Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

• GLRU statement on the departure of Josh Strauss

  Sep 11, 12 • 3585 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 • 2105 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 • 2419 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 • 3405 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 • 4198 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 • 2149 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 • 1928 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 • 2032 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 • 1760 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 • 2325 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 • 6534 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 • 2133 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 • 1886 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 • 2254 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 • 3334 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 • 3308 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 • 2574 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...

• Springbok Medical Update from Perth

  Sep 3, 12 • 2092 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on Springbok Medical Update from Perth

  Springbok hooker Adriaan Strauss is the only injury concern at this stage as Bath flanker Francois Louw joined the team in Perth on Monday after a long flight from London via Dubai. Louw is the final member of the squad to arrive in Perth, where the...

• Western Province win SARU Amateur Provincial Week

  Sep 2, 12 • 4856 Views • General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on Western Province win SARU Amateur Provincial Week

  Western Province are the SARU Amateur Provincial Competition South champions after beating hosts SWD 58-20 in the final played in Oudtshoorn on Friday. WP’s successful defence of their title comes a week after the Golden Lions beat hosts the Leopards...

• ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 10

  Sep 2, 12 • 2143 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 10

  THE unbeaten Eastern Province Kings kept their closest challengers the Ford Pumas at arm’s length at the top of the ABSA Currie Cup First Division standings after a 45-24 victory over the Valke in Port Elizabeth on Friday. With four rounds remaining of...

• ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Round 4

  Sep 2, 12 • 2912 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Round 4

  The Sharks broke away from the chasing pack on a dramatic weekend of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division action, while there were also memorable wins for DHL Western Province and GWK Griquas in Round 4 of the six-team competition. The Sharks came from behind to...

• ABSA Currie Cup – Uys, Venter suspended for two weeks

  Aug 30, 12 • 1665 Views • General News • admin • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup – Uys, Venter suspended for two weeks

  Toyota Free State Cheetahs lock Francois Uys has been suspended from all rugby for two weeks after a SARU disciplinary hearing found him guilty of striking an opponent with the head in the face. Uys was cited by the citing commissioner, Mr Freek Burger, for...

• ABSA Currie Cup First Division Preview – Round 10

  Aug 30, 12 • 2382 Views • General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Preview – Round 10

  The Ford Pumas will look to keep in touch with runaway log leaders the Eastern Province Kings when they host the SWD Eagles in a vital Absa Currie Cup First Division Round 10 match at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday. With only four rounds remaining...

• ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Round 4

  Aug 30, 12 • 2431 Views • General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Round 4

  THE MTN Golden Lions will look to break away from what has become a congested leading bunch in the new six-team Absa Currie Cup Premier Division when they host GWK Griquas at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Friday night, in the first of three intriguing...

• Sharks team to face the Toyota FS Cheetahs

  Aug 30, 12 • 2390 Views • General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on Sharks team to face the Toyota FS Cheetahs

  The Sharks vs FS Cheetahs Mr Price KINGS PARK Saturday 1 September, 2012 at 17:05 CAT 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)...