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Aug 18, 11 •
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Morgan Piek – All Blacks coach, Graham Henry selected just four players from the All Blacks side that beat the Wallabies two weeks ago will run out to face the underperforming Springboks at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth Saturday...
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Aug 17, 11 •
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Allister Coetzee today named his side to take on the unbeaten Lions at DHL Newlands on Friday evening 19h00. There is only 1 change to the starting XV that took on the Sharks with Pieter Louw in at 6 for Rohan Kitshoff, who has joined the Namibian squad for...
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Aug 14, 11 •
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The MTN Golden Lions opened up a four-point lead at the top of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division log with the halfway mark of the competition looming. The team from Johannesburg remained the only unbeaten side in the competition after they beat the...
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Aug 11, 11 •
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Comments Off on Six teams to play in Absa Currie Cup Premier Division from next year
The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division will be contested by six teams from 2012 and eight teams will play in the Absa Currie Cup First Division, the SARU General Council decided today at a meeting in Newlands. The decision was confirmed after a majority vote...
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Aug 11, 11 •
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A replay of last year’s Absa Currie Cup final between The Sharks and DHL Western Province in Cape Town, as well as a battle to avoid last place on the log between the Vodacom Blue Bulls and the Ford Pumas in Nelspruit feature this weekend. Both DHL Western...
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Aug 10, 11 •
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Comments Off on MTN Lions to face the Toyota Free State Cheetahs
MTN Lions vs Toyota Free State Cheetahs Saturday, 13 August 2011 Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg Kick-off: 19:10 15 Jaco Taute 14 Deon Van Rensburg 13 Lionel Mapoe 12 Alwyn Hollenbach 11 Michael Killian 10 Elton Jantjies 9 Michael Bondesio 8 Joshua Strauss...
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Aug 10, 11 •
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DHL Western Province vs The Sharks Friday, 12 August 2011 DHL Newlands, Cape Town Kick-off: 19:10 Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik 14 Odwa Ndungane 13 Stefan Terblanche 12 Patrick Lambie 11 Lwazi Mvovo 10 Frederic Michalak 9 Charl McLeod 8 Keegan Daniel (C) 7 Marcell...
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Aug 10, 11 •
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DHL Western Province vs The Sharks Friday, 12 August 2011 DHL Newlands, Cape Town Kick-off: 19:10 Western Province: 15 Conrad Jantjes 14 Danie Poolman 13 Johann Sadie 12 Tim Whitehead 11 JJ Engelbrecht 10 Demetri Catrakilis 9 Dewaldt Duvenage 8 Nick...
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Aug 10, 11 •
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Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Lions Saturday, 13 August 2011 Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg Kick-off: 19:10 Toyota Free State Cheetahs 1 Coenie Oosthuizen 2 Adriaan Strauss ( C ) 3 W.P. Nel...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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Looseforwards Ashley Johnson and Ryan Kankowski were on Monday added to the Springbok squad to cover for a number of injury concerns among back row forwards. Johnson, who made his Test debut against Australia in Sydney last month, and Kankowski were added as...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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The MTN Golden Lions are the only unbeaten team left in the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division following their victory at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday and defeats to The Sharks and DHL Western Province earlier during the weekend. GWK Griquas repeated their feat...
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Aug 4, 11 •
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Comments Off on Sarel to play Currie Cup for the FS Cheetahs.
Morgan Piek Bloemfontein – Sarel Pretorius has this afternoon announced that he will be playing for the Free State Cheetahs during the 2012 and 2013 ABSA Currie Cup seasons. He is still contracted to play for the Sydney based Super15 franchise the New South...
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Aug 4, 11 •
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The Vodacom Blue Bulls and Toyota Free State Cheetahs have tough home games in the Absa Currie Cup on Saturday as they look to bounce back from last weekend’s disappointing defeats. On Friday evening, The Sharks face a tricky encounter against a...
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Aug 1, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup – Week 3 Round-up.
Photo by Mike La Grange. Thirty seven tries were scored during a high action weekend of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division action as DHL Western Province, The Sharks, the MTN Golden Lions and GWK Griquas all recorded bonus point victories. Adding the 33 tries...
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Jul 29, 11 •
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Comments Off on Regent Kavaliers outplay Falcons in Wellington
The Regent Boland Kavaliers delivered another cracking performance in the Currie Cup First Division today, outplaying the Falcons with 52 points to 10 at the Boland Stadium in Wellington. The Kavaliers managed to score seven tries in the process, with the...
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Jul 28, 11 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP u19 team announced to take on the Blue Bulls at DHL Newlands on 30 July 2011
Nazeem Adams, head coach of DHL Western Province u19, today named his team to take on the Blue Bulls at DHL Newlands on Saturday 30 July. The team is as follows: 15. Kazlo Holtzhauzen 14. Nathan Nel 13. Patrick Howard 12. Kobus van Wyk 11. Devon...
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Jul 28, 11 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP u21 announced team to take on the Blue Bulls at DHL Newlands on 30 July 2011
John Dobson, head coach of DHL Western Province u21, today named his team to take on the Blue Bulls u21 at DHL Newlands on Saturday 30 July 2011 The team is as follows: 15. Heinrich Steyl 14. Tshotsho Mbovane 13. Ryan Nell 12. Michael van der Spuy 11....
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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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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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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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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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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,...
