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Nov 11, 22 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks named for Healthspan Elite Northern Tour clash with Scotland in Edinburgh
All Blacks selectors Ian Foster, Joe Schmidt and Jason Ryan have named one debutant to face Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium on Sunday. Winger Mark Telea has been selected to make his first Test appearance, four months after initially being called up as COVID...
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Nov 11, 22 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks XV team named for clash with Barbarians
The All Blacks XV team has been named to play the Barbarians at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Sunday 13 November, kick-off at 2.00PM GMT (3.00AM Monday 14 November NZDT). The matchday 23 is as follows (Province/Super Rugby Club) All Blacks XV Head...
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Nov 11, 22 •
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Comments Off on Stick disappointed with SA ‘A’ result but proud of the players’ fight
South Africa ‘A’ coach Mzwandile Stick and captain Thomas du Toit were bitterly disappointed after the team’s defeat against Munster at Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork on Thursday night, in the first of their two mid-week matches on the year-end tour. Munster...
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Nov 9, 22 •
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Comments Off on VODACOM BULLS BID FAREWELL TO WALT
After two years, 57 appearances from a possible 87, with more than 3 708 minutes played in blue – Walt Steenkamp bids a fond farewell to the Vodacom Bulls family. The towering 27-year-old lock forward leaves the Vodacom Bulls with a host of memories...
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Nov 8, 22 •
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Comments Off on Boks make switches for France with Libbok on bench
Former SA Under-20 flyhalf Manie Libbok has been included on the Springbok bench for Saturday’s Test against France in Marseille as head coach Jacques Nienaber named a team showing five changes and two positional switches from the side that ran out against...
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Nov 7, 22 •
3871 Views •
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Comments Off on Dazel gets the ball rolling with Springbok Women’s Sevens
Interim Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Renfred Dazel got the squad’s preparations underway on Monday when 16 players assembled at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport for their first assessment camp for the 2022/23 season. Seven of the players are...
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Nov 7, 22 •
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Comments Off on Stick names 14 Boks in South Africa ‘A’ team to face Munster
South Africa ‘A’ coach Mzwandile Stick has included 14 capped Springbok players in his match-day squad to face Munster at Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork on Thursday (kick-off 21h30 SA time), in their first of two mid-week games on the year-end tour, ensuring...
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Nov 4, 22 •
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Comments Off on Louw, Kotze and Zas called up to SA ‘A’ squad
Springbok loose forward Elrigh Louw, Leolin Zas (wing) and JJ Kotze (hooker) were called up to the South Africa ‘A’ squad on Friday as injury replacements for Sbu Nkosi, Marco van Staden and Jan-Hendrik Wessels. Louw has been a regular member of the...
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Nov 4, 22 •
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Comments Off on 2022/23 EPCR Challenge Cup – rearranged fixtures
Following the RFU’s decisions to suspend Wasps and Worcester Warriors from the Gallagher Premiership for the remainder of the season, both clubs cannot be included in the 2022/23 EPCR Challenge Cup fixture schedule. Due to the resulting changes to the...
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Nov 3, 22 •
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Comments Off on THE OFFICIAL TOYOTA CHEETAH BLK EPCR CHALLENGE CUP JERSEY
In a celebration of past and present, the Toyota Cheetahs will pay homage to their Northern Hemisphere footprint as they begin a new chapter in the EPCR Challenge Cup. An inspired visual tribute, the Challenge Cup jersey features white hoops that contract...
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Nov 1, 22 •
3646 Views •
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Comments Off on Blitzbok butterflies in Hong Kong
At a fairly young age of 24 years old, JC Pretorius has seen a lot during his exploits on the rugby fields of the world in the colours of the Springbok Sevens team. With 21 tournaments to his name, and after being named in Dream Teams at tournaments and even...
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Nov 1, 22 •
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Comments Off on COETZEE EXTENDS HIS VODACOM BULLS STAY
Marcell Coetzee has extended his commitment to the Vodacom Bulls until 2027. The Springbok flanker initially joined the Vodacom Bulls (from Ulster) in June 2021 on a three-year deal, quickly becoming a vital member of the squad, making 33 appearances in all...
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Nov 1, 22 •
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Comments Off on NIZAAM CARR JOINS VODACOM BULLS FROM WASPS
Springbok loose-forward, Nizaam Carr returns to the Vodacom Bulls on a deal that runs from 01 November 2022 through to June 2024. The vastly experienced Carr brings (home) an impressive arsenal of skills, having made more than 245 senior club appearances with...
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Nov 1, 22 •
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Comments Off on Kolbe returns in settled Springbok team to face Ireland
Cheslin Kolbe will play his first Test at fullback when he makes a return to the Springbok team for the first time since July in a settled team to face the top-ranked team in the world, Ireland, at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday as Springbok coach...
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Oct 31, 22 •
2844 Views •
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Comments Off on We can do this – Du Preez on success in Hong Kong
A card game is amongst the things done by the Springbok Sevens team to pass time on a long-haul flight, such as the one to Hong Kong where the Blitzboks arrived earlier today from a Cape Town-Johannesburg-Singapore transit. In this card game, the winner is...
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Oct 31, 22 •
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Comments Off on Uncertainty on Nkosi, Van Staden joining Springboks
SA Rugby Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus and Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber have delayed the call-up of Springbok wing Sbu Nkosi and flank Marco van Staden until the results of medical scans are available following rib injuries suffered by the pair in the...
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Oct 30, 22 •
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Comments Off on WALLAROOS FALL TO ENGLAND IN RUGBY WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL
England has proved too strong for the Wallaroos in their Quarter-Final match-up at the Rugby World Cup, defeating the Australian side 41-5. Jay Tregonning’s side was unable to match the England pack as they controlled the contest from the opening...
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Oct 30, 22 •
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Comments Off on WALLABIES HOLD ON FOR GRITTY WIN AGAINST SCOTLAND
The Wallabies have shown incredible fight to deliver a 16-15 win over Scotland, overcoming a 15-6 deficit with 25 minutes left to play. It was a tight affair at BT Murrayfield in Edinburgh, with point-scoring at a premium, and the teams separated by just one...
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Oct 28, 22 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom URC goes local before Test break
The Cell C Sharks and Emirates Lions will return to the field in a thrilling round featuring two local Vodacom United Rugby Championship derbies when they take on last year’s finalists, the DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls, respectively this weekend. The...
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Oct 28, 22 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers change-up for Joburg
There are eight changes to the DHL Stormers starting line-up for their Vodacom United Rugby Championship encounter with the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday. Three of the changes are in the backline and five in the forward pack for the South African...
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Oct 28, 22 •
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Comments Off on Exciting mix named in Springbok and SA ‘A’ squads
Former Junior Springbok backs Manie Libbok and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu earned their first Springbok call-ups on Friday, while there was a recall for Jason Jenkins, who is back in the national set-up four years after making his Test debut, as head coach...
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Oct 28, 22 •
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Comments Off on Tim Mikkelson returns for 99th All Blacks Sevens tournament
One of the world’s most decorated sevens players, Tim Mikkelson, will return from injury at the Hong Kong Sevens on 4-6 November. This will be his first tournament since claiming a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The team is (brackets denotes...
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Oct 26, 22 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand’s five DHL Super Rugby Pacific 2023 squads have been announced
Twenty-one rookies, five overseas returnees, and five club transfers are among the features of the five DHL Super Rugby Pacific squads announced by New Zealand Rugby (NZR) today. CLICK HERE TO VIEW NZR’s FIVE DHL SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC SQUADS NZR has...
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Oct 26, 22 •
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Comments Off on Centurions get Capped at DHL Stormers awards
Manie Libbok and Evan Roos took the top honours at the Western Province Rugby awards evening on Tuesday. Flyhalf Libbok was named DHL Stormers Player of the Year and Roos the DHL Stormers Players’ Player of the year at the awards evening at Kelvin...
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Oct 24, 22 •
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Comments Off on Springboks to face NZ at Twickenham in RWC warm-up game
The Springboks will line up against the New Zealand at Twickenham in England for only the second time ever when they clash in a Rugby World Cup warm-up fixture on Friday, 25 August 2023 – two weeks before the international extravaganza kicks off in France,...