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  • Middelburg #LoveRugby video goes social

    Sep 6, 16 • 1944 Views • General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Middelburg #LoveRugby video goes social

    A behind-the-scenes video of the Springboks’ surprise #LoveRugby visit to Middelburg, as they took the Bok bus from Johannesburg to Nelspruit, was released online by SA Rugby on Tuesday. It’s the fourth in a series of #LoveRugby short videos released so...

  • Proudfoot expects fired-up Wallaby pack

    Sep 6, 16 • 1733 Views • General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Proudfoot expects fired-up Wallaby pack

    Springbok assistant coach Matt Proudfoot on Tuesday said the South Africans are expecting a huge challenge by the Wallaby pack when the two teams meet in the third round of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday....

  • New Zealand Schools 2016 squad announced

    Sep 6, 16 • 1769 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on New Zealand Schools 2016 squad announced

    Following this camp selectors will name the 2016 New Zealand Schools and New Zealand Schools Barbarians sides to play Australia and Fiji Schools next month. The players attending the development camp are: Sam Matenga Gisborne Boys High School Prop Kianu...

  • Sir Gordon Tietjens steps down as sevens coach

    Sep 6, 16 • 2252 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Sir Gordon Tietjens steps down as sevens coach

    New Zealand Rugby has paid tribute to legendary sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens following his decision not to seek a new contract after 22 years at the helm of the All Black Sevens team. Sir Gordon has led New Zealand to four Commonwealth Games gold medals,...

  • Massive task awaits Boks in Brisbane – De Jongh

    Sep 5, 16 • 1889 Views • General News, International, Springboks • • Comments Off on Massive task awaits Boks in Brisbane – De Jongh

    Springbok centre Juan de Jongh said on Monday in Brisbane that the Springboks will face the huge challenge from the Wallabies when the two sides meet on Saturday at Suncorp Stadium in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship. According to De Jongh, he is under no...

  • VALE CHARLES ‘CHILLA’ WILSON, WALLABY #424

    Sep 5, 16 • 1671 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on VALE CHARLES ‘CHILLA’ WILSON, WALLABY #424

    The Australian Rugby community is mourning the death of Wallaby #424 Charles Roy ‘Chilla’ Wilson, who passed away on Friday 2 September aged 85. The former flanker played for Australia twelve times (including four Test matches) and captained the side in...

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City beat Western Sydney Rams at Ballymore

    Sep 5, 16 • 1388 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City beat Western Sydney Rams at Ballymore

    McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City have secured their first win of the 2016 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship with a 44-36 victory over the Western Sydney Rams at Ballymore Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Eleven tries were scored in an end-to-end match...

  • 2016 BUILDCORP NRC: ROUND 2 REVIEW

    Sep 5, 16 • 1364 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on 2016 BUILDCORP NRC: ROUND 2 REVIEW

    With an unprecedented twelve Wallabies released for NRC duty, the second round of the 2016 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship delivered some surprising results, with expected favourites pushed to their limits. With their victory over Wallabies-laden UC...

  • Bond University Queensland Country go down to the Rising in Melbourne

    Sep 5, 16 • 1556 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Bond University Queensland Country go down to the Rising in Melbourne

    Bond University Queensland Country have gone down to the Melbourne Rising 46-32 in Round 2 of the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship, at Harlequins Rugby Club in Melbourne. Queensland Country ran in four first-half tries to lead 32-16 at half-time. But the...

  • QANTAS WALLABIES NAME SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND ARGENTINA TESTS

    Sep 5, 16 • 2898 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on QANTAS WALLABIES NAME SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND ARGENTINA TESTS

    Qantas Wallabies Head Coach Michael Cheika has named a 33-man squad for the upcoming Tests against South Africa and Argentina in Brisbane and Perth respectively. Five new faces have been welcomed into the squad with Henry Speight back in the fold after...

  • Online ballot opens for DHL New Zealand Lions Series 2017 Tests

    Sep 5, 16 • 1775 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Online ballot opens for DHL New Zealand Lions Series 2017 Tests

    Online ballot opens 12pm, Monday 5 September and closes 1 November Additional entry opportunities for rugby community Open only to people living in New Zealand via nzlionsseries17.com/tickets The much-anticipated online ballot for New Zealand rugby fans to...

  • Deejays Reign Supreme In Dala

    Sep 5, 16 • 2040 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Deejays Reign Supreme In Dala

    Menengai Cream Homeboyz posted a comprehensive 48-5 blitz of Kenya Harlequin as they won the fourth round of the National Sevens Series, the Dala Sevens at the RFUEA Ground on Sunday. The deejays showed intent from the start, Alvin Otieno offloading to...

  • Springbok coach happy with first field session in Brisbane

    Sep 3, 16 • 1749 Views • General News, Springbok News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Springbok coach happy with first field session in Brisbane

    Springbok coach Allister Coetzee said he was very happy with his squad’s first training session on Saturday, a day after their arrival in the Australian city of Brisbane. The good news for the Springboks was the return to the training field of flyhalf Elton...

  • Michael Hooper wins fourth consecutive Matthew Burke Cup Players’ Player

    Sep 2, 16 • 1708 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Michael Hooper wins fourth consecutive Matthew Burke Cup Players’ Player

    NSW Waratahs Team Captain, Michael Hooper has once again broken Club records after winning his fourth consecutive Matthew Burke Cup Players’ Player Award at tonight’s NSW Waratahs Annual Gala Awards in Sydney. Hooper remains as the player to win the award...

  • Israel Folau Unveiled as a Brisbane Global Tens Ambassador

    Sep 2, 16 • 2231 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Israel Folau Unveiled as a Brisbane Global Tens Ambassador

    Israel Folau, one of rugby’s biggest superstars, believes the Brisbane Global Tens will be the ideal start to the 2017 rugby season. The former Broncos, Kangaroos and AFL star was back at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium today as the latest big name to endorse...

  • Jenkins to continue as Cardiff Blues captain

    Sep 2, 16 • 1504 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Jenkins to continue as Cardiff Blues captain

    Cardiff Blues have confirmed that Gethin Jenkins will continue as the region’s captain in the 2016/17 season. The 131-times capped prop took up the honour last season and helped the region to a resurgence in the second half of the campaign. Now head...

  • Argentina keen to build on Bok victory

    Sep 2, 16 • 1966 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Argentina keen to build on Bok victory

    Argentina leave for their Australasian Rugby Championship tour on Friday with confidence boosted after last weekend’s win over South Africa in Salta. They will play the All Blacks in Hamilton next weekend before facing Australia in Perth. Los Pumas head...

  • Adjustment to Mitre 10 Heartland Championship bonus points system

    Sep 2, 16 • 1500 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Adjustment to Mitre 10 Heartland Championship bonus points system

    New Zealand Rugby has today confirmed an amendment to competition regulations adjusting the bonus points system for the 2016 Mitre 10 Heartland Championship competition. The bonus point system now allocates one point to teams who lose within eight points...

  • BUILDCORP WALLAROOS NAME SQUAD FOR BIGGEST TEST YET

    Sep 2, 16 • 2494 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on BUILDCORP WALLAROOS NAME SQUAD FOR BIGGEST TEST YET

    The Buildcorp Wallaroos have named a 26 strong squad for their New Zealand tour which will include their first-ever double header against the Black Ferns before the third Bledisloe Cup Test between the Qantas Wallabies and the All Blacks at Eden Park. With...

  • Adriaan Strauss to retire from Test rugby at the end of 2016

    Sep 1, 16 • 2636 Views • General News, Springbok News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Adriaan Strauss to retire from Test rugby at the end of 2016

    Adriaan Strauss will retire from Test rugby at the end of the 2016 season.   Strauss, who became the 57th Springbok captain against Ireland in June, said he had been contemplating retirement at the end of the season since late in 2015, and that he had...

  • Holland retires from rugby

    Sep 1, 16 • 1729 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Holland retires from rugby

    Munster Rugby can today confirm that Johnny Holland will retire from professional rugby with immediate effect. The young out-half who initially sustained a hamstring injury while playing for Munster ‘A’ in the British and Irish Cup game against...

  • De Villiers: ‘Australia and South Africa under equal pressure’

    Sep 1, 16 • 2172 Views • General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on De Villiers: ‘Australia and South Africa under equal pressure’

    Former Springbok captain Jean de Villiers says Australia will be under just as much pressure as South Africa when they clash in the Rugby Championship on September 10. While Springbok rugby appears to have been in a free fall for the last couple of months,...

  • Lions green light for Halfpenny

    Sep 1, 16 • 1487 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Lions green light for Halfpenny

    The Lions have been given a boost after Leigh Halfpenny declared he’s available to tour from the outset, even if Toulon make the Top 14 final. In France the domestic final is scheduled for June 4 but the British and Irish Lions will fly out to New...

  • Mukoko To Officiate At Women’s Africa Cup Sevens

    Sep 1, 16 • 1914 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Mukoko To Officiate At Women’s Africa Cup Sevens

    Peris Mukoko will be part of the referees panel for the Women’s Africa Cup Sevens in Harare, Zimbabwe on September 17/18. One of Kenya’s leading female match officials, Mukoko, who also doubles up as a World Rugby certified Match Official Educator,...

  • Bond University Queensland Country welcome back James Slipper for Melbourne Rising clash

    Sep 1, 16 • 1483 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Bond University Queensland Country welcome back James Slipper for Melbourne Rising clash

    Bond University Queensland Country will welcome back St.George Queensland Reds and Wallabies prop James Slipper, for their Round 2 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (NRC) against the Melbourne Rising this Sunday, 4 September. The inclusion of Slipper is...