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Feb 10, 15 •
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Comments Off on Ensuring Smarter Rugby in our Youth
SARU AND THE PLAYERS’ FUND BRING YOU THE FIRST OF THE 2015 RUGBY SEMINAR SERIES: ENSURING SMARTER RUGBY IN OUR YOUTH In association with the Sports Science Institute of SA The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund supports the fallen heroes of...
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Feb 9, 15 •
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Comments Off on New-look South African Rugby Annual 2015 hits the shelves
Photo: Gallo Images THE 2015 edition of the South African Rugby Annul goes on sale nationwide today [Monday] after being launched at Sunday’s South African Rugby Union Awards in Johannesburg. In keeping with tradition, the 44th edition of...
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Feb 9, 15 •
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Comments Off on Managing of Springboks playing time during Vodacom Super Rugby
Photo: Anton Geyser Ground-breaking agreement between SARU and Franchises Performance psychologist to join Springbok management Boks’ match against World XV moved forward The game time of a number of key Springboks will be managed throughout the...
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Feb 9, 15 •
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Comments Off on Mpumalanga Rugby Union statement
In the light of the South African Rugby Awards held in Johannesburg last, the Managing Director of Mpumalanga Rugby (PTY) Ltd and CEO of Mpumalanga Rugby Union, Pieter Burger gave the following statement: “What an honour to be part of such a prestigious...
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Feb 8, 15 •
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Comments Off on Vermeulen cleans up at SARU Player of the Year Awards
Photo: Etienne Burger Springbok No 8 Duane Vermeulen was the star of the annual South African Rugby Union Player of the Year Awards when he walked off with three awards, including the main award of the season. Vermeulen was named SARU Rugby Player of the Year...
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Jan 19, 15 •
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Comments Off on Springboks, WP to oversee Jean De Villiers rehabilitation
The Springbok medical team and their counterparts from Western Province will work together in the coming months to ensure Jean de Villiers is afforded every opportunity to make a successful comeback to the playing field in time for the Rugby World Cup. The...
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Dec 15, 14 •
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Comments Off on ARGENTINA TO PLAY AT GROWTHPOINT KINGS PARK
Durban, 15 December 2014: The Sharks are pleased to announce that we have been awarded one of the only two Castle Lager Rugby Championship games to be played in South Africa in 2015. On Saturday 8 August 2015, South Africa plays Argentina at Growthpoint KINGS...
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Dec 15, 14 •
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Comments Off on New SARU departments focus on players, transformation
An internal restructuring to streamline the identification, development and monitoring of players for all national teams has been unveiled by the South African Rugby Union (SARU). A new SARU ‘Rugby Department’ will take sole responsibility for an unbroken...
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Dec 10, 14 •
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Comments Off on Carr, Pollard lead nominations for Player of the Year Awards
Nizaam Carr and Handré Pollard lead the full list of nominees released by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Wednesday for their annual Rugby Player of the Year Awards, which will take place on 8 February 2015 in Midrand. Carr and Pollard, both of whom...
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Dec 5, 14 •
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Comments Off on Five Springboks in line for Player of the Year Award
Photo: Etienne Burger Fans asked to help vote for Player, Young Player and Team of the Year Public polling in three categories opens today Fans to vote through Twitter, website and digital magazine – deadline Friday 12 December 2014 Five Springboks have...
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Dec 5, 14 •
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Comments Off on SPRINGBOKS MEET SOUTH WALES SCHOOL CHILDREN
Picture Caption: Jean De Villiers of South Africa talks with children from Duffryn High School during the Springboks Captain’s Run at Millennium Stadium on November 28, 2014 in Cardiff, Wales. · Students from Newport join players on eve of Wales v S....
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Dec 4, 14 •
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Comments Off on De Villiers’ knee surgery successful
December 04, 2014 Photo: Anton Geyser Springbok captain Jean de Villiers on Thursday underwent successful surgery on the left knee he injured in the final Test of the season, last Saturday against Wales in Cardiff. De Villiers had a full reconstruction of the...
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Dec 4, 14 •
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Comments Off on Craig Joubert to umpire Nelson Mandela Legacy Cup
International Rugby Referee, Craig Joubert, will be swapping his whistle for the dreaded finger after being appointed as one of the two men in the middle for the Nelson Mandela Legacy Cup match at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Friday. Joubert will umpire...
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Dec 3, 14 •
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Comments Off on ASICS SA announces Seabelo Senatla signing
Each step during my journey has contributed to my development – Seabelo Senatla At the beginning of 2013 Seabelo was playing Varsity Shield rugby for CUT and just 1 year later he is touring Europe with the Springboks. It wasn’t long after making an...
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Dec 3, 14 •
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Comments Off on Boks for Books library gets ‘Legend-ary’ launch in Paarl
SARU opens fourth library in disadvantaged community SA Rugby Legends involved in campaign to promote literacy in schools “This will make a difference” says triple-medium school Principal Three Springbok legends assisted the South African Rugby Union...
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Dec 3, 14 •
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Comments Off on SARU sends best wishes to Hannes Strydom
Regan Hoskins, the president of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), on Tuesday sent rugby’s best wishes to 1995 Rugby World Cup winner, Hannes Strydom, who was recovering in hospital after a vicious carjacking attempt. Strydom, 49, who played 21 Tests...
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Dec 2, 14 •
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Comments Off on Boucher, Alberts to lead Bok challenge at Wanderers
The Springboks have signalled their intentions to go all out in the forthcoming Nelson Mandela Legacy Cup against the South African cricket team by appointing former Proteas wicketkeeper, Mark Boucher, as head coach. Furthermore hard-man Willem Alberts, who...
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Dec 1, 14 •
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Comments Off on Jean de Villiers injury update
Photo: Anton Geyser Springbok captain Jean de Villiers will require surgery on his injured left knee and will be in a race against time to be fit for the Rugby World Cup in England in 2015. De Villiers left the field in the 58th minute of the Springboks’...
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Nov 30, 14 •
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Comments Off on Francois Hougaard wins IRPA Try of the Year Award 2014
Photo: Ruby Wolff Francois Hougaard’s spectacular score in the Springboks’ win over New Zealand in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship has been named as the International Rugby Players’ Association (IRPA) Try of the Year 2014, World Rugby announced on...
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Nov 30, 14 •
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Comments Off on De Villiers injury further mars Springboks Cardiff defeat
Photo: Anton Geyser South Africa suffered a big blow when Springbok captain Jean de Villiers was injured during their 12-6 defeat to Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday. De Villiers was forced to leave the field in the 58th minute after...
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Nov 27, 14 •
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Comments Off on PREVIEW: WALES VS SOUTH AFRICA
Written by William Brown – Rugby 15 Photo: Anton Geyser The travelling Springboks come up against Wales in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday, in a test which is the last on their current tour of Italy and the British Isles. The previous...
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Nov 27, 14 •
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Comments Off on Ross Cronje to join Springboks in Cardiff
Xerox Golden Lions scrumhalf Ross Cronje has been called up to the Springbok tour squad in Cardiff as replacement for Rudy Paige. Paige injured his medial knee ligaments in training earlier this week and will be out for approximately four weeks. A request was...
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Nov 26, 14 •
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Comments Off on Springboks make 8 changes ahead of Wales test
Photo: Werner Nysschen Photographty Tendai Mtawarira, Bismarck du Plessis, Willie le Roux, Cornal Hendricks and Lwazi Mvovo are back in the Springbok starting line-up for Saturday’s Test against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The changes...
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Nov 24, 14 •
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Comments Off on Whiteley and Du Plessis ruled out of Cardiff Test
Warren Whiteley and Jannie du Plessis are the only members of the current Springbok tour squad who will not be available to face Wales in Cardiff on Saturday, joining a long list of players already out of action because of injury. Whiteley picked up a calf...
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Nov 24, 14 •
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Comments Off on Springbok centurions included for Wanderers Cricket challenge
Photo: Ruby Wolff National captain Jean de Villiers and vice-captain Victor Matfield have both been included in a star-studded Springbok T20 cricket team who will face off against the Proteas at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium for the Nelson Mandela Legacy Cup...