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Jun 17, 15 •
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Comments Off on Player Exodus
Written by: David van der Merwe – @djvanman on twitter The Bulls will be losing the following 10 players at the end of this season: Victor Matfield – He retires again. Hopefully for good this time. We might see him as the attack coach at the...
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Jun 16, 15 •
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Comments Off on Australian Rugby mourns the loss of Brian Cox #ARU
Australian Rugby has joined together in the mourning of Wallaby number 338, Brian Phillip Cox who passed away over the weekend at the age of 86. Cox lived at Manly on Sydney’s Northern beaches and represented NSW on 14 occasions and earned nine Test caps...
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Jun 16, 15 •
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Comments Off on Brad Mooar appointed to Crusaders coaching team
The Crusaders have appointed current Southland Stags Head Coach Brad Mooar to their coaching team for 2016. He will replace Assistant Coach Aaron Mauger who is leaving to become the Head Coach of the Leicester Tigers. Crusaders CEO Hamish Riach said...
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Jun 15, 15 •
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Comments Off on Duane not available for Qualifier
DHL Stormers squad captain Duane Vermeulen will not be available for his team’s Vodacom Super Rugby Qualifier against the Brumbies at DHL Newlands on Saturday (kick-off 17h05). Vermeulen was withdrawn from the DHL Stormers’ match against the Lions on...
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Jun 15, 15 •
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Comments Off on PULU SIDELINED BY BROKEN ARM
Chiefs scrumhalf Augustine Pulu has been ruled out of the Super Rugby’s Finals Series due to a broken arm. Pulu, who represented the All Blacks in two Tests on their 2014 end-of-year tour, sustained the injury after coming on as a replacement in the...
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Jun 15, 15 •
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Comments Off on Brad Macleod-Henderson resigns
The Sharks (Pty) Ltd would like to announce that assistant coach, Brad Macleod-Henderson has resigned from The Sharks. Brad has been involved with us since 2012 initially with the U21’s before joining the senior side in July 2013. He was assistant coach...
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Jun 15, 15 •
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Comments Off on ANDRE ESTERHUIZEN SUSPENDED FOR FOUR WEEKS
Duty Judicial Officer: Nigel Hampton QC Player: Andre Esterhuizen Team: Sharks Position: Centre Date of Incident: 13 June 2015 Nature of Offence: Law 10.4 (j) Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground whilst...
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Jun 15, 15 •
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Comments Off on Break crucial as DHL Stormers eye out Brumbies
The DHL Stormers, already assured of a home Vodacom Super Rugby Qualifier match at DHL Newlands next Saturday, finished their 2015 league campaign with a loss to the Sharks in Durban but it did not deter coach Allister Coetzee. The DHL Stormers went down...
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Jun 15, 15 •
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Comments Off on SUPER RUGBY REFEREE APPOINTMENTS
SANZAR has announced referee appointments for the opening round of the Super Rugby Finals Series. Appointments are outlined below with the asterisk (*) denoting the match occurs the following day in this territory due to time difference. Qualifier Highlanders...
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Jun 15, 15 •
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Comments Off on Hemispheres Cup match in New Orleans cancelled
The Crusaders are very disappointed to learn that the Hemisphere’s Cup match they were invited to play against Saracens this August in New Orleans has been cancelled. The organisers of the match, RugbyLaw in the USA, have contacted the Crusaders and...
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Jun 14, 15 •
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Comments Off on BOARS EXTEND UNBEATEN RUN TO 10 MATCHES
Pindan Premier Grade – Round 10 Wests Scarborough 37 defeated Kalamunda 10 at Bennett Park, Doubleview Associates 47 defeated Perth Bayswater 15 at Allen Park, Swanbourne Palmyra 23 defeated Joondalup 13 at Tompkins Park, Alfred Cove...
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Jun 14, 15 •
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Comments Off on SONNY BILL WILLIAMS ISSUED CITING COMMISSIONER WARNING
Player: Sonny Bill Williams Team: Chiefs Position: Centre Date of Incident: 13 June 2015 Nature of Offence: 10.4 (e) Dangerous tackling, A player must not tackle (or try to tackle) an opponent above the line of the shoulders even if the tackle starts...
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Jun 14, 15 •
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Comments Off on ANDRE ESTERHUIZEN CITED
Player: Andre Esterhuizen Team: Sharks Position: Centre Date of Incident: 13 June 2015 Nature of Offence: Law 10.4 (j) Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground whilst that player’s feet are still off the...
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Jun 14, 15 •
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Comments Off on ROBERT DU PREEZ CITED
Player: Robert du Preez Team: Stormers Position: Fullback Date of Incident: 13 June 2015 Nature of Offence: Law 10.4 (j) Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground whilst that player’s feet are still off the...
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Jun 14, 15 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks, Toyota Cheetahs finish with a flourish – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 18 Review
Photo: Marcell van Aswegen It was a weekend of high drama in the final round of Vodacom Super Rugby, with a number of upsets and quite a few emotional good-byes as the regular season came to an end. On Saturday afternoon, the Toyota Cheetahs gave their...
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Jun 13, 15 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds lose to Waratahs
The St.George Queensland Reds have fallen to a disappointing 31-5 loss to the NSW Waratahs in their final Asteron Life Super Rugby match of the year at Allianz Stadium in Sydney tonight. The match turned on a decisive 10-minute period in the second half when...
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Jun 13, 15 •
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Comments Off on SUPER RUGBY QUALIFIERS CONFIRMED
The Super Rugby Finals Series gets underway next weekend with a local derby between the Highlanders and the Chiefs in Dunedin before the Brumbies return to Cape Town to face South African Conference champions, the Stormers. By finishing the regular season as...
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Jun 13, 15 •
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Comments Off on WARATAHS CONFIRM HOME SEMI-FINAL
Four tries in the second half secured second place and a home Semi-Final for the Waratahs with a 31-5 win over the Reds in Sydney. A drab first 40 minutes saw the only points come from a penalty by Bernard Foley before the champions stepped on the accelarator...
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Jun 13, 15 •
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Comments Off on THE LAST GOODBYE
Photo: Anton Geyser Although it may not be the last time we see the likes of Bismarck and Jannie du Plessis at Growthpoint KINGS PARK, Saturday’s match against the Stormers may well be their last in the colours of the Cell C Sharks. Whilst hinting that...
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Jun 13, 15 •
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Comments Off on INTRUST SUPER SHUTE SHIELD: ROUND 12 RESULTS
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS V EASTWOOD The rematch of a thrilling battle just weeks ago, when Eastwood stole the victory with just seconds left in the match, the return fixture at Forshaw Park was a similarly high scoring affair with a heartstopping finish....
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Jun 13, 15 •
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Comments Off on Greg Holmes signs on for 2016 Super Rugby season
St.George Queensland Reds prop Greg Holmes has signed a one-year contract extension, meaning 2016 will be his 12th Super Rugby season with the club. Holmes this year became Queensland’s most-capped Super Rugby player of all time, with 129 appearances...
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Jun 12, 15 •
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Comments Off on FORCE FINISHES SEASON WITH VICTORY OVER REBELS
The Western Force has finished its 2015 Asteron Life Super Rugby season with a 13-11 victory over the Melbourne Rebels at AAMI Park tonight. In a farewell to club stalwarts Sam Wykes and Patrick Dellit, the Force built the victory on the back of a...
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Jun 12, 15 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks visit Vodacom ICT Centre
Members of the Cell C Sharks team visited the Vodacom ICT Centre in Umbilo (Berea) in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday to see how their tries in the 2015 Vodacom SupeRugby competition made a difference in the lives of others. This year’s Vodacom SupeRugby...
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Jun 12, 15 •
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Comments Off on JERRY COLLINS TO BE REMEMBERED AT PUBLIC SERVICE
Former All Black Jerry Collins is to be farewelled at a public funeral service in Porirua next week. Jerry and his partner Alana Madill were tragically killed in a car accident in France last week. Their baby daughter Ayla remains in a critical condition in...
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Jun 12, 15 •
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Comments Off on Liam Gill signs contract extension with Queensland Rugby
Queensland Rugby Union has secured flanker Liam Gill on a one-year contract extension, keeping him with the St.George Queensland Reds for the 2016 season. The 23-year-old has been in career-best form in 2015, featuring in all but one of the Reds’ matches...
