Author archives: nelio@15.co.za

  • Crusaders ring the changes ahead of Stormers clash

    Mar 6, 14 • 2187 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Crusaders ring the changes ahead of Stormers clash

    Crusaders team to play the Stormers   When the Crusaders take on the Stormers this Saturday night, one player will be primed to make his Crusaders debut and two of the team’s most senior players receive international awards.   Fans at AMI Stadium...

  • Stormers side to face the Crusaders

    Mar 6, 14 • 1538 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Stormers side to face the Crusaders

    Team: 15. Jaco Taute , 14. Kobus van Wyk , 13. Jean de Villiers (captain) , 12. Damian de Allende , 11. Gio Aplon , 10. Demetri Catrakilis , 9. Nic Groom , 8. Duane Vermeulen , 7. Schalk Burger (vice-captain) , 6. Deon Fourie , 5. De Kock Steenkamp , 4....

  • The Vodacom Bulls name their Team

    Mar 6, 14 • 2825 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on The Vodacom Bulls name their Team

    The Vodacom Bulls team (with Super caps) is: Jurgen Visser (14), Akona Ndungane (99), JJ Engelbrecht (36), Jan Serfontein (15), Bjorn Basson (58), Jacques-Louis Potgieter (43), Francois Hougaard (59), Jono Ross (7), Jacques du Plessis (4), Deon Stegmann (75),...

  • Bull Bulls Vodacom Cup team announced

    Mar 6, 14 • 1697 Views • General News, Vodacom CupComments Off on Bull Bulls Vodacom Cup team announced

    The team to play Griquas at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday at 14h30 is: Clayton Blommetjies, Jesse Kriel, William Small-Smith, Waylon Murray, Travis Ismaiel, Louis Fouchè, Rudy Paige, Clyde Davids, Christiaan de Bruin, Wiaan Liebenberg, David Bulbring (c),...

  • Cheetahs team to face the Reds

    Mar 6, 14 • 1873 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Cheetahs team to face the Reds

    The Toyota Cheetahs team to take on the Reds on Friday, 7 March at 10:40 (SA Time) at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia has been named. Changes to the team from last week: Maks van Dyk replacing Coenie Oosthuizen (neck injury – returning back home)...

  • Madibaz rally to stay alive in Varsity Cup

    Mar 5, 14 • 2070 Views • General News, Varsity CupComments Off on Madibaz rally to stay alive in Varsity Cup

    CAPTION: FNB NMMU turned in a gutsy performance to take the win against FNB Wits in wet and slippery conditions on Monday night. Photo: Wessel Oosthuizen/SASPA   A torrential downpour did little to dampen FNB NMMU’s spirits, as they rallied to a...

  • England U18 squad named to face Scotland

    Mar 5, 14 • 2183 Views • General News, International, SchoolComments Off on England U18 squad named to face Scotland

    John Fletcher ENGLAND Under 18s coaches John Fletcher and Peter Walton have named their squad to take on Scotland at Hamilton RFC on Sunday, March 9, kick off 12.00pm. The game is England’s first international of the season as they build towards the annual...

  • National Colts Cup quarter-finals draw

    Mar 5, 14 • 2228 Views • Europe, General NewsComments Off on National Colts Cup quarter-finals draw

    THE three surviving Midlands clubs in this season’s National Colts Cup have been kept apart in the quarter-final draw.Old Northamptonians, who were beaten cup finalists in 2006, face a trip to Kent to play Thanet Wanderers while Burton and Bedford Blues...

  • Twickenham is all Wright for all School Shirt Reveal

    Mar 5, 14 • 1819 Views • General News, International, Six NationsComments Off on Twickenham is all Wright for all School Shirt Reveal

      Laura met students at a Canterbury Kit Design Workshop and designed her own rugby shirt to be worn on Sunday As 82,000 fans stand silent and the England and Welsh teams line up before the RBS 6 Nations clash kicks off on Sunday, 100 secondary state...

  • Lions duo return for Wales

    Mar 5, 14 • 1320 Views • General NewsComments Off on Lions duo return for Wales

    Wales have made two changes to the side to face England in the RBS 6 Nations at Twickenham on Sunday (KO 15.00) with British and Irish Lions duo Jonathan Davies (Scarlets) and Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys) returning to the starting XV. Davies returns from injury...

  • Krugersdorp High School Rugby Fixtures 2014

    Mar 5, 14 • 2862 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on Krugersdorp High School Rugby Fixtures 2014

      Rugby Fixtures 2014 Date Day Opposition Home/Away 01-Mar Sat Saheti 7’s (U19/U16) Away 08-Mar Sat Fourways Home 12-Mar Wed Allsports: Edenglen Away 15-Mar Sat 1st XV & U16 GLRU Trials v Trinity at Bealieau College Away 15-Mar Sat Allsports:...

  • AON Ireland Women make four changes for historic clash at Aviva Stadium

    Mar 5, 14 • 2079 Views • General News, International, Six NationsComments Off on AON Ireland Women make four changes for historic clash at Aviva Stadium

    Ireland Women Head Coach Philip Doyle has made three personnel and one positional change to the side that ran out in Twickenham Saturday week ago.  The reigning Women’s 6 Nations champions make their debut at the Aviva Stadium this coming Saturday. In...

  • Krugersdorp High School “Best of the West” Rugby Festival 2014

    Mar 5, 14 • 2993 Views • General News, School Rugby FestivalsComments Off on Krugersdorp High School “Best of the West” Rugby Festival 2014

    FRIDAY 28th March 2014           10h40 HS Bastion Leeuwenhof   12h00 HS Roodepoort Springs Boys   13h20 HS Jeugland HS Standerton   14h40 Prince Edward (Zim) GLRU Invitational   16h00 K.H.S. Jabulani Club                              ...

  • Springbok schedule for 2014 confirmed

    Mar 5, 14 • 3471 Views • International, SpringboksComments Off on Springbok schedule for 2014 confirmed

    The Springboks will face 2013 Six Nations champions Wales in two Tests in Durban and Nelspruit during the Castle Lager Incoming Series in June, followed by a once-off international against Scotland in Port Elizabeth.   The fixtures were confirmed by the...

  • Rising stars in action as Vodacom Cup kicks off – Round 1 Preview

    Mar 5, 14 • 3716 Views • General News, Vodacom CupComments Off on Rising stars in action as Vodacom Cup kicks off – Round 1 Preview

      The Vodacom Cup, where many current and past Springboks have taken their first steps in senior provincial rugby, kicks off this week with eight tough matches taking place across South Africa.   Last year’s champions, the Golden Lions, and...

  • NSW selects sides for 2014 National Women’s Rugby Sevens Championship

    Mar 5, 14 • 2359 Views • General NewsComments Off on NSW selects sides for 2014 National Women’s Rugby Sevens Championship

    Caption: NSW women’s sevens player Tahlia Smith in action The next generation of NSW women’s sevens stars will head to Canberra this weekend for the National Women’s Sevens Championships.   The state will be strongly represented with two...

  • RFU Disciplinary: Kieran Brookes citing

    Mar 5, 14 • 2181 Views • AVIVA Premiership, General News, InternationalComments Off on RFU Disciplinary: Kieran Brookes citing

    KIERAN BROOKES (Newcastle Falcons) is to appear at an RFU Disciplinary Hearing tonight charged with acts contrary to good sportsmanship contrary to law 10.4(m). The charge, brought by Citing Commissioner Shaun Gallagher, is for physical abuse of a match...

  • Stringer replaces Ludlow in England U20 EPS

    Mar 5, 14 • 2579 Views • General News, International, Six NationsComments Off on Stringer replaces Ludlow in England U20 EPS

    SARACENS flanker Hayden Stringer has replaced injured Gloucester Rugby back row Lewis Ludlow in the England Under 20 squad for the rest of the season. Former England Under 18 player Stringer comes in for Ludlow who injured his knee while playing for...

  • Soyizwapi and Van Breda return to Kings for first Vodacom Cup game

    Mar 5, 14 • 1592 Views • General News, Vodacom CupComments Off on Soyizwapi and Van Breda return to Kings for first Vodacom Cup game

    Siviwe Shakes Soyizwapi and Scott van Breda will start against the Tusker Simba XV in Cape Town on Saturday in the Eastern Province Kings first Vodacom Cup match of the season. Vodacom Cup head coach, Mzwandile Stick, said both Soyizwapi and Van Breda, who...

  • Zenay Jordaan lives her rugby dream

    Mar 5, 14 • 2734 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Zenay Jordaan lives her rugby dream

    Nine years after taking up rugby as a sport, Springbok Women’s star player Zenay Jordaan’s dream of becoming a professional rugby player has become a reality, and she is still in awe since signing her national contract in January. The slightly built...

  • England Women’s Squad named for Wales Six Nations clash

    Mar 5, 14 • 2144 Views • General News, International, Six Nations, Womens RugbyComments Off on England Women’s Squad named for Wales Six Nations clash

      England’s Rochelle Clark England Women’s prop Rochelle Clark is set to earn her 90th cap on Friday when England play Wales in the penultimate round of the Six Nations, kick off 7:30pm at the Twickenham Stoop. Clark has been named in England...

  • Springbok Women’s preliminary RWC squad announced

    Mar 5, 14 • 2802 Views • General News, International, Rugby World Cup News, Womens RugbyComments Off on Springbok Women’s preliminary RWC squad announced

    Springbok Women’s coach Lawrence Sephaka on Tuesday announced a preliminary squad of 39 players for the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup as he looks to put the building blocks in place for the international showpiece in France from August 1 to 17.   The...

  • EP Kings Vodacom Cup team named for Tusker Simba XV clash

    Mar 5, 14 • 4161 Views • General News, Vodacom CupComments Off on EP Kings Vodacom Cup team named for Tusker Simba XV clash

    EP Kings in action during a warm up match -Photo: Francois Fourie Photography   EP Kings Team: 1. Brendon Olivier 2. Able de Swardt 3. Vukile Sofisa 4. Kuhle Sonkosi 5. Brendan Hector 6. Thembelani Bholi 7. Claude Tshibidi 8. Stephan Zaayman 9. Kelvano...

  • Griquas team to take on the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup

    Mar 5, 14 • 1792 Views • General News, Vodacom CupComments Off on Griquas team to take on the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup

    VodacomCup teamsheet: GWK Griquas team to take on the #BlueBulls on Saturday 8 March 2014 at 14h30 at Loftus, Pretoria 1. Steph Roberts 2. Martin Bezuidenhoudt 3. Ewald van der Westhuizen 4. Hilton Lobberts 5. Jaco Nepgen 6. Marnus Schoeman 7. Jonathan...

  • Reds team to tackle the Cheetahs

    Mar 5, 14 • 1457 Views • General News, Super RugbyComments Off on Reds team to tackle the Cheetahs

    Reds team: 1. Ben Daley , 2. James Hanson , 3. Greg Holmes , 4. Rob Simmons , 5. James Horwill (C) , 6. Eddie Quirk , 7. Liam Gill , 8. Jake Schatz , 9. Will Genia (VC) , 10. Quade Cooper , 11. Dom Shipperley , 12. Mike Harris , 13. Chris Feauai-Sautia...