

  • Reinforcements back to Host Highlanders

    May 18, 17 • 1260 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Reinforcements back to Host Highlanders

    The Road Safety Western Force have welcomed back into the side a host of players for the huge clash with the Highlanders at the Force Field this Saturday, 20 May kicking off at 5:45 pm AWST. Tatafu Polota-Nau returns as the starting hooker jersey after...

  • New look Black Ferns Sevens squad named For Canada tournament

    May 18, 17 • 1159 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on New look Black Ferns Sevens squad named For Canada tournament

    The Black Ferns Sevens have named a new-look team for the Canadian leg of the World Rugby HSBC Women’s Sevens Series to be held in Langford, Victoria, from 27-28 May. Five players, including Captain Sarah Goss and World Series all-time top, try scorer...

  • Statement from New Zealand Rugby on the passing of Daniel Baldwin

    May 18, 17 • 1328 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Statement from New Zealand Rugby on the passing of Daniel Baldwin

    New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is deeply saddened by the news that Wellington Football Club Colts grade player Daniel Baldwin passed away yesterday evening. Daniel had been in an induced coma in Wellington Hospital since Saturday after collapsing during a match at...

  • RFU CEO Ian Ritchie to retire

    May 18, 17 • 2279 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on RFU CEO Ian Ritchie to retire

    Ian Ritchie, Chief Executive of the RFU, has today informed the RFU Board of Directors, management and staff that he will retire at the end of the summer. Ian Ritchie, 63, joined the RFU in February 2012. Under his leadership, the RFU has delivered record...

  • DHL WP welcome back returning stars

    May 18, 17 • 1544 Views • General NewsComments Off on DHL WP welcome back returning stars

    The experienced duo of Juan de Jongh and Rynhardt Elstadt will both make their return from injury for DHL Western Province in their SuperSport Rugby Challenge encounter with the SWD Eagles at DHL Newlands on Friday. Coach John Dobson’s team will be...

  • Qantas Australian Women’s Sevens squad for Canada

    May 18, 17 • 1102 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Qantas Australian Women’s Sevens squad for Canada

    1. Sharni Williams (c), 20 caps, Hometown: Batlow NSW 2. Demi Hayes, 2 caps, Hometown: Mount Isa QLD 3. Shannon Parry (c), 21 caps, Hometown: Brisbane QLD 4. Tiana Penitani, 16 caps, Hometown: Sydney NSW 5. Chloe Dalton, 14 caps, Hometown: Sydney NSW 6....

  • Free entry into Springbok Experience to celebrate International Museum Day

    May 17, 17 • 1181 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Free entry into Springbok Experience to celebrate International Museum Day

    The doors to one of Cape Town’s top-rated tourist attractions, the Springbok Experience Rugby Museum, will be thrown open tomorrow as SA Rugby marks International Museum Day on 18 May. Entry will be free of charge into the internationally acclaimed...

  • Adonis, Booi and Kinsey invited to women’s training camp

    May 17, 17 • 1342 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Adonis, Booi and Kinsey invited to women’s training camp

    Celeste Adonis, Nolusindiso Booi and Tayla Kinsey, who played at the 2014 Women’s World Cup in France, are amongst a group of 42 players who were invited to the second national women’s training camp as the squad will pick up their preparations for their...

  • Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Griffons: Supersport Rugby Challenge

    May 17, 17 • 1095 Views • General NewsComments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Griffons: Supersport Rugby Challenge

    1              Devon Martinus 2              AJ Le Roux 3              Ewald van der Westhuizen 4              Shaun McDonald 5              Pieter Janse van Vuren 6              RJ...

  • Blitzboks refuse to rest on laurels

    May 17, 17 • 1873 Views • General NewsComments Off on Blitzboks refuse to rest on laurels

    They are still playing with the same objectives in mind as before, so there is no reason why the Springbok Sevens team will take anything for granted when the HSBC London Sevens kicks off at Twickenham on Saturday. That is the opinion of two of the...

  • Bok trio return for DHL Stormers

    May 17, 17 • 1657 Views • General NewsComments Off on Bok trio return for DHL Stormers

    Springbok tight forwards Frans Malherbe, Eben Etzebeth and Pieter-Steph du Toit are all in the DHL Stormers starting line-up to face the Blues at DHL Newlands on Friday. Locks Etzebeth and Du Toit have both recovered from injury niggles whilst tighthead prop...

  • HSBC London Sevens launches with illustrated captains’ line-up

    May 17, 17 • 1126 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on HSBC London Sevens launches with illustrated captains’ line-up

    Click here for the full illustrated line-up HSBC London Sevens comes to Twickenham on 20-21 May Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday are still available Today the world’s top rugby sevens players officially launched the HSBC London Sevens with the first ever...

  • Countdown has begun for rugby’s debut at Moses Mabhida Stadium

    May 17, 17 • 1587 Views • General NewsComments Off on Countdown has begun for rugby’s debut at Moses Mabhida Stadium

    Rugby will make its much-anticipated debut at the iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium on Friday 16 June when former Cell C Sharks favourite Fred Michalak will lead out a star-studded French Barbarians side against the SA ‘A’ team in Durban on Youth Day. This...

  • Beachcomber World Club 10s will have a strong South African/Aussie flavour

    May 17, 17 • 1308 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Beachcomber World Club 10s will have a strong South African/Aussie flavour

    PRETORIA, 11 MAY 2017 – The Beachcomber World Club 10s in Mauritius will have a strong South African and Australian flavour for the third staging of the popular tournament at the Anjalay Stadium in Mauritius on June 17 and 18. Former Springbok coach...

  • All Blacks and Japan Rugby confirm 2018 Test

    May 17, 17 • 1684 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on All Blacks and Japan Rugby confirm 2018 Test

    The All Blacks will return to Japan in 2018 as part of the team’s build-up to Rugby World Cup 2019 it was announced today. New Zealand’s Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Bill English, who is on an official visit to Japan, made the announcement with officials...

  • Davids has high hopes for Junior Boks in Georgia

    May 16, 17 • 2004 Views • General News, SpringboksComments Off on Davids has high hopes for Junior Boks in Georgia

    After watching the Springbok Sevens secure the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title with a victory in Paris on Sunday, Junior Springbok and Blitzboks strongman Zain Davids hoped that a similarly brave effort by the SA U20s could steer them to success in...

  • Paarl Boys’ High down Grey College for third successive year

    May 16, 17 • 3237 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on Paarl Boys’ High down Grey College for third successive year

    Paarl Boys’ High made history for the second time in Bloemfontein when they defeated Grey College by 46-31 in their annual Premier Interschools on Saturday. The team of captain, Francke Horn, became only the second first XV of Boishaai to manage to beat...

  • Inaugural Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund ‘Ride 4 Rugby’ MTB experience to be hosted in October

    May 16, 17 • 1331 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Inaugural Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund ‘Ride 4 Rugby’ MTB experience to be hosted in October

    Unique ‘Ride 4 Rugby’ MTB experience to be held in the Western Cape’s Overberg raising funds for seriously injured rugby players in SA! (South Africa, May 2017) The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund, a charity that supports rugby players who...

  • 2018 and 2019 six nations championship fixtures announced

    May 16, 17 • 1714 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on 2018 and 2019 six nations championship fixtures announced

    The fixtures for both the 2018 and 2019 Six Nations Championships have been announced. Rugby’s Greatest Championship will take place over seven weekends in 2018, beginning on Saturday 3rd February and finishing with a Championship ‘Super...