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Jul 9, 18 •
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Craven Week, General News, School •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Youth Weeks festival set for grand finale in Paarl
The SA Rugby Youth Weeks festival will reach an exciting conclusion in Paarl this week as the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week teams battle it out for top honours in the last of seven tournaments at Paarl Boys’ High’s Brug Street...
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Jul 8, 18 •
2083 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls stage remarkable comeback – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 18 Review
DHL Stormers dent Cell C Sharks’ playoff plans Many permutations apply for Finals Series The Vodacom Bulls dealt the Jaguares their first defeat in three months when they staged a remarkable comeback to beat the high-flying Argentineans by 43-34 in Pretoria...
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Jul 8, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on iCOLLEGE Pumas and Tafel Lager Griquas into the Final – SuperSport Rugby Challenge semi-finals review
The iCOLLEGE Pumas and Tafel Lager Griquas will meet at the Bridgton Sports Grounds in Oudtshoorn next Sunday to determine who will be crowned as the new kings of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge for 2018. The Nelspruit team, the only unbeaten side left in this...
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Jul 6, 18 •
1886 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Horn to lead DHL WP U19 at DHL Newlands
Loose forward Francke Horn will lead DHL Western Province U19 in their encounter with the Vodacom Blue Bulls U19 at DHL Newlands on Saturday. The match, which kicks off at 14h40 on Saturday, will be played as a curtain-raiser before the Vodacom Super Rugby...
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Jul 6, 18 •
2374 Views •
General News, International, Sevens Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on HSBC Cape Town Sevens dates confirmed
The schedule for the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2018/19 was confirmed on Friday, with the ever-popular HSBC Cape Town Sevens set for the weekend of 8 and 9 December 2018. SA Rugby will by middle August make an announcement on ticket sales for this...
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Jul 6, 18 •
2884 Views •
General News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Power house, Ox Nche commits for another year with the Free State.
Despite interest from other rugby clubs, Ox Nche has decided to extend his contract with the Toyota Cheetahs. The Bloemfontein fan favourite, who earned his Springbok cap against Wales in June this year has committed until 2019. Nche was born in Thaba Nchu,...
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Jul 6, 18 •
2523 Views •
Craven Week, General News, School •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on WP, Boland show their class in U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week
DHL Western Province kept alive their hopes of taking top honours in the U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week for the sixth year in a row as they beat the Itec Blue Bulls 17-8 to join their Western Cape counterparts, Boland, as the only unbeaten teams going into...
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Jul 5, 18 •
1909 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Crucial derby in Cape Town – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 18 Preview
Dillyn Leyds and Thomas du Toit to reach 50 caps in coastal derby Vodacom Bulls starting team unchanged for Jaguares visit The Cell C Sharks will have it all to play for when they tackle the DHL Stormers in their penultimate Vodacom Super Rugby pool match in...
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Jul 5, 18 •
1818 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Leyds brings up DHL Stormers 50 at DHL Newlands
Dillyn Leyds will play his 50th match for the DHL Stormers against the Cell C Sharks at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Leyds will start at fullback in a DHL Stormers team that features five changes for the Vodacom Super Rugby coastal derby, which kicks off at...
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Jul 5, 18 •
2877 Views •
General News, SuperSport Challenge •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Toyota Free State XV – Semi-Final
Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Toyota Free State XV SuperSport Rugby Challenge Semi-Final Saturday, 7 July 2018 Kick-Off: 15:00 Tafel Lager Park, Kimberley Team: 1.Devon Martinus 2. Khwezi Mkhafu 3. NJ Oosthuizen 4. Sintu Manjezi 5. Pieter van Vuren (C) 6. De Wet...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Toyota Free State XV vs Tafel Lager Griquas
On Saturday, 7 July Tafel Lager Park in Kimberley will see the SuperSport Rugby Challenge Semi-Final between Toyota Free State XV and Griquas. The neighbours faced each other twice already in pool play. On 13 May, Toyota Free State XV won 32-31 in Rustenburg,...
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Jul 5, 18 •
3351 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Van Zyl lead Vodacom Blue Bulls Under-19 in season opener.
Joe van Zyl will captain the Vodacom Blue Bulls Under-19 team on Saturday when they take on DHL Western Province in their opening match of the SA Rugby Provincial Under-19 championship in Cape Town. The clash at DHL Newlands kicks off at 14h40. The squad will...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls name unchanged run-on side for Jaguares clash
Vodacom Bulls coach, John Mitchell named an unchanged run-on team to face the Jaguares at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday in what will be the last home match for his team in this year’s Vodacom Super Rugby competition. The same starting side that lost to a late...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Cell C Sharks vs. DHL Stormers
Date Saturday, 7th July 2018 Time 17h15 Venue DHL Newlands, Cape Town Referee Jaco Peyper Assistant Referee Stephan Geldenhuys, Archie Sehlako Television Match Official Marius Jonker The Cell C Sharks team has been named to travel to Cape Town this...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Craven Week, General News, School, Youth Weeks •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on COCA-COLA CRAVEN WEEK – A STAGE FOR IDENTIFYING SOUTH AFRICA’S FUTURE HEROES
Premier youth rugby tournament, Coca-Cola Craven Week, has seen over 280 national team players come through its ranks. The tournament provides South Africa’s top U18 provincial rugby players a platform to battle it out in an action-packed rugby week. This...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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General News, International, World Rugby •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on The Tunisian Rugby Union strongly deplores the anti-sports and unethical actions of the Zimbabwean delegation
“The delegation of Zimbabwe started complaining as soon as they arrived” TUNIS, Tunisia, July 4, 2018/ — As part of our efforts to grow rugby awareness everywhere in our country and following the decentralization policy of sports events by the...
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Jul 5, 18 •
2686 Views •
General News, School, Youth Weeks •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week continues thrill
Free State, the Blue Bulls, Eastern Province and Valke stamped their authority on their opponents in an action-packed second round of the U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week at Hoërskool Diamantveld in Kimberley on Wednesday to remain the only unbeaten teams...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Alexander congratulates new SADRU leadership
SA Rugby president, Mr Mark Alexander, on Wednesday congratulated Mr Michael Oosthuyzen on his selection as president of the SA Deaf Rugby Association (SADRU), an associate member of the South African Rugby Union. Oosthuyzen (of Gauteng), who served as...
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Jul 4, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Final four on the road to Oudtshoorn – SuperSport Rugby Challenge Semi-finals preview
A new SuperSport Rugby Challenge champion will be crowned in Outdshoorn next Sunday, when the highly entertaining provincial series, which graced rugby fields in various communities all over the country in the last three months, will reach a fitting finale at...
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Jul 4, 18 •
1607 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Cardiff Blues sign Jason Harries
Cardiff Blues have added further depth to their backline with the signing of Jason Harries from Edinburgh. The former Wales Under-18s, 20s and Sevens international was signed by Richard Cockerill last summer on a one-year contract, having scored 22 tries in...
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Jul 4, 18 •
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General News, National •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on National Rugby Championship 2018 Fixtures Announced
The Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) will take more National Rugby Championship (NRC) games to its clubs and regions than ever before in 2018. McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City and Bond University Queensland Country will continue to engage Queensland’s...
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Jul 4, 18 •
1893 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Wyatt Crockett set to record Super Rugby double century
BNZ Crusaders prop Wyatt Crockett will make rugby history yet again this week, becoming the first player to record 200 Investec Super Rugby caps. Crockett has been named to play in the Crusaders’ home game against the Highlanders on Friday night, in a match...
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Jul 4, 18 •
1465 Views •
General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Melbourne Rebels at Suncorp Stadium
The St.George Queensland Reds have named their team to take on the Melbourne Rebels at Suncorp Stadium this Friday night. The Reds will welcome back Test lock Izack Rodda to the starting lineup for their first home match since the June Test window, but will...
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Jul 3, 18 •
2708 Views •
General News, National, Pale Toe, South Africa, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby Logs, Super Rugby News, Super Rugby Results •
Simon Riekert •
Comments Off on JOHN MITCHELL: ONS SPEEL MET ‘N GELAPTE SPAN
-Simon Riekert (Loftus Versveld) Die Bulls se hoofafrigter John Mitchell was na afloop van die laaste drie wedstryde wat sy span gespeel het, om dit pleinweg te stel, nie gelukkig nie. Die Jaguares...
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Jul 2, 18 •
2580 Views •
General News, Varsity & Club •
Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Madibaz out to prove their potential at USSA
Madibaz rugby coach Jarryd Buys wants his squad to place the emphasis on enjoyment when they take part in the University Sport South Africa tournament in Johannesburg next week. The event, to be hosted by Wits, will be held from July 2 to 6. The Nelson...
