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Jul 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on Thrilling start to U13, U16 Weeks
The U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week and U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week got off to a thrilling start at Grey College in Bloemfontein on Monday with a mixture of big wins and gripping encounters characterizing the opening day’s play. Free State, the Griffons,...
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Jul 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on Match officials named for Springboks’ 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship fixtures
Romain Poite of France will take charge of the Springboks’ first 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship fixture on 19 August against Argentina in Port Elizabeth, World Rugby confirmed on Monday. South Africa travel to Argentina the following week for the...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Qantas Wallabies TRC & Bledisloe Cup tickets on sale tomorrow
General public tickets go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday 11 July) for the 2017 Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup Test matches in Australia, with four huge battles set for Sydney, Perth, Canberra, and Brisbane. The Rugby Championship will see historic...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on 2017 Super Rugby Finals Positions Goes Down to the Wire
The exact make-up of the 2017 Super Rugby quarter-finals may not be known until the completion of the very last match of the regular season. Match 135 sees the Sharks host the Lions who currently lead the South Africa 2 Conference and who could finish as the...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on England Women qualify for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
England finish second in Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in Kazan Simon Amor now leads England women’s and men’s sevens programs England Women finished runners-up in the second leg of the two-part Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in Kazan, after 21-0 defeat...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Women’s Interprovincials gets off to flying start
The SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial Competition got off to a flying start on Saturday as the three winning teams all scored over 40 points to make a strong statement in the opening round of the A division. Border, who won the last four titles, registered...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Thanks everyone – twelve years in the making and worth the wait
At the end of an amazing 10-match DHL NZ Lions Series, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has congratulated the All Blacks and British & Irish Lions on a hard-fought Test Series and thanked New Zealanders and visiting fans for their support of the13th tour by the...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby congratulates Test centurion Kieran Read
New Zealand Rugby has to lead the tributes to All Blacks Captain Kieran Read who tonight became the All Blacks’ seventh Test Centurion in the historic third Test of the DHL New Zealand Lions Series at Eden Park. The Test ended in 15-15 draw, resulting in a...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on BMW Australian Schoolboys Team named as ACT win Championship
ACT has won the 2017 Australian Schools Championship with an impressive performance that saw them defeat QLD II, 30-11 in the final at St Ignatius College, Riverview in Sydney. It is the first time since 1988 that ACT have won the title and only the fourth...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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The Women’s Rugby season will launch into full swing on Saturday with the A Division of the SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial competition kicking off with a handful of exciting matches. The Blue Bulls and Western Province will battle it out in a...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds beat Brumbies in final home game of 2017 Super Rugby season
The St.George Queensland Reds have secured a 16-15 win over the Brumbies in their Indigenous Round clash at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night. At the 70-minute mark, the Reds trailed by 10 points but a late Hamish Stewart try and a Quade Cooper penalty goal...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Top sides emerge on top in SuperSport Rugby Challenge
Tafel Lager Griquas will travel to Florida Park in Ravensmead next Sunday to take on DHL Western Province in the final of the inaugural SuperSport Rugby Challenge after both sides kept their winning streak intact in the semifinals of the competition. The...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on U13, U16 teams take Youth Weeks stage
The best Under-13 and Under-16 players in the country will be excited at the opportunity to make their presence felt in the next few days at Grey College in Bloemfontein as the U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week and U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week kicks off. The...
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Jul 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers in driving seat against Sunwolves – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 16 Review
The DHL Stormers defeated the Sunwolves 52-15 in their Vodacom Super Rugby match in Cape Town on Saturday evening to consolidate their place in the playoffs. In the earlier match played in Pretoria, flyhalf Lionel Cronje kicked a last minute penalty to steer...
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Jul 9, 17 •
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Comments Off on Ticket sales for Test in Bloemfontein open
Free State Rugby is delighted to announce that the Castle Lager Rugby Championship match between the Springboks and Wallabies on Saturday, 30 September 2017 will be hosted in Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein. “We are very excited to host a Test after all...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby confirms franchise teams for future Vodacom Super Rugby participation
The Vodacom Bulls, Emirates Lions, DHL Stormers and Cell C Sharks have been confirmed as South Africa’s four Vodacom Super Rugby competitors from 2018, SA Rugby announced on Friday. The Toyota Cheetahs and Southern Kings have earlier informed SA Rugby of...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on WPRFU salutes rugby great Salie Fredericks
Western Province Rugby Football Union President, Mr Thelo Wakefield, has paid his respects to South African rugby great Salie Fredericks who sadly passed away on Thursday. The uncompromising lock forward represented Western Province in over 200 matches in...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on Southern Kings excited about new playing frontiers
The Southern Kings will embrace the chance to explore new playing opportunities in view of the strategic SANZAAR decision to revamp the Vodacom Super Rugby competition, the franchise and SA Rugby announced on Friday. The announcement was made just before a...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs reach agreement with SA Rugby on Vodacom Super Rugby participation
The Toyota Cheetahs have opted for a settlement with SA Rugby regarding their Vodacom Super Rugby Participation Agreement. The Toyota Cheetahs did not take part in the criteria process as they had an agreement in place till 2020, but the Board of the...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on Queensland Premier Rugby Preview – Round 15
Queensland Premier Rugby returns for Round 15 tomorrow, Saturday 8 July, with eight of the nine Premier clubs in action. The Game of the Round will see Sunnybank host Easts in a third-v-fourth clash at Oldmac Oval, kick-off at 3:20 pm. The match will be LIVE...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on Wallabies to Wear Indigenous Jersey in Final 2017 Bledisloe Cup Test
To celebrate 2017 NAIDOC Week, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has announced that for the first time in history, the Qantas Wallabies will wear an Indigenous jersey to commemorate the role of Indigenous Australians in rugby’s past, present, and future. The...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on Medical Update on Patrick Lambie
Durban, 6th July 2017: The Cell C Sharks and Springbok flyhalf, Patrick Lambie’s recovery from a concussion has been the subject of much speculation. As one of South Africa’s most-loved players, there has understandably been interesting and concern...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on Two changes for DHL WP in Mdantsane semifinal
There are just two changes to the DHL Western Province starting XV to face the Vodacom Blue Bulls in their SuperSport Rugby Challenge semifinal in Mdantsane on Sunday. Coach John Dobson’s team have gone unbeaten through the competition and are looking...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers leaders return to face Sunwolves
DHL Stormers captain Siya Kolisi and vice-captain Eben Etzebeth return for the Vodacom Super Rugby encounter with the Sunwolves at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Both Kolisi and Etzebeth were rested last week for the trip to Bloemfontein to face the Toyota...
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Jul 7, 17 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls face resurgent Kings, Vodacom Super Rugby Preview Round 16
Junior Bok star Juarno Augustus set for DHL Stormers debut The Vodacom Bulls face the resurgent Southern Kings on Saturday in Pretoria and an exciting local Vodacom Super Rugby derby is expected in this match at Loftus Versfeld, which starts at 17h15. This...
