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Jun 27, 22 •
701 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Joe Schmidt comes in to help All Blacks
All Blacks Head Coach Ian Foster has asked Joe Schmidt come in to help the team prepare this week, with a third All Blacks Coach Scott McLeod, testing postive for Covid 19. Foster and Assistant Coach John Plumtree tested positive for Covid 19 at the weekend...
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Jun 27, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Māori All Blacks team named to play Ireland in Hamilton
10 debutants named, Bailyn and Zarn Sullivan named together for first time Māori All Blacks first test against Ireland since 2010 New partner, Chemist Warehouse presents the Māori All Blacks v Ireland The Māori All Blacks team has been named to play...
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Jun 24, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Roos comes up top with Vodacom URC Player of the Season Award
DHL Stormers No 8 Evan Roos has completed a dream tournament by walking away with the inaugural Vodacom Player of the United Rugby Championship Season Award, which forms part of the annual SA Rugby Awards. The 22-year-old Roos, who was part of the DHL...
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Jun 24, 22 •
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Comments Off on CARLING CHAMPIONS MATCH GIVEAWAY – COMPETITION MECHANICS
RUGBY 15, in partnership with Carling Black Label, is giving away 10 x Carling Champions Match replica Jerseys to few lucky fans ahead of the 2022 #CarlingChampionsMatch fixture between the Carling Champions Team vs Italia Emergenti (Italy A) on Saturday, 02...
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Jun 24, 22 •
2553 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Pienaar can’t wait for Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town
Today, exactly 27 years ago, Francois Pienaar led the Springboks to what many believed was an impossible task as they lifted the Webb Ellis Cup in South Africa, and in 77 days, the country will host a second global showpiece when the Rugby World Cup Sevens...
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Jun 23, 22 •
607 Views •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women set bar high in Cape Town rain
The Springbok Women scored their second successive century in the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup when they beat Namibia by 128-3 in rainy conditions in Cape Town on Thursday, wrapping up their Pool A fixtures with two commanding victories. The Springbok Women...
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Jun 23, 22 •
3106 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby, National, South Africa, South Africa, Springboks •
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Comments Off on Junior Boks name team for England U20 clash in Verona
Junior Springbok coach Bafana Nhleko has named the SA U20 matchday squad for Friday’s opening clash of the Under-20 Six Nations Summer Series against England in Verona, Italy, with Sacha Mngomezulu (flyhalf) to lead the team at the Payanini Center. The...
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Jun 23, 22 •
589 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Time to celebrate with the DHL Stormers
The DHL Stormers will arrive at Grand Parade outside the Cape Town City Hall at 10h30 on Friday, June 24 for the start of their open-top bus trophy parade to celebrate their Vodacom United Rugby Championship title win. The players and management will arrive...
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Jun 23, 22 •
1156 Views •
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Comments Off on Loftus Versfeld ready to host full capacity stadium for Bok test match
Loftus Versfeld is delighted to be host to the Castle Lager Incoming Series opening test match between the Springboks and Wales, potentially in front of a full stadium on Saturday, July 2. This is on the back of news on the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on...
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Jun 22, 22 •
544 Views •
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Comments Off on Another opportunity to improve for Bok Women
The focus on another victory and the winning margin will not be driving the Springbok Women at City Park on Thursday when they take on Namibia in Pool A of Rugby Africa’s Women’s Cup, but the way in which they go about to achieve that. Babalwa Latsha, who...
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Jun 22, 22 •
3640 Views •
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Comments Off on Junior Boks hit the road running in Italy
The Junior Springboks arrived in Italy on Tuesday evening and immediately went about their business to fine tune their preparations for Friday’s opening match of the Under-20 Six Nations Summer Series against England in Verona. The 30-man squad flew out of...
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Jun 21, 22 •
681 Views •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers taking Vodacom URC trophy on parade
The DHL Stormers will be taking the Vodacom United Rugby Championship trophy on an open-top bus parade in Cape Town on Friday, 24 June. Having secured the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship title with a win against old rivals the Vodacom Bulls at DHL...
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Jun 21, 22 •
755 Views •
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Comments Off on Latsha to lead Springbok Women against Namibia
Babalwa Latsha will take over the Springbok Women’s captaincy for their second match in Pool A of the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup against Namibia on Thursday. The Test, which will be broadcast live by SuperSport, will kick off at 15h00 at City Park in...
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Jun 13, 22 •
2159 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Carling Currie Cup semi-finals locked in
The four semi-finals in the Carling Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions will be played in Welkom, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Nelson Mandela Bay on Friday and Saturday. The action will kick off at 15h00 on Friday in the Northern Free State, where the Down...
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Jun 13, 22 •
2379 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on 2022/23 EPCR tournament formats and qualifiers confirmed
Following the landmark announcement of the inclusion of the leading South African teams in its tournaments, EPCR is pleased to confirm the formats and qualifiers for next season’s expanded Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup. The 2022/23 Heineken...
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Jun 13, 22 •
1283 Views •
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Comments Off on Tickets for first-ever Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final on sale on Tuesday
The first-ever Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final will take place on Saturday, June 18 at DHL Stadium in Cape Town with a local kick-off time of 19h30 (18h30 UK/Ireland). As the highest-ranked team to reach the Vodacom URC Grand Final, the DHL...
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Jun 13, 22 •
745 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on EVAN ROOS VOTED VODACOM FANS’ PLAYER OF THE SEASON
Evan Roos has added a third prize of the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship Awards to his personal haul after being voted Vodacom Fans’ Player of the Season. The DHL Stormers number eight has already been named Next-Gen Player of the Season, as...
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Jun 13, 22 •
685 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Six new caps in All Blacks squad for 2022 Steinlager Series against Ireland
The 36-strong squad is as follows: *denotes new cap ForwardsHookersDane Coles (Hurricanes, Wellington)Codie Taylor (Crusaders, Canterbury)Samisoni Taukei’aho (Chiefs, Waikato) PropsAidan Ross* (Chiefs, Bay of Plenty)George Bower (Crusaders, Otago)Nepo...
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Jun 10, 22 •
1815 Views •
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Comments Off on Two SA referees on Rugby World Cup Sevens panel
South Africa’s AJ Jacobs and Morne Ferreira have been included in a strong panel of match officials for the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament that will take place in Cape Town from 9 to 11 September 2022. World Rugby announced the names of 18 men and women...
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Jun 10, 22 •
945 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs take on the Vodacom Bulls
You don’t want to miss out on the excitement Saturday when the Toyota Cheetahs take on the Vodacom Bulls in the last round of the Carling Currie Cup at Toyota Stadium. Gates open at 14:00 with St. Andrews u.13 facing President Brand u.13 in a curtain-raiser...
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Jun 10, 22 •
732 Views •
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Comments Off on Nienaber lauds players’ enthusiasm after first week Bok preparation camp
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber was satisfied with the strides made in the opening week of the team’s preparation camp for the forthcoming Castle Lager Incoming Series as the players concluded their on-field sessions on Friday before a short break for the...
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Jun 10, 22 •
823 Views •
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Comments Off on Senatla reaches DHL Stormers 50 in home semifinal
Seabelo Senatla will play his 50th game for the DHL Stormers in their Vodacom United Rugby Championship semifinal against Ulster at DHL Stadium on Saturday. There is just one change to the team that defeated Edinburgh in the quarterfinal last week, with...
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Jun 8, 22 •
1179 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Cell C Sharks Team announced to travel to Cape Town
In the final round of the pool stages of Carling Currie Cup 2022, the Cell C Sharks will travel to Cape Town to take on DHL Western Province on Friday afternoon, with added motivation and fire-power. Head coach Etienne Fynn has made a number of changes to the...
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Jun 8, 22 •
895 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Gallagher Chiefs head south for Semi Final Showdown
The Gallagher Chiefs have named a largely unchanged 23 for their clash against the Crusaders in a re-match of the Super Rugby Aotearoa Final from 2021. This highly anticipated match, at Orangetheory Stadium, is the first of the DHL Super Rugby Pacific...
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Jun 7, 22 •
2922 Views •
BabyBoks U20, General News, International, Junior Rugby •
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Comments Off on Junior Springbok squad named for Summer Series in Italy
The Junior Springboks squad for the Under-20 Six Nations Summer Series in Italy was announced on Tuesday, with six players who have Vodacom United Rugby Championship experienced named amongst the group of 30 players. The Junior Springboks will return to...
