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  • Leinster Rugby team to face Southern Kings

    Nov 2, 18 • 1176 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 • 1135 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 • 1652 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 • 1052 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 • 1132 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 • 2028 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 • 1403 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 • 1064 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 • 1057 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 • 986 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 • 1059 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 • 992 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 • 1086 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 • 1249 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 • 1313 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 • 1742 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 • 1949 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...

  • Introducing Investec Super Rugby’s class of 2019

    Oct 31, 18 • 2335 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Introducing Investec Super Rugby’s class of 2019

    Thirty-three new faces feature among the 190 professional players contracted by New Zealand’s five Investec Super Rugby clubs for the 2019 season. The Blues, Chiefs, Wellington, Crusaders and Highlanders have named their 38-strong squads today after...

  • Kingspan and Ulster Rugby extend partnership

    Oct 31, 18 • 1122 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Kingspan and Ulster Rugby extend partnership

    Kingspan has agreed a new four-year deal to remain as principal sponsor of Ulster Rugby until 2023, extending a partnership that stretches back to 1999. The agreement will see Kingspan, a leading global supplier of sustainable building products, continue as...

  • Gethin Jenkins to retire from rugby following Zebre clash

    Oct 31, 18 • 997 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Gethin Jenkins to retire from rugby following Zebre clash

    Gethin Jenkins will call time on his illustrious career after this Sunday’s Guinness PRO14 clash with Zebre at Cardiff Arms Park (2.45pm). The Wales record-appearance maker has been battling back from a chronic knee injury and made two appearances for...

  • Honouring and Saluting the Armed Forces

    Oct 31, 18 • 1185 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Honouring and Saluting the Armed Forces

    On Sunday, 4 November, Free State Rugby will be honouring and saluting the Armed Forces in commemoration of Remembrance Day on the 11th of November. A procession by the SANDF, SAPS, Air Force, Traffic Department, Fire Department and Rescue Unit, which...

  • Irish Guinness PRO14 giants in South Africa

    Oct 31, 18 • 1114 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Irish Guinness PRO14 giants in South Africa

    The Isuzu Southern Kings and Toyota Cheetahs will face a challenging task in the Guinness PRO14 this weekend as they line up against two of the top six sides in the competition in exciting clashes on Sunday, with Irish powerhouses Leinster and Munster...

  • Status quo remains in Currie Cup

    Oct 31, 18 • 4738 Views • Currie Cup, Currie Cup F.Div, General News • • Comments Off on Status quo remains in Currie Cup

    The Toyota Free State Cheetahs on Tuesday retained their spot in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division as they defeated First Division champions, the SWD Eagles, by 36-5 in a promotion / relegation match in Bloemfontein. The Free Staters scored three tries in...

  • England squad update: South Africa Test week

    Oct 31, 18 • 1272 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on England squad update: South Africa Test week

    Eddie Jones has retained 25 players to continue England’s preparation for the first Test of the Quilter Internationals against South Africa at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday (KO 3pm live on Sky Sports HD). In addition Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)...

  • Twickenham battle will be huge

    Oct 31, 18 • 1391 Views • General News, International, Springboks • • Comments Off on Twickenham battle will be huge

    Springbok loose forward Duane Vermeulen said he is excited to be back in the Springbok set-up and spoke of the anticipation that is building in the South African camp in the build-up to Saturday’s big match against England in London. A packed Twickenham is...