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  • Adam Hughes announces his retirement

    Apr 20, 18 • 1049 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Adam Hughes announces his retirement

    Dragons centre Adam Hughes has today confirmed his retirement from professional rugby, with immediate effect. The Newport-born Dragons Academy product, made 119 appearances for the Region since his debut in 2010, scoring 22 tries and 124 points.  However,...

  • Rugby’s tribute to the ANZACs

    Apr 20, 18 • 1435 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Rugby’s tribute to the ANZACs

    •    Invest Super Rugby matches to acknowledge ANZACs •    All Blacks coach Steve Hansen gets behind appeal This weekend’s Investec Super Rugby matches will honour the ANZACs as is the tradition of New Zealand and Australian clubs hosting matches...

  • VODAFONE SUPER RUGBY WEEK TEN PREVIEW

    Apr 20, 18 • 1329 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on VODAFONE SUPER RUGBY WEEK TEN PREVIEW

    NSW Waratahs v Lions When: Friday April 20 at 19:45 AEDT Where: Allianz Stadium, Sydney TV: Super Rugby will be live on FOX Sports 505 and Super W will be live on FOX Sports 503 Radio: LIVE on RUGBY.com.au Radio and ABC Grandstand Platforms Broadcast...

  • Paul Marshall to retire

    Apr 20, 18 • 1246 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Paul Marshall to retire

    Paul Marshall has announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the current season. The 32-year-old graduated from the Academy to a senior Ulster contract in 2006, making his debut for the team against Newport Gwent Dragons in September...

  • Notshe steps in for DHL Stormers

    Apr 19, 18 • 1537 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Notshe steps in for DHL Stormers

    Sikhumbuzo Notshe will make his first start of the season for the DHL Stormers against the Cell C Sharks in Durban on Saturday. The 24-year-old will be at No.8 in the only change to the DHL Stormers forward pack for the coastal Vodacom Super Rugby derby,...

  • Table set for big coastal battle – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 10 Preview

    Apr 19, 18 • 1491 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Table set for big coastal battle – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 10 Preview

    Resurgent Vodacom Bulls face Rebels onslaught Emirates Lions kick off overseas tour in Sydney   The table is set for a typical South African Vodacom Super Rugby derby when both the Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers will be looking to get their campaign back...

  • TAFEL LAGER GRIQUAS VS. CELL C SHARKS

    Apr 19, 18 • 2218 Views • General News, SuperSport Challenge • • Comments Off on TAFEL LAGER GRIQUAS VS. CELL C SHARKS

    Team to play the Cell C Sharks SuperSport Rugby Challenge Cup Saturday, 21 April 2018 Kick-Off: 15:00 Tafel Lager Park, Kimberley 1.Liam Hendricks 2. AJ Le Roux 3. Nicolaas Oosthuizen 4. Jono van Rensburg 5. Pieter van Vuuren (C) 6. Wendal Wehr 7. Sias Koen...

  • MyPlayers appoints Knoetze as chairman

    Apr 19, 18 • 1591 Views • General News • • Comments Off on MyPlayers appoints Knoetze as chairman

    MyPlayers, the South African Rugby Players’ Organisation, who is responsible for the management of the collective interests and purpose of all the professional rugby players in South Africa, announced today that Faffa Knoetze has been appointed as the new...

  • Brown to lead revamped Blitzboks to Singapore

    Apr 19, 18 • 1904 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Brown to lead revamped Blitzboks to Singapore

    Kyle Brown, the second most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time, will lead an exciting Blitzbok squad to Singapore this weekend for the eighth tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Brown will play for South Africa in his 65th tournament,...

  • Cell C Sharks vs. DHL Stormers

    Apr 19, 18 • 2646 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Cell C Sharks vs. DHL Stormers

    Date Saturday, 21st April 2018 Time 17h15 Venue JONSSON KINGS PARK, Durban Referee Glen Jackson Assistant Referees Egon Seconds, Cwengile Jadezweni Television Match Official Marius Jonker   The Cell C Sharks team to play the DHL Stormers at JONSSON KINGS...

  • Papier to start for Vodacom Blue Bulls XV

    Apr 19, 18 • 2451 Views • General News, SuperSport Challenge • • Comments Off on Papier to start for Vodacom Blue Bulls XV

    Embrose Papier will start at scrumhalf for the Vodacom Blue Bulls XV in their opening match of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge. The Vodacom Blue Bulls XV takes on the iCollege Pumas in Nelspruit. Papier is one of five players that saw recent action for the...

  • New loose trio combination for Vodacom Bulls

    Apr 19, 18 • 1649 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on New loose trio combination for Vodacom Bulls

    Vodacom Bulls coach, John Mitchell, named a largely unchanged squad to face the Rebels in a Vodacom Super Rugby clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The coach had to tweak his loose trio combination due to an injury to Hanro Liebenberg, with Marco van Staden...

  • Xerox Golden Lions SSC venues confirmed

    Apr 19, 18 • 2724 Views • General News, National, SuperSport Challenge • • Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions SSC venues confirmed

    Xerox Golden Lions for the SuperSport Challenge home fixtures vs Namibia and the Pumas: Pumas Date:                     Saturday 28 April 2018 Kick-off:               13:00 Venue:                 Wits...

  • Mike Davies to be appointed Dragons Managing Director

    Apr 19, 18 • 1090 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Mike Davies to be appointed Dragons Managing Director

    The Dragons board are delighted to confirm Mike Davies as the region’s new Managing Director. Cwmbran-born Mike joins the Dragons as a successful business leader with over thirty years’ experience in the retail sector for B&Q. Mike held several senior...

  • De-Jay hunting Puma record / De-Jay jag Puma-rekord

    Apr 19, 18 • 2834 Views • General News, National • • Comments Off on De-Jay hunting Puma record / De-Jay jag Puma-rekord

    Pumas prop De-Jay Terblanche has been named at loosehead for the start of the season in his quest to overtake Francois Rossouw as the most capped Puma of all time. The Pumas kick-start their SuperSport Challenge campaign in Nelspruit’s Mbombela Stadium...

  • Sazi to lead new-look Junior Bok team against Georgia

    Apr 19, 18 • 1422 Views • BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior Rugby • • Comments Off on Sazi to lead new-look Junior Bok team against Georgia

    Junior Springbok prop Sazi Sandi will lead a new-look Junior Springbok squad, featuring Blitzbok Muller du Plessis, in their second warm-up match against Georgia at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch on Friday. SA Under-20 coach Chean Roux made several...

  • Black Ferns Sevens looking to follow up from Commonwealth Games gold

    Apr 19, 18 • 1364 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Black Ferns Sevens looking to follow up from Commonwealth Games gold

    On the back of a successful Commonwealth Games campaign, Black Ferns Sevens Coach Allan Bunting has named the Black Ferns Sevens team to take on the HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens in Japan this weekend. The team is (*denote debut): 1. Huia Harding* (Waikato) 2....

  • St.George Queensland Reds team to play Chiefs at Suncorp Stadium

    Apr 19, 18 • 1290 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Chiefs at Suncorp Stadium

    The St.George Queensland Reds have named their team to take on the Chiefs at Suncorp Stadium this weekend. The match is the Reds’ first home game in six weeks and will recognise ANZAC Round, as well as marking Queensland’s 1000th capped Rugby match, a...

  • Paul Roos vs Grey High School Historic Overview

    Apr 18, 18 • 3390 Views • General News, School • • Comments Off on Paul Roos vs Grey High School Historic Overview

    Paul Roos vs Grey High School Historic Overview Date: 21 April Kick-off: 13h00 Channel: SS 8   Historic Overview – Paul Roos vs Grey High School The 3rd edition of Premier Interschools moves down to Stellenbosch on Saturday 21st April 2018 when Paul Roos...

  • Andrew Browne to leave Connacht Rugby

    Apr 18, 18 • 1408 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Andrew Browne to leave Connacht Rugby

    Connacht Rugby can confirm that Andrew Browne will finish with the province at the end of the current season. Connacht native Andrew Browne played schools rugby with St Joseph’s Patrician College the Bish and his club Galwegians before joining the...

  • Ox Nche invited to Springbok alignment camp

    Apr 18, 18 • 1459 Views • General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Ox Nche invited to Springbok alignment camp

    Toyota Cheetahs prop Ox Nche has been added to the invited group of players for the final Springbok alignment camp, which starts in Durban on Sunday. The former Junior Springbok front rower will join the 15 Cell C Sharks players at the third camp, from 22 to...

  • DANIEL CALLS TIME ON HIS RUGBY CAREER

    Apr 18, 18 • 1874 Views • General News • • Comments Off on DANIEL CALLS TIME ON HIS RUGBY CAREER

    After more than a decade in a black and white jersey, Sharks stalwart Keegan Daniel will call time on his illustrious rugby career at the end of this year’s Vodacom Super Rugby tournament. One of the few Sharks players to have had the proud honour of...

  • Competition Time: You could stand a chance to win 1 of 5 sets of 4 tickets to go and watch the #Bulls live at Loftus

    Apr 18, 18 • 3616 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Competition Time: You could stand a chance to win 1 of 5 sets of 4 tickets to go and watch the #Bulls live at Loftus

    You could stand a chance to win 1 of 5 sets of 4 tickets to go and watch the #Bulls live at Loftus Answer a simple question, Like RugbyFifteen and Blue Bulls on Facebook and Twitter and Share Question: With how many points did the Vodacom Bulls win the Cell C...

  • Emirates Lions team to face the Waratahs in Sydney on Friday (11:45 SA time).

    Apr 18, 18 • 2132 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Emirates Lions team to face the Waratahs in Sydney on Friday (11:45 SA time).

    The team to face the Waratahs is:   Jacques van Rooyen Malcolm Marx Ruan Dreyer Andries Ferreira Marvin Orie Kwagga Smith Franco Mostert © Hacjivah Dayimani Dillon Smit Elton Jantjies Madosh Tambwe Harold Vorster Lionel Mapoe Ruan Combrinck Andries...

  • Queensland Rugby to celebrate milestone 1000th match

    Apr 18, 18 • 985 Views • General News, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Queensland Rugby to celebrate milestone 1000th match

    Queensland Rugby Union will celebrate a significant milestone in its 136-year history when the St.George Queensland Reds take on the Chiefs in the state’s 1000th capped Rugby match this weekend. Queensland’s first representative Rugby match came against...