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Comments Off on Coca-cola Craven Week- Platform for identifying South Africa’s future heroes
The Coca-Cola Craven Week is where South Africa’s heroes are made. The premier youth rugby tournament, which sees the u18 provincial rugby teams battle it out in an action-packed week, has seen over 260 Springbok players come through its ranks. This year,...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Valke take top honours in LSEN Week
The Valke on Thursday took top honours in the Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week at Glenwood High School in Durban as they delivered an impressive performance to defeated Boland 25-12 in the final match of the tournament. The Valke built up an...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby pays tribute to the late Salie Fredericks
SA Rugby President Mark Alexander has paid tribute to the enormous contribution made to South African rugby by former SARU captain, Salie Fredericks, who passed away on Thursday in Cape Town. He fought a longstanding battle against diabetes and had both his...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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With the 2017 Currie Cup around the corner, the Steval Pumas are proud to announce the arrival of an exciting young player to the squad in time for the start of the country’s premier interprovincial tournament. 23-year-old tighthead prop Pieter Scholtz is...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Team announcement Xerox Golden Lions vs Tafel Lager Griquas
Rohan Janse van Rensburg has been included on the bench for the Xerox Golden Lions side to face the Tafel Lager Griquas in the semi-final of the Supersport Rugby Challenge in East London on Sunday. Janse van Rensburg returns after being side-lined for eight...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Queensland II and ACT to compete in 2017 Australian Schools Championship Final
The ACT and Queensland II will play off for the Australian School Championship on Saturday 8 July, after a thrilling third day of Rugby at St. Ignatius College, Riverview in Sydney. ACT progressed through Pool B as the only undefeated team in the...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Barnes appointed RFU Head of Discipline
David Barnes has been appointed as the Rugby Football Union’s Head of Discipline. He will join on 17 July taking over from incumbent Gerard McEvilly, who is emigrating to Australia. David has been an RFU citing officer since 2014, working on appointments...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls team to face Southern Kings
Former Junior Springboks winger, Travis Ismaiel is back in the Vodacom Bulls starting a line-up that will face the Southern Kings at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday after recovering from injury. The 25-year old picked up an injury against the Crusaders early in...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on The British & Irish Lions – The Greatest Sporting Conundrum In The World?
Q: How can you spend four years knocking lumps out of each other and then become part of an exclusive squad capable of competing against the World Champions in the space of six weeks? Answers on a postcard, please. The year is 1989 and, as an aspiring...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Xerox Golden Lions – Semi Final
Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Xerox Golden Lions SuperSport Rugby Challenge Semi-Final Sisa Dukashe Stadium, Mdantsane (East London) 09 July 2017 – 13:00 Liam Hendricks AJ Le Roux Ewald van der Westhuizen FP Pelser Pieter van Vuren Wendal Wehr Sias Koen Jason...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Bok trio commit to WP Rugby until 2019
Springboks Siya Kolisi, Damian de Allende, and Steven Kitshoff have all signed contracts with Western Province Rugby which will see them play for the DHL Stormers until the end of 2019. Loosehead prop Kitshoff returns from a two-year spell in France to rejoin...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks team named for third DHL New Zealand Lions Series Test against British & Irish Lions; Kieran Read to play 100th Test
The All Blacks team to play the third and DHL New Zealand Lions Series-deciding Test against the British and Irish Lions at Eden Park, Auckland, on Saturday 8 July has been named. The match day 23 for the Test (with Test caps in brackets) is: 1. Joe Moody...
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Jul 6, 17 •
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Comments Off on Try festival on day two of U18 Girls Week
The second day of the National Girls U18 Week proved to be a try festival on Wednesday at the HT Pelatona Projects Stadium in Welkom, as five of the eight winning teams scored over 35 points each in an exciting round. Eastern Province, Zimbabwe, Border,...
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Jul 5, 17 •
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Comments Off on Coleman to lead charge against Rebels
The Road Safety Western Force have announced their 23-man strong squad to take on the Melbourne Rebels at nib Stadium this Friday, 7 July. Wallaby hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau returns from National duties and will have Pek Cowan and Jermaine Ainsley beside him in...
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Jul 5, 17 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds team to play Brumbies in Indigenous Round clash at Suncorp Stadium
The St.George Queensland Reds have announced their team to play the Brumbies in their Indigenous Round clash at Suncorp Stadium this Friday night. Departing stalwart Rob Simmons has been named as starting blindside flanker in his final home game for the Reds,...
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Jul 5, 17 •
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Comments Off on Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup named
The Black Ferns squad for the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup (WRWC) has been named today by Head Coach Glenn Moore. The 28-strong squad will travel to Ireland on 1 August in their bid to win the four-yearly tournament in Dublin and Belfast. The team is (with...
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Jul 4, 17 •
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Comments Off on LSEN Week continues to entertain
The Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week continued to dish up exciting matches at Glenwood High School in Durban on Tuesday as the tournament, which marks one of two SA Rugby Youth Week competitions this week, entered its second day. At the end...
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Jul 4, 17 •
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Comments Off on Thomson heading to Glasgow Warriors
DHL Stormers flyhalf Brandon Thomson has been released from his contract with Western Province Rugby to join the Glasgow Warriors. The 22-year-old, whose father was born in Scotland, will head to Glasgow on a two-year deal once his fellow flyhalf Rob du Preez...
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Jul 4, 17 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds add depth to forward stocks
The Queensland Rugby Union continues to build its squad for the 2018 season with the re-signing of loose forward Caleb Timu, while also locking in Australian U20s second-row pair Angus Blyth and Harry Hockings. Time and Blyth have signed through 2018, while...
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Jul 4, 17 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby Youth Weeks thrill on opening day
The SA Rugby Youth Weeks kicked off on an exciting note on Monday with a series of big wins and hard-fought encounters characterizing the opening day’s play at the National Girls U18 Week and Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week in Welkom and...
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Jul 3, 17 •
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Comments Off on England Women sevens name squad for Kazan
James Bailey has named his squad for the second and final leg of the Rugby Europe Women’s Grand Prix Series in Kazan, Russia this weekend (8-9 July, live on RugbyEurope.tv). Bailey makes one change to the squad that placed 4th in the first leg of the Rugby...
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Jul 3, 17 •
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Comments Off on Make way for the Steval Pumas Ambassadors
Last year, in an attempt to grow stadium attendance at home games the Steval Pumas started an informal arrangement with the local schools to put their banners up a week before each home game in a visible place where parents drop and collect kids. This...
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Jul 3, 17 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers injury update – 03/07
Springbok center Damian de Allende returns to full training with the DHL Stormers this week after recovering from a quad injury, in a timely boost following injuries to midfielders Juan de Jongh and Shaun Treeby sustained in the victory against the Toyota...
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Jul 3, 17 •
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Comments Off on WPRFU to launch talent identification programme at City Park
The Western Province Rugby Football Union will launch a junior talent identification program at City Park on Tuesday. As part of the efforts of the Bestmed School of Excellence, there will be matches held throughout the day at City Park in order to expose and...
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Jul 3, 17 •
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Comments Off on England Sevens finish tenth in Clermont-Ferrand
England came tenth in the Clermont-Ferrand Sevens after losing 12-26 to Italy in the Challenge Trophy final at the weekend. They found themselves in the Challenge Trophy contest after finishing third in their pool after day one of the French legs of the Rugby...
