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  • Griffons continue to set the pace in First Division

    Sep 10, 17 • 3511 Views • Analysis, Currie Cup F.Div, General News • • Comments Off on Griffons continue to set the pace in First Division

    Defending Currie Cup First Division champions, the Down Touch Griffons, continued to set the pace in the competition – sponsored by Nashua and DirectAxis – as they registered their third bonus-point win a row in a weekend of big victories. The Down Touch...

  • WP, Lions climb Currie Cup table as Sharks match 2010 winning run

    Sep 10, 17 • 3341 Views • Analysis, General News, South Africa • • Comments Off on WP, Lions climb Currie Cup table as Sharks match 2010 winning run

    DHL Western Province and the Xerox Golden Lions this weekend leaped into third and fourth place respectively on the Currie Cup Premier Divusion log in a vital boost for their semi-final hopes, while the Cell C Sharks matched the seven-match winning run they...

  • Toyota Cheetahs vs Munster Rugby

    Sep 8, 17 • 2686 Views • Analysis, General News • • Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs vs Munster Rugby

    The Toyota Cheetahs will face Munster in round 2 of the Guinness PRO14 championship at Thomond Park in Limerick on Saturday, 9 September. The match kicks off at 17:15 (18:15 SA time) and will be broadcasted live on SuperSport 1. Francois Venter has returned...

  • Nokwe to coach SA Select Women at Hokkaido 7s

    Sep 7, 17 • 2744 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Nokwe to coach SA Select Women at Hokkaido 7s

    Former Springbok winger Jongi Nokwe will coach a young SA Select Women’s Sevens team at the Hokkaido Invitational Sevens in Japan on Saturday and Sunday as regular coach Renfred Dazel prepares his team for the Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifier in Tunisia on...

  • Southern Kings fans in for a treat as tickets for GuinnessPRO14 are launched

    Sep 7, 17 • 2689 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Southern Kings fans in for a treat as tickets for GuinnessPRO14 are launched

    Southern Kings rugby fans in particular and Eastern Cape rugby fans in general are in for a treat and will be able to watch their favourite team against world class opponents as the Guinness PRO14 comes to South Africa, with tickets to this exciting new...

  • Sharks look to match 2010 Currie Cup winning run

    Sep 7, 17 • 3324 Views • General News, South Africa • • Comments Off on Sharks look to match 2010 Currie Cup winning run

    The Cell C Sharks will hunt their seventh successive Currie Cup victory – a feat they last achieved in 2010 – when they travel to Nelspruit to take on the Steval Pumas on Friday evening as the competition – sponsored by Nashua and DirectAxis – enters...

  • Currie Cup Team Announcement: Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Western Province

    Sep 7, 17 • 5764 Views • General News, South Africa • • Comments Off on Currie Cup Team Announcement: Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Western Province

    On Saturday, 9 September the Toyota Free State Cheetahs will be taking on Western Province at Newlands in Cape Town.  Kick-off is at 15:00. While flyhalf, Ernst Stapelberg will be making his Currie Cup debut for the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, the...

  • Paarl Boys’ High to host 2018 Coca-Cola Craven Week

    Sep 7, 17 • 5821 Views • Analysis, Craven Week, General News, School • • Comments Off on Paarl Boys’ High to host 2018 Coca-Cola Craven Week

    The 2018 edition of the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week will be hosted at Paarl Boys High from 8 to 14 July, in celebration of the school’s 150th anniversary, with both tournaments getting fresh makeover. The U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week...

  • Ross Cronjé returns for vital Springbok clash in Perth

    Sep 7, 17 • 4448 Views • Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Ross Cronjé returns for vital Springbok clash in Perth

    Ross Cronjé has shrugged off his ankle injury and comes back at scrumhalf in the Springbok team for Saturday’s important Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test in Perth against Australia.   Cronjé, who has established himself as the regular No 9 this...

  • Building momentum key in Currie Cup First Division

    Sep 6, 17 • 2615 Views • Analysis, General News • • Comments Off on Building momentum key in Currie Cup First Division

    The Currie Cup First Division teams will have their sights set on building momentum and working their way into favourable log positions this weekend as the competition nears the halfway mark.   In Friday’s match, the Leopards will look to build on...

  • ‘Beast’ still enjoying the Springbok experience

    Sep 6, 17 • 4193 Views • Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks • • Comments Off on ‘Beast’ still enjoying the Springbok experience

    He may have played in 92 Test matches since his debut more than nine years ago, but Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira is very much thrilled with the current Springbok environment.   The experienced prop gave his trademark broad smile when he spoke about the...

  • Champion clubs aiming for Gold

    Sep 6, 17 • 2720 Views • Analysis, General News • • Comments Off on Champion clubs aiming for Gold

    The captain of this year’s Gold Cup winners will become the first to hoist aloft the remastered version of the tournament’s iconic trophy, after it was painstakingly restored by the same company that manufactured it almost a century ago.   The...

  • Excitement in Toyota Stadium

    Sep 5, 17 • 3929 Views • Analysis, General News • • Comments Off on Excitement in Toyota Stadium

    On Saturday the 16th of September 2017 at 19:30 Toyota Stadium will host its first Guinness Pro14 match when the Toyota Cheetahs will take on Zebre from Italy. With the compliments of our remarkable and loyal sponsor, Toyota SA, this will also be our annual...

  • Iqhawe Week continues to create opportunities

    Sep 5, 17 • 4749 Views • Analysis, General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Iqhawe Week continues to create opportunities

    The 2017 edition of one of the most exciting new events in South African schools rugby, the Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week, will be hosted at the Bill Jardine Stadium in Johannesburg from 2 to 5 October.   The development rugby tournament, initiated by the SA...

  • Grain has high hopes for Rugby Africa 7s

    Sep 5, 17 • 2768 Views • Analysis, General News, Sevens Rugby • • Comments Off on Grain has high hopes for Rugby Africa 7s

    Springbok Women’s Sevens captain Veroeshka Grain said on Tuesday the players are cautiously excited for the Rugby Africa Sevens in Tunisia next week, which also doubles up as the Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifier, and that they will focus all their energy on...

  • Dreyer joins Springbok squad in Perth

    Sep 4, 17 • 4125 Views • Analysis, General News, Springbok News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Dreyer joins Springbok squad in Perth

    Ruan Dreyer arrived in Perth on Monday to complete the assembly of the full Springbok squad in Western Australia for this Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies.   The front ranker arrived at around midday at the team...

  • Welwitschias earn maiden win as Griffons continue to soar

    Sep 3, 17 • 3341 Views • Analysis, Currie Cup F.Div, General News • • Comments Off on Welwitschias earn maiden win as Griffons continue to soar

    The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias earned their maiden Currie Cup First Division victory on Saturday in an action-packed round as defending champions, the Down Touch Griffons, registered their second victory in a row.   The team from Namibia got off to a...

  • Blue Bulls, Golden Lions break Currie Cup losing run

    Sep 3, 17 • 2332 Views • General News, South Africa • • Comments Off on Blue Bulls, Golden Lions break Currie Cup losing run

    A hat-trick by Vodacom Blue Bulls and Junior Springbok fullback Manie Libbok reignited the spark in the Pretoria outfit this past weekend, as they ended a four-match losing run, while the Cell C Sharks outplayed the Toyota Free State Cheetahs to power their...

  • Australia will be a huge challenge, says Coetzee

    Sep 2, 17 • 2551 Views • Analysis, General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Australia will be a huge challenge, says Coetzee

    The Springboks will continue to work hard and look for improvement as they head to Perth where they will face the Wallabies next in the 2017 Castle Lager Rugby Championship. The second part of the Springbok squad, consisting of the forwards and some...

  • Guinness PRO14 kicks off live on SuperSport tomorrow

    Aug 31, 17 • 2203 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Guinness PRO14 kicks off live on SuperSport tomorrow

    The Cheetahs’ opening match in the ground-breaking Guinness PRO14 tournament, against Ulster in Belfast, will be broadcast live on SuperSport 1 this weekend (Friday, 8.35pm), the broadcaster announced on Thursday. SuperSport has acquired the broadcast...

  • Table-topping clash to start second half of the Currie Cup

    Aug 31, 17 • 2506 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Table-topping clash to start second half of the Currie Cup

    The Cell C Sharks and Toyota Free State Cheetahs will go head-to-head for the top spot on the log in the Currie Cup – sponsored by Nashua and DirectAxis – on Saturday in a match that could give the winning side a vital nudge as the second half of the...

  • Guinness PRO14 kicks off

    Aug 31, 17 • 4576 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Guinness PRO14 kicks off

    The Toyota Cheetahs will become the first southern hemisphere side ever to take part in the Guinness PRO14 championship.  The side from Bloemfontein will be making history when they take on Ulster Rugby on Friday evening at 20:35 (SA time) at the Kingspan...

  • SA Sevens star, Chris Dry to lead the Toyota Free State Cheetahs

    Aug 31, 17 • 5089 Views • General News • • Comments Off on SA Sevens star, Chris Dry to lead the Toyota Free State Cheetahs

    The SA Sevens star, Chris Dry will be leading the Toyota Free State Cheetahs when they tank on the Cell C Sharks on Saturday, 2 September in a Currie Cup match in Durban.  Kick-off is at 16:15. The referee for the game is Marius van der Westhuizen.  He will...

  • Xerox Golden Lions team announcement

    Aug 31, 17 • 5969 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions team announcement

    Springbok Ruan Dreyer is back in the red and white of the Xerox Golden Lions when they host the Steval Pumas at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday at 14:00. Also back is number eight Ryan Kankowski after recovering from a groin strain, as well as Madosh Tambwe...

  • Coach Janse van Rensburg tweaks his winning combination for Lions clash

    Aug 31, 17 • 2241 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Coach Janse van Rensburg tweaks his winning combination for Lions clash

    Two Steval Pumas stalwarts, flyhalf Justin van Staden and loose forward Francois Kleinhans have been ruled out of Saturday’s Currie Cup clash at Emirates Airline Park against the Xerox Golden Lions. Coach Brent Janse van Rensburg had to tweak his winning...