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Oct 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Semi-finals
THE Sharks will host DHL Western Province in this year’s Absa Currie Cup final after wildly contrasting victories over the Vodacom Blue Bulls and defending champions the MTN Golden Lions respectively in Saturday’s semi-finals. The final – a...
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Oct 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation series – Match 1 review
THE Eastern Province Kings will have it all to do in Port Elizabeth on Friday night when they attempt to wipe out a 39-point deficit in the second leg of their Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation series against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, following a...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Semi-finals
DEFENDING champions the MTN Golden Lions will be looking to record a hat-trick of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division victories over DHL Western Province this season when the two sides meet in one of the competition’s semi-finals in Johannesburg on...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation Preview – Match 1
THE Eastern Province Kings will travel to Bloemfontein for Friday’s night’s crucial Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation first-leg match against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs knowing that an unbeaten season thus far, which includes winning the...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the Golden Lions
DHL Western Province Under-19 coach Nazeem Adams has announced his team to take on the MTN Golden Lions U19s at the Markotter Fields in Stellenbosch on Saturday (kick-off 15h00). The log-topping WP Under-19s will take on the fourth-placed Golden Lions in...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Awards for Plumtree and Reinach
The Sharks dominated the Absa Currie Cup awards for October when their head coach, John Plumtree, and talented scrumhalf Cobus Reinach were named as the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month respectively. Other nominees for the two awards included MTN...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on Brad Thorn Signs With Highlanders
The Highlanders confirmed today that former All Black legend Brad Thorn has signed a one-year contract to play with the southern franchise for the 2013 Investec Super Rugby season. Thorn was part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup winning All Blacks and has been...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Etzebeth stands tallest at WPRFU Awards night
The annual DHL Trophy Presentation was held at Kelvin Grove on Wednesday, October 17, with the Western Province Rugby Football Union recognising all club performances within the union and also rewarding those professional players who have performed well in...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Rugby’s Biggest Party – 50 days to go
Tomorrow (Thursday) marks the start of the 50-day countdown until kick-off for the much-awaited Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens tournament in the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. South Africa’s own Blitzbokke will battle it out...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province named for semi
DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup semifinal meeting with the defending champion MTN Golden Lions in Johannesburg (19h00). Coetzee has made just four changes to the side that defeated the...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on SARU Player of Year finalists named, final voting opens
The ten finalists for the prestigious SARU Rugby Player of the Year 2012 have been finalised, following a new public consultation process in conjunction with the votes of rugby media. The rugby public nominated and voted for players on the Springboks’...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Blue Bulls unchanged for Durban semi-final
Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar made no changes to his side that beat the MTN Lions last weekend for their Absa Currie Cup semi-finals clash against The Sharks in Durban. It is the first time this season that Pienaar could name the same 22 on...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs ready for the Kings
Morgan Piek – The Toyota Free State Cheetahs find themselves between a rock and a hard place this coming weekend when they face the Eastern Province Kings in an Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation play-off in Bloemfontein. If the men from Bloemfontein...
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Oct 16, 12 •
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Comments Off on IRB appointments for Marlize Jordaan, Freek Burger
Marlize Jordaan, a former SA Women’s representative, has been selected on the panel for Sevens referees by the International Rugby Board (IRB). The IRB announced its female referee panels for 2012/13 as preparation continues towards Rugby World Cup Sevens...
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Oct 16, 12 •
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Comments Off on MTN Golden Lions team announced for semi against Western Province
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions team to play DHL Western Province on Saturday, 20 October 2012 in the second semi-final match of the 2012 Absa Currie Cup competition, this afternoon. There are eleven changes to the starting line up...
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Oct 16, 12 •
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Comments Off on Former EP President George Davids passes away
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) was saddened with the passing of former Eastern Province president Mr George Davids from a long illness in Port Elizabeth on Monday. Mr Davids was president of the EP Rugby Union for more than a decade between 1994 and...
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Oct 16, 12 •
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Comments Off on Black and White Blackout for Saturday
The Sharks achieved their second last hurdle in the hunt for Currie Cup glory. After a well-executed Absa Currie Cup clash against Griquas on Friday night at Mr Price KINGS PARK, The Sharks have secured the top spot on the log. The Sharks will now host the...
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Oct 16, 12 •
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Comments Off on Highlanders negotiate with Ma'a Nonu
The Highlanders have today confirmed they are in negotiation with All Blacks mid-fielder Ma’a Nonu for the 2013 Investec Super Rugby season. Highlanders Head Coach Jamie Joseph said that a deal with Nonu would be a major boost for the southern franchise,...
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Oct 14, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Final Round
THE Sharks and defending champions the MTN Golden Lions will host the Vodacom Blue Bulls and DHL Western Province respectively in this year’s Absa Currie Cup Premier Division semi-finals, after an enthralling final weekend of round-robin matches. GWK...
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Oct 14, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – The Final
THE Eastern Province Kings are the 2012 Absa Currie Cup First Division champions after a nailbiting 26-25 victory over the Ford Pumas in the final played in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. The one-point margin of victory at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was a...
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Oct 12, 12 •
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Comments Off on SARU welcomes pioneering Women’s Sevens Series
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has welcomed the inclusion of the SA Women as one of six invited teams that will take their place alongside the core sides for the inaugural leg of the first ever IRB Women’s Sevens World Series (WSWS). The...
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Oct 12, 12 •
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Comments Off on Blitzbokke aiming for good start at Gold Coast Sevens
The Springbok Sevens get their new HSBC Sevens World Series season underway on Saturday morning (SA time) when they run out against Canada in their first Pool A match at the Gold Coast Sevens at Skilled Park. The Blitzbokke, who will be aiming for a vastly...
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Oct 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on Unchanged ticket prices for SA rugby’s “Biggest Party of the Year”
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has kept ticket prices for the popular Nelson Mandela Bay SA Sevens tournament unchanged from last year. SARU made the announcement on Thursday at the tournament launch, which took place at Humewood Bridge in Port...
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Oct 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on MTN Golden Lions team to tackle the Blue Bulls
Vodacom Blue Bulls on Saturday, 13 October 2012 at Coca-Cola Park, this afternoon. There are eight changes to the starting line up who played the Griquas last weekend: 1. CJ van der Linde replaces JC Janse van Rensburg at Loose Head Prop 2. Pat Cilliers (back...
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Oct 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Final Round
THE final round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing in years, with the spectre of possible relegation hanging over the same four teams who are still in the running for the two remaining semi-final places. In...
