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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Postponement: Zebre Rugby Club v Ospreys Rugby
PRO14 Rugby can confirm that Saturday evening’s Guinness PRO14 Round 17 fixture between Zebre Rugby Club and Ospreys Rugby has been postponed. The decision was made after consultation among PRO14 Rugby, Zebre and Ospreys after it was established that...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Dragons team to face Southern Kings
Dragons have made six personnel changes and one positional change for their Guinness PRO14 match against Southern Kings at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium tomorrow (Friday 2nd March). Head Coach Bernard Jackman has moved versatile back Zane Kirchner to the...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Team Announcement: Southern Kings v Dragons
Minimal changes to the starting XV but some tinkering when it came to the replacements was the outcome when Southern Kings Head Coach Deon Davids named his team to take on the Dragons in a GUINNESS PRO14 fixture to be played at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Appetising Gauteng derby at Loftus – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 3 Preview
DHL Stormers up against Crusaders in crunch away clash Cell C Sharks host Waratahs at Kings Park in Durban The Vodacom Bulls will be tested at home in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon when they face Gauteng neighbours the Emirates Lions in the...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Postponement: Cardiff Blues v Benetton Rugby
PRO14 Rugby can confirm that tomorrow night’s Guinness PRO14 Round 17 fixture between Cardiff Blues and Benetton Rugby has been postponed. The decision was made after consultation among PRO14 Rugby, Cardiff Blues and Benetton Rugby due to severe weather...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Postponement: Edinburgh Rugby v Munster Rugby
PRO14 Rugby can confirm that tomorrow night’s Guinness PRO14 Round 17 fixture between Edinburgh Rugby and Munster Rugby has been postponed until the weekend of March 16/17/18. An early decision was made after consultation among PRO14 Rugby, Edinburgh and...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Win With Rugby15 and the Vodacom Bulls
Competition Time: You could stand a chance to win 1 of 3 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: Who has the most #SuperRugby Caps in...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Francois Venter to join Worcester Warriors
Free State Rugby confirmed that Francois Venter will be leaving the Toyota Cheetahs after the Guinness PRO14 season. “After careful consideration, I have decided to continue my rugby career at the end of the Guinness PRO14 season at the Worcester...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks vs. Waratahs
Cell C Sharks vs. Waratahs Date Saturday, 3 March 2018 Time 15h05 Venue KINGS PARK, Durban Referee Jaco Peyper Assistant Referees AJ Jacobs, Archie Sehlako Television Match Official Marius Jonker 15. Lwazi Mvovo 14. Kobus van Wyk 13. Lukhanyo Am...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Nhleko added to Junior Springbok management
Golden Lions Under-21 Championship head coach Bafana Nhleko has been added to a trimmed down Junior Springbok management team as assistant coach for the World Rugby U20 Championship in the south of France from 30 May to 17 June. The 35-year-old Nhleko, who...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Rassie Erasmus confirmed as new Springbok coach
Rassie Erasmus will spearhead a streamlined but experienced Springbok management team until the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, SA Rugby confirmed on Wednesday, as the former Springbok captain will combine his Springbok coaching duties with his current role...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Same again for Vodacom Bulls
Vodacom Bulls Head Coach, John Mitchell, named an unchanged squad to face the Emirates Lions in their Vodacom Super Rugby clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Vodacom Bulls opened their campaign with a 21-19 win over the Hurricanes last weekend and the...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Leyds at flyhalf for DHL Stormers in Christchurch
Dillyn Leyds will start at flyhalf in one of four changes to the DHL Stormers starting line-up to face the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday. The versatile Leyds, who last played at flyhalf in the DHL Stormers’ victory against the Blues at DHL...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS HEADING TO PAARL
An impressive list of international teams will be in action at the inaugural World Schools Festival that will take place in Paarl between 2-7 April 2018. The tournament that will feature the top 10 schools in South Africa and 10 of the best school teams...
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Feb 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks hungry for more Vegas success
The Blitzboks are widely hailed for the variety they offer as a team, and while the squad currently preparing in Las Vegas for this weekend’s HSBC USA Sevens fit in with that notion, Siviwe Soyizwapi points out that they also have enough younger players...
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Feb 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on Castle Free revealed as new headline Springbok Sevens sponsor
Castle Free, the latest product in a long range of established brands by SA Breweries, was on Wednesday revealed as the new headline sponsor of the Springboks Sevens, the Springbok Women’s Sevens and the SA Rugby Sevens Academy teams. The sponsorship...
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Feb 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on Castle Free brews up sponsorship of Springbok Sevens team
South African Breweries (SAB) today announced its sponsorship of the Springbok Sevens rugby team and its backing of the Blitzbok with its new alcohol-free beer, Castle Free. The three-year sponsorship was announced at the SAB offices in Bryanston,...
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Feb 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Brumbies
The St.George Queensland Reds have named their team to take on the Brumbies in their first home game of the 2018 Vodafone Super Rugby season at Suncorp Stadium this Friday. The Reds have made two forced personnel changes to their starting XV, to cover the...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Kaino to bid farewell to New Zealand
New Zealand Rugby has paid tribute to All Blacks and Blues loose forward Jerome Kaino, who will pull down the curtain down on his career in New Zealand, announcing he is leaving at the end of the Investec Super Rugby season to play club rugby in France....
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Bright future for Free State Rugby
Free State Rugby is delighted to announce that eight talented players have committed their future with the Toyota Cheetahs until 2019 and they are William Small-Smith, Nico Lee, Elandré Huggett, Ernst Stapelberg, JP du Preez, Lloyd Greeff, Sibabalo Qoma and...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Connacht Squad update ahead of clash with Cheetahs in Bloemfontein
A squad of 25 players travelled to Treviso for the win against Benetton Rugby on Saturday. All 25 travelled on to South Africa to the squad’s training base in Bloemfontein, including Ultan Dillane who has been released from the Ireland Training Camp for the...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Commonwealth Games sevens teams named
A strong Springbok Sevens team will be in action as part of Team South Africa at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia, where they will defend the title they won four years ago. At the same time, the Springbok Women’s Sevens team will be in...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Du Preez and Gans keen to add to Blitzboks’ Vegas pot
Fortunes may have been won and lost in Las Vegas, but Springbok Sevens players Branco du Preez and Stedman Gans only have good memories of this iconic city. Last year, Du Preez played in his 50th tournament for the Blitzboks in the Sam Boyd Stadium and to...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Scarlets add Maori All Black to the ranks
Scarlets are delighted to announce that Maori All Black Blade Thomson will join the region in time for the 2018-19 season. A Junior World Championship winner, international and seasoned pro in Super Rugby, 27-year-old Thomson currently plays for the...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Freshly Chopped becomes Official Health Food Partner of the Guinness PRO14 Final Series
PRO14 Rugby is proud to announce that ‘Freshly Chopped’ will play its part as Official Health Food Partner when the Guinness PRO14 Final Series kicks off in May. This year’s Final Series will end in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on May 26 where the...
