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  • Erasmus bemoans wasted opportunities at Twickenham

    Nov 4, 18 • 1671 Views • General News, International, Springboks • • Comments Off on Erasmus bemoans wasted opportunities at Twickenham

    The Springboks’ failure to finish off their opportunities and some ill-discipline, which resulted in crucial penalties for England, cost them the match at Twickenham on Saturday, according to Rassie Erasmus, the SA Rugby Director of Rugby. England edged...

  • New Zealand Rugby welcomes nominations for World Player of the Year

    Nov 3, 18 • 1604 Views • General News, International, World Rugby • • Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby welcomes nominations for World Player of the Year

    All Blacks Beauden Barrett and Rieko Ioane, and Black Ferns skipper Fiao’o Faamausili have been named as finalists for the Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year awards, taking the tally of New Zealand nominations to seven, for this year’s World...

  • David Sisi to captain Zebre Rugby club for the first time

    Nov 3, 18 • 1192 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on David Sisi to captain Zebre Rugby club for the first time

    Zebre concluded their week of training this morning at Rugby Citadel of Parma ahead of the next weekend challenge in the eighth round of the Guinness PRO14. Zebre will be in Wales to face the Cardiff Blues in the return match between the two sides included in...

  • Jenkins to make his 195 and final appearance

    Nov 3, 18 • 1185 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Jenkins to make his 195 and final appearance

    Gethin Jenkins has been named on the bench as he prepares to hang up his boots following Sunday’s Guinness PRO14 clash with Zebre (2.45pm). The Wales record appearance maker has been battling back from a chronic knee injury but has now been advised to draw...

  • Benetton Rugby team to face Ulster Rugby

    Nov 3, 18 • 1231 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Benetton Rugby team to face Ulster Rugby

    Benetton Rugby will play again at the Monigo Stadium against Ulster Rugby tomorrow afternoon . The match will start at 4pm and will be directed by Scottish referee Mike Adamson. These are the 23 Lions that will take the field. Full back will be Jayden...

  • Ulster Team named for Benetton battle

    Nov 3, 18 • 1002 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Ulster Team named for Benetton battle

    The Ulster coaching team have named their match day squad for Saturday’s trip to face Benetton Rugby (Stadio Monigo, Treviso, 3pm GMT). Abbey Insurance Academy player James Hume will make his first senior start, following on from his replacement appearances...

  • Dragons trio called up for Connacht clash

    Nov 3, 18 • 979 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Dragons trio called up for Connacht clash

    Hallam Amos, Joe Davies and Taine Basham are all handed starts as Dragons head to Galway to face Connacht Rugby in the Guinness PRO14 on Saturday evening (kick-off 5.15pm). Wales international Amos makes his playing return at outside centre for the fixture at...

  • Griffin poised for 100th Connacht appearance against Dragons in the Sportsground

    Nov 3, 18 • 941 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Griffin poised for 100th Connacht appearance against Dragons in the Sportsground

    Eoin Griffin is poised to make his 100th appearance in a Connacht jersey as he is named on the bench for the Guinness PRO14 clash with the Dragons in the Sportsground on Saturday (kick-off 5:15pm). The Galway man made his Connacht debut in 2010 and is on his...

  • Leinster Rugby team to face Southern Kings

    Nov 2, 18 • 1134 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Leinster Rugby team to face Southern Kings

    The Leinster Rugby team to face the Southern Kings on Sunday in Round 8 of the Guinness PRO14 has been announced (KO 2.45pm local/12.45pm Irish, live on eir Sport). Download audio of pre-match interviews with Felipe Contepomi, Ed Byrne and Rory...

  • Isuzu Southern Kings name team to face Leinster

    Nov 2, 18 • 1102 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Isuzu Southern Kings name team to face Leinster

    New Isuzu Southern Kings recruit Stefan Ungerer will get a starting berth when the side takes on Guinness PRO14 defending champions, Leinster, in their Round 8 clash at the Nelson Mandela University’s Madibaz Stadium on Sunday, November 4. Kick-off is at...

  • Springboks expect huge physical, tactical battle at Twickenham

    Nov 2, 18 • 1617 Views • General News, International, Springboks • • Comments Off on Springboks expect huge physical, tactical battle at Twickenham

    Springbok skipper, Siya Kolisi, reckons his team can expect a huge physical and tactical battle on Saturday against England at Twickenham. The match is also the opening fixture of South Africa’s 2018 Castle Lager Outgoing Tour to the United Kingdom and...

  • Munster Rugby team to face Toyota Cheetahs

    Nov 2, 18 • 1016 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Munster Rugby team to face Toyota Cheetahs

    The Munster team has been named for Sunday’s Guinness PRO14 clash against the Cheetahs at Toyota Stadium (4.45pm local time, 2.45pm Irish time). Tyler Bleyendaal captains the side from inside centre with Bill Johnston and Fineen Wycherley making their first...

  • Toyota Cheetahs face Irish giant Munster

    Nov 2, 18 • 1093 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs face Irish giant Munster

    The Toyota Cheetahs will host Munster on Sunday, 4 November in Toyota Stadium. The action kicks off at 16:45 (SA time) with a live broadcast on SuperSport 1 (Premier Sports 2 and eir Sport1 and 14:45) The Toyota Cheetahs will attempt to register their first...

  • Marx, De Klerk nominated for World Rugby Players of the Year award

    Nov 2, 18 • 1988 Views • General News, International, Springboks, World Rugby • • Comments Off on Marx, De Klerk nominated for World Rugby Players of the Year award

    Two Springboks, Malcolm Marx and Faf de Klerk, are amongst a group of five players nominated for the prestigious 2018 World Rugby Player of the Year Award. Marx (hooker) and De Klerk (scrumhalf) join their Springbok colleague Aphiwe Dyantyi as South African...

  • Black Ferns named for historic USA Test

    Nov 2, 18 • 1349 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Black Ferns named for historic USA Test

    Black Ferns Head Coach Glenn Moore has named the team to play the USA in an historic triple header at Soldier Field in Chicago this weekend. The squad is (Test caps in brackets. *New cap): 1. Phillipa Love (4) 2. Fiao’o Faamausili (54, captain) 3....

  • Grow a Mo! Dragons support Movember

    Nov 2, 18 • 1030 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Grow a Mo! Dragons support Movember

    The players and backroom staff at Dragons are ditching the razors to sport some ‘fan-tash-tic’ Mos this month to fundraise for men’s health. Movember is the month-long moustache-growing event, when men are encouraged to sport upper lip hair to raise...

  • Boyde to lead Scarlets at Murrayfield

    Nov 2, 18 • 1013 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Boyde to lead Scarlets at Murrayfield

    The eighth round of the Guinness PRO14 will see the Scarlets head to BT Murrayfield on Friday 2ndNovember to take on Edinburgh Rugby. A ten-try thriller between Southern Kings and Scarlets at Port Elizabeth’s Madibaz Stadium last Friday evening saw visitors...

  • Scotland duo return for Scarlets showdown

    Nov 2, 18 • 947 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Scotland duo return for Scarlets showdown

    Scotland internationalists Tom Brown and Murray McCallum return to Edinburgh’s starting XV as Head Coach Richard Cockerill makes just three changes to his team to face Scarlets at BT Murrayfield in the Guinness PRO14 tomorrow night (Friday 2 November,...

  • Tameilau to make first start for Warriors

    Nov 2, 18 • 1025 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Tameilau to make first start for Warriors

    USA international Tevita Tameilau will make his first start for Glasgow Warriors away to Ospreys tomorrow night, kick off 7.35pm, live on Premier Sports 2. The number 8 will pack down at the Liberty Stadium with Adam Ashe and captain Callum Gibbins either...

  • Ospreys team to play Glasgow Warriors

    Nov 2, 18 • 955 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Ospreys team to play Glasgow Warriors

    The Ospreys team to play Glasgow Warriors at Liberty Stadium on Friday 2nd November 2018, KO 7.35pm, is as follows: 15 Dan Evans 14 Hanno Dirksen 13 Cory Allen 12 Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler 11 Keelan Giles 10 Sam Davies 9 Tom Habberfield 1 Rhodri Jones 2 Scott...

  • Centre Jamie Elliott signs for Zebre Rugby Club

    Nov 2, 18 • 1054 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Centre Jamie Elliott signs for Zebre Rugby Club

    The backs unit of Zebre Rugby Club welcomes Jamie Elliott, outside centre signed from Bedford Blues. The English player began training with his new team-mates at the Parma’s Rugby Citadel today. Grown in the Northampton Saints’ Academy, Elliot made his...

  • England men’s squad announced ahead of South Africa Test

    Nov 1, 18 • 1213 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on England men’s squad announced ahead of South Africa Test

    England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named his side to play South Africa in the first Test of the Quilter Internationals at Twickenham Stadium (KO 3pm, live on Sky Sports HD). Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) and Owen Farrell (Saracens) are named as...

  • Vermeulen, Whiteley return in new-look Springbok loose trio combination

    Nov 1, 18 • 1264 Views • General News, International, Springboks • • Comments Off on Vermeulen, Whiteley return in new-look Springbok loose trio combination

    Duane Vermeulen and Warren Whiteley both return to the Springbok starting team and together with Siya Kolisi (captain) they will form a new-look loose forward combination for Saturday’s Castle Lager Outgoing Tour Test against England at Twickenham. The...

  • All Blacks team named for Test against Japan

    Nov 1, 18 • 1701 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on All Blacks team named for Test against Japan

    The All Blacks team has been named to play Japan at Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo, on Saturday 3 November (Kick-off: 2.45PM, NZT: 6.45PM) The matchday 23 is as follows (with Test caps in brackets. New Test All Blacks in bold): 1. Ofa Tuungafasi (22) 2. Dane Coles...

  • Junior Boks kick off 2019 preparations with assessment camps

    Nov 1, 18 • 1895 Views • BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby, World Rugby Junior Championship • • Comments Off on Junior Boks kick off 2019 preparations with assessment camps

    Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux invited two squads of 74 Under-19 and Under-18 players for assessment camps in Stellenbosch in November and January with an eye on preparing for next year’s World Rugby U20 Championship in Argentina. The U19 squad includes...