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Jul 10, 19 •
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Comments Off on RIP James Small (1969-2019)
Former Springbok wing James Small, a member of the 1995 Rugby World Cup winning squad, has died suddenly from a heart attack on Wednesday. The 50-year-old Small was rushed to hospital in Johannesburg on Tuesday night after suffering from a suspected heart...
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Jul 10, 19 •
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Comments Off on Lood de Jager to start for Vodacom Blue Bulls
Lood de Jager will make a welcome return to competitive rugby on Saturday when the Vodacom Blue Bulls take on DHL Western Province in Cape Town in the opening weekend of the Currie Cup, sponsored by DirectAxis Financial Services. De Jager last played in...
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Jul 10, 19 •
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Comments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas Team vs. The Cell C Sharks
Team vs. The Cell C Sharks Jonsson Kings Park – Durban Friday, 12 July 2019 – 19:15 Currie Cup 2019 Live on SS1 1. Khwezi Mona ...
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Jul 10, 19 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks vs. Tafel Lager Griquas
Date: Friday, 12 July 2019 Time: 19h15 Venue: JONSSON KINGS PARK, Durban Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen Assistant Referees: Vusi Msibi, Archie Sehlako Television Match Official: Christie du Preez The Cell C Sharks team selected to play the Tafel Lager...
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Jul 10, 19 •
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Comments Off on Odendaal to lead Vodacom Blue Bulls in Currie Cup campaign
Vodacom Blue Bulls coach, Pote Human, named Burger Odendaal as captain for the 2019 Currie Cup season and included five Springboks in his squad for the season. Cornal Hendricks, who made a return to rugby in the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament,will again play...
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Jul 8, 19 •
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General News, International, National, SA Schools, SA Schools Team, School, South Africa, South Africa, South Africa U18 •
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Comments Off on SA Schools fixtures for U18 International Series confirmed
The SA Schools and SA Schools A sides can prepare themselves for a tough time when the annual U18 International Series takes place in the Western Cape next month, with Stellenbosch, Paarl and Wellington hosting matches. With a team from Argentina added to the...
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Jul 8, 19 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on EP, WP stamp authority in Women’s Interprovicials
Eastern Province and Western Province continued to stamp their authority on the A Section of the SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial competition on Saturday as they registered their second round of victories, proving they could be forces to be reckoned with...
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Jul 4, 19 •
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Comments Off on Mollentze to start for Free State Cheetah u.21 against Leopards
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.21 team will be taking on the Leopards u.21’s on Saturday, 6 July at Olen Park in Potchefstroom. Kick-off is at 13:00. The team for the third SA Rugby under 21 Championship match is: Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.21 1....
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Jul 3, 19 •
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Comments Off on Bok captain Kolisi to prove fitness in Currie Cup
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi will be given enough time to fully recover from his knee injury and will in all likelihood miss the opening Tests of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, in Johannesburg against Australia and in Wellington against New Zealand, in...
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Jul 3, 19 •
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Comments Off on Boland Cavaliers vs Border Bulldogs
Currie Cup First Division 2019 Saturday 6 July 2019 King Edward Stadium, Montagu The Boland Cavaliers will kick-off their Currie Cup First Division 2019 campaign against the Border Bulldogs on Saturday 6 July at the King Edward Stadium in Montagu. Boland...
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Jul 1, 19 •
3790 Views •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby Youth Weeks reach final leg in Bloemfontein
The SA Rugby Youth Weeks Series will reach a thrilling conclusion this week at Grey College in Bloemfontein where the flagship event, the U18 SA Rugby Craven Week, and SA Rugby Academy Week will play out from Monday to Saturday. A total of 11 matches will be...
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Jun 28, 19 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.21 vs Blue Bulls u.21
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.21 team will be taking on the Blue Bulls u.21’s on Saturday, 29 June at Shimla Park in Bloemfontein. Kick-off is at 13:00. The team for the second SA Rugby under 21 Championship match is: Toyota Free State Cheetahs...
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Jun 28, 19 •
1980 Views •
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Comments Off on Njezula in midfield for DHL WP U21
Sihle Njezula will feature at outside centre for DHL Western Province U21 in their encounter with Leopards U21 in Bellville on Saturday. There are just two changes to the DHL Western Province U21 as they take on the visitors from Potchefstroom in a match that...
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Jun 27, 19 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions Under 21 vs Cell C Sharks
Herewith the Xerox Golden Lions Under 21 side to face the Cell C Sharks Under 21s in Durban on Saturday: 1. Nathan McBeth 2. PJ Botha...
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Jun 26, 19 •
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Comments Off on WP off to blistering start in Women’s Inter-provincials
Defending SA Rugby Women’s Inter-provincial champions, Western Province, got their 2019 campaign off to a blistering start this past weekend as they outplayed the Blue Bulls 60-7 for the biggest win of the weekend. The Capetonians were among three...
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Jun 19, 19 •
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Comments Off on Nkosi, Nomlomo to head SA Schools coaching staff
Bidvest Waltons Golden Lions coach, Mzwakhe Nkosi, will take charge of the SA Schools team and Border’s Phiwe Nomlomo of the SA Schools A-team in August when the two South African sides take on France, England, Wales and Argentina in the annual U18...
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Jun 14, 19 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Malcolm Marx extends Emirates Lions contract until 2021
In a significant boost for SA Rugby and the Lions Rugby Company, Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx has extended his contract with the Emirates Lions until 2021. The Lions Rugby Company, together with SA Rugby, and the newly established contracting model have been...
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Jun 12, 19 •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup fixtures for 2019 announced
The defending Currie Cup champions, the Cell C Sharks, will get the 2019 edition of the competition underway in front of their home crowd in Durban when they host Tafel Lager Griquas on Friday, 12 July. The fixtures of the Currie Cup Premier and First...
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May 23, 19 •
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Comments Off on All systems go for SA Rugby U16 and U18 Girls Weeks
It will be ladies first as SA Rugby’s annual Youth Weeks series – where close to 3000 players will showcase their skills in six tournaments across four venues around the country – kick off next month with the U16 and U18 Girls Week tournaments in...
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May 15, 19 •
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Comments Off on Kriel and De Jager to leave Vodacom Bulls
The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd confirmed the departure of Springboks Lood de Jager and Jesse Kriel at the end of the current season and wished them well in their future endeavours. De Jager will join Sale Sharks in England and Kriel is heading to Japan to...
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May 14, 19 •
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Comments Off on Morne Steyn to return to old stomping ground
The Vodacom Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd is pleased to confirm that Morne Steyn will re-join the Vodacom Bulls for the 2020 Vodacom Super Rugby season. Steyn is still the all-time points-scorer for the team (1449) and played in 124 matches for the Vodacom...
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May 7, 19 •
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Comments Off on South African duo included in RWC match officials’ panel
· Peyper and Jonker amongst 23 match officials for Japan showpiece South Africa’s Jaco Peyper and Marius Jonker are the two local match officials that will do duty at the Rugby World Cup in Japan later this year,...
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May 6, 19 •
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Comments Off on SA national rugby teams and Wolverines from Michigan exchange sporting experiences
Springboks RG Snyman, Elton Jantjies, Marvin Orie and Aphiwe Dyantyi, as well as members of the Blitzbok squad, gave an impromptu rugby coaching clinic to 100 college football players from the visiting University of Michigan in the USA in Cape Town on Sunday....
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Apr 25, 19 •
1945 Views •
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Comments Off on ASICS launch new ‘Unstoppable’ Springbok jersey for 2019 Rugby World Cup
The Springboks will be wearing an “unstoppable” jersey, designed and manufactured by SA Rugby’s official apparel and footwear sponsor ASICS, which features technological advancements to give the men in green and gold an extra edge at the Rugby World Cup...
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Apr 23, 19 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby achieves EPG transformation benchmark once again
SA Rugby was one of only eight of 19 South African sporting federations that achieved their transformation targets in 2017/18, it was announced at the presentation of the sixth report of the Eminent Persons’ Group on Transformation in Sport (EPG) in...
