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  • Steval Pumas medical report 5th September 2016

    Sep 5, 16 • 2132 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Steval Pumas medical report 5th September 2016

    Three Steval Pumas players picked up injuries in the tough match against Boland last Friday. Herewith the medical report from physiotherapist Luzahn Louw: New injuries: • Nardus van der Walt has a ruptured ACL and will have to undergo surgery. He will...

  • 14-man Steval Pumas fall to Boland

    Sep 5, 16 • 2272 Views • General News • • Comments Off on 14-man Steval Pumas fall to Boland

    Playing the majority of their Currie Cup fourth round match with 14 men, the Steval Pumas couldn’t prevent the Boland Cavaliers from running out to a 25-22 victory in Wellington on Friday, having to settle for two bonus points instead. Despite outscoring...

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City beat Western Sydney Rams at Ballymore

    Sep 5, 16 • 1403 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City beat Western Sydney Rams at Ballymore

    McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City have secured their first win of the 2016 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship with a 44-36 victory over the Western Sydney Rams at Ballymore Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Eleven tries were scored in an end-to-end match...

  • 2016 BUILDCORP NRC: ROUND 2 REVIEW

    Sep 5, 16 • 1382 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on 2016 BUILDCORP NRC: ROUND 2 REVIEW

    With an unprecedented twelve Wallabies released for NRC duty, the second round of the 2016 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship delivered some surprising results, with expected favourites pushed to their limits. With their victory over Wallabies-laden UC...

  • Bond University Queensland Country go down to the Rising in Melbourne

    Sep 5, 16 • 1585 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Bond University Queensland Country go down to the Rising in Melbourne

    Bond University Queensland Country have gone down to the Melbourne Rising 46-32 in Round 2 of the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship, at Harlequins Rugby Club in Melbourne. Queensland Country ran in four first-half tries to lead 32-16 at half-time. But the...

  • QANTAS WALLABIES NAME SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND ARGENTINA TESTS

    Sep 5, 16 • 2919 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on QANTAS WALLABIES NAME SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND ARGENTINA TESTS

    Qantas Wallabies Head Coach Michael Cheika has named a 33-man squad for the upcoming Tests against South Africa and Argentina in Brisbane and Perth respectively. Five new faces have been welcomed into the squad with Henry Speight back in the fold after...

  • Online ballot opens for DHL New Zealand Lions Series 2017 Tests

    Sep 5, 16 • 1793 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Online ballot opens for DHL New Zealand Lions Series 2017 Tests

    Online ballot opens 12pm, Monday 5 September and closes 1 November Additional entry opportunities for rugby community Open only to people living in New Zealand via nzlionsseries17.com/tickets The much-anticipated online ballot for New Zealand rugby fans to...

  • Deejays Reign Supreme In Dala

    Sep 5, 16 • 2059 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Deejays Reign Supreme In Dala

    Menengai Cream Homeboyz posted a comprehensive 48-5 blitz of Kenya Harlequin as they won the fourth round of the National Sevens Series, the Dala Sevens at the RFUEA Ground on Sunday. The deejays showed intent from the start, Alvin Otieno offloading to...

  • Border Women secure fourth successive home final

    Sep 5, 16 • 1567 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Border Women secure fourth successive home final

    Border on Saturday secured their fourth successive home Final in the SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial Competition as the finalists of the A and B Sections were confirmed in an exciting close to pool stages. Border will line up against Western Province in...

  • Good weekend for home sides in Currie Cup

    Sep 4, 16 • 4579 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Good weekend for home sides in Currie Cup

    It was a good weekend to the four hosts in the Currie Cup Premier Division, with Boland Kavaliers, Vodacom Blue Bulls, Toyota Free State Cheetahs and DHL Western Province all emerging victorious in a thrilling round of rugby action. The 34-27 win of the DHL...

  • Springbok coach happy with first field session in Brisbane

    Sep 3, 16 • 1767 Views • General News, Springbok News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Springbok coach happy with first field session in Brisbane

    Springbok coach Allister Coetzee said he was very happy with his squad’s first training session on Saturday, a day after their arrival in the Australian city of Brisbane. The good news for the Springboks was the return to the training field of flyhalf Elton...

  • Michael Hooper wins fourth consecutive Matthew Burke Cup Players’ Player

    Sep 2, 16 • 1732 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Michael Hooper wins fourth consecutive Matthew Burke Cup Players’ Player

    NSW Waratahs Team Captain, Michael Hooper has once again broken Club records after winning his fourth consecutive Matthew Burke Cup Players’ Player Award at tonight’s NSW Waratahs Annual Gala Awards in Sydney. Hooper remains as the player to win the award...

  • Israel Folau Unveiled as a Brisbane Global Tens Ambassador

    Sep 2, 16 • 2245 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Israel Folau Unveiled as a Brisbane Global Tens Ambassador

    Israel Folau, one of rugby’s biggest superstars, believes the Brisbane Global Tens will be the ideal start to the 2017 rugby season. The former Broncos, Kangaroos and AFL star was back at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium today as the latest big name to endorse...

  • Nog ‘n Springbokkaptein in die Kookpot

    Sep 2, 16 • 2409 Views • General News, Pale Toe • • Comments Off on Nog ‘n Springbokkaptein in die Kookpot

    “Êrens in November sal ons ʼn chat hê, ons weet nog nie wanneer nie, maar coach Allister is oop vir gesprek met ons. Ons sien die ander coaches in September by die SANZAAR- vergadering en hopelik sal ons daar ʼn gesprek of twee hê. “Allister is bereid...

  • Final Teams for Gold Cup confirmed

    Sep 2, 16 • 6612 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Final Teams for Gold Cup confirmed

    East London Police and Your Communications College Rovers were confirmed as the final two qualifiers for the Gold Cup after two nailbiting play-off finals last weekend that were decided only in the dying seconds. Veteran flyhalf Chris Jordaan ensured that he...

  • Hougaard rewarded with medal after unselfish act

    Sep 2, 16 • 2028 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Hougaard rewarded with medal after unselfish act

    Springbok Francois Hougaard has been rewarded for the ultimate act of sportsmanship during South Africa’s Sevens campaign at the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 28-year-old was handed an unexpected surprise on Thursday when he received his...

  • Jenkins to continue as Cardiff Blues captain

    Sep 2, 16 • 1521 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Jenkins to continue as Cardiff Blues captain

    Cardiff Blues have confirmed that Gethin Jenkins will continue as the region’s captain in the 2016/17 season. The 131-times capped prop took up the honour last season and helped the region to a resurgence in the second half of the campaign. Now head...

  • Argentina keen to build on Bok victory

    Sep 2, 16 • 1982 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Argentina keen to build on Bok victory

    Argentina leave for their Australasian Rugby Championship tour on Friday with confidence boosted after last weekend’s win over South Africa in Salta. They will play the All Blacks in Hamilton next weekend before facing Australia in Perth. Los Pumas head...

  • Wakefield has eye on Saru job

    Sep 2, 16 • 1972 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Wakefield has eye on Saru job

    Western Province Rugby Union president Thelo Wakefield has emerged as a candidate to become SA Rugby’s new vice president. The South African Rugby Union (Saru) must elect a new president after Oregan Hoskins resigned from his post two weeks ago. Current...

  • Adjustment to Mitre 10 Heartland Championship bonus points system

    Sep 2, 16 • 1523 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Adjustment to Mitre 10 Heartland Championship bonus points system

    New Zealand Rugby has today confirmed an amendment to competition regulations adjusting the bonus points system for the 2016 Mitre 10 Heartland Championship competition. The bonus point system now allocates one point to teams who lose within eight points...

  • BUILDCORP WALLAROOS NAME SQUAD FOR BIGGEST TEST YET

    Sep 2, 16 • 2519 Views • General News, International • • 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...

  • Adriaan Strauss to retire from Test rugby at the end of 2016

    Sep 1, 16 • 2678 Views • General News, Springbok News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Adriaan Strauss to retire from Test rugby at the end of 2016

    Adriaan Strauss will retire from Test rugby at the end of the 2016 season.   Strauss, who became the 57th Springbok captain against Ireland in June, said he had been contemplating retirement at the end of the season since late in 2015, and that he had...

  • Holland retires from rugby

    Sep 1, 16 • 1755 Views • General News, International • • 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...

  • De Villiers: ‘Australia and South Africa under equal pressure’

    Sep 1, 16 • 2204 Views • General News, Springboks • • 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,...

  • Lions green light for Halfpenny

    Sep 1, 16 • 1504 Views • General News, International • • 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...