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Nov 7, 11 •
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A new season of European club rugby will kick-off on Thursday night with the Amlin Challenge Cup leading the way with matches at Worcester Warriors and Toulon. Twenty clubs from England, France, Wales, Italy, Romania and Spain will set off in pursuit of...
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Nov 7, 11 •
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The 17th season of European club rugby’s elite tournament kicks-off on Friday and Leinster will open the defence of their Heineken Cup crown by stepping into the unknown against tournament newcomers Montpellier in the first Heineken Cup match to be staged...
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Nov 7, 11 •
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South Africa will play hosts, Australia, Japan and USA on the first day of the opening Round of the HSBC Sevens World Series on Australia’s Gold Coast, the International Rugby Board announced today. The first ever World Series pool draw was carried out in...
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Nov 7, 11 •
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Comments Off on Adidas extends partnership with ERC as official match ball supplier to Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup
Building on the successful initial two season agreement, adidas and ERC are proud to announce the extension of their partnership. The new agreement will see adidas continue as the official ball supplier to European club rugby’s elite tournaments, the...
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Nov 3, 11 •
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Springbok flank Schalk Burger was on Thursday named South African Rugby Player of the Year for the second time, while the MTN Golden Lions’ picked up a hat trick of awards as their Absa Currie Cup success was recognised at a glittering ceremony at the Lyric...
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Oct 31, 11 •
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Photo by Denese Lups | Rugby15 | www.phototalk.co.za Morgan Piek – Two of the most debated questions doing the rounds in South Africa at braais, in pubs, on the social media and in general at the moment are; “Who will be the next Springbok coach?”,...
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Oct 30, 11 •
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Photo by Denese Lups | Rugby15 | www.phototalk.co.za It was a significant triumph, as it was the Golden Lions’ first outright Absa Currie Cup final victory on home soil since 1950 and their first title since 1999 after losing in the finals of 2002 and 2007....
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Oct 30, 11 •
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Marine Products were crowned winners of the 24th Annual SARU SA Fish Factory Tournament in the West Coast town of Velddrif on Saturday after beating Gansbaai 19-12 in the Cup final held at the Smit sports grounds. A festive crowd of 5,000 watched on as Marine...
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Oct 28, 11 •
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Oct 27, 11 •
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The MTN Golden Lions will be aiming for their first outright Absa Currie Cup Final victory on home soil since 1950 when they host The Sharks at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday at 17:30. It seems amazing, but the last time the Golden Lions...
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Oct 27, 11 •
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Photo by Anesh Debiky /Gallo Hargreaves will provide second row back-up off the bench after missing the last few games with Jacques Botes making way. Continuity in team selection is vital and for The Sharks being able to select an almost unchanged line-up...
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Oct 26, 11 •
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October 26 – With the exception of prop JC Janse van Rensburg who is bracketed on the bench with last week’s prop replacement Jacobie Adriaanse, MTN Golden Lions coach John Mitchell has retained the squad of 22 that beat Western Province in the...
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Oct 26, 11 •
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Photo by Denese Lups /Rugby15 /www.phototalk.co.za The Toyota Free State Cheetahs coach, Naka Drotske and GWK Griquas fullback, Rudi Vogt received the ABSA Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month awards this morning at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein....
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Oct 23, 11 •
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Photo by Dominic Barnardt /Gallo Images The MTN Golden Lions will host the defending Absa Currie Cup champions, The Sharks, in the final next Saturday after both took advantage of hosting their respective semi-finals yesterday. In the first semi-final The...
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Oct 22, 11 •
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Comments Off on Nominees for SARU Player of the Year Awards
Photo by Mike Le Grange / Rugby15/ Canon Eye Five members of the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup squad have been nominated for the prestigious SA Rugby Player of the Year Award, with the winner due to be announced at a glittering function at Gold Reef...
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Oct 20, 11 •
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All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have today announced the All Blacks team for the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final against France at Eden Park, Auckland, on Sunday October 23, naming an unchanged starting XV from...
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Oct 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Semi-Finals Preview
Photo by Gerhard Steenkamp /Rugby15 /www.phototalk.co.za In the first semi-final The Sharks host the Toyota FS Cheetahs in Durban. This game kicks off at 14:30, after which the MTN Golden Lions, who topped the log, take on DHL WP at 17:00 in Johannesburg. ...
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Oct 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Sharks name a strong pack to face the Cheetahs
The Sharks will be hosting the Free State Cheetahs at Mr Price KINGS PARK in one of the two Absa Currie Cup semi-finals this Saturday (2.30pm kick-off) with one of their strongest squads of the tournament. The Sharks have done remarkably well with a young and...
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Oct 20, 11 •
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Comments Off on MTN Golden Lions vs DHL Western Province Semi Final Ticket Specials
20 October, The MTN Golden Lions will be playingDHLWesternProvinceon Saturday, 22 October 2011 in the first home semi-final in 12 years and the Golden Lions Rugby Union has just announced some exciting, but limited, specials on tickets. The first 1000 MTN...
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Oct 18, 11 •
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Comments Off on Referee appointments for Absa Currie Cup semi-finals
Jaco Peyper and Marius Jonker have been appointed to referee the two Absa Currie Cup semi-finals this weekend. Peyper will take charge of the match between the MTN Golden Lions and DHL Western Province at Coca-Cola Park, while Jonker has been handed the...
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Oct 17, 11 •
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Comments Off on '87 vs '11 – History repeating itself?
Morgan Piek A week on from the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, the semis were played this past weekend and the finalists have been decided. The hosts, New Zealand as expected made the last round of the tournament, along with the total outsiders,...
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Oct 14, 11 •
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Comments Off on Lambie and Odwa starting for The Sharks
The Sharks go into Saturday’s final pool game of the 2011 Absa Currie Cup against the Lions at Mr Price KINGS PARK with focus and a clear goal as they look to secure home ground advantage for next week’s semi-final round. The team, bolstered by...
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Oct 13, 11 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province make use of their returning Boks against the Ford Pumas
Photo by Denese Lups/ Rugby15/ www.phototalk.co.za “We are at the business end of the competition and after talking to and assessing the returning players it was an easy decision to play them. The players were all excited about playing for Province and to a...
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Oct 12, 11 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division – Final Preview
The Regent Boland Cavaliers will go into Friday’s Absa Currie Cup First Division Final buoyed by the knowledge that they easily beat the EP Kings in their last encounter, three weeks ago also in Wellington. However, that game belongs to history and both...
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Oct 9, 11 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Semi-finals
The Regent Boland Cavaliers will host the EP Kings in Absa Currie Cup First Division final in Wellington on Friday at 16:30*. Both these teams, who finished the league phase of the competition way ahead of the four other teams in the First Division, were...
