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Jul 19, 17 •
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Comments Off on Pollard, Cronjé invited to Bok assessment camp
Experienced flyhalves Handré Pollard and Lionel Cronjé are amongst 14 players invited to a Springbok medical and conditioning assessment camp, which will be held in Stellenbosch next week. Thirteen of the 14 players are from the three South African...
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Jul 19, 17 •
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Comments Off on Extended national train-on squad ahead of the Bledisloe Cup
Extended national train-on squad, excluding Brumbies players as they compete in Vodafone Super Rugby Finals Forwards Jermaine Ainsley*, Western Force Adam Coleman, 12 Tests, Western Force Pek Cowan, 10 Tests, Western Force Jack Dempsey, 1 Test, NSW Waratahs...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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Comments Off on Men’s Sevens set for International Series in Mackay
The Qantas Australian Men’s Sevens team will play an International Series against Japan in Mackay, Queensland this August, as part of the build up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Kicking off on Thursday August 17, Andy Friend’s side will play multiple...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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Comments Off on Former Wallaby Rod Kafer appointed to National Coach Development role
The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has appointed former Qantas Wallabies playmaker Rod Kafer to a project role within its High-Performance department, where he will lead the facilitation of Australia’s elite coach development program. Kafer, a 12-Test Wallaby...
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Jul 18, 17 •
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Comments Off on Experienced All Blacks Sevens coaching line-up announced
New All Blacks Sevens Head Coach Clark Laidlaw has announced an experienced coaching line-up for the bumper 2017/2018 season. Laidlaw’s new coaching line-up will guide the side as they compete for the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title, push for gold at...
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Jul 17, 17 •
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Comments Off on England Sevens finish sixth at Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s
England finished sixth at the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s in what was the final leg of the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series. The young side were beaten 17-12 by Georgia in the fifth-place final having earlier defeated Germany. Their day started with a...
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Jul 17, 17 •
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Comments Off on England Sevens through to Cup quarter-final of Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s
England will face Ireland in the Cup quarter-final of the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s. They ended day one with a 19-5 victory over Italy with tries from George Chatterton, Alex Davis, and Mason Tonks. That followed two earlier defeats to Spain and Germany in...
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Jul 17, 17 •
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Comments Off on Rugby partnership for kids’ health launches in Samoa
A new Pacific sporting partnership between New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the New Zealand Government kicked off with a game of Quick Rip as a curtain raiser before the Test match between Samoa and Fiji at Apia Park National Stadium yesterday. Samoa is the...
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Jul 14, 17 •
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Comments Off on Kebble and Schickerling come in for DHL WP
Prop Oli Kebble and lock JD Schickerling will both start for DHL Western Province in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge Final against Tafel Lager Griquas at Florida Park in Ravensmead on Sunday. DHL Western Province will be looking to continue their unbeaten run...
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Jul 14, 17 •
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Comments Off on Wallabies announce training camps in the lead-up to the Bledisloe Cup opener
The Qantas Wallabies will have training camps in the regional centres of Newcastle and Cessnock before converging on Penrith in the lead-up to the opening Bledisloe Cup clash in Sydney on August 19. Newcastle will play host to the Wallabies in the last week...
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Jul 14, 17 •
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Comments Off on Rugby fans chomp through data during Lions Series
Vodafone saw a remarkable increase in data traffic during the DHL New Zealand Lions Series, reaching its highest peak during the kick off of the final Test between the British & Irish Lions and the All Blacks. At that moment, the network inside the...
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Jul 14, 17 •
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Comments Off on Eto Nabuli locked in for 2018
Queensland Rugby Union today announced recent Wallabies debutant Eto Nabuli will remain with the St.George Queensland Reds through 2018. Nabuli is currently in his second season of Super Rugby, after joining the Reds from the National Rugby League ahead of...
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Jul 14, 17 •
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Comments Off on Girls squad named for 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games
The Australian Youth Girls Rugby Sevens team has been named for the upcoming 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas. The Australian side will be out to defend their Gold medal, following their win at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa in 2015. Coach...
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Jul 14, 17 •
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Comments Off on Queensland Premier Rugby Preview – Round 16
Queensland Premier Rugby returns for Round 16 tomorrow as the 2017 finals series draws ever closer, with just three regular season fixtures remaining. The Game of the Round will this week see Sunnybank host GPS at Oldmac Oval in a second-v-third playoff. Liam...
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Jul 13, 17 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers gain experience for Loftus clash
The DHL Stormers welcome back the experienced trio of Rynhardt Elstadt, Juan de Jongh and Sikhumbuzo Notshe to the match-day squad for their Vodacom Super Rugby encounter with the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Elstadt comes back into the...
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Jul 13, 17 •
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Comments Off on England Sevens same squad for Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s
Simon Amor makes three changes for final leg of Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series Tickets for the weekend are still available here Simon Amor has named the England Sevens side that will compete in the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s this weekend (15-16 July)....
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Jul 13, 17 •
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Comments Off on Hodgson Returns for last hurrah
Club legend and retiring great Matt Hodgson will start in his famous No.7 jersey against the Waratahs in his final appearance for the Road Safety Western Force at the Force Field (nib Stadium) at 5:45 PM on Saturday, 15 July. Hanging up his boots at the end...
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Jul 12, 17 •
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Comments Off on England Under 18 name squad for 2017 South Africa tour
England Under 18s have named a 26-man squad for their three-match tour of South Africa in August. England face South Africa Schools in their opening fixture on Friday 11 August in Cape Town before a match against Wales four days later. The side then finish...
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Jul 12, 17 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Highlanders in Dunedin
The St.George Queensland Reds have named their side to take on the Highlanders in their final clash of the 2017 Vodafone Super Rugby season. Head coach Nick Stiles has made just two changes to the starting side traveling to Dunedin for the Friday night...
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Jul 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on Qantas Wallabies Bledisloe Cup & TRC tickets on sale
General public tickets are now on sale for the 2017 Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup Test matches in Australia, with four huge battles set for Sydney, Perth, Canberra, and Brisbane. The Rugby Championship will see historic rivalries resume and for the...
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Jul 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on Match officials named for Springboks’ 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship fixtures
Romain Poite of France will take charge of the Springboks’ first 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship fixture on 19 August against Argentina in Port Elizabeth, World Rugby confirmed on Monday. South Africa travel to Argentina the following week for the...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Qantas Wallabies TRC & Bledisloe Cup tickets on sale tomorrow
General public tickets go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday 11 July) for the 2017 Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup Test matches in Australia, with four huge battles set for Sydney, Perth, Canberra, and Brisbane. The Rugby Championship will see historic...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on England Women qualify for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
England finish second in Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in Kazan Simon Amor now leads England women’s and men’s sevens programs England Women finished runners-up in the second leg of the two-part Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in Kazan, after 21-0 defeat...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Women’s Interprovincials gets off to flying start
The SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial Competition got off to a flying start on Saturday as the three winning teams all scored over 40 points to make a strong statement in the opening round of the A division. Border, who won the last four titles, registered...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Thanks everyone – twelve years in the making and worth the wait
At the end of an amazing 10-match DHL NZ Lions Series, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has congratulated the All Blacks and British & Irish Lions on a hard-fought Test Series and thanked New Zealanders and visiting fans for their support of the13th tour by the...
