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Oct 8, 21 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls make handful of changes for Cardiff clash
The Vodacom Bulls have made a handful of changes to their side that will face Welsh side, Cardiff Rugby, in Round 3 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Saturday. Vodacom Bulls director of rugby, Jake White, has opted to make full use of the team’s...
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Oct 8, 21 •
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Comments Off on Second Test added to Springbok Women’s itinerary
The Springbok Women will face Wales in Cardiff as part of their European tour in November, adding to the two fixtures already confirmed for their trip to the Northern Hemisphere. The Springbok Women will kick off their tour against France in Vannes on 6...
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Oct 8, 21 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers intend to appeal Smith suspension
The DHL Stormers intend to appeal the eight-week suspension handed to lock Adré Smith, following a disciplinary hearing on Thursday. A Disciplinary Panel convened via videoconference to consider the citing against Smith resulting from the Round 2 United...
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Oct 8, 21 •
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Comments Off on CHANGES FOR EMIRATES LIONS AHEAD OF GLASGOW WARRIORS URC ENCOUNTER
Emirates Lions head coach, Ivan van Rooyen named a new-look match 23 ahead of his team’s third round Vodacom United Rugby Championship (VURC) fixture against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday. EW Viljoen covers the flyhalf position as a...
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Oct 8, 21 •
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Comments Off on 2021 WALLABIES SQUAD TO TOUR JAPAN AND UNITED KINGDOM
Wallabies squad for 2021 Spring Tour (Test caps, Club side and age) Allan Alaalatoa (50, Brumbies, 27)Rory Arnold (26, Stade Toulousain, 31)Angus Bell (12, NSW Waratahs, 21)Quade Cooper (74, Kintetsu Liners, 33)Filipo Daugunu (6, Queensland Reds, 26)Pone...
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Oct 7, 21 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom #URC: New challenges await in round three
It will be yet another new venue for each of the four South African teams in round three of the Vodacom United Rugby Championships and all will be hoping for a more constructive result this time around. The Cell C Sharks will be out of the blocks first on...
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Oct 7, 21 •
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Comments Off on Umbro and England Rugby unveil new home kits for 2021-22 season and extend partnership to 2028
Umbro, the Official Technical Kit Partner of England Rugby, can today reveal its new England Rugby home kits that will be worn by the England men’s and women’s teams for the 2021-22 season. For the first time in the professional era of the women’s game,...
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Oct 6, 21 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks to play Ospreys in Swansea
In the third round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, the Cell C Sharks focus now shifts to Wales, where they take on Ospreys on Friday night. With much of the talk surrounding the need for an adjustment to the challenges presented by the new...
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Oct 6, 21 •
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Comments Off on EXCITING NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH Servette de Geneve
With Covid-19 still at the forefront of global daily experiences, our world has had to come to terms with expecting the unexpected and to cope with change. While change can produce fear of the unknown, it can also bring about excitement at the prospect of new...
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Oct 6, 21 •
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Comments Off on KENYA LINED UP AS CARLING CHAMPIONS MATCH OPPONENTS
Sevens fans favourites Kenya will show off their growing ambition in the XV-a-side game after being confirmed as the inaugural opponents in next month’s Champions Match – to face the best of South African domestic rugby. The East African nation –...
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Oct 6, 21 •
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Comments Off on Olympic Gold Medal winning coach signs with Chiefs Rugby Club as Super Rugby Aupiki confirmed
Allan Bunting announced as Chiefs Women Head Coach Four-team women’s competition confirmed for March 2022 Former Black Ferns Sevens Head Coach and two-time NZR Coach of the Year Allan Bunting has signed on as Head Coach for the Chiefs Women’s team ahead...
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Oct 6, 21 •
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Comments Off on Green light for Super Rugby Aupiki
Four-team women’s competition confirmed for March 2022Head Coaches announced The country’s leading women players will set the rugby landscape alight in 2022 with the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki. The Blues, Chiefs and Hurricanes, as well as a...
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Oct 5, 21 •
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Comments Off on Difficult Times But Southern Hemisphere Rugby Delivers
It has been an incredible year for SANZAAR and its partners as the pandemic continued to cause huge disruptions across the sporting world. Despite this, rugby in the southern hemisphere continued to deliver high-quality action for fans amidst the continual...
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Oct 4, 21 •
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Comments Off on Emirates Lions Injury Report
Emirates Lions flyhalf Jordan Hendrikse fractured his right ankle during the Lions’ second round match against Scarlets in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. Hendrikse will be traveling back to South Africa for possible surgery. The young playmaker...
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Oct 4, 21 •
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Comments Off on Young lock Josh Lord called into the All Blacks
Taranaki and Chiefs lock Josh Lord has been called into the All Blacks squad for the Northern Tour to the USA and Europe. 20-year-old Lord, together with All Blacks Sam Cane, Samuel Whitelock, Dane Coles and Shannon Frizell, will meet up with the squad in the...
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Oct 2, 21 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber applauds bench impact in win over All Blacks
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber said their 31-29 win over New Zealand in the final Castle Lager Rugby Championship match of 2021 will provide some valuable momentum for South Africa during the forthcoming November Tests and beyond. The Boks came back from a...
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Oct 1, 21 •
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Comments Off on Canada glory buried Tokyo disappointment – Soyizwapi
Springbok Sevens captain, Siviwe Soyizwapi said the commanding performances by the Blitzboks in the recent HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series events in Vancouver and Edmonton had buried the disappointment of the Tokyo Olympics and closed out the 2021 season with...
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Oct 1, 21 •
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Comments Off on Smith and Ungerer to make first DHL Stormers starts
Lock Adre Smith and scrumhalf Stefan Ungerer will make their first starts for the DHL Stormers in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship encounter with Munster on Saturday. There are six changes in total to the DHL Stormers starting line-up for the Round Two...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom #URC: New challenges await in round two
After the wake-up call of the first week, the sharp learning curve the South African teams are on in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship will steepen even further as the second round looks set to throw several of the varied challenges at them that make the...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on Emirates Lions name unchanged 23 for Scarlets encounter
The Emirates Lions have named an unchanged match 23 to face Welsh side Scarlets for their second-round fixture of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship (VURC) at the Parc y Scarlets stadium in Llanelli, Wales on Friday, 01 October. Emirates Lions head coach,...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks to play first of two Scottish teams
The Cell C Sharks shift their focus to the first of two Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams from Scotland when they face off against the Glasgow Warriors on Saturday afternoon in the second round of the competition. Head coach Sean Everitt has made three...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on Starting berth for Combrinck against Connacht
The Vodacom Bulls have named their side to face Connacht Rugby in Round 2 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Friday. The South African side will take on the Irish team at The Sportsground in Galway, with kick-off at 20h35. Vodacom Bulls director of...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on SAMU TO START, MCMAHON AND HOLMES RETURN TO THE WALLABIES FOR LOS PUMAS TEST
Brumbies backrower Pete Samu has forced his way in to the Wallabies starting side for the first time in 2021, named at blindside flanker in the side’s final eToro Rugby Championship clash against Argentina on the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, evergreen prop Greg...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks team named for final Fortinet Rugby Championship Test against South Africa on Gold Coast
The All Blacks team has been named to play in the final Test match of the Fortinet Rugby Championship against South Africa at Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast, on Saturday 2 October (Kick off: 8.05PM AEST / 11.05PM NZT). The matchday 23 is (Test caps in...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on WALLAROOS TO JOIN PACIFIC FOUR SERIES IN 2022
World Rugby have today confirmed that Australia will join USA, Canada and New Zealand in the inaugural Pacific Four Series. The competition will kick-off in 2021 in the form of a soft launch with Canada and the USA going head-to-head in two Test matches in...
