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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Same again for Vodacom Bulls
Vodacom Bulls Head Coach, John Mitchell, named an unchanged squad to face the Emirates Lions in their Vodacom Super Rugby clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Vodacom Bulls opened their campaign with a 21-19 win over the Hurricanes last weekend and the...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on Leyds at flyhalf for DHL Stormers in Christchurch
Dillyn Leyds will start at flyhalf in one of four changes to the DHL Stormers starting line-up to face the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday. The versatile Leyds, who last played at flyhalf in the DHL Stormers’ victory against the Blues at DHL...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Comments Off on INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS HEADING TO PAARL
An impressive list of international teams will be in action at the inaugural World Schools Festival that will take place in Paarl between 2-7 April 2018. The tournament that will feature the top 10 schools in South Africa and 10 of the best school teams...
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Feb 28, 18 •
1573 Views •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks hungry for more Vegas success
The Blitzboks are widely hailed for the variety they offer as a team, and while the squad currently preparing in Las Vegas for this weekend’s HSBC USA Sevens fit in with that notion, Siviwe Soyizwapi points out that they also have enough younger players...
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Feb 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on Castle Free revealed as new headline Springbok Sevens sponsor
Castle Free, the latest product in a long range of established brands by SA Breweries, was on Wednesday revealed as the new headline sponsor of the Springboks Sevens, the Springbok Women’s Sevens and the SA Rugby Sevens Academy teams. The sponsorship...
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Feb 28, 18 •
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Comments Off on Castle Free brews up sponsorship of Springbok Sevens team
South African Breweries (SAB) today announced its sponsorship of the Springbok Sevens rugby team and its backing of the Blitzbok with its new alcohol-free beer, Castle Free. The three-year sponsorship was announced at the SAB offices in Bryanston,...
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Feb 28, 18 •
1379 Views •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Brumbies
The St.George Queensland Reds have named their team to take on the Brumbies in their first home game of the 2018 Vodafone Super Rugby season at Suncorp Stadium this Friday. The Reds have made two forced personnel changes to their starting XV, to cover the...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Kaino to bid farewell to New Zealand
New Zealand Rugby has paid tribute to All Blacks and Blues loose forward Jerome Kaino, who will pull down the curtain down on his career in New Zealand, announcing he is leaving at the end of the Investec Super Rugby season to play club rugby in France....
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Bright future for Free State Rugby
Free State Rugby is delighted to announce that eight talented players have committed their future with the Toyota Cheetahs until 2019 and they are William Small-Smith, Nico Lee, Elandré Huggett, Ernst Stapelberg, JP du Preez, Lloyd Greeff, Sibabalo Qoma and...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Connacht Squad update ahead of clash with Cheetahs in Bloemfontein
A squad of 25 players travelled to Treviso for the win against Benetton Rugby on Saturday. All 25 travelled on to South Africa to the squad’s training base in Bloemfontein, including Ultan Dillane who has been released from the Ireland Training Camp for the...
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Feb 27, 18 •
2430 Views •
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Comments Off on Commonwealth Games sevens teams named
A strong Springbok Sevens team will be in action as part of Team South Africa at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia, where they will defend the title they won four years ago. At the same time, the Springbok Women’s Sevens team will be in...
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Feb 27, 18 •
1478 Views •
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Comments Off on Du Preez and Gans keen to add to Blitzboks’ Vegas pot
Fortunes may have been won and lost in Las Vegas, but Springbok Sevens players Branco du Preez and Stedman Gans only have good memories of this iconic city. Last year, Du Preez played in his 50th tournament for the Blitzboks in the Sam Boyd Stadium and to...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Scarlets add Maori All Black to the ranks
Scarlets are delighted to announce that Maori All Black Blade Thomson will join the region in time for the 2018-19 season. A Junior World Championship winner, international and seasoned pro in Super Rugby, 27-year-old Thomson currently plays for the...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Freshly Chopped becomes Official Health Food Partner of the Guinness PRO14 Final Series
PRO14 Rugby is proud to announce that ‘Freshly Chopped’ will play its part as Official Health Food Partner when the Guinness PRO14 Final Series kicks off in May. This year’s Final Series will end in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on May 26 where the...
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Feb 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Crockett retires from international rugby
2018 to be swansong season with BNZ Crusaders All Blacks and BNZ Crusaders prop Wyatt Crockett has announced his retirement from international rugby with this year also to be his last season of Investec Super Rugby with the Crusaders. The hugely-popular...
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Feb 27, 18 •
1954 Views •
General News, International, Springboks •
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Comments Off on Springboks to play ground-breaking Test in Washington DC
The Springboks will kick off their 2018 international season on an historic note when they face Wales in a once-off Test in Washington DC in the USA on Saturday 2 June. This momentous match – the first time the Boks will face Tier One opposition on neutral...
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Feb 27, 18 •
1470 Views •
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Comments Off on Springbok Sevens not chancing their luck in Las Vegas
The Springbok Sevens team may have won three of the last five HSBC USA Sevens tournaments, but they will not be resting on their laurels this week as they start their defence of this title in the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas on Friday. The Blitzboks will...
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Feb 25, 18 •
1459 Views •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls down Hurricanes at Loftus – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 2 Review
Prop Pierre Schoeman crashed over for the winning try to clinch a pulsating 21-19 win for the new-look Vodacom Bulls over the Hurricanes on Saturday evening in Pretoria. The encounter at Loftus Versfeld was the Bulls’ first match of the new Vodacom Super...
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Feb 24, 18 •
1978 Views •
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Comments Off on Roux pleased with productive Junior Bok training camp
Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux was pleased with the quality of the first SA Under-20 training camp, which concluded after four productive days of intense training in Stellenbosch on Friday. The Junior Springbok training squad gathered on Tuesday, and...
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Feb 23, 18 •
1378 Views •
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Comments Off on Ospreys team to play Toyota Cheetahs
The Ospreys team to play Toyota Cheetahs at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday 24th February 2018, 5.30pm KO is as follows: 15 Dan Evans 14 Jeff Hassler 13 Kieron Fonotia 12 Ashley Beck 11 Tom Habberfield (Capt) 10 Sam Davies 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams 1...
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Feb 23, 18 •
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Comments Off on Benetton Rugby team to face Connacht
Tomorrow at the Monigo stadium Benetton Rugby, after their eighth seasonal victory, will face the Connacht Rugby in the sixteenth round of the competition. The Benetton Rugby technical staff that will have to do without the 12 players summoned by the Italian...
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Feb 23, 18 •
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Shaun Liddle •
Comments Off on Cardiff Blues team to face Zebre
Cardiff Blues have been forced to make six changes for their Guinness PRO14 clash with Zebre at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi on Sunday (1pm GMT). A combination of injuries and international duty have hit Danny Wilson’s pack, while the back-line remains...
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Feb 23, 18 •
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Comments Off on ENGLAND SEVENS SQUAD NAMED FOR LAS VEGAS
Simon Amor has named his squad for the HSBC Las Vegas Sevens which takes place on 2-4 March 2018. England will face Canada, Wales and South Africa in their Pool B fixtures at the three-day tournament, broadcast live on Sky Sports Action (2 and 4 March) and...
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Feb 23, 18 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds lose to Melbourne Rebels in opening Vodafone Super Rugby match
The St.George Queensland Reds have gone down to the Melbourne Rebels 45-19 in their opening match of the 2018 Vodafone Super Rugby season. The home-side outscored the Reds seven tries to three, after Queensland was forced to play most of the match...
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Feb 23, 18 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs take on Ospreys in Round 16
The Toyota Cheetahs will be facing Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea at 19:30 he log leaders, Glasgow on Saturday 24 February. The two sides met in Bloemfontein in round 5 with Cheetahs victorious 44-25. The following players are not eligible for team...
