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  • England Women 2018 Six Nations Fixtures confirmed

    Nov 28, 17 • 2111 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on England Women 2018 Six Nations Fixtures confirmed

    The Women’s 2018 Six Nations fixtures have been confirmed with England playing two home games at the Twickenham Stoop and Ricoh Arena. All of the Red Roses Test matches are set to be broadcast live on Sky Sports. The schedule replicates that of the senior...

  • Fixture Details for Guinness PRO14 Rounds 14 to 17 Confirmed

    Nov 28, 17 • 1827 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Fixture Details for Guinness PRO14 Rounds 14 to 17 Confirmed

    Kick-off times and broadcast selections for Rounds 14 to 17 of the Guinness PRO14 have been confirmed in addition to all games taking place in South Africa up to Round 20. Over 30 fixtures have been confirmed with the majority scheduled for live TV broadcast,...

  • Griquas YTC encourages players to challenge themselves

    Nov 28, 17 • 1979 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Griquas YTC encourages players to challenge themselves

    Griquas Women’s Youth Training Centre (YTC) coach Ronald Maarman is not scared to take on massive challenges and loves to encourage players to find creative ways to train and to make the most of their opportunities, despite the limited training facilities...

  • Kwagga Smith keen to keep on improving

    Nov 28, 17 • 1914 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Kwagga Smith keen to keep on improving

    Springbok Sevens forward Kwagga Smith is not only determined to add another successful stint with the Blitzboks to his already impressive rugby CV, he also wants to improve his skill set as a player, something he is almost guaranteed to do in the next couple...

  • Pivac pleased with five points from Kings victory

    Nov 27, 17 • 1878 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Pivac pleased with five points from Kings victory

    Scarlets secured the maximum points available in the Guinness PRO14 clash against Southern Kings at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Sunday afternoon with head coach Wayne Pivac happy with the five points. Four tries from Tadhg Beirne, Ioan Nicholas, Werner...

  • Springboks welcome back fit-again Marx and Kolisi

    Nov 27, 17 • 2003 Views • General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Springboks welcome back fit-again Marx and Kolisi

    Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx and flanker Siya Kolisi will return to the training field on Monday as the team begins their preparations for the last Castle Lager Outgoing Tour match against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.  Marx sat out of the previous Test...

  • Ross Moriarty completes transfer to Dragons

    Nov 27, 17 • 1808 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Ross Moriarty completes transfer to Dragons

    In a major statement of intent, Head Coach Bernard Jackman has secured the marquee signing of British & Irish Lions tourist and Wales star Ross Moriarty on a two-year deal with the Dragons. The 23-year-old will arrive at Rodney Parade next season,...

  • QANTAS WALLABIES 2018 RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP DOMESTIC FIXTURES CONFIRMED

    Nov 27, 17 • 2200 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on QANTAS WALLABIES 2018 RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP DOMESTIC FIXTURES CONFIRMED

    Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast will play host to Qantas Wallabies home fixtures in the 2018 edition of The Rugby Championship, it was announced today. After a second-place finish in 2017, the Qantas Wallabies will be out to go one better in 2018 when...

  • Thomas du Toit called up to Springbok tour squad

    Nov 26, 17 • 2879 Views • General News, International, Springboks • • Comments Off on Thomas du Toit called up to Springbok tour squad

    Thomas du Toit has been called up to provide front row cover for the Springboks and is set to join the tour squad on Monday in Cardiff, Wales. Tendai Mtawarira sustained a groin injury in Saturday’s 35-6 victory over Italy in Padova, and while the...

  • UNDERMANNED QANTAS WALLABIES DEFEATED BY SCOTLAND IN EDINBURGH

    Nov 26, 17 • 2416 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on UNDERMANNED QANTAS WALLABIES DEFEATED BY SCOTLAND IN EDINBURGH

    The Qantas Wallabies have been defeated by Scotland 53-24 in a disappointing end to their 2017 Spring Tour campaign at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. In Stephen Moore’s final Test in a Wallabies jersey, the men in gold played the entire second half a man...

  • Coetzee praises Springboks for clinical performance in difficult conditions

    Nov 26, 17 • 3114 Views • General News, International, Springboks • • Comments Off on Coetzee praises Springboks for clinical performance in difficult conditions

    Springbok coach Allister Coetzee praised his team for getting the job done by beating Italy 35-6 in very difficult conditions in Padova on Saturday.  The Springboks kept the Azzurri tryless for their biggest victory in Italy since 1997, while the haul of...

  • Zebre Rugby Club team to face Munster Rugby

    Nov 25, 17 • 2316 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Zebre Rugby Club team to face Munster Rugby

    After a two-week break, Zebre Rugby will return to the field on Sunday in the ninth round of the Guinness PRO14. The opponents of the Parma based franchise at Lanfranchi Stadium will be the Irish Province Munster, the team never defeated by the Italians in...

  • ENGLAND SEVENS NAME EXPERIENCED SQUAD FOR DUBAI

    Nov 25, 17 • 2274 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on ENGLAND SEVENS NAME EXPERIENCED SQUAD FOR DUBAI

    Simon Amor has named his England Sevens side for the opening tournament of the 2017/18 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai on 1-2 December. Drawn in Pool B, the experienced group – captained by Tom Mitchell – will play Spain, France and Scotland on...

  • Ospreys team to play Glasgow Warriors

    Nov 25, 17 • 1862 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Ospreys team to play Glasgow Warriors

    The Ospreys team to play Glasgow Warriors at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday 26th November 2017, KO 1.00pm, is as follows: 15 Dan Evans 14 Hanno Dirksen 13 Joe Thomas 12 Ashley Beck 11 Jeff Hassler 10 Sam Davies 9 Tom Habberfield   1 Paul James (Capt) 2...

  • Munster team named to face Zebre

    Nov 25, 17 • 1882 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Munster team named to face Zebre

    The Munster team has been named for Sunday afternoon’s Guinness PRO14 clash in Zebre with two changes to the side that defeated Dragons 49-6 at Irish Independent Park last time out (1.30pm Irish time, live on Sky Sports). James Hart makes his first start...

  • Southern Kings team to face Scarlets

    Nov 25, 17 • 3481 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Southern Kings team to face Scarlets

    The Southern Kings team named by Head Coach Deon Davids today to take on Scarlets on Sunday shows a number of changes from the one that ran Ulster so close in their last fixture. Recent loan-signing from the Lions Anthony Volmink has immediately been included...

  • Five debutants in squad to face Ospreys

    Nov 25, 17 • 1907 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Five debutants in squad to face Ospreys

    Dave Rennie will hand five players their Glasgow Warriors debuts as the team look to continue their unbeaten start to the Guinness PRO14 as they travel to Swansea. Italian international Samuela Vunisa recovered from a knee injury to play club rugby a...

  • Evans to captain Scarlets against Southern Kings

    Nov 25, 17 • 1729 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14 • • Comments Off on Evans to captain Scarlets against Southern Kings

    Wayne Pivac has named his side to take on Southern Kings at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Sunday with scrum half Jonathan Evans named as captain. 25-year-old Evans will lead the side in their first of two South African clashes with the Scarlets looking to...

  • STEPHEN MOORE TO RETIRE A WALLABIES LEGEND

    Nov 25, 17 • 2618 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on STEPHEN MOORE TO RETIRE A WALLABIES LEGEND

    Rugby Australia CEO Bill Pulver has paid tribute to a “legend of Australian Rugby” as Wallabies hooker Stephen Moore prepares for his 129th and final Test match against Scotland on Sunday. The 34-year-old will have an army of family and friends in the...

  • Mali to make Bok Women’s Sevens debut in Dubai

    Nov 25, 17 • 3086 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Mali to make Bok Women’s Sevens debut in Dubai

    Unathi Mali will make her Springbok Women’s Sevens debut in Dubai in the opening leg of the 2017/2018 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series from 30 November to 1 December in one of three changes to coach Renfred Dazel team’s that secured the Rugby Africa Sevens...

  • Powell names most experienced Blitzbok squad ever for Dubai

    Nov 25, 17 • 2099 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Powell names most experienced Blitzbok squad ever for Dubai

    Springbok Sevens coach, Neil Powell, welcomed back Blitzboks regulars Kyle Brown, Kwagga Smith, Justin Geduld and Seabelo Senatla to his squad for the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens, the opening tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, to be played at...

  • Soyizwapi captains SA Rugby Sevens Academy squad to Dubai

    Nov 25, 17 • 1501 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Soyizwapi captains SA Rugby Sevens Academy squad to Dubai

    Try-scoring ace Siviwe Soyizwapi will lead a talented SA Rugby Sevens Academy squad to the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens International tournament, on 30 November and 1 December at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai.   Soyizwapi, who scored 29 tries for the...

  • Legoete does it again

    Nov 25, 17 • 1463 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Legoete does it again

    Pro Legoete was crowned as the Golden Lions Rugby Union top referee at a gala function in Midrand on Thursday evening.  Legoete has walked away with the coveted prize since 2003 with the exception of one year and has been the top referee in Lions country....

  • First woman included on SA Rugby referees’ Premier Panel

    Nov 25, 17 • 1065 Views • General News • • Comments Off on First woman included on SA Rugby referees’ Premier Panel

    Aimee Barrett-Theron has become the first woman to earn selection to SA Rugby’s Premier Panel of referees after she was promoted to the top tier of match officials, along with Cwengile “JD” Jadezweni, Stuart Berry and AJ Jacobs. It means Barrett-Theron...

  • Difficult contest expected from Italy – Etzebeth

    Nov 24, 17 • 3172 Views • Analysis, General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Difficult contest expected from Italy – Etzebeth

    The Springboks are expecting a very difficult contest when they meet Italy at the Stadio Euganeo in Padova on Saturday, according to their captain, Eben Etzebeth. The Springbok lock has shrugged off a lower leg injury and will lead South Africa for the 10th...