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Apr 22, 14 •
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Comments Off on Strong Junior Springbok squad named for JWC 2014
A Junior Springbok squad bolstered by several players with Vodacom Super Rugby experience was named by SARU in Cape Town on Tuesday for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship to be hosted by New Zealand from June 2 to 22. Handré Pollard (flyhalf, Vodacom...
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Apr 22, 14 •
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Comments Off on KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL WRAP & FINAL LOG OF RESULTS
A highly successful seventh Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up yesterday (Monday) with the announcement of the five players to each receive bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2015. Valued at over R100 000 each, the recipients are prop Kenny van...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up – Sharks Academy bursaries awarded
A highly successful seventh Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up today with the announcement of five players who each received bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2015. Valued at over R100 000 each, the recipients are prop Kenny van Niekerk and flyhalf...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Kearsney vs EG Jansen
MATCH 6 KEARSNEY COLLEGE 3 – EG JANSEN 25 Kearsney found themselves on the back foot right from kick-off, as EG Jansen’s pace and physicality put their defence under pressure. With only 21 minutes gone, EG Jansen were three tries to nil ahead, tallying...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Grey College vs Monument
GREY COLLEGE 10 – 10 MONUMENT (Photos: Tracey van den Aardweg) The team from Bloemfontein were on the score board with only nine minutes from the start, scoring two tries, one by prop Ruben Terblanche and the other by full back Henry Immelman. Monument...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Affies vs HTS Middelburg
GAME 4 AFFIES 10 – HTS MIDDELBURG 20 The physicality of this tough encounter was confirmed in the first five minutes with two great sides taking on each other. It was the team from HTS Middelburg who dominated possession until relief came for Affies. With...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Westville vs Selborne
GAME 3 WESTVILLE 14 – SELBORNE 20 (Photos: Tracey van den Aardweg) After Westville’s great performance against Grey College on Saturday, they continued to impress with good, basic rugby and were the first to score a try using the pace of Lindo Buthelezi....
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Glenwood vs Framesby
GAME 2 GLENWOOD 31 – HOERSKOOL FRAMESBY 29 Glenwood have had a fantastic festival, notching up two excellent wins – over Dale on Thursday and over EG Jansen on Saturday. Framesby, whilst performing better than in last year’s festival, have lost both...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Coastal sides win low-scoring derbies – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 10
April 20, 2014 The Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers were victorious on a weekend where all five South African Vodacom Super Rugby franchises were involved in low-scoring matches. In all three matches involving teams from the Republic, the most points the...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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April 20, 2014 Roodepoort and Rustenburg Impala will battle it out for the historic Gold Cup in the Cell C Community Cup final on Monday after registering well-deserved victories in their respective semifinals on Saturday. Roodepoort booked their place in the...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL Match Report- NICO MALAN vs DALE COLLEGE
FINAL DAY – MONDAY 21 APRIL FESTIVAL RESULTS TO DATE THIRD DAY 09h30Nico Malan 10 – 25 Dale College 10h45Glenwood – Framesby 12h00Westville – Selborne College 13h15Affies – HTS Middelburg 14h30Grey College – Monument...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on England U18 retain European Championship with 30-14 win against Ireland in Poland
Photo supplied by RFU: England U18 celebrate their win England U18 – 30 vs Ireland U18 – 14 ENGLAND Under 18s have won their third consecutive FIRA/AER European Championship, beating Ireland 30-14 in Wronki, Poland. Two tries from Taylor Prell and...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on England Under 18 Clubs and Schools beaten in France
ENGLAND Under 18 Clubs and Schools were beaten 23-9 by France Under 18 A in their second and final match at the Tri Nations Festival at the French National Training Centre in Marcoussis today. England led twice in the first half through three penalties from...
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Apr 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Statement on Benji Marshall
The Blues and New Zealand Rugby can confirm they have received a request from Benji Marshall to be released early from his contract. All parties are currently in discussions regarding this request and need to work through a formal process before making any...
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Apr 20, 14 •
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Comments Off on KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL PREVIEW FOR FINAL DAY – MONDAY 21 APRIL
Four teams – Grey College, Monument, Glenwood and HTS Middelburg – go unbeaten into the final day (Monday) of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival. In what is being dubbed the clash of the titans, Grey and Monument will play each other in the...
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Apr 20, 14 •
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Comments Off on Blues injury update
Injury update First five-eighths Chris Noakes suffered a concussion in Friday night’s match against the Hurricanes. He still presented with symptoms this morning and will be retested tomorrow morning to be considered for selection for Friday’s...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL MATCH REPORT – AFFIES vs MONUMENT
GAME 6 AFFIES 14 – MONUMENT 36 (Photos: Tracey van den Aardweg) Monument’s Wikus van Biljon opened the score board early in the game putting three points on the board in the form of a penalty. An unfortunate mistake in the Affies defence resulted in a...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival match report – Grey College vs Westville
GREY COLLEGE 32 – WESTVILLE 20 A determined Grey College took the lead only 11 minutes into the first half, scoring two tries using the pace of Lourens Steenkamp and Henry Slabbert. Westville soon recovered and dominated possession for a while, which was...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Match Report – Glenwood vs EG Jansen
GAME 4 GLENWOOD 31 – EG JANSEN 20 EG Jansen was the first to score with only four minutes into the first half when centre Delano Kotze kicked a penalty straight through the poles. The Glenwood defence was tested to the maximum with the ‘Black and Gold’...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival match report – Kearsney vs Dale
GAME 3 KEARSNEY COLLEGE 24 – DALE COLLEGE 19 With only 20 minutes into the first half, Kearsney found themselves well in front with some ill-disciplined play by their opposition. Tristan Tedder slotted three penalties and scrum half James Hall impressed...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Game 2 Match report Middelburg vs Nico Malan
HTS MIDDELBURG 43 – NICO MALAN 22 Right from kick-off, HTS Middelburg were relentless in their attack and were in the lead by 17 points to 0 after just 20 minutes. They scored two tries, one by Neven Nel and the other by Liaan Prinsloo, with Barend Smit...
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Apr 19, 14 •
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Comments Off on Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Day 2 Match report Selborne vs Framesby
Together with some exciting running rugby, the beautiful cloudless day is expected to draw large crowds to the second day of the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival today (Saturday). GAME 1 SELBORNE COLLEGE 21 – HOERSKOOL FRAMESBY 13 Opening the second day of...
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Apr 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on Chiefs vs Crusaders teamsheets
Chiefs 1. Pauliasi Manu , 2. Rhys Marshall , 3. Ben Tameifuna , 4. Michael Fitzgerald , 5. Brodie Retallick , 6. Liam Messam © , 7. Tanerau Latimer 100th Chiefs Match , 8. Liam Squire , 9. Tawera Kerr-Barlow , 10. Gareth Anscombe , 11. Asaeli Tikoirotuma...
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Apr 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on Sharks vs Cheetahs teamsheets
Date :Saturday 19 April Venue : Kings Park Kick Off local: 15:00 Referee: Jaco Peyper Assistant Ref 1: Craig Joubert Assistant Ref 2: Marius Jonker TMO: Deon van Blommenstein Teams Sharks 15. Lwazi Mvovo , 14. Tonderai Chavhanga , 13. S’bura Sithole ,...
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Apr 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on Waratahs vs Bulls Teamsheets
Waratahs: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Cam Crawford, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Rob Horne, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Dave Dennis (captain), 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Jacques Potgieter, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Will Skelton, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota...
