Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

• ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 1

  Jul 1, 12 • 3100 Views • General News, National • James Loretz • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 1

  There was ample evidence on the opening weekend of the expanded ABSA Currie Cup First Division to suggest that the new eight-team competition – with the addition of the Platinum Leopards and Ford Pumas – will be one of the most competitive and...

• Bulls too good for Cheetahs

  Jun 30, 12 • 3469 Views • General News, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby Logs, Super Rugby News, Super Rugby Results • James Loretz • Comments Off on Bulls too good for Cheetahs

  The Vodacom Bulls ran in six tries to the four of the Toyota Cheetahs to claim a 40 – 24 victory during their Super Rugby match at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The Bulls were leading 26 – 0 at half time thanks to a flood of tries by captain Pierre Spies...

• Expansion of TMO powers to be trialled in Absa Currie Cup

  Jun 29, 12 • 3824 Views • General News, International, National, World Rugby • admin • Comments Off on Expansion of TMO powers to be trialled in Absa Currie Cup

  Proposals to extend the powers of television match officials (TMOs) will be trialled in this year’s Absa Currie Cup, which kicks off later on Friday with the first of four matches in the new, eight-team Absa First Division. The trials will, amongst...

• Vodacom Super Rugby Preview – Round 16

  Jun 28, 12 • 2278 Views • General News, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Preview – Round 16

  Milestones beckon and winning streaks are on the line as Vodacom Super Rugby resumes after the June Test break. Two South African derbies are on the cards – in Cape Town the DHL Stormers host the MTN Lions, while the Toyota Cheetahs travel to Pretoria to...

• Expanded Absa Currie Cup First Division all set for kick-off

  Jun 28, 12 • 2349 Views • General News, National • admin • Comments Off on Expanded Absa Currie Cup First Division all set for kick-off

  THE first match of the new-look Absa Currie Cup First Division will kick off at Boland Stadium in Wellington on Friday when defending champions the Regent Boland Kavaliers host the Eastern Province Kings in a repeat of last year’s final (kick-off...

• Greatness beckons at Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week

  Jun 28, 12 • 2453 Views • Craven Week, General News, National, School • admin • Comments Off on Greatness beckons at Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week

  It may just be lucky timing, but no co-incidence that Jan Serfontein, the IRB Junior Player of the Year 2012 at the recent IRB Junior World Championship in Cape Town, was playing in the Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week a just year ago. Lightning also struck...

• Highlanders named to play the Chiefs in Dunedin

  Jun 28, 12 • 2037 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Highlanders named to play the Chiefs in Dunedin

  Highlanders’ Head Coach, Jamie Joseph, has named his team to play the Chiefs at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin tomorrow morning at 9:35am CAT.  He has made five changes to the run-on team that played the Crusaders at AMI Stadium a month ago.   Four...

• Hurricanes game a special occasion for Crusaders

  Jun 28, 12 • 1932 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Hurricanes game a special occasion for Crusaders

  Saturday night’s match against the Hurricanes is this season’s biggest game yet for the Crusaders according to Head Coach Todd Blackadder.  The Crusaders will take on the Hurricanes at their new home ground, AMI Stadium (Addington) in the sixteenth round...

• Hurricanes Return to Christchurch

  Jun 27, 12 • 2754 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Hurricanes Return to Christchurch

  The Hurricanes are back in action this Saturday after the Investec Super Rugby break and will head to Christchurch for their first match in the Garden City since 2009. That match was the last time the Hurricanes came out on top in the 21 encounters the two...

• DHL Stormers side to take on the MTN Lions

  Jun 27, 12 • 3233 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on DHL Stormers side to take on the MTN Lions

  With 3 league fixtures to play, the DHL Stormers currently lead the South African Super Rugby Conference, 5 ahead of the Vodacom Bulls and 9 ahead of the Sharks. The Chiefs currently lead the overall log, 4 points ahead of the 2nd placed DHL Stormers. The DHL...

• Christchurch teens ‘kicking-it’ with Crusaders heroes

  Jun 27, 12 • 4465 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Christchurch teens ‘kicking-it’ with Crusaders heroes

  Rising young rugby stars from Springston and Wainoni enjoyed ‘kicking-it’ with their Crusaders heroes Owen Franks, Willi Heinz and Wyatt Crockett at an action-packed training session yesterday. The Crusaders players ran footy practice for two local rugby...

• Marcel van der Merwe set to make Super Rugby debut

  Jun 27, 12 • 6051 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Marcel van der Merwe set to make Super Rugby debut

  Morgan Piek – Marcel van der Merwe is set to make his long awaited Super Rugby debut this coming weekend when the Toyota Cheetahs face-off against the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.  The bullish prop comes in at tighthead as cover for the injured...

• Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens confirmed for 7 and 8 December

  Jun 26, 12 • 3219 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, International, National, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series, World Rugby • admin • Comments Off on Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens confirmed for 7 and 8 December

  – Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium to host Rugby’s Biggest Party – Argentina joins expanded HSBC Sevens World Series – Dates announced for entire 2012/13 World Series – Announcement comes on the eve of Argentina’s The Castle Rugby...

• Lapasset Praises Exceptional IRB Junior World Championship 2012

  Jun 25, 12 • 3432 Views • BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby, National, World Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship • admin • Comments Off on Lapasset Praises Exceptional IRB Junior World Championship 2012

  International Rugby Board Chairman Bernard Lapasset has hailed the IRB Junior World Championship 2012 as a ‘huge success’, and has thanked the South African Rugby Union and the people of Cape Town for the way they embraced the showcase age grade...

• One-on-one with Paul Jordaan

  Jun 25, 12 • 6723 Views • BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby, National, Springbok News, Springboks, World Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship • admin • Comments Off on One-on-one with Paul Jordaan

  Paul Jordaan, the exciting Sharks utility back has finally got the chance to hit the lime light, and that he most certainly did. The young former Grey College scholar has been shinning on the International Seven circuit for the past few years; however, many...

• Three players recommit to Chiefs

  Jun 25, 12 • 2245 Views • General News, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Three players recommit to Chiefs

  Three current players have showed their commitment to the Chiefs by re-signing with the franchise until the end of 2014. The three players are midfield back Jackson Willison and wider training group members, halfback Augustine Pulu and prop Josh Hohneck....

• Daiken Customwood Day of the Sword is coming

  Jun 25, 12 • 2723 Views • General News, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Daiken Customwood Day of the Sword is coming

  Get ready to brandish your sword in support of the Crusaders – Daiken Customwood Day of the Sword is coming! The next two home games for the Crusaders – against the Hurricanes this Saturday night and against the Western Force on 14 July – will see 3000...

• Q & A with Wallaby Mike Harris

  Jun 24, 12 • 3584 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Q & A with Wallaby Mike Harris

  Mike Harris, the New Zealand born Queensland Reds flyhalf/ centre started the 2012 Super Rugby season off with a bang with both the boot and his outstanding backline play. Harris equalled the long time Queensland Reds record of nine successive kicks on goal...

• Liam Gill Interview

  Jun 22, 12 • 4331 Views • BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby, National, World Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship • admin • Comments Off on Liam Gill Interview

  Q: The tournament didn’t turn out as you may have hoped. What have you and the boys gotten out of the competition as a whole? A: Well we came in as a young team, a lot of the boys fresh out of school. There’s such a massive rugby culture here in...

• More than 30 000 tickets sold for JCW final at Newlands

  Jun 21, 12 • 2597 Views • BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby, National, World Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship • admin • Comments Off on More than 30 000 tickets sold for JCW final at Newlands

  The South African Rugby Union announced on Thursday that more than 30 000 tickets have been sold for the IRB Junior World Championship final on Friday evening at Newlands between South Africa and New Zealand Under-20. The Newlands attendance figure is 8 000...

• Springbok Women return to action against visiting Nomads

  Jun 21, 12 • 3956 Views • General News, International, National, Womens Rugby • admin • Comments Off on Springbok Women return to action against visiting Nomads

  The Springbok Women’s team will play their first match on South African soil in almost four years when they kick off a two-match series against a vastly experienced Nomads international invitation side in Cape Town on Saturday. Both matches will take...

• The Sharks to release Kankowski

  Jun 21, 12 • 2931 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on The Sharks to release Kankowski

  26-year old Sharks eighthman, Ryan Kankowski, has signed a 6-month contract with Top League Rugby Union team, Toyota Verblitz club in Aichi, Japan. The Sharks have agreed to release him for this time on a sabbatical from his Durban based side in order to gain...

• Springbok Test available on free-to-air television

  Jun 21, 12 • 2797 Views • General News, International, National, Springbok News, Springboks • admin • Comments Off on Springbok Test available on free-to-air television

  The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Thursday welcomed the agreement between rights holder SuperSport and e.tv to show the third and final Test in the Castle Incoming Tour on free-to-air television. Saturday’s Test between the Springboks and England at a...

• Supporters warned to beware of rugby fraudster

  Jun 21, 12 • 2045 Views • General News, International, National • admin • Comments Off on Supporters warned to beware of rugby fraudster

  The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has asked media to assist in alerting people to the activities of an investment conman, claiming to represent the South African Rugby Union (SARU). The email fraudster offers investment returns of 130% to 150% for five-day...

• Liebenberg back as captain for JWC Final clash

  Jun 21, 12 • 4273 Views • BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby, National, World Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship • admin • Comments Off on Liebenberg back as captain for JWC Final clash

  Junior Springboks coach Dawie Theron made two injury-enforced changes to his starting team that will play New Zealand in the final of the IRB Junior World Championship 2012 at DHL Newlands Rugby Stadium on Friday and also included fit-again captain Wiaan...