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Sep 6, 17 •
4166 Views •
Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on ‘Beast’ still enjoying the Springbok experience
He may have played in 92 Test matches since his debut more than nine years ago, but Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira is very much thrilled with the current Springbok environment. The experienced prop gave his trademark broad smile when he spoke about the...
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Sep 6, 17 •
2689 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Champion clubs aiming for Gold
The captain of this year’s Gold Cup winners will become the first to hoist aloft the remastered version of the tournament’s iconic trophy, after it was painstakingly restored by the same company that manufactured it almost a century ago. The...
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Sep 5, 17 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Excitement in Toyota Stadium
On Saturday the 16th of September 2017 at 19:30 Toyota Stadium will host its first Guinness Pro14 match when the Toyota Cheetahs will take on Zebre from Italy. With the compliments of our remarkable and loyal sponsor, Toyota SA, this will also be our annual...
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Sep 5, 17 •
4698 Views •
Analysis, General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Iqhawe Week continues to create opportunities
The 2017 edition of one of the most exciting new events in South African schools rugby, the Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week, will be hosted at the Bill Jardine Stadium in Johannesburg from 2 to 5 October. The development rugby tournament, initiated by the SA...
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Sep 5, 17 •
2730 Views •
Analysis, General News, Sevens Rugby •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Grain has high hopes for Rugby Africa 7s
Springbok Women’s Sevens captain Veroeshka Grain said on Tuesday the players are cautiously excited for the Rugby Africa Sevens in Tunisia next week, which also doubles up as the Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifier, and that they will focus all their energy on...
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Sep 4, 17 •
4080 Views •
Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Dreyer joins Springbok squad in Perth
Ruan Dreyer arrived in Perth on Monday to complete the assembly of the full Springbok squad in Western Australia for this Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies. The front ranker arrived at around midday at the team...
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Sep 3, 17 •
3312 Views •
Analysis, Currie Cup F.Div, General News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Welwitschias earn maiden win as Griffons continue to soar
The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias earned their maiden Currie Cup First Division victory on Saturday in an action-packed round as defending champions, the Down Touch Griffons, registered their second victory in a row. The team from Namibia got off to a...
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Sep 3, 17 •
2306 Views •
General News, South Africa •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Blue Bulls, Golden Lions break Currie Cup losing run
A hat-trick by Vodacom Blue Bulls and Junior Springbok fullback Manie Libbok reignited the spark in the Pretoria outfit this past weekend, as they ended a four-match losing run, while the Cell C Sharks outplayed the Toyota Free State Cheetahs to power their...
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Sep 2, 17 •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Australia will be a huge challenge, says Coetzee
The Springboks will continue to work hard and look for improvement as they head to Perth where they will face the Wallabies next in the 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship. The second part of the Springbok squad, consisting of the forwards and some...
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May 15, 17 •
3396 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Blitzboks want to finish season as they started
The Springbok Sevens team set themselves the goal at the beginning of the season to be competitive and try to win all ten tournaments of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. To neglect that aim after nine tournaments just because the series title is in the...
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May 15, 17 •
2740 Views •
General News, Springbok News, Springboks •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Kings quartet invited to third Springbok training camp
Extended group of players called up to three-day assembly in Johannesburg Squad announcement for Castle Lager Incoming Series on 23 May Four Southern Kings players, Chris Cloete, Andisa Ntsila, Lionel Cronje and Makazole Mapimpi, are amongst an...
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May 15, 17 •
1183 Views •
General News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Excitement mounts as top-flight rugby returns to Soweto
International rugby stars will be on show in Soweto for as little as R40 when SA ‘A’ take on a French Barbarians team captained by former Les Bleus star Fred Michalak next month. In a ground-breaking collaboration with the Gauteng Provincial Government,...
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May 15, 17 •
4176 Views •
Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Relieved and proud about series win – Snyman
Springbok Sevens captain, Philip Snyman, applauded the massive team effort of his squad and gave credit to their management staff for preparing the team in the best possible way, after the Blitzboks secured the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title in Paris on...
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May 14, 17 •
3357 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on South Africa crowned HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Champions
Blitzboks crowned HSBC Paris Sevens Champions Squad congratulated by SA Rugby President, Mr Mark Alexander The Springbok Sevens team won their fifth title of the season and took an unassailable lead in the 2016/17 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Paris on...
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May 14, 17 •
1827 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Kings rule in coastal derby thriller – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 12 Review
Emirates Lions clinch clean sweep of wins in Australia The Southern Kings edged the Cell C Sharks 35-32 in their thrilling coastal derby played in front of an ecstatic crowd at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday evening to make it three Vodacom...
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May 13, 17 •
4032 Views •
Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Blitzboks face Samoa in Cup quarterfinals of HSBC Paris Sevens
The Springbok Sevens team took an important step towards the overall HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title in Paris on Saturday, qualifying for a ninth consecutive Cup quarterfinals spot in the 2016/17 series. They will face Samoa in the last eight of the HSBC...
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May 12, 17 •
3347 Views •
Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Good energy in squad for final push in World Series – Powell
Proper time to prepare for the last two legs of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series could prove vital for the final push of the Springbok Sevens team towards winning the overall 2016/17 series, says Blitzboks coach, Neil Powell. The fact that he could start...
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May 12, 17 •
1898 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior Rugby •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on SA Rugby takes fans behind the scenes as Junior Boks count-down to World Champs
SA Rugby has released the first of three behind-the-scenes mini-documentaries on the Junior Springboks’ hopes to regain the World Title in Georgia next month. Coach Chean Roux and captain Ernst van Rhyn, take viewers behind the scenes in episode one as they...
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May 7, 17 •
2863 Views •
Analysis, General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Logs, Super Rugby News •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Highvelders maintain winning streak – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 11 Review
The Emirates Lions maintained their winning streak with a comprehensive 47-10 victory over the Rebels in Melbourne on Saturday morning (SA time), while the Cell C Sharks continued with their quest for a place in the Vodacom Super Rugby playoffs by outplaying...
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May 7, 17 •
2020 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Leopards show spots, DHL WP makes it three in a row
The Leopards and DHL Western Province maintained their winning streak in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge this weekend, with both teams unbeaten after three weeks in this new tournament on the South African provincial rugby landscape. Their third win in as many...
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May 5, 17 •
1954 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Vodacom Red Rugby Lifestyle Experience: #TrainWithCheetahs
To watch a game of rugby in a stadium is one thing, to meet a few players afterwards, maybe shake hands or get an autograph is a bonus, but to actually spend a whole day in the presence of these stars, up close and personal, to train with them, share jokes...
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May 5, 17 •
2052 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Southern Kings support #FillOurStadium Campaign
With the Southern Kings eagerly awaiting their next Vodacom Super Rugby home fixture against the Cell C Sharks on Saturday, 13 May 2017, the side is overwhelmed and excited by the response to the good on-field results the side has gained. Following a...
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Apr 30, 17 •
2983 Views •
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Comments Off on SuperSport Rugby Challenge continues to thrill – Week Two Review
Visiting teams ruled in the second weekend of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge with no less than five of the travelling teams winning their matches, with only DHL Western Province able to win at home. It was action-packed from start to finish though, with yet...
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Apr 30, 17 •
1967 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Rampant Kings reign over Rebels – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 10 Review
Cell C Sharks clinch vital bonus-point victory in Argentina Emirates Lions start Aussie tour with gritty win over Force The Southern Kings outplayed the Melbourne Rebels 44-3 in Port Elizabeth on Saturday evening to record their biggest Vodacom Super...
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Apr 27, 17 •
1563 Views •
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Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Unique milestone for Etzebeth in Dunedin – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 10 Preview
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth will make his 50th Vodacom Super Rugby appearance for the DHL Stormers when they face the Highlanders in Dunedin on Friday in the second of their three-match tour of New Zealand. Kick-off is 09h35 SA time. The imposing...
