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  • DHL WP U21s bracing for physical Leopards

    Sep 24, 14 • 2231 Views • General News • • Comments Off on DHL WP U21s bracing for physical Leopards

    The table-topping DHL Western Province Under-21 side is bracing for a tough encounter when they face up to the Leopards U21s at Olën Park in Potchefstroom on Saturday (kick-off 12h30). “We’re bracing ourselves for a physical challenge on...

  • Oosthuizen returns for DHL WP U19s

    Sep 24, 14 • 2045 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Oosthuizen returns for DHL WP U19s

    Ryan Oosthuizen will be back at inside centre for the DHL Western Province Under-19 side when they take on the Leopards U19s in Potchefstroom on Saturday (kick-off 11h00). Oosthuizen missed his team’s hard-fought 21-20 win over the EP Kings in Cape Town...

  • Team SA jersey donated to Springbok Experience Rugby Museum

    Sep 24, 14 • 3216 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, International, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Team SA jersey donated to Springbok Experience Rugby Museum

    The Springbok Sevens squad presented a Team SA jersey to the Springbok Experience Rugby Museum on Heritage Day – 24 September 2014 – to mark the Museum’s first birthday. The jersey was worn by team captain Kyle Brown in the South African team’s race...

  • Isbell in for Steval Pumas

    Sep 24, 14 • 2053 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Isbell in for Steval Pumas

    Steval Pumas coaches Jimmy Stonehouse and MJ Mentz made six changes to their final match 22 for this weekend’s Absa Currie Cup fixture against DHL WP Friday night at Mbombela Stadium. The match will kick-off at 19:00 on Friday evening, 26 September. Of...

  • GWK Griquas team to play the Golden Lions

    Sep 24, 14 • 2222 Views • General News • • Comments Off on GWK Griquas team to play the Golden Lions

    GWK Griquas team to play the Golden Lions on Saturday 27 September at GWK PARK, 15h00 in Kimberley. The starting team has a number of changes due to injuries sustained vs WP and some players have been rotated for this weekend. 1. Janro van Niekerk –...

  • Springbok team announced for Cape Town Test

    Sep 24, 14 • 5042 Views • General News, International, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on Springbok team announced for Cape Town Test

    Photo: Etienne Burger   The Springbok starting line-up to face Australia shows three changes, with Teboho “Oupa” Mohoje and Francois Hougaard included for Saturday’s fifth round Test in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship at DHL Newlands in Cape...

  • RFU Disciplinary: David Mele

    Sep 24, 14 • 1917 Views • Europe, General News • • Comments Off on RFU Disciplinary: David Mele

    The charge against David Mele of Leicester Tigers RFC for stamping or trampling, contrary to Law 10.4(b), was heard at Coventry Holiday Inn this evening. The player pleaded guilty. David Mele was sent from the field by referee Wayne Barnes in the Premiership...

  • New Zealand Schools and Barbarian Schools teams named for international matches

    Sep 24, 14 • 2484 Views • General News, International, School • • Comments Off on New Zealand Schools and Barbarian Schools teams named for international matches

    The 2014 New Zealand Schools and Barbarian Schools teams to play Australia and Fiji in Porirua next month, have been named today by All Blacks legend and New Zealand Barbarians President Bryan Williams, and New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby Council...

  • Auckland team to face Taranaki

    Sep 24, 14 • 4572 Views • General News, Mitre 10 Cup • • Comments Off on Auckland team to face Taranaki

    On the back of Auckland’s best performance of the season, Coach Paul Feeney has made just one injury-enforced change to his side to face Taranaki in New Plymouth on Friday night. Joe Edwards returns to the starting line up in place of the injured Blake...

  • Stegmann back to lead Vodacom Blue Bulls

    Sep 24, 14 • 2063 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Stegmann back to lead Vodacom Blue Bulls

    Regular captain and flank Deon Stegmann is back in the Vodacom Blue Bulls team to face Toyota Free State Cheetahs in an Absa Currie Cup match in Bloemfontein on Friday. Stegmann missed last weekend’s defeat to the Cell C Sharks due to suspension, but...

  • Cheetahs team to play the Bulls

    Sep 24, 14 • 2003 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Cheetahs team to play the Bulls

      The Toyota Free State Cheetahs team to take on the Vodacom Blue Bulls this Friday, the 26th of October,  in the Free State Stadium has been announced! Kick-off is at 19:10. The Toyota Free State  Cheetahs U 19 and U21 teams will face their...

  • DHL WP change one for Nelspruit trip

    Sep 23, 14 • 2038 Views • General News • • Comments Off on DHL WP change one for Nelspruit trip

    Allister Coetzee, the coach of the table-topping DHL Western Province outfit, has made just one change for his team’s tough assignment against the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday night (kick-off 19h00). DHL WP, the 2012 Absa Currie Cup winners and 2013...

  • Lions team to take on the Griquas in Kimberley

    Sep 23, 14 • 2107 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Lions team to take on the Griquas in Kimberley

    TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: GWK GRIQUAS VS XEROX GOLDEN LIONS Xerox Golden Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has named his 22-man side to take on the GWK Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday afternoon. In the forwards, prop Jacques van Rooyen and flank Warwick Tecklenburg...

  • ROB CLARKE APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER PROFESSIONAL RUGBY, MARKETING & OPERATIONS

    Sep 23, 14 • 2307 Views • Australia, General News, International • • Comments Off on ROB CLARKE APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER PROFESSIONAL RUGBY, MARKETING & OPERATIONS

    The Australian Rugby Union today announced RaboDirect Melbourne Rebels CEO Rob Clarke has been appointed to the position of General Manager Professional Rugby, Marketing & Operations. In this role, Mr Clarke will oversee Super Rugby; Australian Rugby’s...

  • Crusaders to kick off 2015 season in Timaru

    Sep 23, 14 • 5288 Views • General News, Mitre 10 Cup, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Crusaders to kick off 2015 season in Timaru

    The Crusaders will host their first pre-season game of 2015 in Timaru on 24 January. It will be a South Island derby against the Highlanders. Crusaders CEO Hamish Riach said it is fitting that the game will be played halfway between the two teams’ home...

  • Kings Injury Update: 22 September

    Sep 22, 14 • 1923 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Kings Injury Update: 22 September

    Photo: Stan Blumberg The Eastern Province Kings will be without captain Steven Sykes against the Sharks in Durban this weekend, according to the Kings medical team. Sykes will be missing the upcoming game due to a knee injury that he sustained during the game...

  • Springbok Sevens team to help Rugby Museum celebrate 1st birthday

    Sep 22, 14 • 2122 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Springbok News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Springbok Sevens team to help Rugby Museum celebrate 1st birthday

    The Springbok Sevens team will help the Springbok Experience Rugby Museum celebrate its first birthday on Wednesday – Heritage Day – by making a special donation to the collection at a public ceremony. Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell and his team will...

  • Lizo Gqoboka called up to Springbok Training Camp

    Sep 22, 14 • 4831 Views • General News, International, Springbok News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Lizo Gqoboka called up to Springbok Training Camp

    Lizo Gqoboka is one of three young, up and coming players that have been selected to attend the Springbok Training Camp ahead of their final two matches in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship. Gqoboka, along with Nizaam Carr, Seabelo Senatla, will join the...

  • Puma Medical Report

    Sep 22, 14 • 2614 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Puma Medical Report

    Steval team team doctor, dr. Kobus Hugo said that only one player sustained a worrying injury after the Absa Currie Cup encounter in Johannesburg this weekend. • Renaldo Bothma will be going for a MR scan on his right knee after taking a hard knock....

  • Carr, Senatla and Gqoboka to work with Springboks in Cape Town

    Sep 22, 14 • 5270 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on Carr, Senatla and Gqoboka to work with Springboks in Cape Town

      Photo: Etienne Burger Featured photo: William Brown The promising trio of Nizaam Carr, Seabelo Senatla and Lizo Gqoboka have been invited to join the Springboks squad for on and off-field sessions in Cape Town in the next three days. The Springboks...

  • BUILDCORP NRC ROUND FIVE REVIEW

    Sep 21, 14 • 2402 Views • Australia, General News • • Comments Off on BUILDCORP NRC ROUND FIVE REVIEW

    Round Five of the Buildcorp NRC saw more attacking Rugby with 28 tries across the round being scored. Melbourne Rising continued its excellent run in the competition by defeating the Charles Sturt University NSW Country Eagles in Orange in Central West NSW....

  • WP, Lions forge ahead in tight Currie Cup race

    Sep 21, 14 • 2161 Views • General News • • Comments Off on WP, Lions forge ahead in tight Currie Cup race

    DHL Western Province and the Xerox Golden Lions continued to forge ahead in the race for home semifinals in the Absa Currie Cup this weekend as they earned valuable bonus-point victories to distance themselves from the chasing pack. Despite this, the battle...

  • Leopards, Griffons book First Division home semifinals

    Sep 21, 14 • 2807 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Leopards, Griffons book First Division home semifinals

    The Leopards and Down Touch Griffons this weekend booked home semifinals in the Absa Currie Cup First Division, while the Valke and SWD Eagles will be forced to shrug off the Boland Cavaliers next week for the remaining semifinal spots. The Leopards thumped...

  • SPIRIT FALL AGONISINGLY SHORT OF RAYS IN SYDNEY

    Sep 20, 14 • 2078 Views • Australia, General News • • Comments Off on SPIRIT FALL AGONISINGLY SHORT OF RAYS IN SYDNEY

    The Perth Spirit has suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss to the North Harbour Rays in Sydney tonight, defeated 32-29 in Round Five of the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (NRC). It was a tightly-fought match with the lead changing on numerous times...

  • Border Women secure home final

    Sep 20, 14 • 2191 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Border Women secure home final

    Border on Friday succeeded in their mission to secure back-to-back home finals in the SARU Women’s Interprovincial Series as they delivered a dominant performance to outclass rivals Western Province 22-7 in East London. The defending champions will face the...