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May 17, 19 •
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Comments Off on ISRAEL FOLAU ISSUED SANCTION FOR HIGH-LEVEL CODE OF CONDUCT BREACH
Israel Folau issued sanction directing contract termination for high-level Code of Conduct breach Wallabies and Waratahs back Israel Folau has today been issued a sanction directing termination of his playing contract for his high-level breach of the...
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May 17, 19 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women to battle for World Cup spot in August
The Springbok Women will battle it out for a place in the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in August when they face Kenya, Madagascar and Uganda in the Women’s Cup in Gauteng, which serves as the qualifier for the international spectacle. The...
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May 16, 19 •
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Comments Off on Match officials confirmed for Springboks’ Tests in 2019
· Appointments confirmed for 63 matches of 2019 Test season · All 23 Rugby World Cup 2019 match officials in action · Appointments made for RWC 2019 warm-up...
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May 16, 19 •
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Comments Off on Louis Koen: Junior Springboks’ preparation on track for Argentina
Louis Koen, SA Rugby’s high performance manager and Junior Springbok assistant coach, said on Thursday the SA Under-20s team have taken big strides in their preparation in the last two weeks as their departure date for the World Rugby U20 Championship in...
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May 15, 19 •
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Comments Off on Kriel and De Jager to leave Vodacom Bulls
The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd confirmed the departure of Springboks Lood de Jager and Jesse Kriel at the end of the current season and wished them well in their future endeavours. De Jager will join Sale Sharks in England and Kriel is heading to Japan to...
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May 15, 19 •
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Comments Off on Buthelezi: Junior Bok captaincy hasn’t sunk in yet
It is exactly a week since Phendulani Buthelezi was named as the Junior Springboks’ captain for 2019, and the Cell C Sharks looseforward says it is such a surreal feeling, it still hasn’t sunk in yet. Buthelezi, who turns 20 years old on Thursday, 30 May...
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May 15, 19 •
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Comments Off on Du Preez to reach milestone in final leg of World Series
Branco du Preez will become the most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time at the HSBC London Sevens next weekend when he runs out for his 70th tournament for the Blitzboks in the penultimate tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at...
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May 14, 19 •
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Comments Off on Pollard off to Montpellier
The Blue Bulls Company would like to confirm that Vodacom Bulls and Springbok flyhalf Handré Pollard has agreed terms with French club, Montpellier. Pollard, currently preparing in Melbourne with the Vodacom Bulls squad to play the Rebels on Friday,...
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May 14, 19 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women to host Spain in groundbreaking tour to South Africa
The Spanish Women’s team will visit South Africa later this year in a groundbreaking tour where they will provide stiff opposition to the Springbok Women, a South African Invitational XV and the Eastern Province XV in Port Elizabeth in September. It will be...
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May 14, 19 •
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Comments Off on Maori All Blacks to play Fiji in two-match series
Matches confirmed for Suva 13 July and Rotorua 20 July New Zealand Maori & Fiji Under 20s to play curtain raiser The pride of the Maori All Blacks haka will face the fierce Fijian cibi when the two sides play in a home and away two-match series...
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May 13, 19 •
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Comments Off on Black Ferns Sevens qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
A hard-fought victory over Australia at the Langford Sevens in Canada this morning has confirmed the Black Ferns Sevens as the first team to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The reigning World Cup and Commonwealth Games champions bounced back from...
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May 10, 19 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women’s Sevens to keep momentum for Stanislas Sevens
The Springbok Women’s Sevens team will try to maintain the winning momentum they picked up in France earlier this week when they contest the Stanislas Sevens at Stade Matter de Nancy in Nancy on Saturday and Sunday. The South Africans opened their short...
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May 9, 19 •
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Comments Off on DANNY CIPRIANI TRIUMPHS AT RPA AWARDS 2019
Gloucester Rugby fly-half Danny Cipriani has been crowned the RPA Players’ Player of the Year at a glittering awards ceremony at Twickenham Stadium on Wednesday evening. The influential play-maker polled the most number of votes from his fellow...
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May 9, 19 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Under 20 squad named for World Rugby Under 20 Championship
he New Zealand Under 20 squad for the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship has been announced this morning. A total of 28 players will travel to Argentina at the end of this month for the tournament, with their sights set on New Zealand’s seventh age...
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May 8, 19 •
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Comments Off on Naholo confirms overseas move post 2019
All Blacks and Highlanders winger Waisake Naholo will leave New Zealand at the end of 2019, it was announced today. 28-year-old Naholo has confirmed he will join London Irish. An attacking player who uses his deceptive speed and strength to...
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May 7, 19 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby celebrates four referee appointments to Rugby World Cup 2019
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has congratulated New Zealand’s four referees selected by World Rugby to match official duties at Rugby World Cup 2019. Paul Williams (Taranaki) and Ben O’Keeffe (Wellington) have both been selected to their first ever Rugby World...
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May 7, 19 •
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Comments Off on South African duo included in RWC match officials’ panel
· Peyper and Jonker amongst 23 match officials for Japan showpiece South Africa’s Jaco Peyper and Marius Jonker are the two local match officials that will do duty at the Rugby World Cup in Japan later this year,...
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May 7, 19 •
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Comments Off on Buthelezi to lead Junior Springboks at World Rugby U20 Championship
Phendulani Buthelezi will lead the Junior Springbok World Rugby U20 Championship squad, which features four players who participated in the tournament last year, for the global showpiece in Argentina from 4 to 22 June. Buthelezi (loose forward), Rikus...
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May 7, 19 •
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Comments Off on England men U20 squad for World Rugby U20 Championship
England men U20s head coach Steve Bates has named his 28-player squad for the 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship in Argentina (4-22 June). The group includes nine players who have appeared in the tournament before with props Joe Heyes, Marcus Street, lock...
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May 7, 19 •
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Comments Off on JUNIOR WALLABIES SQUAD FOR WORLD RUGBY U20s CHAMPIONSHIP NAMED
The Junior Wallabies squad for the World Rugby U20s Championship has today been confirmed with the 28-man squad set to depart for Argentina at the end of the month. Australia will take on Italy, Ireland and England in Pool B of the Championship as the side...
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May 6, 19 •
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Comments Off on Mark Hammett to lead New Zealand Schools in 2019
Coaching teams announced for 2019 New Zealand Schools and New Zealand Barbarians Schools teamsTeams to play Fiji and Australia in September and October in Waikato The New Zealand Schools and New Zealand Barbarians Schools team will play on home soil for the...
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May 6, 19 •
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Comments Off on JUNIOR WALLABIES DEFEAT NEW ZEALAND TO WIN FIRST EVER OCEANIA U20s CHAMPIONSHIP
The Junior Wallabies have won the Oceania U20s Championship for the first time leaving New Zealand scoreless 24-nil at Bond University on the Gold Coast on Saturday night. In front of 2,136 strong crowd, the Junior Wallabies have finished their Oceania...
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May 4, 19 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Under 20 team named to face Australia
The New Zealand Under 20 team is aiming for a fifth Oceania Under 20 Championship title in a winner-takes-all match against their Australian counterparts on the Gold Coast tonight (kick off 9pm NZT).Coach Craig Philpott has named a strong team for their final...
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May 3, 19 •
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Comments Off on JUNIOR WALLABIES CONFIRMED TO TAKE ON NEW ZEALAND U20s
Junior Wallabies Head Coach Jason Gilmore has named his strongest possible side, as the team look to continue their winning ways when they take on the New Zealand U20s this Saturday night at Bond University on the Gold Coast. Following a strong...
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May 2, 19 •
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Comments Off on Junior Boks enter next phase of World Rugby U20 Champs preparations
With their blitz tour to the UK done and dusted, the Junior Springboks will enter the next phase of their preparation for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship on Friday, with consistency in their performances and the fine-tuning of their game plan among the...
