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Oct 30, 11 •
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Comments Off on Fish Factory Tournament still going strong
Marine Products were crowned winners of the 24th Annual SARU SA Fish Factory Tournament in the West Coast town of Velddrif on Saturday after beating Gansbaai 19-12 in the Cup final held at the Smit sports grounds. A festive crowd of 5,000 watched on as Marine...
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Oct 28, 11 •
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Comments Off on Rugby Mentor Kicking Clinic – with Naas Botha
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Oct 27, 11 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Final Preview
The MTN Golden Lions will be aiming for their first outright Absa Currie Cup Final victory on home soil since 1950 when they host The Sharks at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday at 17:30. It seems amazing, but the last time the Golden Lions...
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Oct 27, 11 •
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Blitz Bokke, International, National, Sevens Rugby •
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Comments Off on Promising trio sign for Springbok Sevens
Stephan Dippenaar, Bernado Botha and Mark Richards will play for the Springbok Sevens for the next two seasons after they signed agreements with SARU earlier today at Newlands. Vodacom Blue Bulls centre Stephan Dippenaar was released by the Blue Bulls Company...
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Oct 27, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Sharks change one for the Final
Photo by Anesh Debiky /Gallo Hargreaves will provide second row back-up off the bench after missing the last few games with Jacques Botes making way. Continuity in team selection is vital and for The Sharks being able to select an almost unchanged line-up...
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Oct 27, 11 •
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Comments Off on Will James extends stay with Gloucester Rugby
Gloucester Rugby are delighted to confirm that second row Will James has signed a one year extension to his current contract keeping him at Kingsholm until the end of the 2012-3 season. The former Welsh international is currently in his sixth season with the...
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Oct 26, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Lions retain starting fifteen
October 26 – With the exception of prop JC Janse van Rensburg who is bracketed on the bench with last week’s prop replacement Jacobie Adriaanse, MTN Golden Lions coach John Mitchell has retained the squad of 22 that beat Western Province in the...
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Oct 26, 11 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Player/ Coach of the Month Award for October 2011
Photo by Denese Lups /Rugby15 /www.phototalk.co.za The Toyota Free State Cheetahs coach, Naka Drotske and GWK Griquas fullback, Rudi Vogt received the ABSA Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month awards this morning at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein....
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Oct 25, 11 •
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Comments Off on Green, Green Grass of home for Welsh Rugby
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Welsh rugby returns to home soil in more ways than one this week as the Millennium Stadium welcomes a brand new pitch ahead of the Wales match against Australia on Saturday, 3 December. Just as the Wales squad have returned...
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Oct 25, 11 •
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National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
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Comments Off on Back injury forces Jaco Pretorius to retire
Vodacom Bulls stalwart Jaco Pretorius has retired from rugby. The 32 year old outside centre has been battling a back injury all season and acting on medical advice, decided to call it a day. The capped Springbok midfielder and former Springboks Sevens...
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Oct 24, 11 •
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Comments Off on Thierry Dusautoir walks away top dog
France captain Thierry Dusautoir has been named the IRB Player of the Year at the 2011 IRB Awards in association with Emirates Airline, during a star-studded ceremony at Vector Arena in Auckland on Monday. Dusautoir is the second Frenchman to win the Award,...
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Oct 24, 11 •
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National •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup Final Ticket details and pricing
The MTN Golden Lions, after a nail-biting semi-final match against DHL Western Province, have qualified for the 2011 Absa Currie Cup Final which will take place at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday, 29 October 2011. This will be the first home final the Lions have...
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Oct 24, 11 •
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Comments Off on Gerhard van den Heever signs with WP for 2 years
The Vodacom Bulls have released yet another youngster after utility back Gerhard van den Heever signed a two year deal with Western Province. This comes after it was announced last week that Stefan Watermeyer is joining up with Welsh superclub Ospreys and...
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Oct 23, 11 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Semi-finals Review
Photo by Dominic Barnardt /Gallo Images The MTN Golden Lions will host the defending Absa Currie Cup champions, The Sharks, in the final next Saturday after both took advantage of hosting their respective semi-finals yesterday. In the first semi-final The...
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Oct 22, 11 •
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Comments Off on Nominees for SARU Player of the Year Awards
Photo by Mike Le Grange / Rugby15/ Canon Eye Five members of the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup squad have been nominated for the prestigious SA Rugby Player of the Year Award, with the winner due to be announced at a glittering function at Gold Reef...
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Oct 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks team for RWC Final against France
All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have today announced the All Blacks team for the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final against France at Eden Park, Auckland, on Sunday October 23, naming an unchanged starting XV from...
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Oct 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Semi-Finals Preview
Photo by Gerhard Steenkamp /Rugby15 /www.phototalk.co.za In the first semi-final The Sharks host the Toyota FS Cheetahs in Durban. This game kicks off at 14:30, after which the MTN Golden Lions, who topped the log, take on DHL WP at 17:00 in Johannesburg. ...
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Oct 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on Female Rugby Refrees – What makes them tick?
Picture a pretty, petite, super-fit and uber-fast woman giving orders to a field of thirty, physically powerful men and you’ll be imagining a day in the life of a female rugby referee. Becoming a rugby ref is not the most likely career for a woman...
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Oct 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Sharks name a strong pack to face the Cheetahs
The Sharks will be hosting the Free State Cheetahs at Mr Price KINGS PARK in one of the two Absa Currie Cup semi-finals this Saturday (2.30pm kick-off) with one of their strongest squads of the tournament. The Sharks have done remarkably well with a young and...
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Oct 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on MTN Golden Lions vs DHL Western Province Semi Final Ticket Specials
20 October, The MTN Golden Lions will be playingDHLWesternProvinceon Saturday, 22 October 2011 in the first home semi-final in 12 years and the Golden Lions Rugby Union has just announced some exciting, but limited, specials on tickets. The first 1000 MTN...
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Oct 19, 11 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province team announced for Semi-Finals match against Lions
Photo by Denese Lups for Rugby15/ phototalk.co.za Allister Coetzee today announced the DHL WP team to take on the Lions at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday 22 October in the Absa Currie Cup semi-final. The team to play is: 15 . Gio Aplon 14. JJ...
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Oct 18, 11 •
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Comments Off on Referee appointments for Absa Currie Cup semi-finals
Jaco Peyper and Marius Jonker have been appointed to referee the two Absa Currie Cup semi-finals this weekend. Peyper will take charge of the match between the MTN Golden Lions and DHL Western Province at Coca-Cola Park, while Jonker has been handed the...
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Oct 18, 11 •
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Comments Off on Tickets go on sale for SA rugby’s biggest party of the year
Photo by Denese Lups /Rugby15 /www.phototalk.co.za Rugby fans will be able to watch a full day of high-octane international Sevens rugby from as little as R80 at South African rugby’s biggest party at Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens Tournament later...
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Oct 17, 11 •
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National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
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Comments Off on Lions stay loyal to Coca-Cola Park
The Golden Lions Rugby Union turned down an offer to host all their future Currie Cup and Super Rugby matches at the FNB Satdium (Soccer City) and will remain at Coca-Cola Park. After lengthy discussions between Stadium Management South Africa (“SMSA”)...
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Oct 17, 11 •
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Comments Off on '87 vs '11 – History repeating itself?
Morgan Piek A week on from the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, the semis were played this past weekend and the finalists have been decided. The hosts, New Zealand as expected made the last round of the tournament, along with the total outsiders,...
