Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

  • The Sharks change one for the Final

    Oct 27, 11 • 2925 Views • General News, International, NationalComments Off on The Sharks change one for the Final

    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...

  • The Lions retain starting fifteen

    Oct 26, 11 • 2458 Views • General News, International, NationalComments Off on The Lions retain starting fifteen

    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...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Player/ Coach of the Month Award for October 2011

    Oct 26, 11 • 3861 Views • General News, International, NationalComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Player/ Coach of the Month Award for October 2011

    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....

  • ABSA Currie Cup Semi-finals Review

    Oct 23, 11 • 2668 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, NationalComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Semi-finals Review

    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...

  • Nominees for SARU Player of the Year Awards

    Oct 22, 11 • 3454 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News, Vodacom Cup, Vodacom Cup NewsComments 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...

  • All Blacks team for RWC Final against France

    Oct 20, 11 • 3366 Views • Fixtures, General News, International, National, Rugby World Cup News, RWC 2011, World RugbyComments Off on All Blacks team for RWC Final against France

    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...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Semi-Finals Preview

    Oct 20, 11 • 3137 Views • General News, NationalComments 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.  ...

  • The Sharks name a strong pack to face the Cheetahs

    Oct 20, 11 • 2406 Views • General News, NationalComments 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...

  • MTN Golden Lions vs DHL Western Province Semi Final Ticket Specials

    Oct 20, 11 • 3780 Views • General News, NationalComments 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...

  • Referee appointments for Absa Currie Cup semi-finals

    Oct 18, 11 • 3187 Views • General News, NationalComments 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...

  • '87 vs '11 – History repeating itself?

    Oct 17, 11 • 2814 Views • Fixtures, General News, International, National, Rugby World Cup News, RWC 2011, World RugbyComments 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,...

  • Lambie and Odwa starting for The Sharks

    Oct 14, 11 • 2128 Views • General News, NationalComments 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...

  • DHL Western Province make use of their returning Boks against the Ford Pumas

    Oct 13, 11 • 2004 Views • General News, NationalComments 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...

  • ABSA Currie Cup First Division – Final Preview

    Oct 12, 11 • 2273 Views • General News, NationalComments 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...

  • ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Semi-finals

    Oct 9, 11 • 2129 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, International, NationalComments 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...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Review – Week 13

    Oct 9, 11 • 3121 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, International, NationalComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Review – Week 13

    Photo by Denese Lups/ Rugby15/ www.phototalk.co.za On the other side of the spectrum, GWK Griquas won a great match against the Vodacom Blue Bulls, all but knocking the team from Pretoria out of the competition.   While they still have a mathematical chance...

  • ABSA Currie Cup First Division – Semi-Finals Preview

    Oct 6, 11 • 4674 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division – Semi-Finals Preview

    Photo by www.bolandrugby.com Based on their performances in 2011, the Regent Boland Cavaliers and EP Kings have to be outright favourites to win their Absa Currie Cup First Division semi-finals on Friday.   The Cavaliers and Kings were in a class of their...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Preview – Week 13

    Oct 6, 11 • 2133 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Preview – Week 13

    Photo by Denese Lups/ Rugby15/ www.phototalk.co.za GWK Griquas will be playing for Absa Currie Cup survival while the Vodacom Blue Bulls will not want to lose touch with the top four teams on the log when these two sides clash in Kimberley on Saturday.  ...

  • The Springboks vs The Wallabies

    Oct 6, 11 • 3370 Views • General News, International, National, Rugby World Cup News, RWC 2011Comments Off on The Springboks vs The Wallabies

    Sunday, 9 October at Wellington Regional Stadium Below is a statistical preview of the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between South Africa and Australia in Wellington on Sunday. South Africa’s first match in a RWC tournament was against Australia in the...

  • The Lions to face Western Province

    Oct 5, 11 • 3041 Views • General News, InternationalComments Off on The Lions to face Western Province

    Photo by Denese Lups/ Rugby15/ www.phototalk.co.za The MTN Golden Lions will be playing the DHL Western Province this Saturday, 8 October 2011 at Coca-Cola Park. Kick off is at 5:05pm.  Cobus Grobbelaar has been ruled out of the match and thus Joshua Strauss...

  • Catrakilis back for Western Province

    Oct 5, 11 • 2787 Views • General News, International, NationalComments Off on Catrakilis back for Western Province

    Photo by Denese Lups/ Rugby15/ www.phototalk.co.za Allister Coetzee today named his team to take on the Lions at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday. In the first of a number of changes, Conrad Jantjes reclaims the 15 jersey after Heinrich Steyl was ruled out for the...

  • FS Cheetahs to face the Lions

    Sep 30, 11 • 2729 Views • General News, International, NationalComments Off on FS Cheetahs to face the Lions

    Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs MTN Golden Lions Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Saturday 1 October 2011 15:00 The team is: 15 Hennie Daniller 14 Ryno Benjamin 13 Robert Ebersohn 12 Andries Strauss 11 Cameron jacobs 10 Johan Goosen 9 Piet van Zyl 8 Ashley...

  • Stonehouse and Goosen scoop up awards

    Sep 29, 11 • 2522 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Stonehouse and Goosen scoop up awards

    Ford Pumas coach Jimmy Stonehouse and Toyota Free State Cheetahs flyhalf Johan Goosen received the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month awards for September respectively, on Thursday. These awards acknowledge and reward coaches for their outstanding...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Preview – Week 12

    Sep 29, 11 • 2349 Views • General News, International, NationalComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Preview – Week 12

    Photo by Bruce Taylor /Rugby15 The log-leading MTN Golden Lions face the tough prospect of having to take on the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The Free Staters have recorded comprehensive victories in the last two week and will be a...

  • MTN Golden Lions to face the FS Cheetahs

    Sep 28, 11 • 3794 Views • General News, International, NationalComments Off on MTN Golden Lions to face the FS Cheetahs

    The MTN Golden Lions will be playing the Toyota Free State Cheetahs this Saturday, 1 October 2011 in Bloemfontein. Kick off is at 3pm. The team was announced this afternoon and is: 15 Jaco Taute 14 Deon Van Rensburg 13 Doppies La Grange 12 Alwyn Hollenbach 11...