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  • The British & Irish Lions – The Greatest Sporting Conundrum In The World?

    Jul 6, 17 • 1263 Views • General News, International • • 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...

  • Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Xerox Golden Lions – Semi Final

    Jul 6, 17 • 1102 Views • General News • • 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...

  • Bok trio commit to WP Rugby until 2019

    Jul 6, 17 • 1329 Views • General News • • 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...

  • All Blacks team named for third DHL New Zealand Lions Series Test against British & Irish Lions; Kieran Read to play 100th Test

    Jul 6, 17 • 1122 Views • General News, International • • 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...

  • Try festival on day two of U18 Girls Week

    Jul 6, 17 • 1142 Views • General News • • 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,...

  • Coleman to lead charge against Rebels

    Jul 5, 17 • 2371 Views • General News, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • 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...

  • St.George Queensland Reds team to play Brumbies in Indigenous Round clash at Suncorp Stadium 

    Jul 5, 17 • 1654 Views • General News • • 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,...

  • Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup named

    Jul 5, 17 • 1199 Views • General News, International • • 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...

  • LSEN Week continues to entertain

    Jul 4, 17 • 1118 Views • General News, International • • 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...

  • Thomson heading to Glasgow Warriors

    Jul 4, 17 • 1102 Views • General News • • 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...

  • St.George Queensland Reds add depth to forward stocks

    Jul 4, 17 • 990 Views • General News, International • • 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...

  • SA Rugby Youth Weeks thrill on opening day

    Jul 4, 17 • 1327 Views • General News • • 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...

  • England Women sevens name squad for Kazan

    Jul 3, 17 • 1502 Views • General News, International • • 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...

  • Make way for the Steval Pumas Ambassadors

    Jul 3, 17 • 1711 Views • General News • • 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...

  • DHL Stormers injury update – 03/07

    Jul 3, 17 • 889 Views • General News • • 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...

  • WPRFU to launch talent identification programme at City Park

    Jul 3, 17 • 1197 Views • General News, School • • 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...

  • England Sevens finish tenth in Clermont-Ferrand

    Jul 3, 17 • 1085 Views • General News, International • • 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...

  • Lance locked in until 2018

    Jul 3, 17 • 1894 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Lance locked in until 2018

    The Road Safety Western Force continue to strengthen their side for 2018, with the re-signing of class flyhalf Jono Lance for next season. Lance, currently sitting on 49 Super Rugby caps, has played 10 matches for the Force this season before being struck...

  • 2017 Super Rugby Penultimate Round 

    Jul 3, 17 • 1054 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on 2017 Super Rugby Penultimate Round 

    The 2017 Super Rugby season enters the penultimate round this weekend with the Australian teams returning to action to join the South African teams in Round 16 following the conclusion of the June Test window. The New Zealand teams will re-enter the...

  • Statement from Waikato Rugby Union on injured player

    Jul 3, 17 • 845 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Statement from Waikato Rugby Union on injured player

    A Southern United Rugby Club player is in the Intensive Care Unit at Middlemore Hospital following a serious incident during a game against Taupiri Rugby Club on Saturday 1 July, resulting in a spinal injury. The details of the accident are not yet confirmed,...

  • St.George Queensland Reds unveil Indigenous Round jersey designed by program participant 

    Jul 3, 17 • 962 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds unveil Indigenous Round jersey designed by program participant 

    The St.George Queensland Reds today unveiled their Indigenous Round Jersey, designed by program participant Janita Langton, for this Friday’s clash against the Brumbies. Langton, 15, has been a member of Queensland Rugby Union’s ‘Future Indigenous...

  • Henco Venter suspended for 1 week

    Jul 3, 17 • 1774 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Henco Venter suspended for 1 week

    Foul Play Review Committee: Nigel Hampton QC (Chairman), Stefan Terblanche, Stephen Hardy Player: Henco Venter Team: Cheetahs Position: Flanker Date of Incident: 1 July 2017 Nature of Offence: Law 10.4(a) Striking another Player with the elbow Elapsed...

  • Youth Weeks kick off with LSEN and U18 Girls

    Jul 3, 17 • 1434 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Youth Weeks kick off with LSEN and U18 Girls

    The popular SA Rugby Youth Weeks festival – one of the main attractions on the school’s rugby calendar annually – will kick off on Monday with the Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week and National Girls U18 Week in Durban and Welkom...

  • Sean O’Brien cited for dangerous play

    Jul 3, 17 • 1840 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Sean O’Brien cited for dangerous play

    British & Irish Lions loose forward Sean O’Brien has been cited for dangerous play during the second Test of the DHL NZ Lions Series, held at Westpac Stadium, Wellington last night (Saturday 1 July 2017). Citing Commissioner Scott Nowland (Australia)...

  • Sonny Bill Williams to face judicial hearing

    Jul 3, 17 • 1089 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Sonny Bill Williams to face judicial hearing

    All Blacks midfielder Sonny Bill Williams will face a judicial hearing, resulting from the red card he received early in the first half of the All Blacks v British & Irish Lions Test match played at Westpac Stadium, Wellington on Saturday 1 July 2017. A...