Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

  • DHL Western Province team named for Absa Currie Cup Final

    Oct 24, 12 • 6060 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on DHL Western Province team named for Absa Currie Cup Final

    DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s 2012 Absa Currie Cup Final against the Sharks at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban (17h00). Coetzee has made just one change to the starting line-up that beat the Golden...

  • Young to coach Baa-Baas vs Lions

    Oct 23, 12 • 3144 Views • General News, International, World RugbyComments Off on Young to coach Baa-Baas vs Lions

    The Barbarians have invited David Young to be their head coach for their historic fixture against the British & Irish Lions in Hong Kong next June. The match marks the climax of the club’s summer tour of 2013 which kicks-off with the fixture...

  • Peyper rewarded with Absa Currie Cup final

    Oct 22, 12 • 3188 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on Peyper rewarded with Absa Currie Cup final

    Jaco Peyper has been rewarded for his outstanding performances in the 2012 season by being named as referee for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final in Durban (kick off 17h00). Peyper, who made his test debut at Tier 1 international level in 2012, will take...

  • Jamie Roberts back for the Dove Men Series

    Oct 22, 12 • 3052 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Jamie Roberts back for the Dove Men Series

    Rob Howley has named a 35-man Wales squad to contest the 2012 Dove Men Series at the Millennium Stadium this autumn which includes just one uncapped player and the returning Jamie Roberts. Howley, Wales’ interim head coach in the absence of Warren Gatland,...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Semi-finals

    Oct 22, 12 • 3958 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, National, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Semi-finals

    THE Sharks will host DHL Western Province in this year’s Absa Currie Cup final after wildly contrasting victories over the Vodacom Blue Bulls and defending champions the MTN Golden Lions respectively in Saturday’s semi-finals. The final – a...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation series – Match 1 review

    Oct 22, 12 • 3135 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation series – Match 1 review

    THE Eastern Province Kings will have it all to do in Port Elizabeth on Friday night when they attempt to wipe out a 39-point deficit in the second leg of their Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation series against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, following a...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Semi-finals

    Oct 18, 12 • 2732 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Semi-finals

    DEFENDING champions the MTN Golden Lions will be looking to record a hat-trick of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division victories over DHL Western Province this season when the two sides meet in one of the competition’s semi-finals in Johannesburg on...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation Preview – Match 1

    Oct 18, 12 • 3728 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation Preview – Match 1

    THE Eastern Province Kings will travel to Bloemfontein for Friday’s night’s crucial Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation first-leg match against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs knowing that an unbeaten season thus far, which includes winning the...

  • DHL Western Province U21 team to take on the Sharks

    Oct 18, 12 • 4875 Views • General NewsComments Off on DHL Western Province U21 team to take on the Sharks

    John Dobson, the DHL Western Province Under-21 coach, has announced his team for Saturday afternoon’s semifinal showdown against the Sharks Under-21s in Durban (kick-off 14h05). Dobson has made ten changes to his starting line-up, from the side that...

  • DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the Golden Lions

    Oct 18, 12 • 5762 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the Golden Lions

    DHL Western Province Under-19 coach Nazeem Adams has announced his team to take on the MTN Golden Lions U19s at the Markotter Fields in Stellenbosch on Saturday (kick-off 15h00). The log-topping WP Under-19s will take on the fourth-placed Golden Lions in...

  • Absa Currie Cup Awards for Plumtree and Reinach

    Oct 18, 12 • 4679 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Awards for Plumtree and Reinach

    The Sharks dominated the Absa Currie Cup awards for October when their head coach, John Plumtree, and talented scrumhalf Cobus Reinach were named as the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month respectively. Other nominees for the two awards included MTN...

  • Toyota Free State Cheetahs U21 team for Currie Cup Semi

    Oct 18, 12 • 3761 Views • General NewsComments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs U21 team for Currie Cup Semi

    Semi-Final Toyota Free StatenCheetahs U21 vs Blue Bulls U21 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Saturday, 20 October 2012.  Kick-off 17:00 15 Full back Hitchcock Charles 14 Right wing Senatla Seabelo 13 Right centre Louw Hanro 12 Left centre Duma Mzuvukile 11 Left...

  • Brad Thorn Signs With Highlanders

    Oct 18, 12 • 3114 Views • General News, New Zealand, Super Rugby, Super Rugby NewsComments Off on Brad Thorn Signs With Highlanders

    The Highlanders confirmed today that former All Black legend Brad Thorn has signed a one-year contract to play with the southern franchise for the 2013 Investec Super Rugby season. Thorn was part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup winning All Blacks and has been...

  • Etzebeth stands tallest at WPRFU Awards night

    Oct 17, 12 • 3520 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Etzebeth stands tallest at WPRFU Awards night

    The annual DHL Trophy Presentation was held at Kelvin Grove on Wednesday, October 17, with the Western Province Rugby Football Union recognising all club performances within the union and also rewarding those professional players who have performed well in...

  • Rugby’s Biggest Party – 50 days to go

    Oct 17, 12 • 2132 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, International, National, Sevens RugbyComments Off on Rugby’s Biggest Party – 50 days to go

    Tomorrow (Thursday) marks the start of the 50-day countdown until kick-off for the much-awaited Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens tournament in the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. South Africa’s own Blitzbokke will battle it out...

  • DHL Western Province named for semi

    Oct 17, 12 • 2856 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on DHL Western Province named for semi

    DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup semifinal meeting with the defending champion MTN Golden Lions in Johannesburg (19h00). Coetzee has made just four changes to the side that defeated the...

  • SARU Player of Year finalists named, final voting opens

    Oct 17, 12 • 2937 Views • General News, International, NationalComments Off on SARU Player of Year finalists named, final voting opens

    The ten finalists for the prestigious SARU Rugby Player of the Year 2012 have been finalised, following a new public consultation process in conjunction with the votes of rugby media. The rugby public nominated and voted for players on the Springboks’...

  • Toyota Free State Cheetahs ready for the Kings

    Oct 17, 12 • 5851 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs ready for the Kings

    Morgan Piek – The Toyota Free State Cheetahs find themselves between a rock and a hard place this coming weekend when they face the Eastern Province Kings in an Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation play-off in Bloemfontein. If the men from Bloemfontein...

  • Third Bledisloe Cup match to be available online to selected territories

    Oct 17, 12 • 2119 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on Third Bledisloe Cup match to be available online to selected territories

    SANZAR would like to remind all that their online viewing service, available towards the tail-end of 2012 Super Rugby and throughout The Rugby Championship, will be offering coverage in most of the same territories for the third Bledisloe Cup match.  ...

  • MTN Golden Lions team announced for semi against Western Province

    Oct 16, 12 • 3129 Views • General News, South AfricaComments Off on MTN Golden Lions team announced for semi against Western Province

    The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions team to play DHL Western Province on Saturday, 20 October 2012 in the second semi-final match of the 2012 Absa Currie Cup competition, this afternoon. There are eleven changes to the starting line up...

  • Black and White Blackout for Saturday

    Oct 16, 12 • 2747 Views • General News, National, South AfricaComments Off on Black and White Blackout for Saturday

    The Sharks achieved their second last hurdle in the hunt for Currie Cup glory. After a well-executed Absa Currie Cup clash against Griquas on Friday night at Mr Price KINGS PARK, The Sharks have secured the top spot on the log. The Sharks will now host the...

  • Highlanders negotiate with Ma'a Nonu

    Oct 16, 12 • 5140 Views • General News, New Zealand, Super Rugby, Super Rugby NewsComments Off on Highlanders negotiate with Ma'a Nonu

    The Highlanders have today confirmed they are in negotiation with All Blacks mid-fielder Ma’a Nonu for the 2013 Investec Super Rugby season. Highlanders Head Coach Jamie Joseph said that a deal with Nonu would be a major boost for the southern franchise,...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Final Round

    Oct 14, 12 • 2905 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Final Round

    THE Sharks and defending champions the MTN Golden Lions will host the Vodacom Blue Bulls and DHL Western Province respectively in this year’s Absa Currie Cup Premier Division semi-finals, after an enthralling final weekend of round-robin matches. GWK...

  • ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – The Final

    Oct 14, 12 • 4260 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, South AfricaComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – The Final

    THE Eastern Province Kings are the 2012 Absa Currie Cup First Division champions after a nailbiting 26-25 victory over the Ford Pumas in the final played in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. The one-point margin of victory at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was a...

  • SARU welcomes pioneering Women’s Sevens Series

    Oct 12, 12 • 1691 Views • General News, International, National, Womens RugbyComments Off on SARU welcomes pioneering Women’s Sevens Series

    The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has welcomed the inclusion of the SA Women as one of six invited teams that will take their place alongside the core sides for the inaugural leg of the first ever IRB Women’s Sevens World Series (WSWS). The...