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  • XEROX GOLDEN LIONS TEAM TO FACE DHL WESTERN PROVINCE

    Oct 19, 17 • 4231 Views • General News • • Comments Off on XEROX GOLDEN LIONS TEAM TO FACE DHL WESTERN PROVINCE

    Coach Swys de Bruin and his charges went for consistency when they picked the Xerox Golden Lions side to travel to Cape Town for the Currie Cup semi-final encounter with DHL Western Province on Saturday, 21 October. DHL WESTERN PROVINCE VS XEROX GOLDEN LIONS...

  • SA Select Women suffer disappointing defeat

    Oct 19, 17 • 1359 Views • General News • • Comments Off on SA Select Women suffer disappointing defeat

    SA Select Women’s coach Eddie Myners was disappointed with his team’s 47-12 defeat against the England Academy team in their second tour match in Aldershot, England, on Wednesday and said they were determined to finish the tour strongly on Sunday. ...

  • Toyota Free State Cheetah junior teams in semi-finals

    Oct 19, 17 • 3192 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetah junior teams in semi-finals

    Free Sate Rugby is proud of their two junior teams, the Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.19 and Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.21 who will both be playing in the SA Rugby Championship semi-finals over the weekend and wish them well. The Toyota Free State Cheetahs...

  • QANTAS WALLABIES TEAM TO FACE NEW ZEALAND IN BRISBANE

    Oct 19, 17 • 2144 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on QANTAS WALLABIES TEAM TO FACE NEW ZEALAND IN BRISBANE

    Qantas Wallabies team to play New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane on Saturday 21 October, 7.05pm local time 1. Scott Sio (38 Tests) 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau (77 Tests) 3. Sekope Kepu (86 Tests) 4. Rob Simmons (77 Tests) 5. Adam Coleman (17 Tests) 6....

  • DIS DAWID TEEN GOLIAT IN DURBAN

    Oct 18, 17 • 4687 Views • General News, National, Pale Toe, South Africa, South Africa • • Comments Off on DIS DAWID TEEN GOLIAT IN DURBAN

    Simon Riekert- Loftus Versveld Dawid pak Saterdag vir Goliat in Durban om die eer van ʼn plek in die 2017-Curriebeker eindwedstryd. Dis ʼn Dawid wat eens op ʼn tyd ook ʼn Goliat was en geleidelik sy aptyt vir oorlogmaak verloor het deur die jare, hoofsaaklik...

  • All Blacks team named for Brisbane Test

    Oct 18, 17 • 2804 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on All Blacks team named for Brisbane Test

    The All Blacks team has been named to play the third Bledisloe Cup Test against Australia at Suncorp Stadium, Australia, this Saturday 21 October (Kick-off: 7.05PM Brisbane time, 10.05PM NZT). The matchday 23 (with Test caps in brackets) is: 1. Kane Hames...

  • NEW ADDITIONS TO KINGS SQUAD IN GUINESSPRO14

    Oct 18, 17 • 2812 Views • General News • • Comments Off on NEW ADDITIONS TO KINGS SQUAD IN GUINESSPRO14

    With the rigours of the first six rounds of GUINNESSPRO14 championship rugby action now behind them, the Southern Kings enjoyed a welcome break from the competition last week before their next assignment against high-flying Glasgow Warriors on Saturday, 28...

  • Twelve players invited to Springbok assessment camp

    Oct 18, 17 • 2963 Views • General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Twelve players invited to Springbok assessment camp

    A group of 12 Springboks have been invited to a four-day training, assessment and conditioning camp, from 23 to 26 October in Cape Town.  Current Springbok squad members who are playing for their provinces in the Currie Cup playoffs, as well as those who are...

  • Three Xerox Golden Lions teams will be in action in the semi-finals

    Oct 18, 17 • 3604 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Three Xerox Golden Lions teams will be in action in the semi-finals

    Three Xerox Golden Lions teams will be in action in the semi-finals of their respective competitions this weekend with the under 19 and under 21 sides playing at home at Emirates Airline Park on 20 October and the Premier team travelling to Cape Town to face...

  • Can the Griffons do the double in Welkom?

    Oct 18, 17 • 2558 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Can the Griffons do the double in Welkom?

    The Down Touch Griffons Currie Cup First Division and SA Rugby U20 Championship teams will look to replicate the form that earned them back-to-back titles last season in a rewarding day for the union when they host their respective finals at the HT Pelatona...

  • Blitzbok Dippenaar calls it a day

    Oct 17, 17 • 3417 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Blitzbok Dippenaar calls it a day

    Springbok Sevens player, Stephan Dippenaar, has called an end to his playing career and will join a family farming business near Moorreesburg in the Western Cape. The 29-year-old enjoyed a rewarding rugby career in both fifteens and sevens rugby which saw him...

  • Currie Cup stats set scene for thrilling semi-finals

    Oct 17, 17 • 2931 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Currie Cup stats set scene for thrilling semi-finals

    With the pool stages of the Currie Cup Premier Division – sponsored by DirectAxis and Nashua – a thing of the past, key statistics from the last 14 weeks indicate two thrilling semi-finals await this weekend. The table-topping Cell C Sharks, who have had...

  • Plaatjie, Conrad start for SA Select Women

    Oct 17, 17 • 2012 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Plaatjie, Conrad start for SA Select Women

    SA Select Women’s coach Eddie Myners on Tuesday included international halfbacks, scrumhalf Fundiswa Plaatjie and flyhalf Kirsten Conrad, in his starting team to face the England Academy in Aldershot in their second match on their UK tour on Wednesday....

  • Currie Cup statistics set scene for thrilling semi-finals

    Oct 17, 17 • 2903 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Currie Cup statistics set scene for thrilling semi-finals

     With the pool stages of the Currie Cup Premier Division – sponsored by DirectAxis and Nashua – a thing of the past, key statistics from the last 14 weeks indicate two thrilling semi-finals await this weekend.   The table-topping Cell C Sharks, who have...

  • Barrett-Theron, Van Heerden receive final honours

    Oct 17, 17 • 2683 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Barrett-Theron, Van Heerden receive final honours

    South Africa’s leading female referee Aimee Barrett-Theron will add another big feat to her growing list of achievements on Friday when she becomes the first female referee to officiate the SA Rugby U20 Championship final in Welkom.  The Griffons will line...

  • Book your spot for DHL Newlands semi

    Oct 16, 17 • 4639 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Book your spot for DHL Newlands semi

    Tickets for the Currie Cup semifinal between DHL Western Province and the Xerox Golden Lions at DHL Newlands on Saturday go on sale on Tuesday. Tickets for the play-off match, which kicks off at 17h00 on Saturday, will be available from...

  • QBR, False Bay to host Gold Cup semi-finals

    Oct 16, 17 • 3580 Views • General News, National • • Comments Off on QBR, False Bay to host Gold Cup semi-finals

    The semi-final line-up for the Gold Cup has been confirmed following a dramatic quarter-final weekend in SA Rugby’s three-nation champions’ league for non-university clubs, with QBR and DirectAxis False Bay hosting the top-four round in Pretoria and Cape...

  • All Blacks Update – Brisbane Test week

    Oct 16, 17 • 3307 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on All Blacks Update – Brisbane Test week

    The All Blacks squad will assemble in Brisbane later today to prepare for the Test against Australia at Suncorp Stadium, this Saturday. Canterbury first five-eighth Richie Mo’unga has been called into the All Blacks as temporary cover, with Beauden...

  • Sam Cane inks new deal to stay in New Zealand through until 2021

    Oct 16, 17 • 1899 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Sam Cane inks new deal to stay in New Zealand through until 2021

    Outstanding All Blacks loose forward Sam Cane has agreed a new contract extension, which will see him stay with New Zealand Rugby, his Gallagher Chiefs Investec Super Rugby club and the Bay of Plenty province for four more years. The deal is a major coup for...

  • Booi pleased as SA Select Women win tour opener

    Oct 15, 17 • 2299 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Booi pleased as SA Select Women win tour opener

    SA Select Women’s captain Nolusindiso Booi looked forward to their two matches against the England Academy team next week with excitement after a hat-trick by winger Unathi Mali steered the side to a morale-boosting 27-5 victory against the British Army in...

  • Griffons book Currie Cup First Division home final

    Oct 15, 17 • 2687 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Griffons book Currie Cup First Division home final

    The Down Touch Griffons will face arch-rivals, the Leopards, in their second successive Currie Cup First Division final next Friday after they fought their way through to the top two in thrilling semi-finals this past weekend. The home final for the Down...

  • Sharks, WP host Currie Cup semi-finals

    Oct 15, 17 • 3901 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Sharks, WP host Currie Cup semi-finals

    The Cell C Sharks will host the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Durban and DHL Western Province will take on the Xerox Golden Lions in Cape Town in the Currie Cup Premier Division semi-finals – sponsored by DirectAxis and Nashua – next weekend following a...

  • QANTAS WALLABIES SQUAD UPDATE FOR FINAL BLEDISLOE CUP CLASH

    Oct 14, 17 • 2438 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on QANTAS WALLABIES SQUAD UPDATE FOR FINAL BLEDISLOE CUP CLASH

    Updated squad for third Bledisloe Cup squad Forwards Allan Alaalatoa, 18 Tests, Brumbies Rory Arnold, 15 Tests, Brumbies Adam Coleman, 17 Tests, Western Force Jack Dempsey, 5 Tests, NSW Waratahs Tetera Faulkner, 3 Tests, Melbourne Rebels Ned Hanigan,...

  • AON UNI 7S STARS JOIN AUSTRALIA SQUAD FOR NEW ZEALAND SERIES

    Oct 14, 17 • 2400 Views • General News, International, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on AON UNI 7S STARS JOIN AUSTRALIA SQUAD FOR NEW ZEALAND SERIES

    Six rising stars from the Aon University Sevens Series have been selected to join the wider Qantas Australian Women’s Sevens squad that will compete in Bendigo against New Zealand next week .  Mackenzie Sadler (University of Queensland), Page McGregor...

  • Pumas Currie Cup run comes to an end

    Oct 13, 17 • 4370 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Pumas Currie Cup run comes to an end

    The Boogey Man, Warrick Gelant, was instrumental in the Blue Bulls turning the tides on the Pumas at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night with the Bulls scoring eight tries to four in their 52-32 victory. Gelant scored only one of the tries but he stepped and...