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Feb 17, 22 •
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Comments Off on The 2022 Carling Currie Cup Bulletin #5
Carling Currie Cup action resumes on Friday evening, with the Toyota Cheetahs and Cell C Sharks facing tricky away matches in their quest to keep their unbeaten starts to the competition intact and overtake the Vodacom Bulls at the top of the standings. Tafel...
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Feb 17, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on THE CELL C SHARKS WELCOME EBEN ETZEBETH
The Sharks are thrilled to announce a major coup with the signing of Springbok second rower Eben Etzebeth, who will join our franchise from Toulon once the French season has ended. Etzebeth will join up with The Sharks in July of this year and he has been...
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Feb 17, 22 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP bolstered for Kimberley clash
DHL Western Province have been bolstered by the inclusion of a few key players for their Carling Currie Cup clash with Tafel Lager Griquas in Kimberley on Friday. There are five players in the forward pack that did not feature in DHL Western Province’s...
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Feb 17, 22 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs to travel north
The Toyota Cheetahs will be travelling north to face the Airlink Pumas on Saturday, 19 February at 14:30 in Nelspruit. The action will be live on SuperSport. “During the last two weeks, we’ve done a lot of preparation. We know we are playing against a...
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Feb 13, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on NEIL POWELL APPOINTED AS THE SHARKS DIRECTOR OF RUGBY
The Sharks CEO, Dr Eduard Coetzee has announced an exciting new change to our rugby structure that will be effective from the 2022/2023 season. This development has been implemented to ensure sustainable success and provide the best and most effective support...
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Feb 1, 22 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs will be travelling north to face the Vodacom Bulls
The Toyota Cheetahs will be travelling north to face the Vodacom Bulls on Wednesday, 2 February at 17:45 in Pretoria. The action will be live on SuperSport. “We have a really good backline and we’ve worked hard on the set-piece during the last two weeks....
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Feb 1, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Swiel leads DHL WP in Durban
Flyhalf Tim Swiel will captain DHL Western Province in their Carling Currie Cup encounter with the Cell C Sharks in Durban on Wednesday. Following a week’s break, DHL Western Province play their first away match of the campaign at 20h00 on Wednesday....
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Feb 1, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Tough Carling Currie Cup clash expected against Toyota Cheetahs
An exciting Vodacom Bulls side will take on the Toyota Cheetahs in a Carling Currie Cup encounter at Loftus Versfeld on Wednesday night. Vodacom Bulls’ Carling Currie Cup head coach, Gert Smal, has selected a team with a balance of youth and experience...
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Feb 1, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Cell C Sharks welcome DHL Western Province to Hollywoodbets Kings Park
The KZN-Western Cape rugby rivalry continues when the Cell C Sharks welcome DHL Western Province to Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Wednesday evening for an enticing Carling Currie Cup coastal derby. Both sides have one win apiece, although Province have played...
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Jan 20, 22 •
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Currie Cup, Currie Cup Results, General News, National, South Africa, South Africa •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on The 2022 Carling Currie Cup Bulletin #2
The Vodacom Bulls surged to the top of the Carling Currie Cup standings with a magnificent victory in Cape Town, while the Airlink Pumas and Cell C Sharks registered their first log points of the new season following Wednesday’s second round of matches. The...
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Jan 18, 22 •
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Comments Off on Brink to make Vodacom Bulls debut as Coetzee leads side against DHL WP
Vodacom Bulls’ latest recruit, Cyle Brink, will make his debut for the side when they take on DHL Western Province in a Carling Currie Cup encounter on Wednesday night. The Vodacom Bulls will head to Cape Town with a strong team for their second match of...
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Jan 18, 22 •
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Comments Off on Theunissen comes in for DHL WP
Marcel Theunissen will start at flank in one of three changes to the DHL Western Province forward pack for their Carling Currie Cup clash with the Vodacom Bulls at DHL Stadium on Wednesday. There are no changes to the backline that started in the 48-36...
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Jan 17, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Cell C Sharks to play Tafel Lager Griquas
Date: Wednesday, 19th January 2022Time: 17.45Venue: Hollywoodbets Kings Park, DurbanReferee: Rasta RasivhengeAssistant Refs: Paul Mente, Yanga SotshanganeTMO: Quinton Immelman _ The 2022 edition of the Carling Currie Cup competition kicked off over the...
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Jan 16, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on The 2022 Carling Currie Cup Bulletin #1
Defending Carling Currie Cup champions, the Vodacom Bulls, started the 2022 campaign with a bonus-point victory over the Pumas at the Mbombela Stadium on Friday evening, while the Toyota Cheetahs and the DHL Western Province also made winning starts on...
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Jan 13, 22 •
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Comments Off on Hendricks leads strong Vodacom Bulls team in Carling Currie Cup opener
Cornal Hendricks will captain a strong Vodacom Bulls team in their opening match of the side’s Carling Currie Cup defence when they take on the Pumas at the Mbombela Stadium on Friday night. Vodacom Bulls’ Carling Currie Cup head coach, Gert Smal, has...
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Jan 13, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs vs Tafel Lager Griquas
The Toyota Cheetahs will battle it out against the Tafel Lager Griquas on Saturday in the first Carling Currie Cup match of 2022. The action in Toyota Stadium kicks off at 14:30 and the action will be live on SuperSport. “The Toyota Challenge helped us a...
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Jan 13, 22 •
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Comments Off on Xaba to lead DHL WP in Carling Currie Cup opener
Flank Nama Xaba will captain DHL Western Province in their opening Carling Currie Cup match against Sigma Lions a DHL Stadium on Saturday. The former DHL Western Province U19 and U21 captain will lead the senior team out for the first time in a match that...
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Jan 12, 22 •
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Comments Off on The Cell C Sharks U20 Currie Cup Coaching Structure
The success of a sporting franchise rests on many pillars, but one very important facet that drives success is not what happens at the coalface, but the underlying structures that feed it. While the focus is often on the make-up of the senior team and its...
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Jan 12, 22 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Carling Currie Cup: Exciting new edition kick-starts 2022 season
The 2022-edition of the Carling Currie Cup kicks off in a groundbreaking new “window” on Friday night and featuring an exciting new initiative with the introduction of the “Discovering Champions” video series, featuring Springbok head coach Jacques...
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Jan 11, 22 •
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Comments Off on Carling Currie Cup kick-off times confirmed for 2022
The 2022-edition of the Carling Currie Cup kicks off at 19h00 on Friday, 14 January in Nelspruit when the Vodacom Bulls start the defence of their title against the New Nation Pumas at the Mbombela Stadium. The other two matches in the opening round are...
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Jan 10, 22 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls announce coaching team for Carling Currie Cup
The Vodacom Bulls are pleased to confirm a skilled team of coaches that will oversee the Carling Currie Cup campaign alongside head coach, Gert Smal. The Tshwane-based side last month announced the arrival of former Springbok assistant coach, Smal, at Loftus...
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Dec 11, 21 •
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Comments Off on Carling Currie Cup gets January kick off
The Carling Currie Cup will kick off next month with a seven-team Premier Division, following an online meeting of the General Council of the South African Rugby Union on Friday. The Council rejected a proposal from Eastern Province that they be incorporated...
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Dec 10, 21 •
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Comments Off on Springbok stars lead SA Rugby Awards nominations for 2021
Five star Springboks – Lukhanyo Am, Damian de Allende, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi and Makazole Mapimpi – are up against each other for the coveted SA Rugby Player of the Year award for 2021 after earning the most votes in the annual nomination process. SA...
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Dec 9, 21 •
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Comments Off on Paarwater takes charge of DHL WP for Carling Currie Cup campaign
The experienced Jerome Paarwater has been named Head Coach of DHL Western Province for the upcoming Carling Currie Cup campaign, with Kabamba Floors and Nazeem Adams his assistant coaches. The former DHL Western Province loose forward has been part of the...
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Dec 3, 21 •
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Comments Off on Gert Smal joins Vodacom Bulls as Carling Currie Cup head coach
The Vodacom Bulls are pleased to announce Gert Smal as the side’s new Carling Currie Cup head coach. With the Tshwane-based side expected to participate in both the Vodacom United Rugby Championship and the Carling Currie Cup, which are set to overlap in...
