Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

  • Demetri Catrakilis – Star on the rise

    Sep 1, 11 • 4111 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Demetri Catrakilis – Star on the rise

    Photo – www.sarugby.com 1 September 2011 Morgan Piek – South Africa has long a tradition of very good flyhalves. We can go back right to the begining, but the list would be too long to mention. The beauty of it is that it’s not just restricted...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Preview – Week 8

    Sep 1, 11 • 2772 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Preview – Week 8

    Photo by Rugby15 The second round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division kicks off on Friday in Nelspruit, with the highlight of the weekend Saturday’s match in Pretoria between the Vodacom Blue Bulls and The Sharks.   It’s been a tough season for the...

  • Lions to face the Pumas

    Aug 31, 11 • 3499 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Lions to face the Pumas

    Photo by James Loretz / Rugby15  The MTN Golden Lions will be playing the Ford Pumas this Friday, 2 September 2011 at Mbombela in Nelspruit. Kick off is at 19:10. One forced change has been made to the MTN Golden Lions team following their 28 – 19 victory...

  • Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 7

    Aug 29, 11 • 3347 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, NationalComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 7

    The MTN Golden Lions ended the first round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division at the top of the standings after they saw off second placed The Sharks in Johannesburg on Saturday. It was the Golden Lions’ sixth win from their first seven matches as they...

  • Sharks fan research

    Aug 26, 11 • 2401 Views • General News, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby NewsComments Off on Sharks fan research

    My name is Chantal Cloete and I’m a student at the University of the Witwatersrand, studying towards my Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Marketing Degree. As partial fulfilment of this degree I need to submit a research project or thesis.   I am...

  • MTN Golden Lions vs The Sharks

    Aug 26, 11 • 2298 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on MTN Golden Lions vs The Sharks

    The Sharks and Lions go head-to-head in the weekend’s Absa Currie Cup spotlight match, a massive Joburg derby match that the opposition teams and plenty of rugby fans will be watching with more than just a passing interest. The Lions are a bonus point ahead...

  • DHL Western Province to face the Pumas

    Aug 26, 11 • 2318 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on DHL Western Province to face the Pumas

    Photo by Denese Lups / Rugby15 Allister Coetzee, head coach of DHL WP, today named a match 22, to take on the Pumas at Puma Stadium in Witbank, on Friday 26 August, with 9 positional and other changes to the 22 that beat the Lions last Friday in Cape Town....

  • Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 7

    Aug 25, 11 • 1937 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 7

    Photo by Andrew Schoeman / Rugby15 The first round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division ends this weekend with a clash between the two top teams on the log when the MTN Golden Lions host The Sharks in Johannesburg on Saturday. Friday’s two games see the...

  • Basson out for the Leopards clash

    Aug 25, 11 • 2334 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Basson out for the Leopards clash

    Vodacom Blue Bulls winger Bjorn Basson was ruled out of Friday’s Absa Currie Cup match against the Leopards in Rustenburg due to a influenza. He will be replaced by Gerhard van den Heever.   The revised team to play the Leopards is: 15. Jurgen Visser, 14....

  • Vodacom Blue Bulls top the viewership ratings

    Aug 25, 11 • 2908 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Vodacom Blue Bulls top the viewership ratings

    Photo by Andrew Schoeman / Rugby15 After only four rounds of the 2011 Absa Currie Cup, the Vodacom Blue Bulls are leading the race in SuperSport’s Audience Ratings, having surpassed the half a million mark (566 832) in their opening encounter against The...

  • Regent Boland Cavaliers to face Border

    Aug 24, 11 • 2233 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Regent Boland Cavaliers to face Border

    1.  Charl du Plessis 2.  Ashton Constant 3.  Eugene Butterworth 4.  Ligtoring Landman (C) 5.  Grant le Roux 6.  Milroy Isaacs 7.  Junior Bester 8.  Zandre Jordaan 9.  Niel Papier 10.   Elgar Watts (o/k) 11.   Brandon April 12.   Jonathan...

  • Derick Kuün calls it a day

    Aug 24, 11 • 4506 Views • General News, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby NewsComments Off on Derick Kuün calls it a day

    Vodacom Bulls and Blue Bulls stalwart Derick Kuün announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect on Wednesday. The three time Super Rugby gold medallist, who has also won the Absa Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup as a Blue Bulls player,...

  • Springbok Rugby World Cup standby players

    Aug 24, 11 • 2715 Views • General News, International, National, Springbok News, Springboks, World RugbyComments Off on Springbok Rugby World Cup standby players

    Bok line-up in Port Elizabeth (Photo: Denese Lups/Rugby15) The Springbok selectors on Wednesday confirmed the names of 12 players who have been placed on standby should the Rugby World Cup squad be affected by injury. Meanwhile a number of players sat out the...

  • Springbok squad announced for Rugby World Cup 2011

    Aug 23, 11 • 29554 Views • General News, International, National, Rugby World Cup News, RWC 2011, Springbok News, SpringboksComments Off on Springbok squad announced for Rugby World Cup 2011

    Eighteen members of South Africa’s triumphant 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning squad were included in the 2011 party when the 30 players selected to attempt to retain the title were revealed in a live broadcast announcement on Tuesday. John Smit will again lead...

  • Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 6

    Aug 21, 11 • 2501 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, NationalComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 6

    Photo by Andrew Schoeman/ Rugby15 The Vodacom Blue Bulls scored their first bonus point victory of the Absa Currie Cup season when they emphatically beat GWK Griquas at Loftus Versfeld on Friday afternoon.   After that, DHL Western Province ended the MTN...

  • Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 6

    Aug 18, 11 • 1822 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 6

    Photo by Andrew Schoeman DHL Western Province will have to beat the MTN Golden Lions in Cape Town on Friday to avoid a similar three-match Absa Currie Cup losing streak as in 2010. With the Castle Tri-Nations Test in Port Elizabeth between the Springboks and...

  • All Blacks ring the changes.

    Aug 18, 11 • 2198 Views • General News, International, National, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby ChampionshipComments Off on All Blacks ring the changes.

     Morgan Piek – All Blacks coach, Graham Henry selected just four players from the All Blacks side that beat the Wallabies two weeks ago will run out to face the underperforming Springboks at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth Saturday...

  • Allister Coetzee to try tame the Lions with one change.

    Aug 17, 11 • 2428 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Allister Coetzee to try tame the Lions with one change.

    Allister Coetzee today named his side to take on the unbeaten Lions at DHL Newlands on Friday evening 19h00. There is only 1 change to the starting XV that took on the Sharks with Pieter Louw in at 6 for Rohan Kitshoff, who has joined the Namibian squad for...

  • Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 5

    Aug 14, 11 • 2475 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, NationalComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 5

    The MTN Golden Lions opened up a four-point lead at the top of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division log with the halfway mark of the competition looming.   The team from Johannesburg remained the only unbeaten side in the competition after they beat the...

  • Six teams to play in Absa Currie Cup Premier Division from next year

    Aug 11, 11 • 2407 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Six teams to play in Absa Currie Cup Premier Division from next year

    The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division will be contested by six teams from 2012 and eight teams will play in the Absa Currie Cup First Division, the SARU General Council decided today at a meeting in Newlands. The decision was confirmed after a majority vote...

  • Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 5

    Aug 11, 11 • 2180 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, NationalComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 5

    A replay of last year’s Absa Currie Cup final between The Sharks and DHL Western Province in Cape Town, as well as a battle to avoid last place on the log between the Vodacom Blue Bulls and the Ford Pumas in Nelspruit feature this weekend. Both DHL Western...

  • MTN Lions to face the Toyota Free State Cheetahs

    Aug 10, 11 • 2196 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on MTN Lions to face the Toyota Free State Cheetahs

    MTN Lions vs Toyota Free State Cheetahs Saturday, 13 August 2011 Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg Kick-off: 19:10   15 Jaco Taute 14 Deon Van Rensburg 13 Lionel Mapoe 12 Alwyn Hollenbach 11 Michael Killian 10 Elton Jantjies 9 Michael Bondesio 8 Joshua Strauss...

  • The Sharks to face DHL Western Province

    Aug 10, 11 • 2300 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on The Sharks to face DHL Western Province

    DHL  Western Province vs The Sharks Friday, 12 August 2011 DHL Newlands, Cape Town Kick-off: 19:10 Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik 14 Odwa Ndungane 13 Stefan Terblanche 12 Patrick Lambie 11 Lwazi Mvovo 10 Frederic Michalak 9 Charl McLeod 8 Keegan Daniel (C) 7 Marcell...

  • DHL Western Province to face The Sharks

    Aug 10, 11 • 4541 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on DHL Western Province to face The Sharks

    DHL  Western Province vs The Sharks Friday, 12 August 2011 DHL Newlands, Cape Town Kick-off: 19:10   Western Province:  15 Conrad Jantjes 14 Danie Poolman 13 Johann Sadie 12 Tim Whitehead 11 JJ Engelbrecht 10 Demetri Catrakilis 9 Dewaldt Duvenage 8 Nick...

  • Toyota FS Cheetahs to face MTN Lions

    Aug 10, 11 • 2548 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Toyota FS Cheetahs to face MTN Lions

    Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Lions Saturday, 13 August 2011 Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg Kick-off: 19:10   Toyota Free State Cheetahs   1          Coenie Oosthuizen 2          Adriaan Strauss ( C ) 3          W.P. Nel...