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Oct 12, 17 •
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Comments Off on Leyds and Louw return for DHL WP
Springboks Dillyn Leyds and Wilco Louw both return for DHL Western Province in their final league game of the Currie Cup against the Cell C Sharks in Durban on Saturday. Both players featured for the Springboks against the All Blacks in an epic Test match at...
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Oct 12, 17 •
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Comments Off on Torsten to lead Toyota Free State Cheetahs against Xerox Golden Lions
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs have named a strong side for Saturday afternoon’s Currie Cup match against the Xerox Golden Lions at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg. Note that the Guinness Pro14 is currently on a two-week European break to resume again...
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Oct 12, 17 •
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Comments Off on XEROX GOLDEN LIONS vs TOYOTA CHEETAHS
Three Springboks have been included in the Xerox Golden Lions starting XV for the Currie Cup clash with the Toyota Cheetahs at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday 14 October with one on the bench. Ross Cronjé, Courtnall Skosan and Andries Coetzee will make...
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Oct 12, 17 •
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Comments Off on Semi-final – Griffons vs Boland Cavaliers
Currie Cup First Division Semi-final Down Touch Griffons vs Boland Cavaliers Saturday 14 October H.T. Pelatona Stadium, Welkom Kick-off: 15:30 Boland Cavaliers team to face the Griffons: Starting Team: 15. Divan Nel 14. Charlie Mayeza 13. Gerrit van Wyk...
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Oct 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on SIX SIXES STAR SINGH
• Indian cricket star Yuvraj Singh, who famously hit six sixes in one over, announced as newest Ambassador for Laureus Sport for Good • Singh: ‘Sport has changed my life and I’m looking forward to helping Laureus in their goal to...
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Oct 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on Cloete back in starting line-up for clash against Blue Bulls
Steval Pumas coach Brent Janse van Rensburg has played his biggest trump card by including flanker Chris Cloete in his starting line-up for Friday night’s Currie Cup fixture against the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld. It will be Cloete’s last fixture...
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Oct 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Blue Bulls stay the same in late Currie Cup charge
The Executive: Rugby and head coach of the Vodacom Blue Bulls, John Mitchell, named an unchanged starting team to face Steval Pumas at Loftus Versfeld on Friday in the home side’s last Currie Cup league fixture of the season. Mitchell only made one...
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Oct 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on Johann van Graan to join Munster as head coach
SA Rugby on Wednesday confirmed that Springbok forwards coach Johann van Graan has been released from his contract and that he will join Irish province Munster as their new head coach. Van Graan spent the last six seasons as Springbok forwards coach. He was...
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Oct 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby Sevens Academy Under-17 training squad named
A SA Rugby Sevens Academy Under-17 squad was selected after the recent Interprovincial Sevens tournament for U17s in Kimberley, and will participate in a training camp in Stellenbosch and play in the Assupol Sevens, to be held at the Markötter Fields in...
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Oct 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on First Division semi-finalists out to win at all costs
The four semi-finalists in the Currie Cup First Division – sponsored by DirectAxis and Nashua – will have one goal in mind when they take to field this weekend – to win at all costs in the hope of booking their places in the final next week. The Hino...
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Oct 11, 17 •
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Comments Off on The Lions Rugby Company welcomed back their Springbok players
The Lions Rugby Company welcomed back their Springbok players on Tuesday. Ross Cronjé, Courtnall Skosan, Andries Coetzee, Malcolm Marx and Ruan Dreyer joined the Lions squad ahead of their Currie Cup clash at Emirates Airline Park this weekend. Elton...
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Oct 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on Leyds cleans up at 2017 WPRFU Awards night
Dillyn Leyds was the big winner at the 2017 WPRFU Awards evening, claiming three awards at a ceremony held at the Cape Sun on Tuesday. The versatile Leyds, who came back from injury this year to star for the DHL Stormers in three different positions before...
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Oct 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on WALLABIES ASSISTANT MARIO LEDESMA APPOINTED JAGUARES HEAD COACH
Qantas Wallabies assistant coach Mario Ledesma has today confirmed that he will return home to his native Argentina, to take up the role as head coach of the Jaguares for the 2018 Vodafone Super Rugby season. Ledesma will assume the role following the third...
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Oct 10, 17 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks Sevens assemble at new home base
A new era of professional sevens rugby in New Zealand is officially here as All Blacks Sevens Coach Clark Laidlaw introduces new talent, rejuvenates experienced legs and unveils a new home base for the squad. With more than half of the 2017/18 squad...
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Oct 9, 17 •
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Comments Off on BOLAND RUGBY THROUGH TO SEMIS
THE Boland Cavaliers have secured their place in the semi-finals of the Currie Cup First Division competition after beating the Welwitschias 24-26 in Swakopmund this past Saturday. After finishing fourth on the final log standings, the Cavaliers will travel...
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Oct 9, 17 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Vrystaat Cheetahs vs. Xerox Goue Leeus, / Media Release: Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Xerox Golden Lions
Die Toyota Cheetahs sal Saterdag met die beste beskikbare span speel teen die Xerox Goue Leeus in Rondte 12 van die Curriebeker kompetisie. Neem kennis dat die Guinness PRO14 tans op ʼn twee weke Europese breek is en hervat sal word op die 28ste Oktober 2017....
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Oct 9, 17 •
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Comments Off on Nine national players add experience to SA Select Women
SA Select Women’s coach Eddie Myners on Monday named nine capped national 15-a-side and Sevens rugby players in his 28-member squad for the team’s tour to England from 12 to 25 October. The SA Select Women will face the British Army in the first of three...
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Oct 9, 17 •
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Comments Off on Gold Cup quarter-finalists confirmed
The quarter-final line-up for the Gold Cup has been confirmed following a weekend of high drama in the final round of the pool stages of SA Rugby’s three-nation champions’ league for non-university clubs. Four metro-based and four district-based clubs...
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Oct 9, 17 •
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Comments Off on HSBC SYDNEY 7s TICKETS ON SALE TODAY
The excitement of the HSBC Sydney 7s returns to the harbour city in 2018 with tickets for the General Public going on sale today. Following the successes of the 2016 and 2017 tournaments, with both years selling out across the weekend of action, fans are...
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Oct 9, 17 •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup Premier Division set for thrilling finish
The pool stages of the Currie Cup Premier Division – sponsored by DirectAxis and Nashua – will come to a thrilling end next weekend as six of the seven participating teams still have a chance of featuring in the semi-finals after some surprise results...
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Oct 8, 17 •
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Comments Off on Damian de Allende issued Warning
The SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee has issued a Warning to Damian de Allende of South Africa after he was issued with a Red Card during a Rugby Championship match at the weekend. De Allende was issued a Red Card for a breach of Law10.4(o) “Late...
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Oct 8, 17 •
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Comments Off on SOUTHERN KINGS MEDICAL REPORT BY DOCTOR CLEMENT PLAATJIES
There was some bad news for the Southern Kings on the medical front in the wake of their 31-3 GUINNESSPRO14 Championship defeat against Benetton Rugby in Treviso. Team doctor Clement Plaatjies reported that he had two major concerns involving wing Sibusiso...
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Oct 8, 17 •
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Comments Off on SOUTHERN KINGS WRAP UP TOUR AGAINST BENETTON
The first-ever fixture between the Southern Kings and Benetton Rugby ended in victory for the Italian side when they triumphed 31-3 in a GUINNESSPRO14 championship played at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo in Treviso on Saturday, 7 October. The match was a...
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Oct 8, 17 •
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Comments Off on First Division semi-finalists confirmed
The Down Touch Griffons will meet the Boland Cavaliers and the Hino Valke will host the Leopards in the semi-finals of the Currie Cup First Division – sponsored by Nashua and DirectAxis – after the top four sides were confirmed in an exciting finish...
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Oct 8, 17 •
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Comments Off on QANTAS WALLABIES END RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP ON HIGH NOTE WITH VICTORY OVER ARGENTINA
The Qantas Wallabies have ended their Rugby Championship campaign with a 37-20 victory over Argentina in Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza on Sunday morning. Reece Hodge scored two of the Wallabies’ five tries in a bonus point victory which cemented...
