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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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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...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Coca-cola Craven Week- Platform for identifying South Africa’s future heroes
The Coca-Cola Craven Week is where South Africa’s heroes are made. The premier youth rugby tournament, which sees the u18 provincial rugby teams battle it out in an action-packed week, has seen over 260 Springbok players come through its ranks. This year,...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Valke take top honours in LSEN Week
The Valke on Thursday took top honours in the Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week at Glenwood High School in Durban as they delivered an impressive performance to defeated Boland 25-12 in the final match of the tournament. The Valke built up an...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby pays tribute to the late Salie Fredericks
SA Rugby President Mark Alexander has paid tribute to the enormous contribution made to South African rugby by former SARU captain, Salie Fredericks, who passed away on Thursday in Cape Town. He fought a longstanding battle against diabetes and had both his...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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With the 2017 Currie Cup around the corner, the Steval Pumas are proud to announce the arrival of an exciting young player to the squad in time for the start of the country’s premier interprovincial tournament. 23-year-old tighthead prop Pieter Scholtz is...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Team announcement Xerox Golden Lions vs Tafel Lager Griquas
Rohan Janse van Rensburg has been included on the bench for the Xerox Golden Lions side to face the Tafel Lager Griquas in the semi-final of the Supersport Rugby Challenge in East London on Sunday. Janse van Rensburg returns after being side-lined for eight...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Queensland II and ACT to compete in 2017 Australian Schools Championship Final
The ACT and Queensland II will play off for the Australian School Championship on Saturday 8 July, after a thrilling third day of Rugby at St. Ignatius College, Riverview in Sydney. ACT progressed through Pool B as the only undefeated team in the...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Barnes appointed RFU Head of Discipline
David Barnes has been appointed as the Rugby Football Union’s Head of Discipline. He will join on 17 July taking over from incumbent Gerard McEvilly, who is emigrating to Australia. David has been an RFU citing officer since 2014, working on appointments...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls team to face Southern Kings
Former Junior Springboks winger, Travis Ismaiel is back in the Vodacom Bulls starting a line-up that will face the Southern Kings at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday after recovering from injury. The 25-year old picked up an injury against the Crusaders early in...
