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Jul 12, 18 •
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Comments Off on Mpupha to lead SA at RWC Women’s Sevens
Zintle Mpupha will lead an exciting group of 12 players selected by Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Paul Delport to San Francisco, USA, where they will contest the third edition of the Rugby World Cup Women’s Sevens tournament on 20-22 July....
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Jul 12, 18 •
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Comments Off on COCA-COLA HERO OF THE DAY (DAY 3)
Lions player, Henco van Wyk was recognised as the third Coca-Cola Hero of the Day for the 2018 U18 Coca-Cola® Craven Week taking place at Paarl Boys High. The prestigious Coca-Cola Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in...
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Jul 12, 18 •
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Comments Off on Six teams show class at U18 Coca-Cola Youth Weeks
The U18 Coca-Cola Youth Week tournaments continued to deliver top-class action on Wednesday, with six teams still unbeaten at Paarl Boys’ High’s Brug Street Grounds – the DHL Western Province and Build-it Border in the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week, and the...
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Jul 11, 18 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Sunwolves in Indigenous Round clash
The St.George Queensland Reds have named their team to take on the Sunwolves at Suncorp Stadium this Friday night in their annual Indigenous Round clash. The Reds have made two changes to the starting team which defeated the Melbourne Rebels last week, as...
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Jul 11, 18 •
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Comments Off on COCA-COLA HERO OF THE DAY (DAY 2)
Richard Kriel from the Cheetahs was recognised as the second Coca-Cola Hero of the Day for the 2018 U18 Coca-Cola® Craven Week taking place at Paarl Boys High. The prestigious Coca-Cola Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in...
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Jul 11, 18 •
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Comments Off on U18 Coca-Cola Youth Weeks keep Paarl fans gripped
The U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week kept the passionate Paarl crowd gripped in another entertaining day’s action at Paarl Boys’ High’s Brug Steet Grounds on Tuesday, as 24 teams battled it out in their opening matches after watching...
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Jul 10, 18 •
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Comments Off on SA Students Sevens teams named for World Championships
Two competitive SA Students Sevens teams have been named for the FISU World University Rugby Sevens Championships in Swakopmund this weekend, with three capped Blitzboks included in the men’s team for the event in Namibia. The three Springbok Sevens players...
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Jul 10, 18 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens named for Rugby World Cup Sevens
The All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens squads to defend New Zealand’s double titles at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco, USA, have been named today. Both teams travel to USA this weekend as defending World Cup champions with a...
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Jul 10, 18 •
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Comments Off on COCA-COLA® HERO OF THE DAY (DAY 1)
Siphesihle Mthethwa from the Pumas has recognised as the first Coca-Cola Hero of the Day for the U18 Coca-Cola® Craven Week taking place at Paarl Boys High. The prestigious Coca-Cola Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in...
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Jul 10, 18 •
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Comments Off on U18 Coca-Cola Youth Weeks off to exciting start
The U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week tournaments got off to an exhilarating start at Paarl Boys’ High’s Brug Street grounds on Monday, with an exciting mix of big wins and nail-biting clashes keeping spectators gripped throughout the...
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Jul 9, 18 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby calls on rugby fraternity to join Men’s March
SA Rugby called on all men from the rugby fraternity in South Africa to join Tuesday’s “100 Years of Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu: Men’s March Men’s March Against Violence on Women and Children” in Pretoria. This initiative, supported by the...
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Jul 9, 18 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks enter final phase of RWC Sevens preparations
The Springbok Sevens squad assembled in Mossel Bay on Sunday for a final training camp before departure to San Francisco, where the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament will be played at AT&T Park from 20-22 July. Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell will name...
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Jul 9, 18 •
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Comments Off on Black Ferns Sevens and All Blacks Sevens jerseys launched ahead of Rugby World Cup Sevens
Just two weeks out crowning the next world champions in sevens rugby, fans will be now able to show their support with new All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens jerseys. It is the first time Black Ferns Sevens jerseys have been made available for purchase,...
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Jul 9, 18 •
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Comments Off on JESSE PARAHI AND TOM CONNOR LOCKED IN UNTIL TOKYO 2020
The Qantas Australian Sevens squad has been bolstered with another two re-signings with veteran Jesse Parahi and rising star Tom Connor both committing to the program until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Parahi’s signature continues his commitment to the...
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Jul 9, 18 •
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Comments Off on Youth Weeks festival set for grand finale in Paarl
The SA Rugby Youth Weeks festival will reach an exciting conclusion in Paarl this week as the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week teams battle it out for top honours in the last of seven tournaments at Paarl Boys’ High’s Brug Street...
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Jul 8, 18 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls stage remarkable comeback – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 18 Review
DHL Stormers dent Cell C Sharks’ playoff plans Many permutations apply for Finals Series The Vodacom Bulls dealt the Jaguares their first defeat in three months when they staged a remarkable comeback to beat the high-flying Argentineans by 43-34 in Pretoria...
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Jul 8, 18 •
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Comments Off on iCOLLEGE Pumas and Tafel Lager Griquas into the Final – SuperSport Rugby Challenge semi-finals review
The iCOLLEGE Pumas and Tafel Lager Griquas will meet at the Bridgton Sports Grounds in Oudtshoorn next Sunday to determine who will be crowned as the new kings of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge for 2018. The Nelspruit team, the only unbeaten side left in this...
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Jul 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Horn to lead DHL WP U19 at DHL Newlands
Loose forward Francke Horn will lead DHL Western Province U19 in their encounter with the Vodacom Blue Bulls U19 at DHL Newlands on Saturday. The match, which kicks off at 14h40 on Saturday, will be played as a curtain-raiser before the Vodacom Super Rugby...
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Jul 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on HSBC Cape Town Sevens dates confirmed
The schedule for the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2018/19 was confirmed on Friday, with the ever-popular HSBC Cape Town Sevens set for the weekend of 8 and 9 December 2018. SA Rugby will by middle August make an announcement on ticket sales for this...
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Jul 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Power house, Ox Nche commits for another year with the Free State.
Despite interest from other rugby clubs, Ox Nche has decided to extend his contract with the Toyota Cheetahs. The Bloemfontein fan favourite, who earned his Springbok cap against Wales in June this year has committed until 2019. Nche was born in Thaba Nchu,...
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Jul 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on WP, Boland show their class in U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week
DHL Western Province kept alive their hopes of taking top honours in the U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week for the sixth year in a row as they beat the Itec Blue Bulls 17-8 to join their Western Cape counterparts, Boland, as the only unbeaten teams going into...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Crucial derby in Cape Town – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 18 Preview
Dillyn Leyds and Thomas du Toit to reach 50 caps in coastal derby Vodacom Bulls starting team unchanged for Jaguares visit The Cell C Sharks will have it all to play for when they tackle the DHL Stormers in their penultimate Vodacom Super Rugby pool match in...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Leyds brings up DHL Stormers 50 at DHL Newlands
Dillyn Leyds will play his 50th match for the DHL Stormers against the Cell C Sharks at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Leyds will start at fullback in a DHL Stormers team that features five changes for the Vodacom Super Rugby coastal derby, which kicks off at...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Toyota Free State XV – Semi-Final
Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Toyota Free State XV SuperSport Rugby Challenge Semi-Final Saturday, 7 July 2018 Kick-Off: 15:00 Tafel Lager Park, Kimberley Team: 1.Devon Martinus 2. Khwezi Mkhafu 3. NJ Oosthuizen 4. Sintu Manjezi 5. Pieter van Vuren (C) 6. De Wet...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State XV vs Tafel Lager Griquas
On Saturday, 7 July Tafel Lager Park in Kimberley will see the SuperSport Rugby Challenge Semi-Final between Toyota Free State XV and Griquas. The neighbours faced each other twice already in pool play. On 13 May, Toyota Free State XV won 32-31 in Rustenburg,...
