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Nov 20, 17 •
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Comments Off on BORDER BULLDOGS 2017/18 OFF SEASON SQUAD
Border Rugby Union hereby releases its training squad for the off-season training for the upcoming season of 2018. We have invited 11 players from the Super league club competition to train with the Border Bulldogs team, where they will be doing strength...
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Nov 20, 17 •
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Comments Off on Erasmus, Nienaber return to SA Rugby HQ
SA Rugby on Monday confirmed that Rassie Erasmus had started in his new position as Director: Rugby at the union’s headquarters in Cape Town. Erasmus was joined at SARU House by Jacques Nienaber, a former Springbok assistant coach and SA Rugby High...
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Nov 15, 17 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers set for pre-season USA showcase
The DHL Stormers will break new ground when they face the Vodacom Bulls in a pre-season encounter in Los Angeles on February 3, 2018. The match will be played as a curtain-raiser for the clash between the USA Eagles and an Argentina XV at Stub Hub Center,...
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Nov 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on GAAN DIT VIR COETZEE ‘N LANG EUROPESE WINTER WEES?
Simon Riekert-Johannesburg Die Springbokke begin hul 2017-uitgaande toer na die noorde met ʼn wedstryd teen die Iere. Daar was lanklaas soveel verskille oor die Bokke se kanse teen ʼn span wat die afgelope paar jaar ʼn radikale transformasie ondergaan het....
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Nov 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on SWD YTC aims to develop quality players and people
There are no quick fixes to becoming a quality rugby player at the South Western Districts Women’s Youth Training Centre (YTC) in George, where coach Adrian Lameley placed his focus on quality rather quantity in his approach to growing and developing the...
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Nov 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on RUGBY AUSTRALIA CONFIRMS SUPER RUGBY TRANSITION PLAN FOR 2018
Rugby Australia has today confirmed there will be a transition plan in place to cope with required total salary cap and player number increases for the 2018 Super Rugby season to provide greater opportunity for former Western Force players to remain in...
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Nov 1, 17 •
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Comments Off on New and experienced talent set to light up 2018 Investec Super Rugby season
Familiar names with unfamiliar faces, 42 new recruits, nine sets of brothers including two twins are included in the 2018 Investec Super Rugby squads named by their clubs today. A total 190 professional players have been signed for the new season – 38 for...
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Oct 31, 17 •
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Comments Off on New path for WP Rugby and adidas
The established partnership between Western Province Rugby and apparel sponsor adidas will take on a new direction as of the end of this year. The association between WP Rugby and adidas stretches back more than 30 years, with the current agreement between...
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Oct 30, 17 •
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Comments Off on Gold Cup triumph for False Bay
DirectAxis False Bay buried the ghosts of 2016 as they surged to their maiden Gold Cup triumph in front of a record home crowd at the Phillip Herbstein Field in Cape Town on Saturday. ‘The Bay’, runners-up to Newrak Rustenburg Impala last year,...
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Oct 27, 17 •
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Comments Off on VERWAG KONSERWATIEWE EINDSTRYD RUGBY
Durban – Simon Riekert “Vergeet bal-in-die-hand taktiek soos ‘n Nieu Seelandse span,” sê die hardgebakte afrigter van die Sharks, Robert du Preez. “Ons sal die nodige geduld aan die dag lê met aanval en verdediging, maar ons sal nie ons...
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Oct 27, 17 •
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Comments Off on All set for ‘biggest ever’ Gold Cup Final
All club rugby roads lead to the Phillip Herbstein Field in Constantia, Cape Town on Saturday for what promises to be the “biggest ever” Gold Cup Final to crown South Africa’s champion non-university club. DirectAxis False Bay, the 2016 finalists, will...
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Oct 25, 17 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.19 in final
Free Sate Rugby is proud of the Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.19’s who will be facing the Golden Lions on Saturday at 11:00 at Growthpoint Kings Park in Durban in the final of the SA Rugby Championship. The referee for the match is Vusi Msibi. He will be...
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Oct 25, 17 •
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Comments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Griffons
Team to play the Griffons Promotion Relegation Tafel Lager Park, Kimberley 27/10/2017 – 18:30 (SS1) 1. LIAM HENDRICKS 2. MARIUS FOURIE 3. STEPHAN KOTZE 4. WANDILE...
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Oct 25, 17 •
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Comments Off on Border YTC offers women more than rugby
Rugby may be the focus on the field at the Border Women’s Youth Training Centre (YTC) in East London, but off the field the programme’s key focuses include social upliftment and offering young girls an opportunity to live balanced lives. The Border YTC is...
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Oct 25, 17 •
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Comments Off on SA Fish Industries tournament celebrates 30th anniversary
The SA Fish Industries tournament will celebrate 30 years of creating opportunities for rugby players in the fishing industry to make their mark when the two-day rugby festival kicks off at the Smit Sports Grounds in Velddrif on the West Coast on Friday. ...
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Oct 20, 17 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on THERON AND WILLIAMS BAG TOP HONOURS AT CAVALIERS AWARDS CEREMONY
CLINTON THERON was named Boland Cavaliers Player of the Year for 2017 at Boland Rugby’s annual awards ceremony held in Wellington on Thursday 19 October 2017. Theron who played tight head prop for the Cavaliers during this year’s Supersport Rugby...
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Oct 18, 17 •
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Comments Off on DIS DAWID TEEN GOLIAT IN DURBAN
Simon Riekert- Loftus Versveld Dawid pak Saterdag vir Goliat in Durban om die eer van ʼn plek in die 2017-Curriebeker eindwedstryd. Dis ʼn Dawid wat eens op ʼn tyd ook ʼn Goliat was en geleidelik sy aptyt vir oorlogmaak verloor het deur die jare, hoofsaaklik...
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Oct 16, 17 •
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Comments Off on QBR, False Bay to host Gold Cup semi-finals
The semi-final line-up for the Gold Cup has been confirmed following a dramatic quarter-final weekend in SA Rugby’s three-nation champions’ league for non-university clubs, with QBR and DirectAxis False Bay hosting the top-four round in Pretoria and Cape...
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Oct 13, 17 •
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Comments Off on KWARTEINDRONDES VAN DIE CURRIEBEKER VOORSPEL VERRASSINGS
Simon Riekert-Centurion Die 2017-seisoen van die Curriebeker-kompetisie staan einde se kant toe en met vyf van die sewe spanne wat dit kan maak na die laaste drie plekke op die halfeindstryd se punteleer, is dit knerstyd vir hulle. Die Blou Bulle en die Pumas...
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Oct 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on The Lions Rugby Company welcomed back their Springbok players
The Lions Rugby Company welcomed back their Springbok players on Tuesday. Ross Cronjé, Courtnall Skosan, Andries Coetzee, Malcolm Marx and Ruan Dreyer joined the Lions squad ahead of their Currie Cup clash at Emirates Airline Park this weekend. Elton...
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Oct 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Leyds cleans up at 2017 WPRFU Awards night
Dillyn Leyds was the big winner at the 2017 WPRFU Awards evening, claiming three awards at a ceremony held at the Cape Sun on Tuesday. The versatile Leyds, who came back from injury this year to star for the DHL Stormers in three different positions before...
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Oct 9, 17 •
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Comments Off on Gold Cup quarter-finalists confirmed
The quarter-final line-up for the Gold Cup has been confirmed following a weekend of high drama in the final round of the pool stages of SA Rugby’s three-nation champions’ league for non-university clubs. Four metro-based and four district-based clubs...
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Oct 6, 17 •
7615 Views •
Australia, General News, International, National, New Zealand, Pale Toe, Rugby Championship News, South Africa, South Africa, Springboks, The Rugby Championship •
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Comments Off on LOJALE BOKONDERSTEUNERS LEEF IN ‘N GEKKEPARADYS
Simon Riekert-Johannesburg Daar was op ʼn stadium ʼn Springbokafrigter, André Markgraaf wat weens ernstige politieke vergrype (hy het die k-woord gebruik om na ʼn senior rugby administrateur te verwys) nie langer as ʼn jaar in sy pos was nie. Dit het...
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Oct 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Permutations aplenty in Gold Cup play-off race
There will be permutations aplenty when the final round of the Gold Cup kicks off on Saturday, with any number of clubs still able to reach next week’s quarter-finals of what has been the most closely contested edition of SA Rugby’s three-nation...
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Oct 5, 17 •
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Comments Off on QRU Media Release: Queensland Rugby announces changes to St.George Queensland Reds coaching staff ahead of 2018 season
Queensland Rugby Union today announced it has agreed to part ways with St.George Queensland Reds head coach Nick Stiles, effectively immediately. Former World Cup-winning All Black Brad Thorn has been appointed the Reds new head coach. He will be supported in...
