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  • Kings to face Blue Bulls in first Currie Cup friendly

    Jul 15, 15 • 2437 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Kings to face Blue Bulls in first Currie Cup friendly

    Eastern Province Kings Head Coach, Brent Janse van Rensburg has named his team to face the Blue Bulls in their first Currie Cup friendly at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth this Friday evening. Centre Tim Whitehead will captain a fairly large...

  • Craven Week u18 Fixtures – updated

    Jul 15, 15 • 3922 Views • Craven Week, General News, School • • Comments Off on Craven Week u18 Fixtures – updated

    Craven Week Results and Fixtures on : www.schoolrugby.co.za Follow all games live on Twitter: @SchoolRugby Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week day-three fixtures: 15 July 2015: 09h00 – Limpopo Blue Bulls vs Border CD 10h30 – Free State vs Namibia 12h00 –...

  • KINGS TEAM TO PLAY BLUE BULLS

    Jul 15, 15 • 2601 Views • General News • • Comments Off on KINGS TEAM TO PLAY BLUE BULLS

    Centre Tim Whitehead will captain the EP Kings team in their first rugby friendly in the build-up to their Absa Currie Cup campaign when they take on the Blue Bulls at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Friday (July 17, kick-off 19.00). In...

  • Argentina name their side to take on the All Blacks

    Jul 15, 15 • 2493 Views • General News, International, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on Argentina name their side to take on the All Blacks

    Argentina take on New Zealand in Christchurch in their Rugby Championship opener on Friday. The team is as follows: 15-Joaquin Tuculet, 14-Horacio Agulla, 13-Marcelo Bosch, 12- Jeronimo De la Fuente, 11-Santiago Cordero, 10-Nicolas Sanchez, 9-Tomas Cubelli,...

  • Burger back in Springbok starting line-up

    Jul 15, 15 • 3143 Views • General News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on Burger back in Springbok starting line-up

    Photo: Werner Nysschen Schalk Burger is back in the Springboks’ starting line-up for Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship opener against Australia at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Burger’s inclusion at No 8, after a great performance as...

  • ARU locks away rising star Will Skelton for two more years

    Jul 15, 15 • 2301 Views • Australia, General News, International • • Comments Off on ARU locks away rising star Will Skelton for two more years

    The Australian Rugby Union has locked away one of Rugby’s best young talents with NSW Waratahs lock Will Skelton signing a new two-year contract extension. Skelton is one of the rising stars of Australian Rugby and at just 22 years of age has already earned...

  • Star players inspire U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week captains

    Jul 15, 15 • 4559 Views • Craven Week, General News, School • • Comments Off on Star players inspire U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week captains

    Photo: Marc Sing Key The Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week captains had a memorable evening on Tuesday as they were treated to a special dinner with Springbok Sevens captain Kyle Brown and Springbok and DHL Western Province players Juan de Jongh and Jaco Taute....

  • All Blacks team named for Test against Argentina

    Jul 14, 15 • 3470 Views • General News, International, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on All Blacks team named for Test against Argentina

    The All Blacks team to play Argentina at AMI Stadium, Christchurch, on Friday 17 July in the Investec Rugby Championship-opening match has been named. Exciting winger Waisake Naholo will make his Test debut, and another new All Black, hooker Codie Taylor, is...

  • COCA-COLA® HERO OF THE DAY (DAY 2)

    Jul 14, 15 • 5612 Views • Craven Week, General News, School • • Comments Off on COCA-COLA® HERO OF THE DAY (DAY 2)

    Photo: Coca-Cola Hero of the day Xolisa Guma from KwaZulu-Natal Xolisa Guma from KwaZulu-Natal has been named the Coca-Cola® Hero of the day for day 2 of the U18 Coca-Cola® Craven Week. The prestigious Coca-Cola® Hero of the Day award is presented on each...

  • EP, KZN dominate day two of the Coca-Cola Craven Week

    Jul 14, 15 • 3840 Views • Craven Week, General News, School • • Comments Off on EP, KZN dominate day two of the Coca-Cola Craven Week

    Photo: William Brown Eastern Province and KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday stamped their authority on the second day of the Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week at the Markötter Sports Complex at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch as they registered encouraging victories...

  • EP OUTLAST SWD AT CRAVEN WEEK

    Jul 14, 15 • 2698 Views • Craven Week, General News, School • • Comments Off on EP OUTLAST SWD AT CRAVEN WEEK

    EASTERN Province outlasted South Western Districts to produce a thrilling finish to the second day of the Coca-Cola Craven Week tournament in Stellenbosch on Tuesday (July 14), finally winning 41-31. After EP led 15-3 at halftime, the two teams produced an...

  • Bosch leads EP u18 in win over SWD

    Jul 14, 15 • 3634 Views • Craven Week, General News, School • • Comments Off on Bosch leads EP u18 in win over SWD

      Eastern Province’s Curwin Bosch stole the show when they faced SWD in their opener of this year’s Coca-Cola Craven at the Markottor Fields Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch on Tuesday. Eastern Province dominated most of the first half as...

  • JC Janse van Rensburg signs with DHL Stormers

    Jul 14, 15 • 3401 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on JC Janse van Rensburg signs with DHL Stormers

    French-based loosehead prop JC Janse van Rensburg will join the DHL Stormers ahead of the 2016 Vodacom Super Rugby season. The powerful former Lions captain is currently in his third season with French club, Bayonne, but he will bolster the DHL...

  • EP RUGBY GRAND CHALLENGE WRAP FROM JULY 11

    Jul 14, 15 • 5480 Views • Club Rugby, General News • • Comments Off on EP RUGBY GRAND CHALLENGE WRAP FROM JULY 11

    PE SAPS continued their impressive run in the EP Grand Challenge competition when they comfortably doused African Bombers’ challenge with a decisive 56-12 win on Saturday (July 11). The policemen are the only unbeaten team in the competition and are...

  • Boks receive clean bill of health in Brisbane

    Jul 14, 15 • 2413 Views • General News, International, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on Boks receive clean bill of health in Brisbane

    All 31 players in the Springbok tour squad were given the green light to be considered for selection for their Castle Lager Rugby Championship opener against Australia. The South Africans will only have two full training sessions and a light captain’s run...

  • SENIOR RUGBY PLAYERS ‘BELT UP’ THIS WEEKEND

    Jul 14, 15 • 2617 Views • Australia, General News • • Comments Off on SENIOR RUGBY PLAYERS ‘BELT UP’ THIS WEEKEND

    RugbyWA’s Pindan Senior Grades will host the second annual ‘Belt-Up’ Round this weekend. The round, held in conjunction with the Insurance Commission of Western Australia, promotes public awareness of road safety and aims to reduce the number of...

  • Gripping start to U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week

    Jul 13, 15 • 4800 Views • Craven Week, General News, School • • Comments Off on Gripping start to U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week

    The Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week got off to a gripping start at the Markötter Sports Complex at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch on Monday with big wins dominating the opening day’s play in a fine spectacle of school rugby. Boland registered the...

  • Marais excited about landing his dream job

    Jul 13, 15 • 3318 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Marais excited about landing his dream job

      13 JULY 2015 – Loftus Versfeld has been his playground since a child and taking the reins of the Vodacom Blue Bulls is dream come true for the newly appointed head coach Nollis Marais. Catching up with Marais two weeks since he had been given the...

  • Pumas to host Springboks at Vélez Sarsfield

    Jul 13, 15 • 1785 Views • General News, International, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on Pumas to host Springboks at Vélez Sarsfield

    Photo: Werner Nysschen With The Castle Lager Rugby Championship set to kick off this Friday, La Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR) has confirmed its final home match against South Africa on Saturday 15 August will be played at Vélez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires,...

  • Springboks arrive in Brisbane

    Jul 13, 15 • 1809 Views • General News, International, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • • Comments Off on Springboks arrive in Brisbane

    Photo: Werner Nysschen The Springboks arrived in Brisbane late on Monday (Australian time) after travelling in two groups to the capital city of Queensland, where they will face the Wallabies in the opening round of a condensed Castle Lager Rugby Championship...

  • Absa urges you to play your greatest game

    Jul 13, 15 • 1969 Views • General News, Springboks • • Comments Off on Absa urges you to play your greatest game

    Absa – sponsor of the Springboks – has called on all South Africans to play their greatest games by highlighting how they are positive agents for social change. From Saturday 11 July, South Africans will be recognised for the positive impact they are...

  • Springboks off to Australia

    Jul 13, 15 • 3232 Views • General News, International, Springboks, The Rugby Championship, World Rugby • • Comments Off on Springboks off to Australia

    The Springboks had their first outing on Saturday when they played the World XV at Newlands in Cape Town on the weekend. The match did provide much needed game time for some players, but one would be naive to read too much into the final result as the...

  • Eastern Province U21s hammered in opener

    Jul 13, 15 • 1682 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Eastern Province U21s hammered in opener

    The newly promoted Eastern Province Under-21 side traveled to Bloemfontein to face Free State at Shimla Park in their ABSA Under-21 Group A opener on Saturday. The home side scored three first half tries and a penalty to take a comfortable 20 – 0 lead...

  • Zim u18 girls fly flag high

    Jul 13, 15 • 3287 Views • Craven Week, General News, School, Youth Weeks • • Comments Off on Zim u18 girls fly flag high

    Columnist / Writer: Benedict Chanakira The Zimbabwean sides have managed to do well at the Coca-Cola Weeks in South Africa. The under 13’s will be disappointed in their campaign but will look towards the future with anticipation. The change in...

  • RIP DR RUSSEL PERRY AM

    Jul 13, 15 • 2379 Views • Australia, General News • • Comments Off on RIP DR RUSSEL PERRY AM

    RugbyWA and Western Force have joined the WA rugby community to recognise the enormous contribution of RugbyWA Chairman, Dr Russel Perry AM, who passed away on Sunday, 12 July at the age of 68 after battling Motor Neurone Disease.   Dr Perry’s...