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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on Sharks team announced to play Crusaders
The Sharks have named a changed team for Friday’s game against the Crusaders. The changes are amongst the forwards while the backline remains unchanged. John Smit moves from hooker to tighthead for his 101st game with Bismarck du Plessis starting at...
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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on All Black lock Isaac Ross not available for Crusaders v Sharks
The Crusaders have been dealt a blow ahead of their Super 14 encounter with the Sharks on Friday, with All Blacks lock Isaac Ross laid low by an ankle injury. The setback occurred in training on Monday, according to New Zealand press reports, with Tasman’s...
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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on Juan Smith vital to Vodacom Cheetahs success!
In the Volksblad newspaper Vodacom Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske mentions that Juan Smith is making a significant impact both on attack and on defense for the Cheetahs! There is no denial that Juan will play a very important part in the 2010 Super 14...
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Feb 23, 10 •
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Comments Off on Brumbies side to play Stormers announced
The Brumbies have made one change to their line-up to take on the Stormers in their Super 14 Round Three encounter at Newlands on Friday. Lock Ben Hand makes his first appearance for the side in 2010 having started every Super 14 match for the Brumbies in...
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Feb 22, 10 •
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Comments Off on Good news for Vodacom Blue Bulls on Matfield and Spies
The Vodacom Bulls received a massive boost on the injury front when its medical team confirmed that Springbok No 8 Pierre Spies will be fit to face the Waratahs. Spies, who injured his knee in the 50-32 win over the Brumbies at Loftus Versfeld, was the one...
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Feb 22, 10 •
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Comments Off on Super 14 Blues Toeava sidelined by injury
Blues centre Isaia Toeava looks set to miss the next few weeks of rugby as he struggles with a nerve injury in his buttock. Toeava is seeing a specialist on Monday to help clear the problem up, but the likely prognosis is a period of frustrating rest and...
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Feb 21, 10 •
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Comments Off on Support your rugby team with the stats at hand!!
Are you passionate about your team and our players! Do you get annoyed when others make unfounded statements about the players you support? Too often do we not make our arguments because the other guy is bigger or has played at a higher level. How do you put...
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Feb 20, 10 •
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Comments Off on Stormers impress with 27-6 victory over Waratahs
The Stormers capitalised heavily on limited scoring opportunities and held the Waratahs tryless to run out worthy 27-6 winners. Midway through the second half the Stormers entertained the 37 000 strong home crowd with some enterprising play as their forwards...
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Feb 20, 10 •
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Comments Off on Bulls score 50 in beating Brumbies at Loftus
The Bulls notched up their second half-century in two matches when they beat the Brumbies 50-32 after a slow start to their Super 14 encounter at Loftus on Saturday. With the Bulls pack taking matters into their own hands after the break when they trailed...
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Feb 20, 10 •
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Comments Off on Lions name new talent in Super 14 touring squad
Lions director of coaching Dick Muir has introduced five players to his squad that were beaten 72-65 by the Chiefs at Coca-Cola Park on Friday night for the Lions’ four-match Super 14 Australasian tour. Old hands Dusty Noble (wing), centre Walter Venter...
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Feb 20, 10 •
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Comments Off on Hurricanes too strong for Force
The Hurricanes have demolished an injury-ravaged Western Force in their Super 14 clash in Wellington on Saturday. The Hurricanes won 47-22 after leading 18-8 at half-time. The Hurricanes scored seven tries through fullback Cory Jane, centre Ma’a Nonu,...
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Feb 20, 10 •
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Comments Off on Chiefs claim victory in record try-fest at Coca-Cola Park
Super 14 records tumbled as the Chiefs went top of the table with a 72-65 second-round win against the Lions on Friday. The 137 points scored before a small Coca-Cola Park crowd bettered by 19 the previous best for a southern hemisphere championship game when...
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Feb 20, 10 •
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Comments Off on Sharks announce touring squad
The Sharks touring squad has been announced ahead of their five-match tour to Australia and New Zealand The squad will depart from Durban, bound for Christchurch on Saturday afternoon. Injury has foced the Sharks management to include a few new players to...
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Feb 19, 10 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Cheetahs victorious over Sharks in Durban
The Vodacom Cheetahs have once more been the “bogey team” for the Sharks having beaten them 25-20 earlier tonight in Durban. The Vodacom Cheetahs showed lots of guts and commitment in making the tackles and adjusting to a rather strange “refereeing”...
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Feb 19, 10 •
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Comments Off on Reds surprise with bonus point victory over Crusaders!
The Queensland Reds displayed brilliant running rugby in a well-deserved victory over the Canterbury Crusaders on Friday! Reds flyhalf Quade Cooper scored 31 points as the Reds upset the Crusaders with a 41-20 victory in Brisbane. The Reds were brillant with...
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Feb 19, 10 •
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Comments Off on Blues hold off Highlanders in Carisbrook
The Blues survived a desperate late surge by the Highlanders to clinch a 19-15 win in their Super 14 match at Carisbrook on Friday night. The Blues scored three tries to two to retain the Gordon Hunter Memorial Trophy, which they have held since 2006, before...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Sharks confirm signing Andy Goode
England flyhalf Andy Goode signed with the Sharks on a short-term loan deal on Thursday. The South African outfit said on its website that it had secured the services of the 29-year-old Goode from French club Brive for the upcoming away leg of its Super 14...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Bulls suffer Rossouw injury blow
The Bulls have suffered a late blow ahead of Saturday’s Super 14 encounter against the Brumbies after Danie Rossouw was ruled out through injury. The South Africa lock, who was in line to partner captain Victor Matfield in the second row, took a blow to...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Ricky Januarie starts for Stormers against Waratahs
Springbok scrumhalf Ricky Januarie will make his first Super 14 start for the Stormers this year when they take on the Waratahs at Newlands on Saturday. Coach Allister Coetzee on Thursday named a team that shows a couple of changes from that which won their...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Bulls help un-lock some value for Sharks
The Blue Bulls Company has released lock Wilhelm Steenkamp, on loan, to the Sharks for the remainder of the Super 14 competition. Steenkamp, who has 19 Super Rugby caps, will return to his Pretoria base after completion of the competition. He will again be...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Experienced Brumbies side to battle Bulls in Pretoria
Star recruits Matt Giteau and Rocky Elsom will make their first appearances for the Brumbies in 2010 against Super 14 champions the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday night. The pair missed the Brumbies’ season-opening 24-15 win over the Western Force due to...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Bok 7’s Team paired with Samoa in pool for Adelaide 7’s
There is no easy route to the Finals of any IRB Sevens competition, and the Bok 7’s side will have to be at their best to improve their position on the log when they face Samoa in their pool in Adelaide! The Blitsbokke, who won the Plate in Las Vegas and...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Hurricanes to battle Force without suspended Eaton
Wellington – Hurricanes lock Jason Eaton has been stood down for disciplinary reasons and will miss Saturday’s Super 14 match against the Western Force in Wellington. The All Blacks forward had breached team protocol, the Hurricanes said in a...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Chiefs announce team to play Lions at Coca-Cola Park
Sione Lauaki will captain the Chiefs for the first time in a Rebel Sport Super 14 match when the Chiefs take on the Lions this weekend in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lauaki, who last week was ruled out of contention due to an abscess on his arm, will start at...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Western Force picks 2 debutants to play Hurricanes
Emirates Western Force will debut two of their young guns in the starting XV with Mitch Inman and Ben McCalman set to tackle the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday night. Inman will start at outside centre after Ryan Cross was declared unfit following a...
