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  • Cloete back in starting line-up for clash against Blue Bulls

    Oct 11, 17 • 4731 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Cloete back in starting line-up for clash against Blue Bulls

    Steval Pumas coach Brent Janse van Rensburg has played his biggest trump card by including flanker Chris Cloete in his starting line-up for Friday night’s Currie Cup fixture against the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld. It will be Cloete’s last fixture...

  • Vodacom Blue Bulls stay the same in late Currie Cup charge

    Oct 11, 17 • 3037 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Vodacom Blue Bulls stay the same in late Currie Cup charge

    The Executive: Rugby and head coach of the Vodacom Blue Bulls, John Mitchell, named an unchanged starting team to face Steval Pumas at Loftus Versfeld on Friday in the home side’s last Currie Cup league fixture of the season. Mitchell only made one...

  • Johann van Graan to join Munster as head coach

    Oct 11, 17 • 2579 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Johann van Graan to join Munster as head coach

    SA Rugby on Wednesday confirmed that Springbok forwards coach Johann van Graan has been released from his contract and that he will join Irish province Munster as their new head coach.  Van Graan spent the last six seasons as Springbok forwards coach. He was...

  • SA Rugby Sevens Academy Under-17 training squad named

    Oct 11, 17 • 6689 Views • General News, School, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on SA Rugby Sevens Academy Under-17 training squad named

    A SA Rugby Sevens Academy Under-17 squad was selected after the recent Interprovincial Sevens tournament for U17s in Kimberley, and will participate in a training camp in Stellenbosch and play in the Assupol Sevens, to be held at the Markötter Fields in...

  • First Division semi-finalists out to win at all costs

    Oct 11, 17 • 2958 Views • General News • • Comments Off on First Division semi-finalists out to win at all costs

    The four semi-finalists in the Currie Cup First Division – sponsored by DirectAxis and Nashua – will have one goal in mind when they take to field this weekend – to win at all costs in the hope of booking their places in the final next week. The Hino...

  • The Lions Rugby Company welcomed back their Springbok players

    Oct 11, 17 • 3859 Views • General News, National • • Comments Off on The Lions Rugby Company welcomed back their Springbok players

    The Lions Rugby Company welcomed back their Springbok players on Tuesday.  Ross Cronjé, Courtnall Skosan, Andries Coetzee, Malcolm Marx and Ruan Dreyer joined the Lions squad ahead of their Currie Cup clash at Emirates Airline Park this weekend. Elton...

  • Leyds cleans up at 2017 WPRFU Awards night

    Oct 10, 17 • 3476 Views • General News, National • • Comments Off on Leyds cleans up at 2017 WPRFU Awards night

    Dillyn Leyds was the big winner at the 2017 WPRFU Awards evening, claiming three awards at a ceremony held at the Cape Sun on Tuesday. The versatile Leyds, who came back from injury this year to star for the DHL Stormers in three different positions before...

  • WALLABIES ASSISTANT MARIO LEDESMA APPOINTED JAGUARES HEAD COACH

    Oct 10, 17 • 2740 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on WALLABIES ASSISTANT MARIO LEDESMA APPOINTED JAGUARES HEAD COACH

    Qantas Wallabies assistant coach Mario Ledesma has today confirmed that he will return home to his native Argentina, to take up the role as head coach of the Jaguares for the 2018 Vodafone Super Rugby season. Ledesma will assume the role following the third...

  • All Blacks Sevens assemble at new home base

    Oct 10, 17 • 3362 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on All Blacks Sevens assemble at new home base

    A new era of professional sevens rugby in New Zealand is officially here as All Blacks Sevens Coach Clark Laidlaw introduces new talent, rejuvenates experienced legs and unveils a new home base for the squad. With more than half of the 2017/18 squad...

  • BOLAND RUGBY THROUGH TO SEMIS

    Oct 9, 17 • 2350 Views • General News • • Comments Off on BOLAND RUGBY THROUGH TO SEMIS

    THE Boland Cavaliers have secured their place in the semi-finals of the Currie Cup First Division competition after beating the Welwitschias 24-26 in Swakopmund this past Saturday. After finishing fourth on the final log standings, the Cavaliers will travel...

  • Toyota Vrystaat Cheetahs vs. Xerox Goue Leeus, / Media Release: Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Xerox Golden Lions

    Oct 9, 17 • 4808 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Toyota Vrystaat Cheetahs vs. Xerox Goue Leeus, / Media Release: Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Xerox Golden Lions

    Die Toyota Cheetahs sal Saterdag met die beste beskikbare span speel teen die Xerox Goue Leeus in Rondte 12 van die Curriebeker kompetisie. Neem kennis dat die Guinness PRO14 tans op ʼn twee weke Europese breek is en hervat sal word op die 28ste Oktober 2017....

  • Nine national players add experience to SA Select Women

    Oct 9, 17 • 2084 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Nine national players add experience to SA Select Women

    SA Select Women’s coach Eddie Myners on Monday named nine capped national 15-a-side and Sevens rugby players in his 28-member squad for the team’s tour to England from 12 to 25 October. The SA Select Women will face the British Army in the first of three...

  • Gold Cup quarter-finalists confirmed

    Oct 9, 17 • 3231 Views • General News, National • • Comments Off on Gold Cup quarter-finalists confirmed

    The quarter-final line-up for the Gold Cup has been confirmed following a weekend of high drama in the final round of the pool stages of SA Rugby’s three-nation champions’ league for non-university clubs. Four metro-based and four district-based clubs...

  • HSBC SYDNEY 7s TICKETS ON SALE TODAY

    Oct 9, 17 • 3078 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on HSBC SYDNEY 7s TICKETS ON SALE TODAY

    The excitement of the HSBC Sydney 7s returns to the harbour city in 2018 with tickets for the General Public going on sale today. Following the successes of the 2016 and 2017 tournaments, with both years selling out across the weekend of action, fans are...

  • Currie Cup Premier Division set for thrilling finish

    Oct 9, 17 • 2930 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Currie Cup Premier Division set for thrilling finish

    The pool stages of the Currie Cup Premier Division – sponsored by DirectAxis and Nashua – will come to a thrilling end next weekend as six of the seven participating teams still have a chance of featuring in the semi-finals after some surprise results...

  • Damian de Allende issued Warning

    Oct 8, 17 • 2969 Views • General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Damian de Allende issued Warning

    The SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee has issued a Warning to Damian de Allende of South Africa after he was issued with a Red Card during a Rugby Championship match at the weekend. De Allende was issued a Red Card for a breach of Law10.4(o) “Late...

  • SOUTHERN KINGS MEDICAL REPORT BY DOCTOR CLEMENT PLAATJIES

    Oct 8, 17 • 4594 Views • General News • • Comments Off on SOUTHERN KINGS MEDICAL REPORT BY DOCTOR CLEMENT PLAATJIES

    There was some bad news for the Southern Kings on the medical front in the wake of their 31-3 GUINNESSPRO14 Championship defeat against Benetton Rugby in Treviso. Team doctor Clement Plaatjies reported that he had two major concerns involving wing Sibusiso...

  • SOUTHERN KINGS WRAP UP TOUR AGAINST BENETTON

    Oct 8, 17 • 3361 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on SOUTHERN KINGS WRAP UP TOUR AGAINST BENETTON

    The first-ever fixture between the Southern Kings and Benetton Rugby ended in victory for the Italian side when they triumphed 31-3 in a GUINNESSPRO14 championship played at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo in Treviso on Saturday, 7 October. The match was a...

  • First Division semi-finalists confirmed

    Oct 8, 17 • 2322 Views • General News • • Comments Off on First Division semi-finalists confirmed

    The Down Touch Griffons will meet the Boland Cavaliers and the Hino Valke will host the Leopards in the semi-finals of the Currie Cup First Division – sponsored by Nashua and DirectAxis – after the top four sides were confirmed in an exciting finish...

  • QANTAS WALLABIES END RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP ON HIGH NOTE WITH VICTORY OVER ARGENTINA

    Oct 8, 17 • 3507 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on QANTAS WALLABIES END RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP ON HIGH NOTE WITH VICTORY OVER ARGENTINA

    The Qantas Wallabies have ended their Rugby Championship campaign with a 37-20 victory over Argentina in Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza on Sunday morning. Reece Hodge scored two of the Wallabies’ five tries in a bonus point victory which cemented...

  • Springboks improvement pleasing, more to come from Springboks – Coetzee

    Oct 7, 17 • 2257 Views • General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Springboks improvement pleasing, more to come from Springboks – Coetzee

    Springbok coach, Allister Coetzee, said that the improved performance of the team against New Zealand at DHL Newlands on Saturday proved that the team was on an upward and growing as the season progressed. The team suffered a first loss on home soil this year...

  • Pumas forfeit a possible semi-final spot

    Oct 7, 17 • 3842 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Pumas forfeit a possible semi-final spot

    The Steval Pumas squandered a healthy 28-10 lead in the last fixture in the Mbombela stadium on Saturday to forfeit a possible semi-final spot in this season’s Currie Cup competition. The Tafel Lager Griquas narrowly won the match 38-35 to end the Pumas’...

  • SA Rugby statement on broadcast rights meeting

    Oct 6, 17 • 3947 Views • General News • • Comments Off on SA Rugby statement on broadcast rights meeting

    SA Rugby on Friday concluded a meeting held over two days in Cape Town with the Ministry of Sport and Recreation and trade union Cosatu over broadcast rights.  SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux said: “The meetings were held in a very good spirit and we definitely...

  • André Venter presents match day jerseys to Springboks

    Oct 6, 17 • 4070 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on André Venter presents match day jerseys to Springboks

    Former Springbok flank André Venter presented the Springboks with their match jerseys on Friday morning at their team hotel in Cape Town. Venter played in 66 Tests for the Springboks between 1996 and 2001 and was a member of the team that won the bronze...

  • Notshe set to raise DHL WP half-century

    Oct 6, 17 • 3679 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Notshe set to raise DHL WP half-century

    Loose forward Sikhumbuzo Notshe will earn his 50th cap for DHL Western Province when he comes off the replacements bench against the Xerox Golden Lions at Emirates Airline Park on Sunday. Notshe will become the fourth DHL Western Province player to reach the...