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Jul 28, 11 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP announced team to take on the Vodacom Blue Bulls at DHL Newlands on 30 July 2011
Allister Coetzee, head coach of DHL WP, today named his team to take on the Blue Bulls at DHL Newlands on Saturday 30 July 2011. The team is as follows: 15. Conrad Jantjes 14. Danie Poolman 13. Johann Sadie 12. Tim Whitehead 11. JJ Engelbrecht 10....
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Jul 28, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Free State Cheetahs u21 & u19 teams announced to play Sharks
Saturday, 30 July 2011 Mr Price Kings Park, Durban Kick-off: 12:30 Free State Cheetahs u.21 1 Schalk van der Merwe 2 Elandre Huggett 3 Stephan Kotze 4 Adriaan Theisinger 5 John-Charles Astle 6 Jean Cook 7 Fanie van der Walt ( C ) 8 Brendon Groenewald 9 Enrico...
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Jul 28, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 3
Thursday, 28 July 2011 It’s north vs south in Cape Town this weekend as the Vodacom Blue Bulls face last year’s Absa Currie Cup runners up, DHL Western Province, at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Both these sides recorded good victories last weekend and...
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Jul 27, 11 •
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Comments Off on National Club Rugby Round-up – Welkom Rovers eye Bethlehem’s crown
Welkom Rovers – one of the most successful clubs in Griffons rugby – are just two matches away from returning to the National Club Championships after the Northern Free State side shrugged off a number of challenges to finish top of the province’s First...
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Jul 26, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup vs Vodacom Super Rugby: What's the difference?
Just as the 2011 Absa Currie Cup season takes rugby centre stage from the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament, you could be forgiven with such an abundance of rugby in our sights for a bit of confusion between these two esteemed tournaments. Both are brutal,...
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Jul 21, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 2
The two most successful Absa Currie Cup sides from the last decade, the Vodacom Blue Bulls and the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, square off in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon. These two sides have won or shared the Absa Currie Cup no less than seven times in the...
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Jul 1, 11 •
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Comments Off on History of the Currie Cup
by Paul Dobson North west of Pitlochry in the Scottish Highlands is the village of Fortingal. In ancient times, they say, Pontius Pilate had a camp nearby a cold place to wash your hands in winter. Fortingal is not an ancient village, not a century old in...
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Jun 29, 11 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Semi-final Preview – DHL Stormers Vs Crusaders
The DHL Stormers will host only their third Vodacom Super Rugby playoff match in the history of the competition when they face the Crusaders at 17:05 in the second semi-final at DHL Newlands on Saturday. South African conference winners, the DHL Stormers,...
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Jun 19, 11 •
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Comments Off on SuperRugby play-offs explained
There seems to be some confusion regarding the play-offs of the inaugural SuperRugby season’s new format. And we cannot blame you as we also had to take a few looks at it. Most people believe that the Reds will play against the winner of the Blues vs...
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Jun 19, 11 •
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Comments Off on Low-life with green laser causes a stir at Loftus
In Saturday’s do-or-die match between the Vodacom Bulls and The Sharks at Loftus Versfeld you might have noticed that someone in the stands thought it would be fun to bring along his green laser and point it aT people’s eyes, including the eyes of...
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Jun 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Five added to SA Women’s training squad
Five newcomers were added to the SA Women’s squad for their second training camp which starts on Thursday in Port Elizabeth. The enlarged group will assemble tomorrow morning in PE for the second of their regular monthly training camps. This is part of...
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Jun 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Stats favour Habana over Bjorn
Cape Town – Bjorn Basson will come to Newlands this week with two personal goals: to improve on the Bulls try-scoring record he jointly holds with Bryan Habana and to stake his claim for the Springbok No 11 jersey. However, don’t be surprised if...
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Jun 5, 11 •
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General News, Rugby Championship News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News, The Rugby Championship •
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Comments Off on SANZAR explains Judicial process
The Judicial Rules for the Super Rugby and Tri Nations competitions are set out in IRB Regulation 17 as modified by SANZAR. In summary, a hearing will take place if a player is red-carded by the match referee, cited by the Citing Commissioner or receives...
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May 13, 11 •
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Comments Off on SARU on track to breach R5m in Schools Aid Programme
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is set to breach the R5m barrier on aid to rugby-playing schools after four local schools from the Boland Rugby Union each received rugby playing equipment and kit to the value of R10 000 from the SARU at an official...
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May 3, 11 •
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Comments Off on Wildeklawer Rugby Festival
Morgan Piek Kimberley – The 2nd of May 2011 promised to be one of the most exciting days in the history of the Wildeklaver Rugby Festival, if not in the history of South African Schools Rugby. The buzz words of the day were most definitely “Klofies”...
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May 1, 11 •
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Comments Off on Local rugby stars embrace Twitter
Apart from putting their bodies on the line every weekend to keep us entertained and with something to talk about around the braai, Bryan Habana, John Smit and Andries Strauss have another thing in common: They all embraced Twitter. Rugby is still a...
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Apr 29, 11 •
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Comments Off on Into Extra-Time with Super Rugby referee Jaco Peyper
It is probably one of the most unforgiving jobs in the world and only a small group of individuals have been known to have the guts and determination to take up the whistle as a professional rugby referee. Apart from 30 players on the field you also...
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Apr 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on TOULOUSE SIGN GURTHRO
Toulouse – European champions Toulouse on Wednesday announced the signing of four southern hemisphere players to bolster their line-up for next season. Luke McAlister, Luke Burgess and Gurthro Steenkamp have signed three-year deals with the Top 14...
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Feb 22, 11 •
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Comments Off on SARU Media Release on Christchurch Earthquake
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has written to the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) to express its condolences and offer solidarity with New Zealanders and their rugby community following the devastating earthquake in Christchurch. Mr Oregan Hoskins,...
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Feb 17, 11 •
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Comments Off on SARU hosts education workshops on social drug dangers
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has spearheaded a tripartite project to warn rugby players of the dangers posed by social drug use. SARU launched the pilot project earlier this month in conjunction with SAIDS (the South African Institute for Drug Free...
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Feb 1, 11 •
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Comments Off on Super Rugby coaches BokSmart certified
South African rugby’s elite coaches were leading the way for the rest of the game, said Jurie Roux, CEO of the South African Rugby Union on Monday. All five of the Vodacom Super Rugby franchise head coaches have been BokSmart certified in preparation for...
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Jan 28, 11 •
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Comments Off on Full decision of the Judicial Committee in Ralepelle and Basson Hearing
DECISION OF A SARU JUDICIAL COMMITTEE IN THE MATTER OF MAHLATSE CHILIBOY RALEPELLE AND BJORN BASSON COMMITTEE: Adv J Lubbe SC Dr G van Dugteren Adv R Stelzner SC DATE AND VENUE OF HEARING 25 January 2011 at SARU Head Office, Newlands, Cape Town PRESENT...
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Jan 24, 11 •
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James Loretz •
Comments Off on Super Rugby Preview: Part 2
Rugby15 previews all 15 teams participating in the 2011 Super Rugby tournament, starting from the bottom of the final 2010 Super 14 log standings. Part 1: https://www.rugby15.co.za/2011/01/super-rugby-preview-part-1/ Cheetahs Everybody’s second choice...
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Jan 18, 11 •
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Comments Off on Super Rugby Preview: Part 1
Melbourne Rebels The Melbourne Rebels from Australia are the new kids on the block and will be on a mission to impress fans, sponsors and shareholders on their first Super Rugby outing, especially since the Melbourne area is dominated by Rugby League. The...
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Jan 17, 11 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on BokSmart safety campaign gets Springbok boost
The South African Rugby Union’s drive to make rugby safer was backed by Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Monday when he completed the BokSmart certification process in Cape Town. De Villiers, assistant coaches Dick Muir and Gary Gold as well as Andy...
