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  • Lions duo return for Wales

    Mar 5, 14 • 1376 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Lions duo return for Wales

    Wales have made two changes to the side to face England in the RBS 6 Nations at Twickenham on Sunday (KO 15.00) with British and Irish Lions duo Jonathan Davies (Scarlets) and Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys) returning to the starting XV. Davies returns from injury...

  • Krugersdorp High School Rugby Fixtures 2014

    Mar 5, 14 • 2917 Views • General News, School • • Comments Off on Krugersdorp High School Rugby Fixtures 2014

      Rugby Fixtures 2014 Date Day Opposition Home/Away 01-Mar Sat Saheti 7’s (U19/U16) Away 08-Mar Sat Fourways Home 12-Mar Wed Allsports: Edenglen Away 15-Mar Sat 1st XV & U16 GLRU Trials v Trinity at Bealieau College Away 15-Mar Sat Allsports:...

  • AON Ireland Women make four changes for historic clash at Aviva Stadium

    Mar 5, 14 • 2130 Views • General News, International, Six Nations • • Comments Off on AON Ireland Women make four changes for historic clash at Aviva Stadium

    Ireland Women Head Coach Philip Doyle has made three personnel and one positional change to the side that ran out in Twickenham Saturday week ago.  The reigning Women’s 6 Nations champions make their debut at the Aviva Stadium this coming Saturday. In...

  • Krugersdorp High School “Best of the West” Rugby Festival 2014

    Mar 5, 14 • 3046 Views • General News, School Rugby Festivals • • Comments Off on Krugersdorp High School “Best of the West” Rugby Festival 2014

    FRIDAY 28th March 2014           10h40 HS Bastion Leeuwenhof   12h00 HS Roodepoort Springs Boys   13h20 HS Jeugland HS Standerton   14h40 Prince Edward (Zim) GLRU Invitational   16h00 K.H.S. Jabulani Club                              ...

  • Rising stars in action as Vodacom Cup kicks off – Round 1 Preview

    Mar 5, 14 • 3805 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Rising stars in action as Vodacom Cup kicks off – Round 1 Preview

      The Vodacom Cup, where many current and past Springboks have taken their first steps in senior provincial rugby, kicks off this week with eight tough matches taking place across South Africa.   Last year’s champions, the Golden Lions, and...

  • NSW selects sides for 2014 National Women’s Rugby Sevens Championship

    Mar 5, 14 • 2434 Views • General News • • Comments Off on NSW selects sides for 2014 National Women’s Rugby Sevens Championship

    Caption: NSW women’s sevens player Tahlia Smith in action The next generation of NSW women’s sevens stars will head to Canberra this weekend for the National Women’s Sevens Championships.   The state will be strongly represented with two...

  • RFU Disciplinary: Kieran Brookes citing

    Mar 5, 14 • 2232 Views • AVIVA Premiership, General News, International • • Comments Off on RFU Disciplinary: Kieran Brookes citing

    KIERAN BROOKES (Newcastle Falcons) is to appear at an RFU Disciplinary Hearing tonight charged with acts contrary to good sportsmanship contrary to law 10.4(m). The charge, brought by Citing Commissioner Shaun Gallagher, is for physical abuse of a match...

  • Stringer replaces Ludlow in England U20 EPS

    Mar 5, 14 • 2677 Views • General News, International, Six Nations • • Comments Off on Stringer replaces Ludlow in England U20 EPS

    SARACENS flanker Hayden Stringer has replaced injured Gloucester Rugby back row Lewis Ludlow in the England Under 20 squad for the rest of the season. Former England Under 18 player Stringer comes in for Ludlow who injured his knee while playing for...

  • Soyizwapi and Van Breda return to Kings for first Vodacom Cup game

    Mar 5, 14 • 1636 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Soyizwapi and Van Breda return to Kings for first Vodacom Cup game

    Siviwe Shakes Soyizwapi and Scott van Breda will start against the Tusker Simba XV in Cape Town on Saturday in the Eastern Province Kings first Vodacom Cup match of the season. Vodacom Cup head coach, Mzwandile Stick, said both Soyizwapi and Van Breda, who...

  • Zenay Jordaan lives her rugby dream

    Mar 5, 14 • 2792 Views • General News, International • • Comments Off on Zenay Jordaan lives her rugby dream

    Nine years after taking up rugby as a sport, Springbok Women’s star player Zenay Jordaan’s dream of becoming a professional rugby player has become a reality, and she is still in awe since signing her national contract in January. The slightly built...

  • England Women’s Squad named for Wales Six Nations clash

    Mar 5, 14 • 2236 Views • General News, International, Six Nations, Womens Rugby • • Comments Off on England Women’s Squad named for Wales Six Nations clash

      England’s Rochelle Clark England Women’s prop Rochelle Clark is set to earn her 90th cap on Friday when England play Wales in the penultimate round of the Six Nations, kick off 7:30pm at the Twickenham Stoop. Clark has been named in England...

  • Springbok Women’s preliminary RWC squad announced

    Mar 5, 14 • 2865 Views • General News, International, Rugby World Cup News, Womens Rugby • • Comments Off on Springbok Women’s preliminary RWC squad announced

    Springbok Women’s coach Lawrence Sephaka on Tuesday announced a preliminary squad of 39 players for the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup as he looks to put the building blocks in place for the international showpiece in France from August 1 to 17.   The...

  • EP Kings Vodacom Cup team named for Tusker Simba XV clash

    Mar 5, 14 • 4231 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on EP Kings Vodacom Cup team named for Tusker Simba XV clash

    EP Kings in action during a warm up match -Photo: Francois Fourie Photography   EP Kings Team: 1. Brendon Olivier 2. Able de Swardt 3. Vukile Sofisa 4. Kuhle Sonkosi 5. Brendan Hector 6. Thembelani Bholi 7. Claude Tshibidi 8. Stephan Zaayman 9. Kelvano...

  • Griquas team to take on the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup

    Mar 5, 14 • 1848 Views • General News, Vodacom Cup • • Comments Off on Griquas team to take on the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup

    VodacomCup teamsheet: GWK Griquas team to take on the #BlueBulls on Saturday 8 March 2014 at 14h30 at Loftus, Pretoria 1. Steph Roberts 2. Martin Bezuidenhoudt 3. Ewald van der Westhuizen 4. Hilton Lobberts 5. Jaco Nepgen 6. Marnus Schoeman 7. Jonathan...

  • Reds team to tackle the Cheetahs

    Mar 5, 14 • 1508 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Reds team to tackle the Cheetahs

    Reds team: 1. Ben Daley , 2. James Hanson , 3. Greg Holmes , 4. Rob Simmons , 5. James Horwill (C) , 6. Eddie Quirk , 7. Liam Gill , 8. Jake Schatz , 9. Will Genia (VC) , 10. Quade Cooper , 11. Dom Shipperley , 12. Mike Harris , 13. Chris Feauai-Sautia...

  • Stormers side to do battle with the Crusaders

    Mar 5, 14 • 1984 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Stormers side to do battle with the Crusaders

    Stormers team: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Jean de Villiers (c), 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Gio Aplon, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Michael Rhodes, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2...

  • Touch Isithembiso fundraiser

    Mar 5, 14 • 2742 Views • General News, South Africa • • Comments Off on Touch Isithembiso fundraiser

    On the 5th of April, Isithembiso Babies Home will have their second touch rugby fundraiser, Touch Isithembiso. The touch fundraiser continues on the success of last year, and will also accommodate an additional 6 teams. Isithembiso officially opened their...

  • Wing Bowen flies in for Wales

    Mar 4, 14 • 2706 Views • General News, Six Nations • • Comments Off on Wing Bowen flies in for Wales

    Maesteg Celtic wing Ffion Bowen is the only personnel change in the Wales Women’s side to tackle England at the Stoop on Friday, although there are three positional changes for the Six Nations encounter. (KO 7.30pm) To accommodate Bowen on the wing,...

  • Richie McCaw injury update

    Mar 4, 14 • 2550 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Richie McCaw injury update

    Richie McCaw has this afternoon received surgery to insert a screw in his broken thumb. The surgery went well and Richie is now in recovery...

  • Mangweni has not hung up his boots, just yet

    Mar 3, 14 • 5413 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Mangweni has not hung up his boots, just yet

    Eastern Province Kings rugby stalwart, Siyabonga Tiger Mangweni, might be getting used to the whistle, but he hasn’t hung his boots up just yet. EP Rugby CEO, Charl Crous, confirmed that Mangweni, who had announced his retirement from professional rugby in...

  • #SuperGees Ticket Giveaway Bulls vs Blues

    Mar 3, 14 • 1768 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on #SuperGees Ticket Giveaway Bulls vs Blues

    5 Lucky Rugby 15 readers will each win a set of 4 tickets to the Bulls vs Blues game in Pretoria on Saturday 8th March 2014. One of the 5 winners will also win a supporters jersey. How to win: 1- You will need to answer the following question: How often will...

  • Nowhere to hide in Varsity Cup Round Five

    Mar 3, 14 • 2156 Views • General News, Varsity Cup • • Comments Off on Nowhere to hide in Varsity Cup Round Five

    There is little to choose between any of the teams in a mouth-watering set of fixtures in Round Five of the 2014 FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International. With two log positions the biggest gap between any of the teams in each match on Monday, the...

  • Vodacom Bulls, DHL Stormers get first wins of the season – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 3 Review

    Mar 3, 14 • 2028 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls, DHL Stormers get first wins of the season – Vodacom Super Rugby Round 3 Review

    The Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers returned to winning ways on a weekend of Vodacom Super Rugby where six from seven home teams were victorious. Ironically both the teams from Pretoria and Cape Town were outscored by two tries to one in their respective...

  • Richie McCaw injury update

    Mar 3, 14 • 2137 Views • General News, Super Rugby • • Comments Off on Richie McCaw injury update

    Richie McCaw saw a specialist today to assess his broken thumb. He will receive surgery tomorrow to have a screw inserted. This is a very common operation for an injury of this type – a Bennetts fracture. The screw remains in permanently but should have no...

  • Force A continues strong start to the Pacific Rugby Cup

    Mar 1, 14 • 2081 Views • General News, New Zealand • • Comments Off on Force A continues strong start to the Pacific Rugby Cup

    Force A has continued its winning ways in the Pacific Rugby Cup, defeating Junior Japan 61-6 at the ‘Force Field’ (nib Stadium) this afternoon. The home side ran in nine tries, with captain Chris Tuatara-Morrison and Ryan Louwrens touching down for two...