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Aug 18, 11 •
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Comments Off on Smith withdrawal confirmed by Springboks
Looseforward Juan Smith will not be considered for the Springbok Rugby World Cup squad because of injury. Smith made the decision to rule himself out of contention on Wednesday and informed Springbok coach Peter de Villiers. “Juan had been in a race...
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Aug 18, 11 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks ring the changes.
Morgan Piek – All Blacks coach, Graham Henry selected just four players from the All Blacks side that beat the Wallabies two weeks ago will run out to face the underperforming Springboks at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth Saturday...
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Aug 17, 11 •
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Comments Off on Allister Coetzee to try tame the Lions with one change.
Allister Coetzee today named his side to take on the unbeaten Lions at DHL Newlands on Friday evening 19h00. There is only 1 change to the starting XV that took on the Sharks with Pieter Louw in at 6 for Rohan Kitshoff, who has joined the Namibian squad for...
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Aug 16, 11 •
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Comments Off on Lions stick to their guns for WP
MTN Golden Lions coach John Mitchell today named his team to do battle with the DHL Western Province in Cape Town on Friday night and has named almost exactly the same team that dominated against the FS Cheetahs this past weekend. Mitchell made only one...
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Aug 16, 11 •
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Comments Off on Blue Bulls pick new loose trio for Griquas clash
Nineteen year old loose forward Arno Botha will make his run-on debut in the Absa Currie Cup competition on Friday when the Vodacom Blue Bulls take on Griquas in one of four changes to the starting line-up of the side that won against the Pumas last weekend....
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Aug 14, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 5
The MTN Golden Lions opened up a four-point lead at the top of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division log with the halfway mark of the competition looming. The team from Johannesburg remained the only unbeaten side in the competition after they beat the...
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Aug 13, 11 •
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Comments Off on Lions win cat fight and extend unbeaten run
The MTN Golden Lions came out on top in the traditional cat fight at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg when they beat the Toyota Free State Cheetahs 17-10 and extended their unbeaten run to 5 matches. The Lions dominated the first half and the Cheetahs did...
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Aug 12, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Haka, Its Meaning and Origin
The Maori haka performed by the All Blacks, has become famous around the world, though few realise it’s origin or meaning. Te Rauparaha, the warrior chief of Ngati Toarangatira, originally from Kawhia, had visited Tuwharetoa to solicit aid against the...
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Aug 12, 11 •
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Comments Off on Panthers Rugby Club suspended after racial incident
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced this morning that it’s Anti-Racism and Development Committee convened yesterday afternoon under the Chairmanship of Mr Ayanda Mjekula. Reports of all match officials and chairpersons of the respective clubs were...
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Aug 12, 11 •
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Comments Off on Fund raises over R1.1-million for injured rugby players
The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund celebrated the one-month countdown to the Rugby World Cup in style on Tuesday 9 August when over R1.1-million was raised for the victims of serious rugby injuries at its Bell’s Night of the Stars Rugby...
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Aug 11, 11 •
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Comments Off on Bok team to face the Wallabies in Durban
Fourie du Preez and Heinrich Brüssow will return to the Springbok starting line-up for the first time in 21 months, following the announcement of the team to meet Australia in a Castle Tri-Nations Series Test at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban on Saturday....
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Aug 11, 11 •
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Comments Off on Six teams to play in Absa Currie Cup Premier Division from next year
The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division will be contested by six teams from 2012 and eight teams will play in the Absa Currie Cup First Division, the SARU General Council decided today at a meeting in Newlands. The decision was confirmed after a majority vote...
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Aug 11, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 5
A replay of last year’s Absa Currie Cup final between The Sharks and DHL Western Province in Cape Town, as well as a battle to avoid last place on the log between the Vodacom Blue Bulls and the Ford Pumas in Nelspruit feature this weekend. Both DHL Western...
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Aug 10, 11 •
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Comments Off on MTN Lions to face the Toyota Free State Cheetahs
MTN Lions vs Toyota Free State Cheetahs Saturday, 13 August 2011 Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg Kick-off: 19:10 15 Jaco Taute 14 Deon Van Rensburg 13 Lionel Mapoe 12 Alwyn Hollenbach 11 Michael Killian 10 Elton Jantjies 9 Michael Bondesio 8 Joshua Strauss...
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Aug 10, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Sharks to face DHL Western Province
DHL Western Province vs The Sharks Friday, 12 August 2011 DHL Newlands, Cape Town Kick-off: 19:10 Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik 14 Odwa Ndungane 13 Stefan Terblanche 12 Patrick Lambie 11 Lwazi Mvovo 10 Frederic Michalak 9 Charl McLeod 8 Keegan Daniel (C) 7 Marcell...
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Aug 10, 11 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province to face The Sharks
DHL Western Province vs The Sharks Friday, 12 August 2011 DHL Newlands, Cape Town Kick-off: 19:10 Western Province: 15 Conrad Jantjes 14 Danie Poolman 13 Johann Sadie 12 Tim Whitehead 11 JJ Engelbrecht 10 Demetri Catrakilis 9 Dewaldt Duvenage 8 Nick...
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Aug 10, 11 •
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Comments Off on Toyota FS Cheetahs to face MTN Lions
Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Lions Saturday, 13 August 2011 Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg Kick-off: 19:10 Toyota Free State Cheetahs 1 Coenie Oosthuizen 2 Adriaan Strauss ( C ) 3 W.P. Nel...
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Aug 9, 11 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber joins Springboks as defensive consultant
Defensive coaching specialist Jacques Nienaber has joined the Springboks as a consultant, Springbok management announced on Tuesday. Nienaber, 38, the defence coach of DHL Western Province and the Stormers, has been released by his union to work as part of...
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Aug 9, 11 •
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Comments Off on Springbok team to face Wallabies named on Thursday
The Springbok team for this weekend’s Castle Tri-Nations Test against Australia in Durban will now be named on Thursday. The scheduled naming was postponed on Tuesday due to a number of injury and illness concerns among the loose forwards. Pierre Spies...
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Aug 9, 11 •
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Comments Off on Jano Vermaak to debut for Blue Bulls in Nelspruit
Returning Springboks Wynand Olivier and Bjorn Basson will be amongst the four new faces in the Vodacom Blue Bulls backline for their Absa Currie Cup clash against the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday. Olivier and Basson, who will play in his first Currie Cup...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Awards for Plumtree and Vermaak
The Sharks coach, John Plumtree, and Jano Vermaak – who has officially signed with the Vodacom Blue Bulls – received the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month awards today at Mr Price Kings Park Stadium in Durban. A media panel,...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Johnson, Kankowski added to Springbok squad
Looseforwards Ashley Johnson and Ryan Kankowski were on Monday added to the Springbok squad to cover for a number of injury concerns among back row forwards. Johnson, who made his Test debut against Australia in Sydney last month, and Kankowski were added as...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Jano Vermaak released by Lions with immediate effect
The Blue Bulls announced this morning that Golden Lions scrumhalf Jano Vermaak has signed a contract to play for the Vodacom Blue Bulls for the remainder of the 2011 Currie Cup season. It was announced last week that Vermaak signed a new 2-year contract at...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 4
The MTN Golden Lions are the only unbeaten team left in the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division following their victory at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday and defeats to The Sharks and DHL Western Province earlier during the weekend. GWK Griquas repeated their feat...
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Aug 6, 11 •
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Comments Off on Lions down Blue Bulls and stay unbeaten
The MTN Golden Lions continued there impressive unbeaten run in the 2011 ABSA Currie Cup competition when they beat the Vodacom Blue Bulls 36-27 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The Bulls had the upper-hand for most of the first half but a lapse in defense...
