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Jun 7, 18 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Under 20 team named to face Australia
New Zealand Under 20 Coach Craig Philpott has named the team to face Australia in their last pool match at the World Rugby U20 Championship. The match will be played at Stade Aime-Giral, Perpignan, kick off 9pm tomorrow (7am Friday NZT) The team is; 1. Rob...
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Jun 7, 18 •
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Comments Off on Black Ferns Sevens team named for World Series decider
The Black Ferns Sevens take the field in Paris this weekend in the closing round of the HSBC World Series with a chance to claim back-to-back titles. Coach Allan Bunting has named a strong, experienced team for the tournament. 1. Ruby Tui Bay of Plenty 2....
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Jun 7, 18 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks squad named for opening Steinlager Series Test against France
Tu’inukuafe named on bench; Barretts to set new milestone The All Blacks team has been named to play France in the opening Test of the Steinlager Series at Eden Park, Auckland, on Saturday 9 June, with new All Black Karl Tu’inukuafe set to...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on SIMON AMOR MAKES ONE CHANGE TO ENGLAND SQUAD FOR HSBC PARIS SEVENS
Head of England Sevens Simon Amor has made one change to his 12-man squad for the HSBC Paris Sevens on 8-10 June, live on Sky Sports. A hamstring injury to Alex Davis sees Tom Bowen return to the England side after he played the role of 13th man in London,...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Border Bulldogs Team vs SWD Eagles
Date: Friday, 8 June 2018 Venue: Buffalo City Stadium Time: 19h00 Blake Kyd Mihlali Mpafi Lwando Mabenga Hendri Storm JC van Rensburg Lukhanyo Nomzanga Billy Dutton (Capt) Onke Dubase Sinovuyo Nyoka (v/capt.) Aphiwe Stemele Somila Jho Somila...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Roux changes six for SAU20s French clash
Wandisile Simelane will start on the wing and Lubabalo Dobela at flyhalf when the Junior Springboks meet World Rugby U20 Championship hosts, France, in their pool decider in Narbonne on Thursday, among six changes to coach Chean Roux’s starting team. Dobela...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Rugby stars, fans and celebs get hooked with Vodacom Red
A group of Vodacom Super Rugby stars are about to swop running lines for tight lines, and tries for tigers, as they get ready to land their biggest catch of the season in a tiger fishing safari with their fans on the Zambezi River. From 15-18 July, the rugby...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Toyota Free State, Bloemfontein, 8 June 2018
TEAM AJ Coertzen ( VC) Ederies Arendse Kyle Steyn Jonathan Francke Enver Brandt George Whitehead Christiaan Meyer Conway Pretorius Sias Koen Wendal Wehr Peiter van Vuren ( C ) Sintu Majenzi Ruan Kramer Kwezi Mkhafu Devon Martinus RESERVES AJ Le Roux ...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State XV vs Tafel Lager Griquas
Toyota Free State XV will be taking on the Tafel Lager Griquas in round 8 of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge in Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Friday evening. The match kicks off at 18:00 and gates open at 16:00. The Toyota Free State XV will still want...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on Human back in his happy place
He made his Springbok Sevens debut at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris last year and more importantly, won his first gold medal in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, and this week, Dewald Human re-joined his fellow Blitzboks in the French capital. Human, who...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on England U20s side to play Scotland
England U20s head coach Steve Bates has named his side to play Scotland on Thursday in their final Pool B fixture of the World Rugby U20 Championship in Beziers (8pm BST, live on worldrugby.org). The side will be captained by scrum half Ben White...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on LATU CALLED IN TO FINALISE 33-MAN SQUAD FOR MITSUBISHI ESTATE IRELAND SERIES
New South Wales hooker Tolu Latu has been added to Michael Cheika’s Qantas Wallabies squad for the Mitsubishi Estate Ireland Series ahead of the first Test at Suncorp Stadium. Latu has played four times for Australia and completes the 33-man squad following...
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Jun 6, 18 •
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Comments Off on AUSSIE MEN’S SEVENS READY FOR LAST TANGO IN PARIS
1.Jeral Skelton, 5 caps, Brothers 2.Dylan Pietsch, 10 caps, Randwick 3.Sam Myers, 36 caps, Norths (Sydney) 4. Lewis Holland (c), 37 caps, Queanbeyan 5.Ben O’Donnell, 9 caps, Randwick 6. Brandon Quinn, 8 caps, Gordon 7.Tim Anstee, 19 caps, Eastwood...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Junior Boks want to take step forward in France
SA Rugby’s High Performance manager and Junior Springbok assistant coach Louis Koen says the team is keen to take a step forward in the World Rugby U20 Championship when they meet hosts, France, in their final pool match in Narbonne on Thursday. The SA U20s...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Gans: It about using the opportunity
The Springbok Sevens team provides the perfect environment for developing players and people, and Stedman Gans feels that being surrounded by some of the leading players in the world, assisted with his growth as a Blitzbok in the last year. The 21-year-old...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Opening fixtures for Youth Weeks announced
SA Rugby on Tuesday announced the fixtures for the opening days of the various Youth Weeks, which will deliver three weeks of back-to-back rugby action from Monday, 25 June until Saturday, 14 July, when the best school rugby players from across the country...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Record number of Get Into Rugby activities in SA in 2017
More Get Into Rugby activities to introduce young people to the game were organised in South Africa, along with Columbia, than anywhere else in the world in 2017, according to the most recent figures released by World Rugby. According to the World Rugby Year...
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Jun 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on Coetzer, Buthelezi to join Junior Boks in France
DHL Western Province flyhalf David Coetzer and Cell C Sharks No 8 Phendulani Buthelezi will join the Junior Springboks in France on Tuesday as injury replacements for Damian Willemse and Muller du Plessis respectively. Willemse suffered a knee injury in the...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Human, Ndhlovu to join Blitzboks in France
Dewald Human and Mfundo Ndhlovu will replace the injured Cecil Afrika and Branco du Preez in the Springbok Sevens squad for the HSBC Paris Sevens on 9-10 June at the Stade Jean Bouin in the French capital. Afrika (hamstring) and Du Preez (shoulder) will...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Soper joins Ulster coaching ticket
Ulster Rugby has confirmed that Daniel Soper will join the coaching team next season in the position of Skills Coach. Following on from the announcement of new Head Coach Dan McFarland and the news that former player Jared Payne will assume the role of...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on Saturday was a possible dress-rehearsal
The iCOLLEGE Pumas’ 43-35 victory in the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday over the Xerox Golden Lions which was in the balance until the last seconds, could have been a dress-rehearsal for a possible SuperSport Challenge quarter final later this...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on ENGLAND FINISH FOURTH AT HSBC LONDON SEVENS
England finished fourth at the HSBC London Sevens after losing 19-21 to Ireland at Twickenham Stadium. Earlier on day two, England beat Australia 21-17 but were unable to overcome South Africa in the semi-final as they won 19-29. On day one in the pool...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby congratulates recipients of Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to rugby
Women’s Rugby World Cup winning captain Fiao’o Faamausili heads this year’s list of rugby service awards in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Faamausili was named Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit while former Black Fern Rochelle Martin,...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on JUNIOR WALLABIES DEFEAT JAPAN TO SET UP POOL A SHOWDOWN WITH NEW ZEALAND
The Junior Wallabies have defeated Japan 54-19 overnight in the second pool game of the World Rugby U20s Championship at Stade de la Mediterranee, Bézier. Australia scored eight tries in the high scoring affair as the Junior Wallabies moved into second in...
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Jun 4, 18 •
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Comments Off on AUSTRALIA HOLDS ONTO FOURTH PLACE ON WORLD SERIES LADDER AFTER LONDON SEVENS
The Qantas Australian Men’s Sevens side have exited at the fifth-place Semi-Final stage in a disappointing day two at the HSBC London Sevens. The Aussies first task was the Cup Quarter Final against hosts England at Twickenham. The Australians off to...
