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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...
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Feb 18, 10 •
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Comments Off on Naas Olivier vital to Vodacom Cheetahs success
Rugby 15 has come across a nice article from Jóhann Thormählen, Media24 jounalist who has interviewed Naas Olivier. The increase in penalties in the first round of the Super14 has once more added focus on the importance of kicking at goal, and we would like...
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Feb 17, 10 •
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Comments Off on Highlanders announce team to play Blues in Carisbrook
Injuries have forced the Highlanders to make 2 forced changes to the starting line-up for Friday’s derby clash against the Blues at Carisbrook. Number eight Nasi Manu has been ruled out of the Super 14 for four weeks with a knee injury, while fly-half...
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Feb 17, 10 •
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Comments Off on Reds select teenage flanker to face Crusaders
Teenage backrower Jake Schatz will make his Super 14 debut for the QR Reds at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night against one of the toughest teams in the competition, New Zealand’s Crusaders. The 19-year old QAS Reds Academy forward, who captained his club...
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Feb 17, 10 •
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Comments Off on John Smit to plat 100th Super rugby game for Sharks
John Smit will make history on Friday night when he becomes the first local player to represent the same franchise in 100 Super rugby games. Bulls loose forward Pedrie Wannenburg will join Smit a day later when he becomes a centurion for the Pretoria-based...
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Feb 16, 10 •
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Comments Off on Lions Team announced to play Chiefs in Super14
The Lions have announced their team to play the Chiefs in the Super 14 clash at Coca-Cola Park on Friday. Carlos Spencer will once again lead the line from fly-half while there is a call for American Todd Clever, who is promoted from the bench. Dick Muir...
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Feb 16, 10 •
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Comments Off on Which Super 14 Team will have the best defenders?
On the Vodacom Cheetahs Blog we have added a blog post titled “How much of tackling is technique and how much is commitment?” This was done having received numerous comments on tackling in response to a blog post about defensive errors which have let down...
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Feb 16, 10 •
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Comments Off on Giteau cleared to play the Bulls
CA Brumbies playmaker has been cleared of further damage to his right quad after withdrawing from a training session last night. Giteau pulled out of the training session in Perth as a precaution with scans taken today clearing him of any new damage. He...
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Feb 16, 10 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Cheetahs Team announced to play Sharks
The Team for the Vodacom Cheetahs has been announced for the clash against the Sharks in Durban on Friday evening, 19 February. Corne Uys is injured and is replaced at outside centre by Lionel Mapoe. Danwel Demas comes in on right wing in the place of Mapoe...
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Feb 16, 10 •
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Comments Off on Jean De Villiers heading back to SA
Munster centre Jean de Villiers will leave the province and return to South Africa at the end of the current season. According to the Belfast Telegraph website, the 28-year-old confirmed his decision on Monday, stating that his desire to play for the...
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Feb 15, 10 •
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Comments Off on Springboks nominated for 2010 Laureus Awards
The Boks claimed their second Vodacom Tri-Nations crown last year and were triumphant series winners (2-1) over the British & Irish Lions during the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions Series. The Laureus World Team of the Year Award could be the most...
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Feb 14, 10 •
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Comments Off on England defeat a brave Italy 17-12 in Rome
England had a less than comfortable win against a brave Italian side in the RBS Six Nations clash in Rome. England managed to beat Italy with a narrow 17-12 score line. A brace of penalties apiece from Jonny Wilkinson – who missed three kicks in all...
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Feb 13, 10 •
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Comments Off on Sharks slip to last minute loss against Chiefs in Durban
The Sharks started off the Super14 campaign on a disappointing note by losing to the Chiefs in a rainy and slippery Durban. Chiefs flyhalf Stephen Donald sunk a last-minute penalty to give his team a dramatic 19-18 win over the Sharks in their Vodacom Super...
