Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

  • DHL WP welcome back returning stars

    May 18, 17 • 1219 Views • General NewsComments Off on DHL WP welcome back returning stars

    The experienced duo of Juan de Jongh and Rynhardt Elstadt will both make their return from injury for DHL Western Province in their SuperSport Rugby Challenge encounter with the SWD Eagles at DHL Newlands on Friday. Coach John Dobson’s team will be...

  • Qantas Australian Women’s Sevens squad for Canada

    May 18, 17 • 887 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Qantas Australian Women’s Sevens squad for Canada

    1. Sharni Williams (c), 20 caps, Hometown: Batlow NSW 2. Demi Hayes, 2 caps, Hometown: Mount Isa QLD 3. Shannon Parry (c), 21 caps, Hometown: Brisbane QLD 4. Tiana Penitani, 16 caps, Hometown: Sydney NSW 5. Chloe Dalton, 14 caps, Hometown: Sydney NSW 6....

  • Free entry into Springbok Experience to celebrate International Museum Day

    May 17, 17 • 916 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Free entry into Springbok Experience to celebrate International Museum Day

    The doors to one of Cape Town’s top-rated tourist attractions, the Springbok Experience Rugby Museum, will be thrown open tomorrow as SA Rugby marks International Museum Day on 18 May. Entry will be free of charge into the internationally acclaimed...

  • Adonis, Booi and Kinsey invited to women’s training camp

    May 17, 17 • 1019 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Adonis, Booi and Kinsey invited to women’s training camp

    Celeste Adonis, Nolusindiso Booi and Tayla Kinsey, who played at the 2014 Women’s World Cup in France, are amongst a group of 42 players who were invited to the second national women’s training camp as the squad will pick up their preparations for their...

  • Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Griffons: Supersport Rugby Challenge

    May 17, 17 • 814 Views • General NewsComments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas vs. Griffons: Supersport Rugby Challenge

    1              Devon Martinus 2              AJ Le Roux 3              Ewald van der Westhuizen 4              Shaun McDonald 5              Pieter Janse van Vuren 6              RJ...

  • Blitzboks refuse to rest on laurels

    May 17, 17 • 1569 Views • General NewsComments Off on Blitzboks refuse to rest on laurels

    They are still playing with the same objectives in mind as before, so there is no reason why the Springbok Sevens team will take anything for granted when the HSBC London Sevens kicks off at Twickenham on Saturday. That is the opinion of two of the...

  • Bok trio return for DHL Stormers

    May 17, 17 • 1405 Views • General NewsComments Off on Bok trio return for DHL Stormers

    Springbok tight forwards Frans Malherbe, Eben Etzebeth and Pieter-Steph du Toit are all in the DHL Stormers starting line-up to face the Blues at DHL Newlands on Friday. Locks Etzebeth and Du Toit have both recovered from injury niggles whilst tighthead prop...

  • HSBC London Sevens launches with illustrated captains’ line-up

    May 17, 17 • 783 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on HSBC London Sevens launches with illustrated captains’ line-up

    Click here for the full illustrated line-up HSBC London Sevens comes to Twickenham on 20-21 May Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday are still available Today the world’s top rugby sevens players officially launched the HSBC London Sevens with the first ever...

  • Countdown has begun for rugby’s debut at Moses Mabhida Stadium

    May 17, 17 • 1207 Views • General NewsComments Off on Countdown has begun for rugby’s debut at Moses Mabhida Stadium

    Rugby will make its much-anticipated debut at the iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium on Friday 16 June when former Cell C Sharks favourite Fred Michalak will lead out a star-studded French Barbarians side against the SA ‘A’ team in Durban on Youth Day. This...

  • Beachcomber World Club 10s will have a strong South African/Aussie flavour

    May 17, 17 • 1077 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Beachcomber World Club 10s will have a strong South African/Aussie flavour

    PRETORIA, 11 MAY 2017 – The Beachcomber World Club 10s in Mauritius will have a strong South African and Australian flavour for the third staging of the popular tournament at the Anjalay Stadium in Mauritius on June 17 and 18. Former Springbok coach...

  • All Blacks and Japan Rugby confirm 2018 Test

    May 17, 17 • 1464 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on All Blacks and Japan Rugby confirm 2018 Test

    The All Blacks will return to Japan in 2018 as part of the team’s build-up to Rugby World Cup 2019 it was announced today. New Zealand’s Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Bill English, who is on an official visit to Japan, made the announcement with officials...

  • Davids has high hopes for Junior Boks in Georgia

    May 16, 17 • 1711 Views • General News, SpringboksComments Off on Davids has high hopes for Junior Boks in Georgia

    After watching the Springbok Sevens secure the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title with a victory in Paris on Sunday, Junior Springbok and Blitzboks strongman Zain Davids hoped that a similarly brave effort by the SA U20s could steer them to success in...

  • Paarl Boys’ High down Grey College for third successive year

    May 16, 17 • 2767 Views • General News, SchoolComments Off on Paarl Boys’ High down Grey College for third successive year

    Paarl Boys’ High made history for the second time in Bloemfontein when they defeated Grey College by 46-31 in their annual Premier Interschools on Saturday. The team of captain, Francke Horn, became only the second first XV of Boishaai to manage to beat...

  • Inaugural Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund ‘Ride 4 Rugby’ MTB experience to be hosted in October

    May 16, 17 • 1114 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Inaugural Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund ‘Ride 4 Rugby’ MTB experience to be hosted in October

    Unique ‘Ride 4 Rugby’ MTB experience to be held in the Western Cape’s Overberg raising funds for seriously injured rugby players in SA! (South Africa, May 2017) The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund, a charity that supports rugby players who...

  • 2018 and 2019 six nations championship fixtures announced

    May 16, 17 • 1513 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on 2018 and 2019 six nations championship fixtures announced

    The fixtures for both the 2018 and 2019 Six Nations Championships have been announced. Rugby’s Greatest Championship will take place over seven weekends in 2018, beginning on Saturday 3rd February and finishing with a Championship ‘Super...

  • RG Snyman suspended for 4 weeks

    May 16, 17 • 1675 Views • General NewsComments Off on RG Snyman suspended for 4 weeks

    Foul Play Review Committee: Nigel Hampton QC (Chairman), Stefan Terblanche and Stephen Hardy Player: RG Snyman Team: Bulls Position: Lock Date of Incident: 13 May 2017 Nature of Offence: Law 10.4(h) A Player must not charge into a ruck or maul. Elapsed...

  • Academy product Labuschagne joins Blitzboks in London

    May 16, 17 • 2966 Views • General News, Sevens RugbyComments Off on Academy product Labuschagne joins Blitzboks in London

    SA Rugby Sevens Academy player, Marco Labuschagne, has joined the Springbok Sevens team in London for this weekend’s HSBC London Sevens after Tim Agaba was ruled out because of a knee injury he sustained in Paris last weekend. Agaba will be replaced in...

  • Injury Update Emirates Lions

    May 16, 17 • 1627 Views • General NewsComments Off on Injury Update Emirates Lions

    Madosh Tambwe sustained a side strain in the Supersport Rugby Challenge against the Welwitschias at Alberton Rugby Club last weekend and will be available next week. Jaco Kriel is doing agility training and is monitored week by week and unlikely to play this...

  • Waisake Naholo suspended for 1 week

    May 16, 17 • 1175 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Waisake Naholo suspended for 1 week

    Foul Play Review Committee: Nigel Hampton QC (Chairman), Stefan Terblanche and Stephen Hardy Player: Waisake Naholo Team: Highlanders Position: Wing Date of Incident: 13 May 2017 Nature of Offence: Law 10.4(e) Dangerous tackling of an Opponent amended to...

  • Steval Pumas announce new members to winning team

    May 16, 17 • 4587 Views • General NewsComments Off on Steval Pumas announce new members to winning team

    With a hand-picked selection of players and support, the Steval Pumas have been quietly busy bolstering their ranks as they get into the full swing of this 2017 season. Chief among these must be the addition of Lance Salter, a 32-year-old Performance Analyst...

  • Blitzboks want to finish season as they started

    May 15, 17 • 3375 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World SeriesComments Off on Blitzboks want to finish season as they started

    The Springbok Sevens team set themselves the goal at the beginning of the season to be competitive and try to win all ten tournaments of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. To neglect that aim after nine tournaments just because the series title is in the...

  • Kings quartet invited to third Springbok training camp

    May 15, 17 • 2714 Views • General News, Springbok News, SpringboksComments Off on Kings quartet invited to third Springbok training camp

      Extended group of players called up to three-day assembly in Johannesburg Squad announcement for Castle Lager Incoming Series on 23 May   Four Southern Kings players, Chris Cloete, Andisa Ntsila, Lionel Cronje and Makazole Mapimpi, are amongst an...

  • Excitement mounts as top-flight rugby returns to Soweto

    May 15, 17 • 1156 Views • General NewsComments Off on Excitement mounts as top-flight rugby returns to Soweto

    International rugby stars will be on show in Soweto for as little as R40 when SA ‘A’ take on a French Barbarians team captained by former Les Bleus star Fred Michalak next month. In a ground-breaking collaboration with the Gauteng Provincial Government,...

  • Relieved and proud about series win – Snyman

    May 15, 17 • 4155 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World SeriesComments Off on Relieved and proud about series win – Snyman

    Springbok Sevens captain, Philip Snyman, applauded the massive team effort of his squad and gave credit to their management staff for preparing the team in the best possible way, after the Blitzboks secured the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title in Paris on...

  • South Africa crowned HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Champions

    May 14, 17 • 3326 Views • General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World SeriesComments Off on South Africa crowned HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Champions

    Blitzboks crowned HSBC Paris Sevens Champions Squad congratulated by SA Rugby President, Mr Mark Alexander The Springbok Sevens team won their fifth title of the season and took an unassailable lead in the 2016/17 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Paris on...