Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

• DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the Blue Bulls

  Sep 13, 12 • 3314 Views • General News • admin • Comments Off on DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the Blue Bulls

  Nazeem Adams, the DHL Western Province Under-19 coach, has announced his team to take on the Blue Bulls in Pretoria on Friday afternoon (kick-off 15h00). The Under-19s have just come off a bye and will travel to Pretoria looking to make a big statement in...

• The Rugby Championship Round Four Preview – Australia vs Argentina

  Sep 13, 12 • 2266 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on The Rugby Championship Round Four Preview – Australia vs Argentina

  Australia versus Argentina at Skilled Stadium, Gold Coast   The Wallabies will play the Pumas for the first time in The Rugby Championship this weekend, the first match between the two countries since the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Australia were able to win that...

• The Rugby Championship Round Four Preview – New Zealand vs South Africa

  Sep 13, 12 • 3279 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on The Rugby Championship Round Four Preview – New Zealand vs South Africa

  New Zealand versus South Africa at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin   The World Champion All Blacks will face up to arguably their greatest rivals as they face the Springboks for the first time in The Rugby Championship, and a victory to the current ladder...

• DHL Western Province named for Sharks clash

  Sep 12, 12 • 1807 Views • General News, National, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on DHL Western Province named for Sharks clash

  DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the Sharks in Durban (19h10). Coetzee has made just one injury-enforced change to the starting XV that picked up a valuable 29-22 away win...

• All systems go for SARU National Club Championships

  Sep 12, 12 • 2957 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on All systems go for SARU National Club Championships

  Two-time champions Despatch will have the honour of playing in the first match of this year’s new-look SARU National Club Championships when they take on White River on Saturday morning at the Impala club in Rustenburg. The Championships will be hosted...

• MTN Golden Lions named to face the Toyota FS Cheetahs

  Sep 12, 12 • 2016 Views • General News, National, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on MTN Golden Lions named to face the Toyota FS Cheetahs

  Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions team to play the Toyota Free State Cheetahs on Saturday, 15 September at Free State Stadium, this morning. There are no changes to the starting line-up that played the Vodacom Blue Bulls last weekend and...

• Tewis du Bruyn starts at flyhalf against the Lions

  Sep 12, 12 • 2343 Views • General News, National, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on Tewis du Bruyn starts at flyhalf against the Lions

  Morgan Piek – The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will be facing the MTN Golden Lions in Bloemfontein this coming weekend in the 6th Round of the 2012 ABSA Currie Cup.  The biggest development in Bloemfontein is the inclusion of Tewis du Bruyn at flyhalf...

• Van der Merwe and Louw to start for Springboks in Dunedin

  Sep 12, 12 • 4749 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on Van der Merwe and Louw to start for Springboks in Dunedin

  The Springbok team that will face New Zealand in the fourth Test in The Castle Rugby Championship in Dunedin on Saturday shows two changes from the side that played Australia last weekend. Both changes are in the forwards, where lock Flip van der Merwe...

• GLRU statement on the departure of Josh Strauss

  Sep 11, 12 • 3515 Views • General News, National, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on GLRU statement on the departure of Josh Strauss

  The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced this afternoon that Josh Strauss, the Glasgow Warriors rugby club in Scotland and the Lions concluded an agreement whereby Josh will move to the Glasgow Warriors until May 2015. President of the Lions, Mr. de Klerk...

• Malberbe called up to Springbok squad

  Sep 11, 12 • 1997 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on Malberbe called up to Springbok squad

  DHL Western Province prop Frans Malherbe has been called up to the Springbok squad currently preparing for their fourth Test in The Castle Rugby Championship in New Zealand. The 21-year-old Malherbe trained with the Springboks in June during the England...

• SA Sevens tournament moves to weekend format

  Sep 10, 12 • 2351 Views • Blitz Bokke, General News, Sevens Rugby, Sevens World Series • admin • Comments Off on SA Sevens tournament moves to weekend format

  The Nelson Mandela Bay South African Sevens Tournament has moved to a weekend format at the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth due to popular demand, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) confirmed on Monday. The tournament, which is the third...

• Tickets for Springboks’ Soccer City return go on sale for R250

  Sep 10, 12 • 3312 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on Tickets for Springboks’ Soccer City return go on sale for R250

  Tickets costing just R250 for the Springboks’ final match of The Castle Rugby Championship, against New Zealand at Soccer City on October 6, go on sale in Soweto outlets at 08h00 tomorrow (Tuesday, September 11). The South African Rugby Union (SARU)...

• All Black Tony Woodcock signs with The Highlanders

  Sep 10, 12 • 4136 Views • General News, International, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on All Black Tony Woodcock signs with The Highlanders

  World Cup winning All Black, Tony Woodcock, has today signed with the Highlanders for a two-year period and will join the franchise for the 2013 Investec Super Rugby competition. 31 year old Woodcock was born in Helensville, and made his 1st class debut for...

• ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Round 5

  Sep 9, 12 • 2081 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, National, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Round 5

  DHL Western Province moved to top of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division standings at the halfway stage of the six-team competition after a come-from-behind 29-22 win over the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday enabled the Cape side to...

• ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 11

  Sep 9, 12 • 1867 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 11

  The Griffons all but ended the reign of the Regent Boland Kavaliers as Absa Currie Cup First Division champions after a 54-37 victory in Welkom on Saturday that leaves the Cape side 13 points adrift of the play-off zone with just three rounds remaining of the...

• ABSA Currie Cup First Division Preview – Round 11

  Sep 6, 12 • 1951 Views • General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Preview – Round 11

  The fifth-placed SWD Eagles will look to keep their Absa Currie Cup First Division play-off hopes alive when they host the team just above them on the log, the Leopards, in a crucial Round 11 tie at Outeniqua Park in George on Friday night.   With four...

• Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Round 5

  Sep 6, 12 • 1672 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, National, South Africa • nelio@15.co.za • Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Round 5

  Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Round 5 The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division reaches the halfway stage this coming Saturday with three matches that could split open what remains a tightly bunched pack in the six-team strength-versus-strength...

• The Rugby Championship Round Three Preview – All Blacks vs Pumas

  Sep 6, 12 • 2229 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on The Rugby Championship Round Three Preview – All Blacks vs Pumas

  New Zealand versus Argentina at Westpac Stadium, Wellington The World Champion All Blacks will take on Argentina, competition debutants and third place winners at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, in round three of The Rugby Championship – and first Championship...

• Toyota FS Cheetahs U19 & U21to face the Sharks U19 & U21

  Sep 5, 12 • 6444 Views • General News • admin • Comments Off on Toyota FS Cheetahs U19 & U21to face the Sharks U19 & U21

  Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.21 vs Sharks u.21  Absa Currie Cup Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 16:45   Niel Marais 15 Jaco Van Tonder Maphuta Dolo 14 Piet Lindeque Hanro Louw 13 Wandile Mjekevu Stephan Van Der Merwe 12 Heimar  Williams (c) JJ de Klerk 11...

• Sharks side to take on the Griquas in Kimberley

  Sep 5, 12 • 2061 Views • General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on Sharks side to take on the Griquas in Kimberley

  The Sharks 15. Louis Ludik 14. Odwa Ndungane 13. Paul Jordaan 12. Meyer Bosman 11. S’bura Sithole 10. Riaan Viljoen 9. Charl McLeod 8. Keegan Daniel 7. Jean Deysel (C) 6. Jacques Botes 5. Anton Bresler 4. Jandre Marais 3. Wiehahn Herbst 2. Monde Hadebe 1....

• National Clubs Round-up No.25 – Club spotlight shifts to provincial duties

  Sep 5, 12 • 1805 Views • Club Rugby, General News, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on National Clubs Round-up No.25 – Club spotlight shifts to provincial duties

  WITH just 10 days to go until kick-off of the 2012 National Club Championships in Rustenburg, the spotlight has shifted to the last of SARU’s amateur provincial weeks, which conclude this Friday in Newcastle and Margate respectively. SARU runs five...

• Nic Groom starts ahead of Schreuder against the Cheetahs

  Sep 5, 12 • 2188 Views • General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on Nic Groom starts ahead of Schreuder against the Cheetahs

  DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein (19h10). Coetzee has made just three changes – two of them injury-enforced – to...

• Boks named to face the Wallabies in Perth

  Sep 5, 12 • 3256 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on Boks named to face the Wallabies in Perth

  DHL Western Province No 8 Duane Vermeulen will make his Springbok debut against Australia in Perth on Saturday, in South Africa’s third Test in The Castle Rugby Championship for 2012. Furthermore, Toyota Free State Cheetahs flyhalf Johan Goosen has been...

• What do the stats tell us? – Australia vs South Africa

  Sep 4, 12 • 3203 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on What do the stats tell us? – Australia vs South Africa

   Overall for this time  There seems to be no real consistency in the stats for both teams in 2012. It pretty clear that the team that get to play the game plan they will win. This will be more critical for the Wallabies than the Springboks. What I’ve...

• Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs DHL Western Province – Bloem set for a humdinger

  Sep 4, 12 • 2512 Views • General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs DHL Western Province – Bloem set for a humdinger

  Morgan Piek – This coming weekend arguably one of the biggest matches of the 2012 ABSA Currie Cup season will be taking place in Bloemfontein. The men from Cape Town, DHL Western Province will be travelling to the Free State to take on the Toyota Free...