Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

  • Dragons squad announced for Italian trip

    Apr 4, 18 • 1152 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Dragons squad announced for Italian trip

    Dragons Head Coach Bernard Jackman has announced his 26-man squad that will travel to Italy for the Benetton clash on Saturday 7th April and remain there until they take on Zebre Rugby on Saturday 14th April 2018. The Men of Gwent will spend a week in Italy...

  • Twenty two players invited to second Springbok alignment camp

    Apr 4, 18 • 1565 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Twenty two players invited to second Springbok alignment camp

    A total of 22 players from the DHL Stormers and Emirates Lions have been invited to attend the second Springbok alignment camp from 8 to 11 April at the Riverside Resort in Vanderbijlpark situated in the south of Johannesburg.  The Springbok management are...

  • JESSE PARAHI TAKES REINS OF AUSSIE 7S ON EVE OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES

    Apr 4, 18 • 1294 Views • General News, Sevens RugbyComments Off on JESSE PARAHI TAKES REINS OF AUSSIE 7S ON EVE OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES

    Veteran Jesse Parahi has been named the acting captain of the Australian Men’s Sevens team for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Parahi inherits the position from James Stannard who was ruled out of the Games following an off-field incident on Good...

  • Try-fest on opening day of the Oakland World Schools Festival

    Apr 4, 18 • 2664 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on Try-fest on opening day of the Oakland World Schools Festival

    The South African teams dominated matters on the first day of the inaugural Oakland World Schools Festival with the visiting teams suffering massive defeats at Paarl Boys’ High School on Tuesday. All four matches on the opening day went the way of the...

  • Lions players see the real reward for their Vodacom Super Rugby tries

    Apr 3, 18 • 2315 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby NewsComments Off on Lions players see the real reward for their Vodacom Super Rugby tries

    Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft palate or cleft lip. That’s almost 27 children in your average Vodacom Super Rugby match. But this season, every South African team is doing something to ensure that these roughly 27 children per match get...

  • All systems go for Bok Women’s Sevens, says Delport

    Apr 3, 18 • 1253 Views • General News, Sevens RugbyComments Off on All systems go for Bok Women’s Sevens, says Delport

    Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Paul Delport may be facing the biggest challenge in his coaching career, but the former Junior Springboks and Springbok Sevens captain was at ease about the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series Qualifier in Hong...

  • TEAM ENGLAND SEVENS SQUAD NAMED FOR 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

    Apr 3, 18 • 1694 Views • General News, Sevens RugbyComments Off on TEAM ENGLAND SEVENS SQUAD NAMED FOR 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

    Simon Amor has named an experienced Team England squad for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, taking place on the Gold Coast this month (13-15 April). The team includes seven members of Team GB who picked up silver medals at the Rio 2016 Olympics and six players...

  • George Clancy set for 100th Guinness PRO14 Appearance

    Apr 3, 18 • 2222 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on George Clancy set for 100th Guinness PRO14 Appearance

    This weekend George Clancy will become only the second referee to reach a century of appearances in the Guinness PRO14 when he takes charge of Scarlets versus Glasgow Warriors on Saturday. Last year, Nigel Owens (WRU) made his 150th appearance in the...

  • Smith embraces playing on another big stage

    Apr 3, 18 • 1387 Views • General News, Sevens RugbyComments Off on Smith embraces playing on another big stage

    He has had his share of drama, excitement and disappointment in his rugby career, but when Rhyno Smith makes his debut for the Springbok Sevens team on Friday against South Korea at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC World Rugby Sevens tournament, it will be the...

  • Player Movement

    Apr 3, 18 • 3705 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Player Movement

    Free State Cheetahs (Pty) Ltd is delighted to announce that the contracting committee have so far finalised and signed 23 player contracts for the next season and or beyond. Currently more negotiations with senior players in the present group and from outside...

  • Guinness PRO14 Round 19 – Important for Toyota Cheetahs

    Apr 3, 18 • 2123 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Guinness PRO14 Round 19 – Important for Toyota Cheetahs

    The Guinness PRO 14 championship is drawing to a close with only three and in some instances only four, pool matches left to determine who will play in the Guinness PRO14 Final Series. PRO14 is divided into two pools, namely Pool A and Pool B and the Toyota...

  • Phil Price earns Scarlets contract

    Apr 3, 18 • 1173 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Phil Price earns Scarlets contract

    Dragons Rugby can confirm that Phil Price will remain at Scarlets after signing terms following his loan spell at Parc Y Scarlets. The 29-year-old Bridgend born prop joined the Dragons in 2009 and has made over 150 appearances for the Welsh Region. Price has...

  • Afternoon kick-off at DHL Newlands on Freedom Day

    Apr 3, 18 • 1212 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby NewsComments Off on Afternoon kick-off at DHL Newlands on Freedom Day

    The kick-off time for the DHL Stormers’ encounter with the Rebels at DHL Newlands on Friday, April 27 has been moved forward to 15h05. The Vodacom Super Rugby clash that falls on Freedom Day (a public holiday in South Africa), was originally scheduled...

  • Lions Rugby Company sign Nic Groom

    Apr 3, 18 • 2472 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Lions Rugby Company sign Nic Groom

    The Lions Rugby Company (Pty) Ltd. would like to announce the signing of Nicholas Groom from Northampton Saints.   Due to injury and depth Groom will join the Company from 31 March 2018 until 31 October 2019.  The Lions would like to welcome Groom and his...

  • Changes to New Zealand Commonwealth Games rugby sevens teams

    Apr 3, 18 • 1750 Views • General News, Sevens RugbyComments Off on Changes to New Zealand Commonwealth Games rugby sevens teams

    Injury and illness have forced changes to both men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams days out from the start of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. In the men’s team, young rising stars Ngarohi McGarvey Black and Caleb Clarke have both been ruled out.  ...

  • World Schools Rugby Festival kicks off in SA style

    Apr 3, 18 • 3678 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on World Schools Rugby Festival kicks off in SA style

    The inaugural Oakland World Schools Festival got off to an emphatic start with some of the world’s top schoolboy rugby players coming together for a true South African feast.  The week-long tournament which will feature some of the most promising...

  • Blitzboks keen to discard novice tag

    Apr 2, 18 • 1376 Views • General News, Sevens RugbyComments Off on Blitzboks keen to discard novice tag

    Experience may not be one of the tools in the Springbok Sevens’ armoury as they attempt to win the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens for the first time, but the team is determined to use the other attributes that could lead to glory as they look to stay...

  • KERF wrap and bursaries

    Apr 2, 18 • 2379 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on KERF wrap and bursaries

    A highly successful 11th Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up today (Monday) with three teams ending the festival unbeaten and the announcement of four players who each received bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2019. Two local teams,...

  • Apr 2, 18 • 2410 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on

    DROSTDY 29 – 26 SELBORNE COLLEGE  The penultimate festival match, between Selborne College and HTS Drostdy, saw the East London side dominating position for the first 20 minutes.  The Worcester team struggled to get their hands on the ball and, when they...

  • KERF Game 4 – DHS-Dale

    Apr 2, 18 • 1820 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on KERF Game 4 – DHS-Dale

    DHS 39 – 0 DALE COLLEGE  In the fifth match of the final day, unbeaten DHS faced Dale College who had lost both their earlier festival games.  It was the KZN side which dominated the first 10 minutes with a penalty by Shakur la Douce, and then a converted...

  • KERF – Game 3 – Middelburg-Queen’s College

    Apr 2, 18 • 1794 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on KERF – Game 3 – Middelburg-Queen’s College

    HTS MIDDELBURG 35 – 17 QUEEN’S COLLEGE It was an entertaining first half in the third match between HTS Middelburg and Queen’s College.  The latter had lost both their games, whilst Middelburg had a narrow one-point win against Kearsney in their first...

  • Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Day 3 – Game 1 – Glenwood & Welkom Gim

    Apr 2, 18 • 2086 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Day 3 – Game 1 – Glenwood & Welkom Gim

    GLENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL – WELKOM GIMNASIUM  The final day of the Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival opened with two sides in the top four of the games thus far.  Glenwood, undoubtedly the top team of the festival, and Welkom Gimnasium, making their...

  • Catch all the World Schools Festival Action Live Online

    Apr 2, 18 • 4544 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on Catch all the World Schools Festival Action Live Online

    Rugby-loving fans around the globe will not miss a moment of the inaugural Oakland World Schools Rugby Festival from 2 to 7 April 2018 in Paarl, as all 20 games will be live-streamed for free on www.netwerk24.com. The tournament will see some of the most...

  • Vodacom Bulls take honours in derby clash – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 7 Roundup

    Apr 1, 18 • 1730 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby NewsComments Off on Vodacom Bulls take honours in derby clash – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 7 Roundup

    Cell C Sharks sparkle in Auckland triumph over Blues Crusaders edge Emirates Lions in hard-fought clash The Vodacom Bulls returned to winning ways with their 33-23 derby win over the DHL Stormers on Saturday evening, while earlier in the day the Cell C Sharks...

  • KERF DAY 3 PREVIEW AND FIXTURES

    Apr 1, 18 • 1511 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on KERF DAY 3 PREVIEW AND FIXTURES

    Judging by the quality of rugby from the first two days of the Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival, those attending the final day tomorrow (Monday) are in for a treat of cracking rugby, dogged defense and touches of individual brilliance contrasting...