Archive for the ‘Super Rugby’ Category

  • Lions vs Cheetahs Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Apr 23, 15 • 2078 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Lions vs Cheetahs Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Match Lions v Cheetahs @ Emirates Airlines Park, Johannesburg Date Saturday 25 April 2015 Kick-Off 17:05 local, 01:05 AEST, 03:05 NZST Referee Jaco van Heerden AR1 Marius van der Westhuizen AR2 Ben Crouse TMO Johan Greeff Follow on Twitter: @RugbyFifteen...

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  • Waratahs vs Rebels Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Apr 23, 15 • 1506 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Waratahs vs Rebels Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Match Waratahs v Rebels @ ANZ Stadium, Sydney Date Saturday 25 April 2015 Kick-Off 19:55 local, 21:55 NZST, 11:55 SAST Referee Rohan Hoffmann AR1 James Leckie AR2 Ed Martin TMO George Ayoub Follow on Twitter: @RugbyFifteen Waratahs: 15. Israel Folau, 14....

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  • Crusaders vs Blues Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Apr 23, 15 • 1351 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Crusaders vs Blues Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Match Crusaders v Blues @ AMI Stadium, Christchurch Date Saturday 25 April 2015 Kick-Off 19:35 local, 17:35 AEST, 09:35 SAST Referee Chris Pollock AR1 Kane McBride AR2 Jamie Nutbrown TMO Chris Wratt Follow on Twitter: @RugbyFifteen Crusaders: 15. Tom Taylor,...

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  • Brumbies vs Highlanders Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Apr 23, 15 • 1334 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Brumbies vs Highlanders Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Match Brumbies v Highlanders @ GIO Stadium, Canberra Date Friday 24 April 2015 Kick-Off 19:55 local, 21:55 NZST, 11:55 SAST Referee Matt O’Brien AR1 Andrew Lees AR2 Demien Mitchelmore TMO Peter Marshall Follow on Twitter: @RugbyFifteen Brumbies: 15....

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  • Chiefs vs Western Force Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Apr 23, 15 • 1233 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Chiefs vs Western Force Teamsheets #SuperRugby

    Match Chiefs v Force @ Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Date Friday 24 April 2015 Kick-Off 19:35 local, 17:35 AEST, 09:35 SAST Referee Angus Gardner AR1 Glen Jackson AR2 Mike Lash TMO Glenn Newman Follow on Twitter: @RugbyFifteen Chiefs: 15. Tom Marshall, 14. Bryce...

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  • DOM SHIPPERLEY RETURNS FROM INJURY

    Apr 23, 15 • 2456 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on DOM SHIPPERLEY RETURNS FROM INJURY

    Rebels head coach Tony McGahan has re-introduced Sam Jeffries and Dom Shipperley into the squad, as he named his teams to face the Waratahs at ANZ Stadium on Saturday in a clash which will commemorate the centenary of the Anzac landing. Wallaby Shipperley...

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  • HURRICANES HEAD TO BRISBANE

    Apr 23, 15 • 1375 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on HURRICANES HEAD TO BRISBANE

    Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd won’t be resting any All Blacks ahead of his team’s clash with the Reds in Brisbane this Sunday. Boyd has kept the line-up almost identical to that which faced the Waratahs last week, however, a calf injury to Nehe...

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  • DAVE DENNIS SWITCHED TO NO. 8

    Apr 23, 15 • 1264 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on DAVE DENNIS SWITCHED TO NO. 8

    Head coach Michael Cheika has made a number of changes to the Waratahs team to take on the Rebels at ANZ Stadium on Anzac Day. Captain Dave Dennis moves to the number eight role, while Wycliff Palu will start on the bench. Mitchell Chapman moves into his role...

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  • Van Zyl in at nine for Vodacom Bulls

    Apr 23, 15 • 1339 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Van Zyl in at nine for Vodacom Bulls

    Springbok halfback Piet van Zyl will earn a third start for the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday when the Pretoria franchise play the DHL Stormers in Cape Town in a crucial Vodacom Super Rugby clash. Van Zyl, who started against the coastal side in the season’s...

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  • Captain Vermeulen returns for Bulls clash

    Apr 23, 15 • 1766 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Captain Vermeulen returns for Bulls clash

    Springbok No.8 Duane Vermeulen is back from his two-week rest period and will lead the DHL Stormers in Saturday’s Vodacom Super Rugby North-South Derby against the Bulls at DHL Newlands (kick-off 19h10). Vermeulen missed the final two weeks of the DHL...

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  • Double derby delight in South Africa – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 11 Preview

    Apr 23, 15 • 1547 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Double derby delight in South Africa – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 11 Preview

    Johannesburg and Cape Town will be the focus points in South Africa on Saturday afternoon for two local Vodacom Super Rugby derbies which could have a massive influence on the final standings in less than two months’ time.   The claws will be out at...

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  • Emirate Lions name their team for Cheetahs clash

    Apr 23, 15 • 1807 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Emirate Lions name their team for Cheetahs clash

    VODACOM SUPER RUGBY ROUND ELEVEN: EMIRATES LIONS VS TOYOTA CHEETAHS   Emirates Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has announced his team for Saturday’s clash against the Toyota Cheetahs at Emirates Airline Park.   Ackermann has made just three...

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  • COWAN BRINGS UP CENTURY AGAINST THE CHIEFS

    Apr 23, 15 • 1422 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on COWAN BRINGS UP CENTURY AGAINST THE CHIEFS

    Prop Pekahou Cowan will become the second player to play 100 Asteron Life Super Rugby matches for the Western Force when he runs out against the Chiefs at Waikato Stadium on Friday night.   The 28-year-old loosehead was one of the inaugural members of...

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  • Dennis re-signs with Waratahs until 2017

    Apr 23, 15 • 1755 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Dennis re-signs with Waratahs until 2017

    The NSW Waratahs and Australian Rugby Union can confirm the re-signing of lock Dave Dennis until the end of 2017. The Waratahs captain, who has made a successful return from a knee injury that cut short his 2014 season, is in the midst of his ninth season...

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  • DIE KOMENDE AGSTEMAN DERBY VAN NUWELAND #Pale toe

    Apr 22, 15 • 2526 Views • General News, Pale Toe, Super RugbyComments Off on DIE KOMENDE AGSTEMAN DERBY VAN NUWELAND #Pale toe

    Artikel deur Simon Riekert (Twitter: @Nader_pale_toe) Foto: Anton Geyser  ʼn Mooi wedstryd gaan dit nie wees nie, maar beslis een vir die fynproewer en vir die agsteman en kaptein wat hom die graagste wil hê, die wen. Vandeesweek sal die noord-suid derby se...

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  • Bulls injury report

    Apr 22, 15 • 1822 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Bulls injury report

    Bulls halfbacks Rudy Paige and Jacques-Louis Potgieter will both miss the next two weekend’s Super Rugby including this week’s match against the Stormers at Newlands in Cape Town due to injury. Paige has a grade 1 medial ligament tear and will be...

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  • MAJOR SELECTION CHANGES FOR HIGHLANDERS

    Apr 22, 15 • 1426 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on MAJOR SELECTION CHANGES FOR HIGHLANDERS

    The Highlanders have made wholesale changes to their team to face the Brumbies in Canberra this weekend. Malakai Fekitoa, Aaron Smith and Ben Smith are all rested as part of the agreement with NZ Rugby to rest All Blacks ahead of the World Cup, while there...

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  • CHIEFS CALL UP MARTY MCKENZIE, REST MESSAM

    Apr 22, 15 • 1739 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on CHIEFS CALL UP MARTY MCKENZIE, REST MESSAM

    Marty McKenzie has got the nod to replace Aaron Cruden at flyhalf for the Chiefs, beating out younger brother Damian against the Force. Cruden was ruled out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL earlier this week, dealing a major blow to the...

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  • STORMERS LOSE VAN WYK

    Apr 22, 15 • 2048 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on STORMERS LOSE VAN WYK

    Hard-running Stormers wing Kobus van Wyk has been ruled out of action for six weeks, after picking up a patella injury against the Force last weekend. Van Wyk limped off the field in the 29th minute of Saturday’s hard-fought clash in Perth and he will...

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  • Cheetahs forced to a change ahead of Stormers clash

    Apr 22, 15 • 1883 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Cheetahs forced to a change ahead of Stormers clash

    Change to the Toyota Cheetah team:  Gouws Prinsloo will be replacing the injured Riaan Smit on the bench for this weekend’s clash against the Stormers.                                                  ...

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  • DHL Stormers injury report

    Apr 21, 15 • 2060 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on DHL Stormers injury report

    Hard-running DHL Stormers wing Kobus van Wyk has been ruled out of action for six weeks, after picking up a patella injury against the Western Force last weekend. Van Wyk limped off the field in the 29th minute of Saturday’s hard-fought Vodacom Super...

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  • MATT HODGSON JOINS FORCE TOUR OF NZ

    Apr 21, 15 • 1726 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on MATT HODGSON JOINS FORCE TOUR OF NZ

    Captain Matt Hodgson is set to make his return to Super Rugby after being named in the Force’s 25-man travelling squad for its two-match New Zealand tour. Hodgson sustained a hamstring injury in the Force’s final pre-season fixture against the Asia...

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  • CONFIRMED ACL TEAR FOR AARON CRUDEN

    Apr 21, 15 • 1876 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on CONFIRMED ACL TEAR FOR AARON CRUDEN

    The Chiefs and All Blacks were delivered devastating news in the context of their 2015 campaigns on Monday when it was confirmed Aaron Cruden had ruptured his left anterior cruciate ligament. The star playmaker will visit a surgeon on Wednesday to arrange a...

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  • Five SA players crack Stats XV team

    Apr 21, 15 • 2044 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Five SA players crack Stats XV team

    Five players from South African teams made it into the Vodacom Rugby App Stats XV team after the weekend’s Vodacom SupeRugby.   Vodacom has created a formula that rates each player according to the stats on the Vodacom Rugby App that are important...

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  • LE ROUX OUT FOR A MONTH WITH ANKLE INJURY

    Apr 21, 15 • 1414 Views • General News, Springboks, Super RugbyComments Off on LE ROUX OUT FOR A MONTH WITH ANKLE INJURY

    The Cheetahs have been dealt another blow with the news that Willie le Roux could face an extended period on the sidelines. The Springbok fullback is suffering from an ankle injury, and SuperSport is reporting that he could be out for up to five weeks. Le...

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