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Jul 8, 16 •
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Comments Off on Aussie Sevens skipper Jenkins signs on until 2018
Qantas Australian Men’s Sevens lynchpin Ed Jenkins has signed a new two-year contract with the program. The 30-year-old double Commonwealth Games medalist made his debut for the national Sevens side in February 2008 and is the most capped Australian...
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Jul 8, 16 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP U19 bolstered by Junior Boks
DHL Western Province Under-19 have been bolstered by the inclusion of four Junior Springbok forwards in their match-day squad to face the Sharks U19 in Durban on Saturday. Flank Ernst van Rhyn, lock Cobus Wiese and prop Carlu Sadie all take their place in the...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions XV vs Valke
Xerox Golden Lions Vs Valke Barnard Stadium 07/07/2016 Kick-off: 15:00 Team Sheet 1. Arnout Malherbe 2. Ramone Samuels 3. Pieter Scholtz 4. Bobby De Wee 5. Martin Muller 6. Stephan De Wit 7. Fabian Booysen 8. Ruan Lerm © 9. Dillon Smit 10. Jaco Van Der Walt...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on Steenkamp to lead Vodacom Blue Bulls into battle
Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Hendré Marnitz named Ruan Steenkamp as captain of the team to play Border in East London on Friday. The flanker takes over from Hanro Liebenberg, who has been called into the Vodacom Bulls wider-squad as backup, which also resulted...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers half-century for Elstadt
Rynhardt Elstadt will earn his 50th DHL Stormers cap if he comes off the replacements bench in the Vodacom Super Rugby clash with the Western Force in Perth on Saturday. The hard-working utility forward, who is equally at home at flank or lock, first featured...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on NSW Waratahs named for penultimate blockbuster match against the Hurricanes
The NSW Waratahs team has been named for this Saturday’s blockbuster last home game of the regular season against 2015 Super Rugby finalists, the Hurricanes at Allianz Stadium. The round 16 match will be one of the biggest games all year for the Waratahs as...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on BNZ Crusaders team to play the Rebels
Sam Whitelock will lead the BNZ Crusaders onto the field when they face the Rebels this Saturday night, as both team captain and the latest Crusaders centurion. Whitelock will bring up his ton in front of a home crowd, with the team returning to AMI Stadium...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on Last Rugby Championship Venue Confirmed
The venue for the match between Argentina and New Zealand in Buenos Aires on 1 October has been confirmed as Estadio Jose Amalfitani. The stadium is the one used by the Jaguares Super Rugby team for its home matches. The Rugby Championship 2016 Competition...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on Team Release – Cell C Sharks vs. Toyota Cheetahs
Cell C Sharks vs. Toyota Cheetahs Date : Saturday, 9 July 2016 Time : 19h15 Venue : Growthpoint KINGS PARK Referee : Stuart Berry Assistant Referees : Rasta Rashivhenge, Archie Sehlako Television Match Official : Shaun Veldsman 15. Rhyno Smith...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on Luke Morahan staying for 2017
In great news speedster Luke Morahan and the Western Force have opted to exercise the optional year in his contract extending his career with the Western Australian franchise until the end of the 2017 Asteron Life Super Rugby season. The 26-year-old winger...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on Force side named for Stormers showdown
The Western Force have made five changes to the match day 23 for Saturday night’s clash with the Stormers with Ben Tapuai returning to the side at outside centre, while local product Richard Hardwick has been named for his first run on start. In the other...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on Canterbury Club player receives 46 week suspension
Waihora Rugby Football Club and Canterbury Maori representative, Bronson Munro, has been found guilty by the Canterbury Metropolitan Judicial Committee of misconduct following a complaint laid by the Southbridge Rugby Football Club. 23 year old Munro was...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on Qantas Wallabies Join Fans for Bledisloe Cup Festival
There’s one month to go until the Bledisloe Cup Festival kicks off, which will give rugby lovers of all ages the chance to meet their past and present Wallabies heroes, with a range of community activities planned from 6-20 August 2016 including the...
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Jul 7, 16 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds unveil Indigenous Round jersey designed by program participant
The St.George Queensland Reds today unveiled their Indigenous Round jersey, designed by program participant Phillip Yeatman, for this Friday’s clash against the Chiefs. Yeatman, 18, is a member of Queensland Rugby Union’s ‘Reds Generation Next’...
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Jul 6, 16 •
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Comments Off on Match Officials Appointed for the 2016 Rugby Championship
South Africa’s Jaco Peyper will blow the first whistle on this year’s Rugby Championship as he takes charge of the Australia v New Zealand game in Sydney on 20 August, with a total of nine officials having been appointed to matches this year. The...
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Jul 6, 16 •
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Comments Off on Angus Gardner appointed to Rugby Championship
Angus Gardner has become the first Australian born referee in eight years to be given the whistle for a Rugby Championship match with his appointment for the clash between the All Blacks and Springboks in Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday 17 September....
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Jul 6, 16 •
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Comments Off on Strauss back for Vodacom Bulls
Vodacom Bulls coach Nollis Marais named Adriaan Strauss as captain of his team to play the Sunwolves at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Strauss was rested in last weekend’s Vodacom Super Rugby match against the Jaguares in Buenos Aires, but is back to lead the...
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Jul 6, 16 •
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Comments Off on Force lure Daley to The West
The Western Force is set to boost their front row experience with the signing of Queensland Reds prop Ben Daley for the 2017 season. Daley will join the Force after 79 Asteron Life Super Rugby games across nine seasons for the Reds, including starting at...
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Jul 6, 16 •
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Comments Off on England Women defeat France 13-17 in Utah
A last-gasp try secured England Women their first victory over France since 2013 on Tuesday night, running out 13-17 winners in the Women’s Rugby Super Series in Utah. A team drive over the line in the final play gave Zoe Aldcroft a try on debut,...
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Jul 6, 16 •
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Comments Off on Southern Kings team for Emirates Lions clash
Three new Kings players to make Super Rugby debut The Southern Kings have announced three new inclusions to their Vodacom Super Rugby squad ahead of their clash against the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg on Friday. Head Coach Deon Davids has made six changes...
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Jul 5, 16 •
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Comments Off on 2016 NATIONAL RUGBY WEEK TO CAPTURE OLYMPIC SPIRIT
National Rugby Week in 2016 is set to capture the imagination of Australian students with a focus on the National Rugby Sevens Teams as they bid for Olympic glory at Rio 2016. Kicking off on Monday 25 July, the five days of Rugby education are incorporated...
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Jul 5, 16 •
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Comments Off on England Women name side to face France
England Women have named their match-day 23 for their second game in the Women’s Rugby Super Series against France on Tuesday. Following a disappointing 52-17 defeat to Canada on Friday, England have made seven changes to the starting line-up. Lauren...
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Jul 5, 16 •
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Comments Off on KRU Hosts 2nd National Development Conference
The Kenya Rugby Union hosted its second National Development Conference on 1st and 2nd July at the Strathmore University Auditorium. Key stakeholders of the Kenya Rugby Union were in attendance with an aim of growing rugby across the country as well as...
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Jul 5, 16 •
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Comments Off on BUILDCORP WALLAROOS SQUAD NAMED FOR NATIONAL CAMP
The Buildcorp Wallaroos extended squad has been named for August’s training camp on the Gold Coast with 14 players returning from the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign. The camp, to be held at Bond University, will be used to prepare for the squad for...
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Jun 29, 16 •
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Comments Off on Powell happy with Olympic Games draw
Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell on Wednesday welcomed the draw of TEAM SOUTH AFRICA in Pool B of the Rugby Sevens event at the 2016 Olympic Games, to be played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil later this year. The pools for this exciting milestone event which...