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Mar 17, 13 •
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Comments Off on Dramatic finale sees ‘home’ team Evergreens snatch Cell C Community Cup Easter Champs place – Round 4 review
THE eight qualifiers for the Cell C Community Cup Easter Championships are finally confirmed after a pulsating final weekend of pool action which saw Evergreens book their ticket with a injury-time try and wild cards Raiders’ hearts broken with a missed...
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Mar 14, 13 •
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Comments Off on Permutations galore in Cell C Community Cup – Final Round Preview
Two eliminators and a host of permutations make for an intriguing final weekend of Cell C Community Cup action this Saturday, with four places still up for grabs in the Easter Championships, which begin in a fortnight’s time in George. Title...
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Mar 11, 13 •
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Comments Off on Passing away of female rugby player over the weekend in Eastern Cape
The Eastern Province Rugby Union would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Genève Scholtz, aged 23, who passed away following a game between Quaru and Middleburg Stormers on Saturday afternoon. Scholtz, who has played for...
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Mar 10, 13 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Community Cup – Round 4 wrap
The pool stages of the Cell C Community Cup will reach a nail-biting climax across the country on Saturday, with four places in the Easter Championships in George still up for grabs and a multitude of permutations meaning as many as 10 teams could still...
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Mar 8, 13 •
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Comments Off on Tickets go on sale for Cell C Community Cup Easter Championships
Tickets have gone on sale for the inaugural Cell C Community Cup Easter Championships, the South African Rugby Union announced on Friday. The Easter Championships will take place at Outeniqua Park in George from 28 March to 1 April and feature the top...
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Mar 7, 13 •
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Comments Off on Do or die in the Cell C Community Cup – Round 4 Preview
It’s do or die for a number of clubs in the Cell C Community Cup this Saturday as the penultimate round of pool action kicks off with all eight quarter-final places in the Easter Championships still up for grabs. The top two teams from each pool will fight...
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Mar 4, 13 •
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Comments Off on Eastern Province Super 12 Club Rugby Logs
EASTERN CAPE SUPER 12 – SECTION – A LOG POSITION UP TO & INCLUDING SATURDAY: 23 FEBRUARY 2013 POS TEAMS P W D L PF PA PTS TF TA PTS BP TOTAL W/O DIFF 1 BUFFALOES 4 3 1 81 66 15 10 6 12 1 13 2 HARLEQUINS 3 3 62 37 25 4 [&hellip...
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Mar 3, 13 •
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Comments Off on Pacaltsdorp Evergreens steal Cell C Community Cup show – Round 3 wrap
Heavyweights Roodepoort, GAP Despatch and Durbanville-Bellville recorded morale-boosting wins but it was unfancied Pacaltsdorp Evergreens who stole the show on a dramatic third weekend of Cell C Community Cup action. With 24 of the 40 pool matches now...
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Feb 28, 13 •
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Comments Off on Race to George heats up in Cell C Community Cup
The race for George heats up around the country on Saturday as the Cell C Community Cup pool stages reach a make-or-break stage for a number of clubs. Arguably the two biggest clashes of the weekend take place in Roodepoort and Port Elizabeth respectively,...
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Feb 24, 13 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Community Cup – Round 2 wrap
Wild cards Raiders recorded their second big victory while there were also impressive victories for Western Province clubs SK Walmers and Durbanville-Bellville in the second round of the Cell C Community Cup. Jonsson College Rovers and Brakpan both notched up...
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Feb 21, 13 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Community Cup Preview – Round 2
Four teams will be making their Cell C Community Cup debuts on Saturday in the second round of the new national club competition, which kicked off in Durban last weekend. SK Walmers (Pool A), Bloemfontein Police (Pool B), Bloemfontein Crusaders (Pool C) and...
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Feb 17, 13 •
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Comments Off on Impressive starts for Rovers, Police & Bombers
JONSSON College Rovers kicked off the inaugural Cell C Community Cup with an impressive win over GAP Despatch, while there were also victories for wild cards African Bombers, Raiders and Roses United on the opening weekend of the new 20-team national...
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Feb 14, 13 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Community Cup ready for lift-off
Nationwide race begins for coveted Gold Cup Mystery guest to deliver Gold Cup in Durban Jonsson College Rovers against GAP Despatch, live on SuperSport on Saturday For the latest fixtures, results, logs and news, visit www.communitycup.co.za or follow...
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Feb 13, 13 •
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Comments Off on New scrum laws for schools and club rugby in SA
New scrum Laws to make amateur rugby safer will come into effect at club and schools level as the season gets underway this month, following an initiative introduced by the South African Rugby Union (SARU). A new scrum engagement sequence has been devised for...
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Feb 11, 13 •
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Comments Off on NMMU Madibaz at home in Varsity Cup
The FNB NMMU Madibaz are looking forward to the home ground advantage when they take on Varsity Cup newbies FNB Wits at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Monday night. Madibaz captain Roy Godfrey said good crowd support...
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Feb 8, 13 •
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Comments Off on Varsity Cup set to rock Port Elizabeth
Varsity Cup rugby arrives in Port Elizabeth for the first time this year on Monday, February 11, when the FNB NMMU Madibaz square off with newcomers FNB Wits at the NMMU Stadium. The Madibaz got their 2013 campaign off to an encouraging start last week when...
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Feb 6, 13 •
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Comments Off on Historic Gold Cup unveiled as Cell C Community Cup trophy
The historic Gold Cup has been brought out of retirement and painstakingly restored as the ‘Holy Grail’ for club rugby players in the Cell C Community Cup, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) announced on Wednesday. The nine-carat gold trophy is one of...
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Feb 6, 13 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Community Cup – A background
The Cell C Community Cup was borne out of a need to revive and modernise club rugby in South Africa, says SARU CEO, Jurie Roux. “We followed a very extensive research and consultation process over a period of three years before arriving at the tournament...
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Feb 6, 13 •
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Comments Off on World-class coverage for Cell C Community Cup
Live coverage of matches on SuperSport, including Easter Play-offs; Cameras to capture action at Pool matches for weekly wraps; Latest tournament news, results, logs on www.sarugby.co.za & Supersport Zone on DStv; Up-to-the-minute news, results,...
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Feb 6, 13 •
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Comments Off on Cell C named as Community Cup sponsor
The Community Cup club rugby competition will be sponsored by cellphone company, Cell C, it was announced by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Wednesday. The three-year deal will underwrite a tournament that SARU has launched to give fresh impetus to...
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Feb 5, 13 •
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Comments Off on Varsity Cup Round 1 Review & Log
Morgan Piek – The 2013 Varsity Cup got underway last night with a couple of mouth-watering clashes. FNB Maties 29 (0) vs FNB UJ 8 (8) First up we had the mighty maroon machine the Maties kick-off proceedings against UJ in Stellenbosch last night. Never...
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Jan 24, 13 •
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Comments Off on White River take the long way round to SARU Community Cup kick-off
Mpumalanga champions White River face the longest journey when the SARU Community Cup kicks off on February 16. For their match against wild cards Roses United in Wellington on the opening weekend, the Lowvelders face a return journey of more than 3,400km,...
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Jan 23, 13 •
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Comments Off on Maties overcome SA U20 hopefuls
The SA Under-20 training squad continued their Junior World Championship preparation with a match against the Maties at the Markötter Sports Ground in Stellenbosch on Wednesday morning, where the Stellenbosch students triumphed 26-17. They defeated the...
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Jan 23, 13 •
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Comments Off on Kings beat Madibaz
Sean Hutchison – Port Elizabeth. A warm up ‘game’ was played between the Southern Kings and Nelson Mandela Bay University today. The Kings went out to a 21-0 lead at half-time and ended up winning 28-12. It was treated as a...
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Jan 21, 13 •
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Comments Off on Nowhere to hide in 2013 Varsity Rugby season
The 2013 Varsity Rugby season kicked-off in fine style at the Serengeti Wildlife & Golf Estate Clubhouse in Kempton Park on Monday, with an exciting air of unpredictability hanging over the main tournament. Now in its sixth season, the 2013 FNB Varsity...
