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		August 08, 2014 Wing Sinazo Nobele could make her Springbok Women’s debut off the bench on Saturday in their Women’s Rugby World Cup clash against Wales in Marcoussis in a reshuffled team named by Springbok Women’s coach Lawrence Sephaka.Sephaka made...
    
    
 
   				
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		Tussen die Horings’ with Joey Rasdien and the Vodacom Blue Bulls – You’ve got to see it! 8 August 2014, Johannesburg – As if it wasn’t already awesome enough to be a Vodacom Blue Bulls supporter, it is about to get even better as fans will be...
    
    
 
   				
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		Wing Sinazo Nobele could make her Springbok Women’s debut off the bench on Saturday in their Women’s Rugby World Cup clash against Wales in Marcoussis in a reshuffled team named by Springbok Women’s coach Lawrence Sephaka. Sephaka made several changes...
    
    
 
   				
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		Natasha Brennan * Brennan set to make WRWC debut * Thompson withdraws through injury England Women have called up Richmond wing Natasha Brennan to their 26-woman Rugby World Cup squad. Brennan replaces Worcester’s Lydia Thompson who has been forced to...
    
    
 
   				
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        Aug 7, 14 •
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		The Springbok Women on Thursday turned their attention to their final Women’s Rugby World Cup pool match against Wales after deep introspection following their 55-3 defeat against hosts France on Tuesday. The players spent most of Wednesday off their...
    
    
 
   				
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        Aug 6, 14 •
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		Springbok Women’s coach Lawrence Sephaka on Wednesday challenged his team to play to their potential in their final Women’s Rugby World Cup pool game against Wales after letting themselves down against hosts France on Tuesday. A series of errors...
    
    
 
   				
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		Experienced international forward Juan Smith has been drafted into the Springboks’ squad preparing for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship. Smith is a Rugby World Cup winner in 2007 who has 69 Test caps to his name. He will join the squad in Johannesburg as...
    
    
 
   				
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		  Marlie Packer on the charge England 45-5 Spain ENGLAND Women made it two from two in Pool A at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in France, beating Spain 45-5. Gary Street’s side scored six tries to Spain’s one, with Kay Wilson, Danielle Waterman, Laura...
    
    
 
   				
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		The powerful French pack on Tuesday produced a dominant display against the Springbok Women in their Women’s Rugby World Cup encounter to hand the hosts a 55-3 victory in Marcoussis. The breakdowns and lineouts proved to be problematic for South Africa in...
    
    
 
   				
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        Aug 5, 14 •
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		Tuesday, August 05 2014 France 55 – 3 South Africa New Zealand 14 – 17 Ireland Canada 42 – 7 Samoa England 45 – 5 Spain Australia 25 – 3 Wales USA 47 – 7 Kazakhstan...
    
    
 
   				
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		Two members of the Springboks’ Castle Lager Rugby Championship squad, Eben Etzebeth and Frans Malherbe, have been released to play in the opening round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division for DHL Western Province on Friday evening. Both players are...
    
    
 
   				
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		Tuesday, August 05 2014: 13:00 – USA vs Kazakhstan Marcoussis 2, Paris, France 15:00 – Australia vs Wales Marcoussis 2, Paris, France 15:45 – England vs Spain Marcoussis 1, Paris, France 17:00 – Canada vs Samoa Marcoussis 2, Paris,...
    
    
 
   				
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		Black Ferns head coach Brian Evans has named the team to face Ireland in the defending champions’ second match of the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup. The team is: 1 Kathleen Wilton 2 Fiao’o Fa’amausili (captain) 3 Aleisha Nelson 4 Eloise...
    
    
 
   				
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		The Australian Youth Olympics Women’s Sevens management team of Tim Walsh and Scott Bowen has announced Brooke Anderson and Tiana Penitani as co-captains for the Women’s Rugby Sevens team that will depart for Nanjing on 13 August. The pair finalised...
    
    
 
   				
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		      Lydia Thompson is one of four players set to start her second WRWC game England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street has made 12 changes  to the starting line-up, including one positional, for Tuesday’s Rugby World Cup clash against Spain, at...
    
    
 
   				
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		Springbok Women’s coach Lawrence Sephaka on Monday made five changes to his starting team to face France in their second Women’s Rugby World Cup pool clash in Marcoussis on Tuesday. Three of the changes were in the pack with prop Portia Jonga and No8...
    
    
 
   				
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		The Springbok Women on Monday announced that they would appeal against the 16-week suspension handed to captain Mandisa Williams for allegedly striking and making contact with an Australian player’s eye in the team’s opening Women’s Rugby World...
    
    
 
   				
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		The Springboks’ Castle Lager Rugby Championship campaign kicked off in Johannesburg on Monday as their got their preparations underway for the tough Southern Hemisphere competition against Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. The Springboks open their...
    
    
 
   				
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		Argentina coach Daniel Hourcade named Augustin Creevy as the captain for the 2014 Castle Lager Rugby Championship. The Pumas start their campiagn against the Springboks in Pretoria. Hourcade named a 26-man squad that will travel to the Republic for their...
    
    
 
   				
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        Aug 3, 14 •
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		The Springbok Women on Sunday got back to business following a day off to recover from their opening Women’s Rugby World Cup clash, with the team resuming full training in preparation for Tuesday’s match against hosts France. The players enjoyed time off...
    
    
 
   				
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		Springbok captain Jean de Villiers has recovered from the knee injury which kept him out of the June Tests and is back in the national squad for the forthcoming Castle Lager Rugby Championship.   De Villiers is one of six players returning from injury...
    
    
 
   				
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		August 2014 01 New Zealand 79 – 5 Kazakhstan 01 Canada 31 – 7 Spain 01 Australia 26 – 3 South Africa 01 England 65 – 3 Samoa 01 USA 17 – 23 Ireland...
    
    
 
   				
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		The Springbok Women on Friday suffered a disappointing 26-3 defeat against Australia in their opening Women’s Rugby World Cup clash at the French Rugby Federation in Marcoussis. South Africa showed encouraging signs throughout the match, but their struggle...
    
    
 
   				
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		Pic: RFU – England Women celebrate their win England Women 65-3 Samoa ENGLAND Women kicked off their Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign with a comprehensive ten-try, 65-3 win against Samoa in Marcoussis. Two tries for Kat Merchant, Lydia Thompson,...