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  • Crusaders team to play the Reds in pre-season clash

    Feb 4, 15 • 1890 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Crusaders team to play the Reds in pre-season clash

    The Crusaders will play a Waitangi Day friendly against the Reds as their final pre-season match for the 2015 Investec Super Rugby season. Owen Franks and Colin Slade join the line-up for the first time this pre-season, and Dan Carter makes his first start at...

  • LINE UP CONFIRMED FOR 2015 VODACOM CUP

    Feb 4, 15 • 2969 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on LINE UP CONFIRMED FOR 2015 VODACOM CUP

    Sixteen teams, split into two sections of eight each, will contest the 2015 Vodacom Cup, with defending champions GWK Griquas heading up a strong South Section and the Welwitschias from Namibia back in the competition. Joining the five-time champions from...

  • Toulon vs Sharks Teamsheets

    Feb 4, 15 • 4714 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Toulon vs Sharks Teamsheets

    Photo: @AntonGeyser Date: Thursday, 5 February 2014 Time: 21h00 (GMT+1) 22h00 (CAT) Venue: Stade Mayol, Toulon, France The teams: Toulon: 15 Juan-Martín Hernández, 14 Josua Tuisova, 13 Bryan Habana, 12 Jimmy Yobo, 11 David Smith, 10 Nicolas Sánchez, 9...

  • Shark side to face Toulon

    Feb 4, 15 • 2674 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Shark side to face Toulon

    Photo: @howzitjax RUGBY MASTERS PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY Toulon vs. Cell C Sharks Date: Thursday, 5 February 2014 Time: 21h00 (GMT+1) 22h00 (CAT) Venue: Stade Mayol, Toulon, France 15. SP Marais 14. S’bura Sithole 13. Waylon Murray 12. Heimar Williams 11. Lwazi...

  • WP Rugby statement – Grobler banned for two years

    Feb 3, 15 • 2315 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on WP Rugby statement – Grobler banned for two years

    WP Rugby can confirm that lock Gerbrandt Grobler tested positive for a banned substance during the 2014 Absa Currie Cup tournament. Up until now, given the sensitive nature of the allegations, WP Rugby was unable to comment on the matter. However, as of this...

  • Super Refs for Round 1

    Feb 3, 15 • 1986 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Super Refs for Round 1

    SANZAR has announced the match officials for the first week of Super rugby, starting on 13 February 2015. When Crusaders play the Rebels of Melbourne in Christchurch on Friday, 13 February, Nick Briant is the referee. His whistle will set 2015 Super Rugby in...

  • EP Kings Official Statement on Luther Obi and Sylvian Mahuza

    Feb 3, 15 • 4129 Views • General News, South Africa, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on EP Kings Official Statement on Luther Obi and Sylvian Mahuza

    EP Rugby can confirm that both Luther Obi and Sylvian Mahuza are currently at the EP Kings. “When EP Rugby engaged with Obi and Mahuza via their agent, Jaco du Plessis, we were told that neither player had a valid players’ contract in place,” said EP...

  • Coetzee to leave WP Rugby for Japan at the end of 2015

    Feb 3, 15 • 1992 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Coetzee to leave WP Rugby for Japan at the end of 2015

    Photo: Werner Nysschen Photography Coetzee, 51, will join Japanese club, Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers, having decided to put pen to paper this week. “I have always said that I would make an announcement once I had made a decision about my future and my...

  • DHL Stormers injury report – 02/02/15

    Feb 2, 15 • 2151 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on DHL Stormers injury report – 02/02/15

    Photo: Werner Nysschen Photography DHL Stormers locks Eben Etzebeth and Manuel Carizza could both miss the start of the 2015 Vodacom Super Rugby season. Etzebeth (chest injury) and Carizza (shoulder) both suffered injuries in Friday’s 39-31 pre-season...

  • HODGSON TO MISS START OF FORCE SEASON

    Feb 2, 15 • 1659 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on HODGSON TO MISS START OF FORCE SEASON

    Captain Matt Hodgson will miss the beginning of the of the Western Force’s season after suffering a hamstring injury in the team’s 38-19 win over the Asia Pacific Dragons in Perth on Saturday. Hodgson underwent scans over the weekend, confirming a...

  • Pumas name their Vodacom Cup squad

    Feb 2, 15 • 3174 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Pumas name their Vodacom Cup squad

    The Mpumalanga Rugby (PTY) Ltd is proud to announce their 2015 Vodacom Cup squad. These players, with the exception of Lambert Groenewald, who is a loan player from the Emirates Lions are all contracted players for the Steval Pumas. John-Wessel Bell (JW) –...

  • Pumas Injury Update

    Feb 2, 15 • 2663 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Pumas Injury Update

    Photo: Hennie Homann The team physiotherapist, Luzahn Louw said that the following players are awaiting medical clearance: Uzair Cassiem (loose forward) – recovering from a burst elbow bursa operation. He’ll see the specialist latter today for final...

  • Pumas appoint Vodacom Cup coach

    Feb 2, 15 • 2961 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Pumas appoint Vodacom Cup coach

      Image was supplied by Eunice Nieuwenhuys The Mpumalanga Rugby (PTY) Ltd has made a final decision with regards to their coaching staff for the first half of the year. They proudly announced late last week that MJ Mentz will be the head coach for the...

  • Reds support St.George Foundation with charity match against Crusaders

    Feb 2, 15 • 2383 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Reds support St.George Foundation with charity match against Crusaders

    The St.George Queensland Reds today announced its final pre-season match against the Crusaders at Ballymore Stadium will be a charity match, in support of the St.George Foundation. With one of the oldest rivalries in Super Rugby, hallmarked by the epic final...

  • RUGBY FANS INVITED TO BE PART OF FORCE’S 10TH SEASON

    Feb 2, 15 • 1900 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on RUGBY FANS INVITED TO BE PART OF FORCE’S 10TH SEASON

      The Western Force is inviting all rugby supporters to be a part of its milestone 10th season in the Asteron Life Super Rugby competition.   Tickets are now on sale for the Western Force’s eight blockbuster home matches with the fixtures to...

  • Fans team up with players to launch Investec Super Rugby 2015 season – New Zealand

    Feb 2, 15 • 2431 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Fans team up with players to launch Investec Super Rugby 2015 season – New Zealand

    Investec Super Rugby players teaming up with fans to help them claw back time in a busy day so they can get to the game, is the theme for this year’s season which was officially launched in Auckland today. Fans joined some of their favourite players to...

  • St.George Queensland Reds optimistic despite first outing loss

    Feb 2, 15 • 1742 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds optimistic despite first outing loss

    Photo:  QRU The St.George Queensland Reds have taken plenty of positives from their first pre-season match of 2015, despite losing 28-13 to the Melbourne Rebels on a humid night in Cairns. Playing in front of 4,234 Queensland fans at Barlow Park in...

  • Prop Greg Holmes ruled out for nine weeks with thumb injury

    Feb 2, 15 • 1568 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Prop Greg Holmes ruled out for nine weeks with thumb injury

    St.George Queensland Reds prop Greg Holmes will be sidelined for up to nine weeks, after tearing a ligament in his left thumb while lifting in a lineout drill earlier this week. Holmes was recovering from a shoulder injury suffered during the National Rugby...

  • Saracens vs Vodacom Bulls Teamsheets

    Jan 31, 15 • 3259 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Saracens vs Vodacom Bulls Teamsheets

    Photo: Marcel van Aswegen – Rugby 15 Kick-off : 17h15 CAT Date: 31/1/2015 Teams: Saracens: 15 Ben Ransom, 14 Jack Wilson, 13 Tim Streather, 12 Chris Wyles, 11 David Strettle, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Kelly Brown (captain),...

  • EP Kings announce their Vodacom Cup squad

    Jan 30, 15 • 2649 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on EP Kings announce their Vodacom Cup squad

    The EP Kings have announced a 38 man squad today as preparations step up a gear for the EP Kings 2015 Vodacom Cup campaign. Notable new additions among the squad are Cornell Hess and Dylan Frylinck, who have both secured contracts for the Vodacom Cup season...

  • SHARKS TOURING SQUAD FOR PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY

    Jan 30, 15 • 2149 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on SHARKS TOURING SQUAD FOR PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY

    Photo: @howzitJax   Friday, 30 January 2015: On Thursday 5th February, 2015 the Cell C Sharks will play Toulon in a pre-season friendly at the Stade Mayol. The following players make up the touring squad to France: FORWARDS BACKS Bismarck du Plessis...

  • Seven new caps in England Counties XV squad

    Jan 30, 15 • 2018 Views • Europe, General News, International • • Comments Off on Seven new caps in England Counties XV squad

    ENGLAND Counties XV have named seven new caps in their squad for their first-ever meeting with Scotland Club XV at Fylde’s Woodlands Memorial Ground on Friday February 27 (7.30pm). Evan Stewart, the Fylde back-row forward, and his club-mate wing Jordan...

  • PERTH SPIRIT NAMED TO TACKLE FORCE ‘A’

    Jan 30, 15 • 1881 Views • Australia, General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on PERTH SPIRIT NAMED TO TACKLE FORCE ‘A’

    The Perth Spirit squad has been named to take on Force ‘A’ this Saturday (31 January) at McGillivray Oval. The game (3.40pm kick-off) will act as the curtain-raiser for the Western Force’s second Asteron Life Super Rugby pre-season match against the...

  • Saracens name side for Blue Bulls

    Jan 29, 15 • 2588 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Saracens name side for Blue Bulls

    Kelly Brown will lead a powerful Saracens team against the Blue Bulls in the Sanlam Challenge at Allianz Park on Saturday 31 January, KO 15h15. “We’re expecting a massive challenge from a team including 15 Springboks,” said the former Scotland captain,...

  • Cape Town Stadium to host annual Cavaliers vs Stormers friendly

    Jan 29, 15 • 2222 Views • General News, South Africa, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Cape Town Stadium to host annual Cavaliers vs Stormers friendly

    The Boland Cavaliers will be hosting the DHL Stormers at the Cape Town Stadium in Green Point this year, when they square off in their annual pre-season friendly next Saturday (7 February 2015). This match, between neighbours Boland Rugby and the DHL...