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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 22, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 22, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 22, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 22, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 22, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 22, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments 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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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments Off on Naka names his team to take on the Lions
Toyota Cheetahs vs Emirates Lions The Toyota Cheetah team to take on the Emirates Lions on Saturday, 25 April at 17:05 at the Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg has been announced. Changes to...
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Apr 20, 15 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls win small margins #FanUp
As the Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers open the gap at the top of the South African conference log, statistics show that the margins in Vodacom SupeRugby are smaller than the scoreboard may suggest. This is clear from the stats taken from the Vodacom Rugby App...
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Apr 20, 15 •
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Comments Off on LIONS INJURY UPDATE
The Golden Lions Rugby Union medical staff have released a medical report, ahead of the Emirates Lions’ match against the Toyota Cheetahs and the Xerox Golden Lions’ Vodacom Cup clash with the Leopards on Saturday. Unfortunately Malcolm Marx...
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Apr 20, 15 •
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Comments Off on SUPER RUGBY REFEREE APPOINTMENTS
SANZAR has announced referee appointments for Round 11 of the 2015 Super Rugby season. Appointments are outlined below with the asterisk (*) denoting the match occurs the following day in this territory due to time difference. Please note...
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Apr 19, 15 •
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Comments Off on Solid wins for DHL Stormers, Vodacom Bulls – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 10 Review
The DHL Stormers finished their Australasian tour with a second win while the Vodacom Bulls consolidated their position at the top of the South African Conference as Vodacom Super Rugby 2015 entered the second half of the season. However, the Toyota Cheetahs...
