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Jul 4, 13 •
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Currie Cup F.Div, Currie Cup F.Div News, General News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Tempo of Absa Currie Cup First Division set to increase from Friday
The quality of rugby in the Absa Currie Cup First Division is expected to rise significantly on Friday with the players settled and the teams focused on stamping their authority early on. The Leopards host the Valke in Potchefstroom at 17h15, while the...
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Jul 4, 13 •
3333 Views •
General News, International, Springbok News, Springboks, World Rugby •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on The Rugby Championship moves to Johannesburg to mark the ‘Nelson Mandela Sports Day’
SANZAR advises that the South Africa v Argentina match scheduled to be played at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein on Saturday 17 August has been moved to FNB Stadium in Johannesburg to form part of a unique initiative spearheaded by the national departments of...
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Jul 4, 13 •
2706 Views •
Currie Cup F.Div, Currie Cup F.Div News, General News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on MTN Lions announced to play against Blue Bulls
MTN Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has announced his side to face the Blue Bulls at Loftus this Saturday. The match will be the curtain-raiser to the Bulls versus The Sharks Super Rugby match. Kick-off is at 16h30. 1. JC Janse van Rensburg ...
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Jul 4, 13 •
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General News, International, Springbok News, Springboks, World Rugby •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Springboks, Pumas to honour Madiba in unique double-header with soccer at FNB Stadium
The Springboks will play Argentina on Saturday 17 August at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg as part of the Nelson Mandela Sports Day, it was announced on Thursday morning. The Springboks’ opening Test in The Castle Lager Rugby Championship will move from...
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Jul 4, 13 •
5416 Views •
Craven Week, General News, School, Youth Weeks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on The Fifth Coca-Cola Youth Rugby Week for Innocent Radebe
When Innocent Radebe goes to Polokwane next week to play in the Coca-Cola Craven Week it will be the fifth Coca-Cola Youth rugby week that he will be attending – proof that his rugby pedigree runs deep, and that his burgeoning talent was identified early,...
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Jul 4, 13 •
2456 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Blues team announced to face the Cheetahs
Blues head coach SirJohn Kirwanhas made four changes to the starting XV for Sunday morning’s clash with the Cheetahs inBloemfontein. With halfback Piri Weepu and first five-eighths Chris Noakes both back inNew Zealandnursing injuries, Jamison...
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Jul 3, 13 •
3399 Views •
Currie Cup F.Div, Currie Cup F.Div News, General News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on EP Kings team announced against the Griffons
The Eastern Province Rugby team that will take on the Griffons on Saturday has been announced, as the team looks to improve on their poor start to the season against the Steval Pumas. “After last week’s poor start to our Currie Cup campaign, where we were...
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Jul 3, 13 •
3311 Views •
General News, Grant Khomo Week •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Under-16s receive tips to make it to the top in SA rugby
The Coca-Cola under-16 Grant Khomo Week players on Tuesday night received valuable tips on what it takes to reach the top in South African rugby in a workshop hosted by SARU’s Development department. The workshop educated the teams about what selectors...
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Jul 3, 13 •
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General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs Team announced for battle with Blues
Die Toyota Cheetahs sê Saterdag, 7 Julie die Blues aan in ‘n Vodacom Super Rugby kragmeting in die Vrystaat Stadion in Bloemfontein. Die wedstryd skop om 14:50 af en word voorafgegaan deur ‘n wedstryd tussen die Vrystaat Plattelandspan en SA Lugmag wat...
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Jul 3, 13 •
2755 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Don Armand the only change for DHL Stormers Team
Coach Allister Coetzee has made just one change to the DHL Stormers starting line-up for Saturday’s Vodacom Super Rugby clash against the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth (17h05). Don Armand replaces the injured Siya Kolisi (ankle) at loose forward for...
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Jul 3, 13 •
2807 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Marcel van der Merwe in first Blue Bulls outing
Tight head prop Marcel van der Merwe will make his long awaited debut for the Vodacom Blue Bulls in a friendly match against the MTN Golden Lions at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Van der Merwe joined the Vodacom Blue Bulls last year, but has been recovering...
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Jul 3, 13 •
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General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Morne Steyn back in starting line-up for Vodacom Bulls
Their most experienced player ever, Mornè Steyn, is back in the starting line-up of the Vodacom Bulls team to play The Sharks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Steyn came off the bench in last weekend’s win over the Southern Kings much earlier than planned,...
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Jul 3, 13 •
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General News, Grant Khomo Week, Youth Weeks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Blue Bulls & Western Province make it a North-South Derby on the Final Day of the u16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week
2 July 2013. Thursday’s “main game” at the Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week in Vanderbijlpark between the Blue Bulls and Western Province will be an intriguing clash between two sides that have been comfortably the classiest outfits on display...
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Jul 3, 13 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Crusaders name team to play the Chiefs
This weekend see’s the Crusaders take on the 2012 Investec Super Rugby champions the Chiefs. Crusaders Head Coach Todd Blackadder has named his team making five changes to the starting fifteen that bet the Highlanders last weekend. The...
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Jul 2, 13 •
3097 Views •
General News, Grant Khomo Week, School •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Western Province and Blue Bulls favourites to contest final match at the Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week
Western Province and the Blue Bulls on Tuesday took major steps toward contesting the unofficial final of the Coca-Cola Under-16 Grant Khomo Week on Thursday as they produced another round of classy displays in the top matches of the day. The Cape-based side...
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Jul 2, 13 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Southern Kings team announced to take on DHL Stormers
The team, under the captaincy of Andries Strauss, remains unchanged from the 22 that took on the Bulls at Loftus on Saturday, except for the absence of Rynier Bernardo from the bench, who makes way for Steven Sykes. Sykes returns to the bench after having...
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Jul 1, 13 •
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General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Louis Fouché injured his knee ligaments and will be out of rugby for at least six months
Vodacom Bulls flyhalf Louis Fouché injured his knee ligaments and will be out of rugby for at least six months. He picked up the injury in the Vodacom Bulls win over the Kings in Pretoria at the weekend. According to Vodacom Bulls team doctor, Org Strauss,...
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Jul 1, 13 •
4263 Views •
Academy Week, General News, Grant Khomo Week, School, Youth Weeks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Coca-Cola u16 Grant Khomo & u18 Academy Week off to an exciting start
The Coca-Cola under-16 Grant Khomo Week got off to an exciting start at the Isak Steyl Stadium in Vanderbijlpark on Monday with a cocktail of big victories and close encounters keeping spectators entertained. Such was the competitiveness of the clashes on the...
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Jul 1, 13 •
8079 Views •
British & Irish Lions, British & Irish Lions News, General News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Reaction as Lions Series is levelled, Exclusive O’Driscoll interview, Robinson, Hastings, Roff and Gregan second test reaction
This fifth edition from The Tour features an exclusive interview with Brian O’Driscoll the morning after the second Test with respected pundit Jonathan Davies, as well as views from former Wallaby winger Joe Roff, former two-time Lions tourist Jason...
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Jul 1, 13 •
3118 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs fans invited to support their side for vital battle with Blues
Die Toyota Cheetahs sê Saterdag, 7 Julie die Blues aan in ‘n Vodacom Super Rugby kragmeting in die Vrystaat Stadion in Bloemfontein. Die wedstryd skop om 14:50 af en word voorafgegaan deur ‘n wedstryd tussen die Vrystaat Plattelandspan en SA Lugmag wat...
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Jul 1, 13 •
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General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Blues injury update – Weepu to return home
Blues halfback Piri Weepu will join Chris Noakes on a flight back to Auckland later this evening after failing to recover from a rib injury he sustained against the Sharks. Weepu was still very sore this morning and Blues doctor Stephen Kara believed...
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Jul 1, 13 •
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General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Jarrad Hoeata Suspended For One Week
The SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Jannie Lubbe SC has accepted a guilty plea from Jarrad Hoeata of the Highlanders for contravening Disciplinary Rule 6.1 of the SANZAR Judicial Rules by receiving a third Yellow Card in the 2013 Super Rugby tournament. Hoeata...
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Jul 1, 13 •
27606 Views •
Analysis, General News, School, School Rugby Rankings •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on School Rugby Rankings Explained: The Good the Bad and the Beautiful
Rugby fans are passionate about the game and where their allegiances are to be found and non-more so than amongst parents, pupils and old-boys of our schools! When Rugby 15 shares the weekly School Rugby Rankings we find intense debates amongst these old...
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Jul 1, 13 •
3177 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Blues injury update
The Blues’ 22-20 defeat to the Sharks inDurbanon Sunday morning has been compounded by news that first five-eighths Chris Noakes suffered a thigh strain and will return toNew Zealand. Utility back Marty McKenzie will fly out toBloemfonteinas a...
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Jun 30, 13 •
4008 Views •
Academy Week, Craven Week, General News, Grant Khomo Week, School, Youth Weeks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Coca-Cola Youth Weeks step up a gear
The Coca-Cola Youth Weeks are expected to switch into a higher gear on Monday as the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and Under-18 Academy Week players receive the opportunity to make their presence felt. The Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week will be hosted at the Isak...
