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May 18, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 18, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 18, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 18, 17 •
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Comments 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....
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May 17, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 17, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 17, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 17, 17 •
1960 Views •
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Comments 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...
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May 17, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 17, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 17, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 17, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 17, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 16, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 16, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 16, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 16, 17 •
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Comments 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...
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May 16, 17 •
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Comments Off on RG Snyman suspended for 4 weeks
Foul Play Review Committee: Nigel Hampton QC (Chairman), Stefan Terblanche and Stephen Hardy Player: RG Snyman Team: Bulls Position: Lock Date of Incident: 13 May 2017 Nature of Offence: Law 10.4(h) A Player must not charge into a ruck or maul. Elapsed...
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May 16, 17 •
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Comments Off on Academy product Labuschagne joins Blitzboks in London
SA Rugby Sevens Academy player, Marco Labuschagne, has joined the Springbok Sevens team in London for this weekend’s HSBC London Sevens after Tim Agaba was ruled out because of a knee injury he sustained in Paris last weekend. Agaba will be replaced in...
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May 16, 17 •
1911 Views •
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Comments Off on Injury Update Emirates Lions
Madosh Tambwe sustained a side strain in the Supersport Rugby Challenge against the Welwitschias at Alberton Rugby Club last weekend and will be available next week. Jaco Kriel is doing agility training and is monitored week by week and unlikely to play this...
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May 16, 17 •
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Comments Off on Waisake Naholo suspended for 1 week
Foul Play Review Committee: Nigel Hampton QC (Chairman), Stefan Terblanche and Stephen Hardy Player: Waisake Naholo Team: Highlanders Position: Wing Date of Incident: 13 May 2017 Nature of Offence: Law 10.4(e) Dangerous tackling of an Opponent amended to...
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May 16, 17 •
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Comments Off on Steval Pumas announce new members to winning team
With a hand-picked selection of players and support, the Steval Pumas have been quietly busy bolstering their ranks as they get into the full swing of this 2017 season. Chief among these must be the addition of Lance Salter, a 32-year-old Performance Analyst...
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May 15, 17 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks want to finish season as they started
The Springbok Sevens team set themselves the goal at the beginning of the season to be competitive and try to win all ten tournaments of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. To neglect that aim after nine tournaments just because the series title is in the...
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May 15, 17 •
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Comments Off on Kings quartet invited to third Springbok training camp
Extended group of players called up to three-day assembly in Johannesburg Squad announcement for Castle Lager Incoming Series on 23 May Four Southern Kings players, Chris Cloete, Andisa Ntsila, Lionel Cronje and Makazole Mapimpi, are amongst an...
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May 15, 17 •
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Comments Off on Excitement mounts as top-flight rugby returns to Soweto
International rugby stars will be on show in Soweto for as little as R40 when SA ‘A’ take on a French Barbarians team captained by former Les Bleus star Fred Michalak next month. In a ground-breaking collaboration with the Gauteng Provincial Government,...
