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Apr 5, 18 •
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BabyBoks U20, General News, Junior Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Junior Springboks switch into match mode
The Junior Springbok training squad will switch into match mode on Monday when coach Chean Roux’s training squad gathers in Stellenbosch for their fourth training camp as the World Rugby U20 Championship draws closer. The squad will meet Georgia in...
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Apr 5, 18 •
1323 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Brumbies in Canberra
The St.George Queensland Reds have named their team to take on the Brumbies in Round 8 of Vodafone Super Rugby this weekend. Centre Samu Kerevi will earn his 50th Queensland cap in Canberra, while Scott Higginbotham will resume the captaincy as he returns to...
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Apr 5, 18 •
1311 Views •
General News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Kalib Hamiora Whakataka suspended for doping offences
The New Zealand Rugby Judicial Committee has completed an anti-doping hearing for Kalib Hamiora Whakataka resulting in a two-year ban from playing rugby for the possession and use of Clenbuterol. Whakataka, 30, admitted to the purchase and use of Clenbuterol...
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Apr 5, 18 •
2658 Views •
General News, School •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Action galore on day two of rugby fest
The second day of the Oakland World Schools Festival tilted towards equilibrium as the international teams launched a comeback in the latter part of the programme. The South African one-way traffic from the day before flowed into the early matches on...
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Apr 5, 18 •
1360 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Playing with a smile part of Blitzboks culture
There are few venues more intimidating than Hong Kong to make your HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series debut, but Springbok Sevens player Ryan Oosthuizen had some calming advice for the five new Blitzboks that will run out for the team this weekend. Friday’s...
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Apr 4, 18 •
1688 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Cell C Sharks vs Hurricanes McLean Park, Napier
15.Curwin Bosch 14. Sbu Nkosi 13. Lukhanyo Am 12. Andre Esterhuizen 11. Lwazi Mvovo 10. Robert du Preez 9. Louis Schreuder 8. Tera Mtembu 7. Jean-Luc du Preez 6. Philip van der Walt 5. Stephan Lewies 4. Ruan Botha (c) 3. Thomas du Toit 2. Chiliboy Ralepelle...
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Apr 4, 18 •
1152 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Springbok Women’s Sevens ready to go all the way
Springbok Women’s Sevens captain Zintle Mpupha believes the key to qualifying for the 2018/2019 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series is a brave team effort. The Bok Women’s Sevens are currently in Hong Kong where they will contest the official HSBC...
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Apr 4, 18 •
1421 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on ENGLAND SEVENS SQUAD NAMED FOR HONG KONG
Simon Amor has named the England Sevens squad that will play in the Cathay Pacific HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on 6-8 April. As the seventh stop on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, the three-day tournament takes place one week before Team England Sevens...
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Apr 4, 18 •
1181 Views •
General News, Guinness Pro14 •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Dragons squad announced for Italian trip
Dragons Head Coach Bernard Jackman has announced his 26-man squad that will travel to Italy for the Benetton clash on Saturday 7th April and remain there until they take on Zebre Rugby on Saturday 14th April 2018. The Men of Gwent will spend a week in Italy...
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Apr 4, 18 •
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General News, National •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Twenty two players invited to second Springbok alignment camp
A total of 22 players from the DHL Stormers and Emirates Lions have been invited to attend the second Springbok alignment camp from 8 to 11 April at the Riverside Resort in Vanderbijlpark situated in the south of Johannesburg. The Springbok management are...
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Apr 4, 18 •
1329 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on JESSE PARAHI TAKES REINS OF AUSSIE 7S ON EVE OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Veteran Jesse Parahi has been named the acting captain of the Australian Men’s Sevens team for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Parahi inherits the position from James Stannard who was ruled out of the Games following an off-field incident on Good...
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Apr 4, 18 •
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General News, School •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Try-fest on opening day of the Oakland World Schools Festival
The South African teams dominated matters on the first day of the inaugural Oakland World Schools Festival with the visiting teams suffering massive defeats at Paarl Boys’ High School on Tuesday. All four matches on the opening day went the way of the...
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Apr 3, 18 •
2355 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Lions players see the real reward for their Vodacom Super Rugby tries
Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft palate or cleft lip. That’s almost 27 children in your average Vodacom Super Rugby match. But this season, every South African team is doing something to ensure that these roughly 27 children per match get...
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Apr 3, 18 •
1283 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on All systems go for Bok Women’s Sevens, says Delport
Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Paul Delport may be facing the biggest challenge in his coaching career, but the former Junior Springboks and Springbok Sevens captain was at ease about the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series Qualifier in Hong...
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Apr 3, 18 •
1730 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on TEAM ENGLAND SEVENS SQUAD NAMED FOR 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Simon Amor has named an experienced Team England squad for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, taking place on the Gold Coast this month (13-15 April). The team includes seven members of Team GB who picked up silver medals at the Rio 2016 Olympics and six players...
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Apr 3, 18 •
2292 Views •
General News, Guinness Pro14 •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on George Clancy set for 100th Guinness PRO14 Appearance
This weekend George Clancy will become only the second referee to reach a century of appearances in the Guinness PRO14 when he takes charge of Scarlets versus Glasgow Warriors on Saturday. Last year, Nigel Owens (WRU) made his 150th appearance in the...
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Apr 3, 18 •
1427 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Smith embraces playing on another big stage
He has had his share of drama, excitement and disappointment in his rugby career, but when Rhyno Smith makes his debut for the Springbok Sevens team on Friday against South Korea at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC World Rugby Sevens tournament, it will be the...
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Apr 3, 18 •
3758 Views •
General News, Guinness Pro14 •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Player Movement
Free State Cheetahs (Pty) Ltd is delighted to announce that the contracting committee have so far finalised and signed 23 player contracts for the next season and or beyond. Currently more negotiations with senior players in the present group and from outside...
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Apr 3, 18 •
2164 Views •
General News, Guinness Pro14 •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Guinness PRO14 Round 19 – Important for Toyota Cheetahs
The Guinness PRO 14 championship is drawing to a close with only three and in some instances only four, pool matches left to determine who will play in the Guinness PRO14 Final Series. PRO14 is divided into two pools, namely Pool A and Pool B and the Toyota...
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Apr 3, 18 •
1206 Views •
General News, Guinness Pro14 •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Phil Price earns Scarlets contract
Dragons Rugby can confirm that Phil Price will remain at Scarlets after signing terms following his loan spell at Parc Y Scarlets. The 29-year-old Bridgend born prop joined the Dragons in 2009 and has made over 150 appearances for the Welsh Region. Price has...
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Apr 3, 18 •
1241 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Afternoon kick-off at DHL Newlands on Freedom Day
The kick-off time for the DHL Stormers’ encounter with the Rebels at DHL Newlands on Friday, April 27 has been moved forward to 15h05. The Vodacom Super Rugby clash that falls on Freedom Day (a public holiday in South Africa), was originally scheduled...
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Apr 3, 18 •
2504 Views •
General News, National •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Lions Rugby Company sign Nic Groom
The Lions Rugby Company (Pty) Ltd. would like to announce the signing of Nicholas Groom from Northampton Saints. Due to injury and depth Groom will join the Company from 31 March 2018 until 31 October 2019. The Lions would like to welcome Groom and his...
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Apr 3, 18 •
1783 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Changes to New Zealand Commonwealth Games rugby sevens teams
Injury and illness have forced changes to both men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams days out from the start of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. In the men’s team, young rising stars Ngarohi McGarvey Black and Caleb Clarke have both been ruled out. ...
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Apr 3, 18 •
3802 Views •
General News, School •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on World Schools Rugby Festival kicks off in SA style
The inaugural Oakland World Schools Festival got off to an emphatic start with some of the world’s top schoolboy rugby players coming together for a true South African feast. The week-long tournament which will feature some of the most promising...
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Apr 2, 18 •
1436 Views •
General News, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Blitzboks keen to discard novice tag
Experience may not be one of the tools in the Springbok Sevens’ armoury as they attempt to win the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens for the first time, but the team is determined to use the other attributes that could lead to glory as they look to stay...
