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May 31, 18 •
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Comments Off on Black Ferns to be honoured with Test capping ceremonies for first time
161 women to be capped over the next three years Reunion of 1998 WRWC winners to launch capping project Capping provides official recognition of those who played Test matches in the black jersey The team who took home the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup...
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May 31, 18 •
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Comments Off on TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW FOR THE 2018 MITSUBISHI ESTATE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP
Tickets will go on sale tomorrow (June 1) to the general public for the 2018 Mitsubishi Estate Rugby Championship, with three huge Test matches including the Bledisloe Cup opener to feature on Australian soil. In the seventh year of the tournament, the Qantas...
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May 31, 18 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Under 20 defeat Japan at World Rugby U20 Championship
The New Zealand Under 20s opened their World Rugby U20 Championship campaign with a 67-0 win over Japan in France this morning. New Zealand 67 (Jamie Spowart 3, Leicester Faingaanuku 2, Will Tucker, Vilimoni Koroi, Bailyn Sullivan, Tom Christie, Xavier Roe,...
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May 31, 18 •
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Comments Off on Whitelock recommits to Highlanders, New Zealand Rugby and Canterbury
All Blacks loose forward Luke Whitelock has recommitted to the Highlanders, Canterbury and New Zealand Rugby to the end of 2019. Whitelock, who made his debut for the All Blacks in 2013, has played a total of 84 Super Rugby matches, which includes 34 matches...
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May 31, 18 •
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Comments Off on AUSTRALIA FALL IN OPENING CLASH OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The Junior Wallabies have fallen 21-26 to Wales U20s in their opening match of the World Rugby U20s Championship in Bézier, France on Thursday morning. Both sides scored two tries a piece but it was the boot of Welsh kicker, Cai Evans that proved the...
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May 31, 18 •
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Comments Off on England defeat Argentina in World Rugby U20 Championship opener
England U20s got their World Rugby U20 Championship campaign off to a winning start as they sealed a bonus-point 39-18 victory over Argentina in Narbonne. England led 19-15 at half-time through two Jordan Olowofela tries, a try for Henry Walker and two...
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May 31, 18 •
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Comments Off on Junior Boks to take lessons from Georgia win
Junior Springbok coach, Chean Roux, said his team would take the lessons learned from their opening World Rugby U20 Championship 33-27 victory against Georgia at Stade Aimé Giral in Perpignan on Wednesday. “The result is basically all we got from this...
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May 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on Nel hopes to bring edge to Blitzboks effort
The best thing in rugby for Ruhan Nel is to play for the Blitzboks. The worst thing in rugby for Ruhan Nel is when the Blitzboks play and he is not involved. Hence, come this weekend at the HSBC London Sevens, you will see the 27-year-old Springbok Sevens...
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May 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on Production of A to Z of black rugby history planned by SA Rugby
First comprehensive Encyclopaedia of Black Rugby in development Public appeal for pictures and stories for inclusion Project to be opened at the Springbok Experience on Heritage Day SA Rugby is compiling the definitive Encyclopaedia of Black Rugby,...
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May 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on QANTAS WALLABIES SQUAD CONFIRMED FOR MITSUBISHI ESTATE IRELAND SERIES
Qantas Wallabies Squad for Mitsubishi Estate Ireland Series (with Test caps, Super Rugby team and age in brackets) Forwards Allan Alaalatoa (23 Tests, Brumbies, 24) Rory Arnold (15 Tests, Brumbies, 27) Adam Coleman (20 Tests, Melbourne Rebels, 26) Folau...
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May 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on Seven Springbok debutants to start against Wales in USA
Pieter-Steph du Toit will captain a young Springbok team featuring seven uncapped players in the starting line-up against Wales on Saturday evening (SA time) in Washington DC. Du Toit (lock) will lead South Africa for the first time when they take on the...
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May 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Under 20 side named for World Rugby U20 Championship opener against Japan
New Zealand Under 20 Head Coach Craig Philpott has named his side to open their World Rugby U20 Championship campaign in France tomorrow morning. New Zealand will face Japan in Narbonne, France, kick off 7am NZT. 1. Xavier Numia Wellington 2. Flynn Thomas...
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May 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on JUNIOR WALLABIES READY FOR FIRST WELSH TEST
World Rugby U20s Championship, Junior Wallabies team to play Wales U20s 1.Harry Hoopert, Queensland, Brothers 2. Efi Maafu, Queensland, Wests 3. Tom Ross, ACT, Gungahlin 4. Trevor Hosea, Harlequins, Victoria 5. Angus Blyth, Queensland, Bond University 6....
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May 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on Senatla keen to add to Blitzboks effort
Springbok Sevens winger, Seabelo Senatla, found the Blitzboks squad pretty much as he left it in March to pursue his fifteens dreams, when he re-joined them last week to prepare for the last two tournaments of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. The flyer and...
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May 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on Willemse starts in settled SA U20 team for Georgia clash
Junior Springbok flyhalf Damian Willemse will make his first appearance of the season for the SA U20’s in a settled starting team when Chean Roux’s charges meet Georgia in their opening match of the World Rugby U20 Championship at Stade Aimé Giral in...
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May 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on Willemse cherishing SA U20 leadership role
Junior Springbok vice-captain and flyhalf Damian Willemse is relishing the opportunity to be back at the World Rugby U20 Championship and says he and his team-mates can’t wait for their opening match against Georgia on Wednesday. The clash will mark...
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May 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on RASSIE EKSPERIMENTEER MET NUWELINGE, KAPTEINS
Simon Riekert-Johannesburg Rassie Erasmus, Springbokafrigter het Maandag by ʼn mediageleentheid sy groep spelers aangekondig wie eerskomende Saterdag teen Wallis in Washington DC, VSA uitdraf. Daar is 12 nuwelinge in die span: Jason Jenkins, Thomas du Toit,...
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May 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on England U20s side to play Argentina in World Rugby U20 Championship opener
England U20s head coach Steve Bates has named his side for the World Rugby U20 Championship opener against Argentina on Wednesday in Narbonne (17.30 KO BST). Sale Sharks flanker Ben Curry will captain England and he is joined in the backrow by Ted Hill...
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May 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on Queensland and Wallabies legend John Eales to be immortalised with statue at Suncorp Stadium
Former Queensland and Wallabies captain John Eales will be immortalised in bronze as the next statue at Suncorp Stadium. The striking statue will capture second rower Eales being lifted by another player as he catches a lineout ball. The design will allow...
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May 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on Siya Kolisi to lead Springboks against England
Pieter-Steph du Toit captain Boks in Washington Siya Kolisi will lead the Springboks against England in the forthcoming Castle Lager Incoming Series while Pieter Steph-du Toit has been entrusted with the captaincy for Saturday’s historic Test in Washington...
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May 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Junior Boks excited to kick off U20 Championship
Junior Springbok captain Salmaan Moerat and his team are excited to kick off the World Rugby U20 Championship after arriving at their base in Gruissan in the south of France late on Saturday night. The team departed Cape Town late on Friday and it took close...
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May 26, 18 •
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Comments Off on SPRINGBOKNUUS: RASSIE KIES OUTOPPIES EN NUWELINGE
Simon Riekert-Johannesburg Rassie Erasmus, die SA Rugby se Direkteur van Rugby, het 17 nuwelinge ingesluit in die groep van 43 vir volgende maand se Toetse teen Wallis in die VSA en en die Castle Lager Inkomende Reeks, tuis teen Engeland. Die Bokgroep bevat...
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May 26, 18 •
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Comments Off on Erasmus names first Springbok squad for June Tests
Seventeen uncapped players in 43-man squad Rassie Erasmus, the SA Rugby Director of Rugby, has included 17 uncapped players in his first Springbok squad of 43 for the four Tests next month, against Wales in the USA and Castle Lager Incoming Series at...
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May 26, 18 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Experience gets TripAdvisor accolade
The world’s largest travel website, TripAdvisor, has awarded the Springbok Experience, SA Rugby’s world-class interactive museum in Cape Town, with a Certificate of Excellence for the fourth consecutive year. This accolade is awarded to tourist...
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May 25, 18 •
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Comments Off on Changes aim to bring edge for All Blacks Sevens
The All Blacks Sevens head to the HSBC London and Paris Sevens with a change in leadership and an eye to developing and growing the squad. Kurt Baker and Sione Molia will take up co-captaincy for the two tournaments as Coach Clark Laidlaw looks to build the...
