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  • ISUZU SOUTHERN KINGS NAME TOURING SQUAD

    Sep 25, 18 • 1173 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on ISUZU SOUTHERN KINGS NAME TOURING SQUAD

    Isuzu Southern Kings Head Coach, Deon Davids, has named a strong squad for the team’s two-week Guinness PRO14 tour of Wales and Italy. The Port Elizabeth-based side departs on Tuesday from South Africa on the back of a 38-28 win over Glasgow Warriors,...

  • MARTIN DREYER ONLY INJURY CONCERN FOR ISUZU SOUTHERN KINGS AHEAD OF TOUR

    Sep 25, 18 • 1357 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on MARTIN DREYER ONLY INJURY CONCERN FOR ISUZU SOUTHERN KINGS AHEAD OF TOUR

    Isuzu Southern Kings front rower, Martin Dreyer, remains the only injury concern following the side’s 38-28 victory over Glasgow Warriors over the weekend. The 20-year-old prop sustained a knee injury in the 75th minute of Saturday’s Round 4 Guinness...

  • Nel, Nkosi, Koch added to Springbok squad

    Sep 25, 18 • 1502 Views • General News, International, Springboks • • Comments Off on Nel, Nkosi, Koch added to Springbok squad

    The uncapped Blitzbok star Ruhan Nel, Vincent Koch (prop), Sbu Nkosi (wing), Lionel Mapoe (centre) and Ivan van Zyl (scrumhalf) have been added to the Springbok squad for their final two Castle Lager Rugby Championship home matches against the Wallabies and...

  • Brothers in arms – Rieko and Akira ink long-term deals with New Zealand Rugby

    Sep 21, 18 • 1878 Views • General News, International, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Brothers in arms – Rieko and Akira ink long-term deals with New Zealand Rugby

    New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today announced that they have secured the key signatures of All Blacks, Blues and Auckland Rugby brothers, Rieko and Akira Ioane, who have both signed long-term contracts with the national body, their Blues club and the Auckland...

  • Clarke names extended squad

    Sep 21, 18 • 1226 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Clarke names extended squad

    Head Coach, Allen Clarke, has named an extended 27-man squad ahead of Saturday’s Guinness PRO14 Round 4 game against Benetton Rugby at the Liberty Stadium (7.35pm KO). Selection for the game will be narrowed down ahead of final confirmation of the matchday...

  • Springbok Women to play three Tests in November

    Sep 21, 18 • 1466 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Springbok Women to play three Tests in November

    The Springbok Women’s team will play three Tests in November – against Wales, Spain and Italy – in what marks the national side’s first tour since the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup. This follows an SA Select Women’s tour to England last November...

  • Five Boks come in for DHL WP

    Sep 21, 18 • 1822 Views • Currie Cup, General News • • Comments Off on Five Boks come in for DHL WP

    DHL Western Province have been boosted by the inclusion of five Springboks for their Currie Cup encounter with Tafel Lager Griquas at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Bongi Mbonambi, Wilco Louw, Sikhumbuzo Notshe and Damian Willemse have all been released from the...

  • Currie Cup celebrates Heritage Day as six Boks return

    Sep 21, 18 • 2501 Views • Currie Cup, Currie Cup F.Div, General News • • Comments Off on Currie Cup celebrates Heritage Day as six Boks return

    Six members of the Springbok squad that recently returned from Australasia will feature in the Currie Cup this weekend in an additional treat for spectators who will be in line to receive free boerewors and braai spice sachets at host stadiums in celebration...

  • Munster team to face Cardiff Blues named

    Sep 20, 18 • 1291 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Munster team to face Cardiff Blues named

    Munster Head Coach Johann van Graan has named his side to face Cardiff Blues in the Guinness PRO14 at Cardiff Arms Park on Friday night (7.35pm, live on eir Sport and TG4). There are six changes to the side that beat Ospreys last week as CJ Stander makes his...

  • Jenkins returns to skipper Cardiff Blues on 100th appearance

    Sep 20, 18 • 1153 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Jenkins returns to skipper Cardiff Blues on 100th appearance

    Ellis Jenkins will make his 100th appearance as Cardiff Blues take on Munster in the Guinness PRO14 on Friday night (7.35pm). The Wales flanker sat out last week’s last-gasp loss to Zebre in Italy but is one of seven changes for the Arms Park encounter....

  • Ulster Academy duo set for first starts

    Sep 20, 18 • 1080 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Ulster Academy duo set for first starts

    There are six changes to Ulster’s starting XV for Friday’s Guinness PRO14 clash against Toyota Cheetahs (Toyota Stadium, 7.15pm SA time / 6.15pm BST). Abbey Insurance Academy players Eric O’Sullivan and Angus Kernohan are set to make their first starts...

  • Toyota Cheetahs take on Ulster in Bloemfontein

    Sep 20, 18 • 1295 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs take on Ulster in Bloemfontein

    At 19:15 the Toyota Cheetahs will be taking on Ulster in a Guinness PRO14 match with a live broadcast on SuperSport1. Gates open at 12:00. FATMAN will be providing entertainment at the Castle Deck before and after the main match. Tickets are only R40 for the...

  • Preliminary Springbok squad to gather in PE

    Sep 20, 18 • 1607 Views • General News, International, Springboks • • Comments Off on Preliminary Springbok squad to gather in PE

    Seventeen players will get together in Port Elizabeth on Friday when they will start their preparations for the final two Tests in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, next Saturday, 29 September against Australia in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, and a week...

  • Cronje to lead Lions

    Sep 20, 18 • 1379 Views • Currie Cup, General News • • Comments Off on Cronje to lead Lions

    Springbok Ross Cronje will lead the Xerox Golden Lions on the field when they face the Cell C Sharks in Durban on Saturday. Cronje was released by the Springbok management and takes up the captaincy role for the Lions in the DirectAxis and Nashua Currie Cup...

  • Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week returns to Bill Jardine

    Sep 20, 18 • 2539 Views • General News, National, School, Springboks • • Comments Off on Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week returns to Bill Jardine

    Springbok captain Siya Kolisi had words of encouragement for the country’s top up-and-coming Under-15 schools’ rugby players, who will showcase their talent from 1 to 4 October in the 2018 edition of the Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week, which will once again be...

  • Jones names latest England training squad

    Sep 20, 18 • 1601 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Jones names latest England training squad

    England head coach Eddie Jones has selected 36 players to assemble in Bristol for England’s latest training camp (Sunday 23 September until Tuesday 25 September). Leicester Tigers’ centre Manu Tuilagi is named in the training squad for the first time in...

  • Cell C Sharks vs. Xerox Golden Lions

    Sep 20, 18 • 1612 Views • Currie Cup, General News • • Comments Off on Cell C Sharks vs. Xerox Golden Lions

    Date Saturday 22 September 2018 Time 17h15 Venue JONSSON KINGS PARK, Durban Referee Egon Seconds Assistant Referees Archie Sehlako, Blake Beattie Television Match Official Shaun Veldsman   The Cell C Sharks side will be bolstered this weekend by the...

  • Samu Kerevi re-signs with St.George Queensland Reds for 2019

    Sep 20, 18 • 1639 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Samu Kerevi re-signs with St.George Queensland Reds for 2019

    St.George Queensland Reds centre Samu Kerevi has put pen to paper to ensure he remains at Ballymore after signing a new one-year deal. It further strengthens Queensland’s squad for 2019 following Izack Rodda, JP Smith, Filipo Daugunu, Chris Feauai-Sautia,...

  • Naudé maak Curriebeker-buiging

    Sep 20, 18 • 1907 Views • Currie Cup, General News • • Comments Off on Naudé maak Curriebeker-buiging

    Die Pumas se jong loskopstut Morgan Naudé maak Vrydagaand in Bloemfontein sy Curriebekerbuiging teen die Cheetahs. Naudé, wie verlede week nog vir die Onder 20s diens gedoen het, vervang Kwezi Mona in ‘n verrassende skuif. Hy is soos die Bokstut Vincent...

  • Tafel Lager Griquas vs. DHL Western Province

    Sep 19, 18 • 2043 Views • Currie Cup, General News • • Comments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas vs. DHL Western Province

    Saturday, 22 September 2018 Kick-Off: 19:30 On SS1 DHL Newlands Rugby Stadium, Cape Town   15.AJ Coertzen 14.Ederies Arendse 13.Kyle Steyn © 12.Andre Swarts 11.Enver Brandt 10.George Whitehead 9.Zak Burger   8.Conway Pretorius 7.Sias Koen 6.Eital...

  • Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs iCollege Pumas

    Sep 19, 18 • 3235 Views • Currie Cup, General News • • Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs iCollege Pumas

    The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will be facing the iCollege Pumas on Friday at 17:00 in their last Currie Cup match of the season. Be part of the Rugby festival on Friday in Toyota Stadium.  The Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.19 will be taking on their...

  • Big tests for SA teams at home in Guinness PRO14

    Sep 19, 18 • 1276 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Big tests for SA teams at home in Guinness PRO14

    The Toyota Cheetahs and Isuzu Southern Kings will face a tough test in the Guinness PRO14 this weekend as they line up against the only unbeaten teams in the competition in the fourth round of the competition. The Free Staters will kick off the weekend’s...

  • SA Rugby hosts Elite Player Development camps

    Sep 19, 18 • 2882 Views • General News, School • • Comments Off on SA Rugby hosts Elite Player Development camps

    One hundred and twenty of the most talented Under-16 and Under-17 players in the country will be put through their paces at two Elite Player Development (EPD) camps in the Western Cape from 1 to 6 October, as SA Rugby’s High Performance Department assesses...

  • SYDNEY SET TO HOST WORLD RUGBY MEETINGS

    Sep 19, 18 • 1692 Views • General News, International, World Rugby • • Comments Off on SYDNEY SET TO HOST WORLD RUGBY MEETINGS

    Rugby’s leading decision-makers will meet in Sydney next week when Rugby Australia hosts key World Rugby committee meetings. Within a week of scheduled meetings, World Rugby’s Executive, Rugby, Regional, Audit and Risk and Regulations Committees and Rugby...

  • Red Bull to ignite search for Sevens stars

    Sep 19, 18 • 1513 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Red Bull to ignite search for Sevens stars

    Red Bull announced as naming rights sponsor for Ignite7 Trusts Arena in Waitakere signs on as official venue More than 500 athletes registered, 119 from outside rugby New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has teamed up with Red Bull to ignite the search for our future...