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  • Blues team to face the Lions

    Mar 13, 14 • 2130 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Blues team to face the Lions

    Benji Marshall will make his first start for the Blues when they take on the Lions at Ellis Park on Sunday morning (kick-off 2am NZT). The star rugby league convert will line up at fullback in a Blues side featuring five changes to the one that lost to the...

  • Toyota Cheetahs Team announced for clash with Hurricanes

    Mar 12, 14 • 2820 Views • General News, National, South Africa, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs Team announced for clash with Hurricanes

    The Toyota Cheetah Head Coach, Naka Drotske, has named his starting XV to take on the Hurricanes on Saturday, 15 March at 05:35 (SA Time) at the Westpac-stadion in Wellington, New Zeeland. Changes to the team from last week:   Sarel Pretorius replacing...

  • STEVAL PUMAS vs Vodacom Blue Bulls Saturday 15 March 2014

    Mar 11, 14 • 3997 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on STEVAL PUMAS vs Vodacom Blue Bulls Saturday 15 March 2014

    The Bulls are coming to town this weekend and there’s a massive buzz in Nelspruit! Remember to buy your tickets early at computicket  or at the stadium ticket office. Here are the details of this weekend’s match day at the Mbombela Stadium....

  • Vodacom Cup team announced to tackle Border Bulldogs in Grahamstown

    Mar 11, 14 • 2920 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Vodacom Cup team announced to tackle Border Bulldogs in Grahamstown

      EP Kings Vodacom Cup head coach, Mzwandile Stick, said the team knows that they are in for a tough battle against the Border Bulldogs, when they face off against each other in Grahamstown on Saturday afternoon. Announcing his team at the Nelson Mandela...

  • Mealamu to return home with calf injury

    Mar 11, 14 • 2382 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Mealamu to return home with calf injury

    Blues hooker Keven Mealamu will return home to New Zealand after failing to overcome a calf injury. The veteran Blues and All Blacks centurion was forced to withdraw from last week’s match against the Bulls in Pretoria after suffering a low grade calf...

  • FIJI WARRIORS DOWN FORCE A IN BRISBANE

    Mar 10, 14 • 2398 Views • Australia, General News • • Comments Off on FIJI WARRIORS DOWN FORCE A IN BRISBANE

    Force A has suffered its first defeat of the Pacific Rugby Cup, going down 36-24 to the Fiji Warriors at Ballymore in Brisbane this afternoon.   The Western Australians trailed 13-12 at half-time and despite scoring two second half tries, were unable to...

  • Izak van der Westhuizen signs with EP Kings

    Mar 10, 14 • 4601 Views • General News, National, South Africa • • Comments Off on Izak van der Westhuizen signs with EP Kings

    Edinburgh Rugby player, Izak van der Westhuizen, who also played for the Free State Cheetahs, will be joining the EP Kings in June. EP Rugby CEO, Charl Crous said the 28-year-old lock out of Kimberly, had signed a three year deal with the Kings. After...

  • Puma renews deal with Cheetahs Rugby

    Mar 10, 14 • 3660 Views • General News, National, South Africa • • Comments Off on Puma renews deal with Cheetahs Rugby

    Cape Town, South Africa, March 2014 – PUMA has renewed its deal with the Free State Rugby Union and will continue as the official technical and apparel sponsor of the Toyota Cheetahs to beyond the 2016 season. PUMA first signed a commercial agreement with...

  • Argentina overpowers NSW Gen Blue in Pacific Rugby Cup

    Mar 7, 14 • 2788 Views • Australia, General News • • Comments Off on Argentina overpowers NSW Gen Blue in Pacific Rugby Cup

    NSW’s aspiring Gen Blue side has been defeated 31-16 by Argentina’s Pampas XV, in front of a vocal crowd at Sydney’s David Philips Field this afternoon.   Although disappointed with the result, NSW Gen Blue Coach Tim Rapp said there was a lot to...

  • REGENT BOLAND CAVALIERS BLACK TIE EVENING AND PLAYER CAPPING

    Mar 6, 14 • 3404 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on REGENT BOLAND CAVALIERS BLACK TIE EVENING AND PLAYER CAPPING

    The Regent Boland Cavaliers held a Black Tie evening on Wednesday 05 March 2014 in the Flappie Lochner Hall at the Boland Rugby Stadium. The purpose of the event was to introduce the first match-22 of the 2014 Vodacom Cup season and to present them with the...

  • Blues team to face the Bulls

    Mar 6, 14 • 1944 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Blues team to face the Bulls

    The Blues have received a timely boost of front row firepower ahead of their match against the burly Bulls on Sunday morning, with veterans Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodcock set to make their first starts for the team this season. After playing 30 minutes off...

  • Pumas side named for Vodacom Cup Clash against the Valke

    Mar 6, 14 • 2815 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Pumas side named for Vodacom Cup Clash against the Valke

    The STEVAL PUMAS included six new members into the squad for their first match in the 2014 Vodacom Cup series. The men in Pink will take on the Valke on Friday afternoon in Kempton Park at the Barnard stadium. The match starts at 15:00. Sinovuyo Nyoka, Hennie...

  • Sharks team unchanged for Lions clash

    Mar 6, 14 • 1763 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Sharks team unchanged for Lions clash

    SHARKS TEAM: 15.SP Marais, 14.Odwa Ndungane, 13.Paul Jordaan, 12.Frans Steyn, 11.Lwazi Mvovo, 10.Patrick Lambie, 9.Cobus Reinach, 8.Ryan Kankowski, 7.Willem Alberts, 6.Marcell Coetzee, 5.Pieter-Steph du Toit,4. Anton Bresler, 3.Jannie du Plessis, 2.Bismarck...

  • Crusaders ring the changes ahead of Stormers clash

    Mar 6, 14 • 2501 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Crusaders ring the changes ahead of Stormers clash

    Crusaders team to play the Stormers   When the Crusaders take on the Stormers this Saturday night, one player will be primed to make his Crusaders debut and two of the team’s most senior players receive international awards.   Fans at AMI Stadium...

  • Stormers side to face the Crusaders

    Mar 6, 14 • 1767 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Stormers side to face the Crusaders

    Team: 15. Jaco Taute , 14. Kobus van Wyk , 13. Jean de Villiers (captain) , 12. Damian de Allende , 11. Gio Aplon , 10. Demetri Catrakilis , 9. Nic Groom , 8. Duane Vermeulen , 7. Schalk Burger (vice-captain) , 6. Deon Fourie , 5. De Kock Steenkamp , 4....

  • The Vodacom Bulls name their Team

    Mar 6, 14 • 3285 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on The Vodacom Bulls name their Team

    The Vodacom Bulls team (with Super caps) is: Jurgen Visser (14), Akona Ndungane (99), JJ Engelbrecht (36), Jan Serfontein (15), Bjorn Basson (58), Jacques-Louis Potgieter (43), Francois Hougaard (59), Jono Ross (7), Jacques du Plessis (4), Deon Stegmann (75),...

  • Bull Bulls Vodacom Cup team announced

    Mar 6, 14 • 2062 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Bull Bulls Vodacom Cup team announced

    The team to play Griquas at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday at 14h30 is: Clayton Blommetjies, Jesse Kriel, William Small-Smith, Waylon Murray, Travis Ismaiel, Louis Fouchè, Rudy Paige, Clyde Davids, Christiaan de Bruin, Wiaan Liebenberg, David Bulbring (c),...

  • Cheetahs team to face the Reds

    Mar 6, 14 • 2210 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Cheetahs team to face the Reds

    The Toyota Cheetahs team to take on the Reds on Friday, 7 March at 10:40 (SA Time) at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia has been named. Changes to the team from last week: Maks van Dyk replacing Coenie Oosthuizen (neck injury – returning back home)...

  • National Colts Cup quarter-finals draw

    Mar 5, 14 • 2513 Views • Europe, General News • • Comments Off on National Colts Cup quarter-finals draw

    THE three surviving Midlands clubs in this season’s National Colts Cup have been kept apart in the quarter-final draw.Old Northamptonians, who were beaten cup finalists in 2006, face a trip to Kent to play Thanet Wanderers while Burton and Bedford Blues...

  • Rising stars in action as Vodacom Cup kicks off – Round 1 Preview

    Mar 5, 14 • 4253 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Rising stars in action as Vodacom Cup kicks off – Round 1 Preview

      The Vodacom Cup, where many current and past Springboks have taken their first steps in senior provincial rugby, kicks off this week with eight tough matches taking place across South Africa.   Last year’s champions, the Golden Lions, and...

  • Soyizwapi and Van Breda return to Kings for first Vodacom Cup game

    Mar 5, 14 • 1983 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Soyizwapi and Van Breda return to Kings for first Vodacom Cup game

    Siviwe Shakes Soyizwapi and Scott van Breda will start against the Tusker Simba XV in Cape Town on Saturday in the Eastern Province Kings first Vodacom Cup match of the season. Vodacom Cup head coach, Mzwandile Stick, said both Soyizwapi and Van Breda, who...

  • England Women’s Squad named for Wales Six Nations clash

    Mar 5, 14 • 2645 Views • General News, International, Six Nations, Womens Rugby • • Comments Off on England Women’s Squad named for Wales Six Nations clash

      England’s Rochelle Clark England Women’s prop Rochelle Clark is set to earn her 90th cap on Friday when England play Wales in the penultimate round of the Six Nations, kick off 7:30pm at the Twickenham Stoop. Clark has been named in England...

  • Springbok Women’s preliminary RWC squad announced

    Mar 5, 14 • 3289 Views • General News, International, Rugby World Cup News, Womens Rugby • • Comments Off on Springbok Women’s preliminary RWC squad announced

    Springbok Women’s coach Lawrence Sephaka on Tuesday announced a preliminary squad of 39 players for the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup as he looks to put the building blocks in place for the international showpiece in France from August 1 to 17.   The...

  • EP Kings Vodacom Cup team named for Tusker Simba XV clash

    Mar 5, 14 • 4560 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on EP Kings Vodacom Cup team named for Tusker Simba XV clash

    EP Kings in action during a warm up match -Photo: Francois Fourie Photography   EP Kings Team: 1. Brendon Olivier 2. Able de Swardt 3. Vukile Sofisa 4. Kuhle Sonkosi 5. Brendan Hector 6. Thembelani Bholi 7. Claude Tshibidi 8. Stephan Zaayman 9. Kelvano...

  • Griquas team to take on the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup

    Mar 5, 14 • 2053 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Griquas team to take on the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup

    VodacomCup teamsheet: GWK Griquas team to take on the #BlueBulls on Saturday 8 March 2014 at 14h30 at Loftus, Pretoria 1. Steph Roberts 2. Martin Bezuidenhoudt 3. Ewald van der Westhuizen 4. Hilton Lobberts 5. Jaco Nepgen 6. Marnus Schoeman 7. Jonathan...