Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

  • RG Snyman suspended for 4 weeks

    May 16, 17 • 2092 Views • General NewsComments 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...

  • Academy product Labuschagne joins Blitzboks in London

    May 16, 17 • 3356 Views • General News, Sevens RugbyComments 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...

  • Injury Update Emirates Lions

    May 16, 17 • 1838 Views • General NewsComments 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...

  • Waisake Naholo suspended for 1 week

    May 16, 17 • 1448 Views • General News, InternationalComments 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...

  • Steval Pumas announce new members to winning team

    May 16, 17 • 4925 Views • General NewsComments 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...

  • Blitzboks want to finish season as they started

    May 15, 17 • 3627 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World SeriesComments 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...

  • Kings quartet invited to third Springbok training camp

    May 15, 17 • 3021 Views • General News, Springbok News, SpringboksComments 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...

  • Excitement mounts as top-flight rugby returns to Soweto

    May 15, 17 • 1581 Views • General NewsComments 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,...

  • Relieved and proud about series win – Snyman

    May 15, 17 • 4372 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World SeriesComments Off on Relieved and proud about series win – Snyman

    Springbok Sevens captain, Philip Snyman, applauded the massive team effort of his squad and gave credit to their management staff for preparing the team in the best possible way, after the Blitzboks secured the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title in Paris on...

  • South Africa crowned HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Champions

    May 14, 17 • 3680 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World SeriesComments Off on South Africa crowned HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Champions

    Blitzboks crowned HSBC Paris Sevens Champions Squad congratulated by SA Rugby President, Mr Mark Alexander The Springbok Sevens team won their fifth title of the season and took an unassailable lead in the 2016/17 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Paris on...

  • DIE BULLS LANSEER DIE NOODFAKKELS

    May 14, 17 • 4095 Views • General NewsComments Off on DIE BULLS LANSEER DIE NOODFAKKELS

    Loftus Versveld-Simon Riekert Die noodfakkels het Saterdag-aand gevuur eerder as die tradisionele vreugdefakkels wat gelanseer word as die Bulls drieë druk op Loftus. Dis toepaslik om op te merk dat die Bulls hierdie SuperRugby-seisoen bitter min geleentheid...

  • Kings rule in coastal derby thriller – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 12 Review

    May 14, 17 • 2061 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby NewsComments Off on Kings rule in coastal derby thriller – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 12 Review

      Emirates Lions clinch clean sweep of wins in Australia The Southern Kings edged the Cell C Sharks 35-32 in their thrilling coastal derby played in front of an ecstatic crowd at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday evening to make it three Vodacom...

  • Blitzboks face Samoa in Cup quarterfinals of HSBC Paris Sevens

    May 13, 17 • 4237 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens RugbyComments Off on Blitzboks face Samoa in Cup quarterfinals of HSBC Paris Sevens

    The Springbok Sevens team took an important step towards the overall HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title in Paris on Saturday, qualifying for a ninth consecutive Cup quarterfinals spot in the 2016/17 series. They will face Samoa in the last eight of the HSBC...

  • ONS RUGBY WILDERNIS

    May 12, 17 • 3681 Views • General News, Pale Toe, South Africa, Springbok News, Springboks, Super Rugby, Super Rugby NewsComments Off on ONS RUGBY WILDERNIS

    Heyneke Meyer Foto: Anton Geyser Simon Riekert-Pretoria Hoe verdeeld het ons rugby nie geword nie, ek meen te sê elkeen wat al ʼn rugbybal vasgehou het (of nie) het ʼn mening oor wat verkeerd is met ons nasionale spel. En dan kom die kenners by; binne en...

  • Good energy in squad for final push in World Series – Powell

    May 12, 17 • 3577 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World SeriesComments Off on Good energy in squad for final push in World Series – Powell

    Proper time to prepare for the last two legs of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series could prove vital for the final push of the Springbok Sevens team towards winning the overall 2016/17 series, says Blitzboks coach, Neil Powell. The fact that he could start...

  • SA Rugby takes fans behind the scenes as Junior Boks count-down to World Champs

    May 12, 17 • 2131 Views • BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior RugbyComments Off on SA Rugby takes fans behind the scenes as Junior Boks count-down to World Champs

    SA Rugby has released the first of three behind-the-scenes mini-documentaries on the Junior Springboks’ hopes to regain the World Title in Georgia next month. Coach Chean Roux and captain Ernst van Rhyn, take viewers behind the scenes in episode one as they...

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  • Team Release – Cell C Sharks XV vs. Leopards

    May 11, 17 • 1530 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Team Release – Cell C Sharks XV vs. Leopards

    Cell C Sharks XV vs Leopards Date : Saturday, 13 May 2017 Time : 15h00 Venue : Douglas Mitchell Sports Ground, Margate Referee : Lourens van der Merwe Following last week’s emphatic victory over the Griffons in their second Supersport Rugby Challenge...

  • Pat Lambie returns to take reigns against Kings – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 12 Preview

    May 11, 17 • 1759 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Pat Lambie returns to take reigns against Kings – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 12 Preview

    Hanro Liebenberg leads Vodacom Bulls in battle with Highlanders Emirates Lions hunt Brumbies and Toyota Cheetahs visit Auckland Springbok flyhalf Pat Lambie returns to the Cell C Sharks team to face the Southern Kings on Saturday as well as resuming the...

  • Stransky aims to be competitive at tough Zuurberg race

    May 11, 17 • 1613 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Stransky aims to be competitive at tough Zuurberg race

    Despite having to overcome serious injuries in recent weeks, ex-Springbok rugby star Joel Stransky and teammate Andrew Mclean are determined to be competitive at the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek mountain bike race later this month. The pair, who finished third...

  • Stepping and not sliding into Paris, but Human wants to leave a footprint

    May 11, 17 • 1966 Views • General NewsComments Off on Stepping and not sliding into Paris, but Human wants to leave a footprint

    He trained for hours per day, trying to do that slide he saw Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer do so many times on TV when playing the French Open at Roland Garros, to be followed up by a wicked top-spin forehand and that precisely-placed backhand. Way too...

  • SRC 2017: Boland Cavaliers team to face SWD Eagles in George

    May 11, 17 • 2762 Views • General NewsComments Off on SRC 2017: Boland Cavaliers team to face SWD Eagles in George

    The Boland Cavaliers will face the SWD Eagles with a new halfback pairing when the teams meet in a Supersport Rugby Challenge match at Outeniqua Park in George on Friday 12 May at 19:00. Adriaan Carelse (flyhalf) and Vian van der Watt (scrumhalf) replace...

  • Team Announcement Xerox Golden Lions vs Hino Valke (Supersport Rugby Challenge)

    May 11, 17 • 2337 Views • General NewsComments Off on Team Announcement Xerox Golden Lions vs Hino Valke (Supersport Rugby Challenge)

    Big rugby day at Bill Jardine The Xerox Golden Lions take on the Hino Valke at the Bill Jardine in the Supersport Rugby Challenge at the Bill Jardine stadium on Sunday and show six changes from the side that recorded more than a ton last weekend. Sti Sithole...

  • Second Rugby Festival ropes in Gauteng crowds

    May 11, 17 • 1354 Views • General NewsComments Off on Second Rugby Festival ropes in Gauteng crowds

    The SuperSport Rugby Challenge will this weekend not only test the undefeated status of the Xerox Golden Lions, but also provide the team the opportunity to expand their fan base as the tournament’s second Rugby Festival will be played at Bill Jardine...

  • Vodacom Bulls team to face the Highlanders

    May 11, 17 • 2802 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Vodacom Bulls team to face the Highlanders

    Liebenberg to lead the Vodacom Bulls, Stighling to debut. Vodacom Bulls coach Nollis Marais named Hanro Liebenberg to lead the side to face New Zealand outfit, the Highlanders, in Pretoria on Saturday. Liebenberg will hence become the 19th player to lead the...