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Jan 19, 19 •
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Comments Off on RUGBY WORLD CUP TICKETS SET TO GO ON GENERAL SALE AS EXCITEMENT BUILDS
With less than 250 days to go until Rugby World Cup 2019 gets underway, excitement for the event continues to build ahead of the general ticket sale this Saturday. Last year’s official ticket ballots saw record demand with more than 4.5 million...
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Jan 9, 19 •
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Comments Off on Professional Rugby in England taking action on player injuries
The Rugby Football Union (RFU), Premiership Rugby (PRL) and the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) have today set out the focus areas for their continued action to mitigate the risk of player injuries in the English professional game. The Professional Game...
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Dec 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby congratulates Sir Bill Beaumont
New Zealand Rugby congratulates Sir Bill Beaumont on being awarded a Knighthood for services to rugby in The Queen’s New Year’s honours list. Beaumont has been the Chairman of World Rugby for the past two years and has contributed more than five decades...
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Dec 17, 18 •
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Comments Off on Boks to face Japan in RWC 2019 warm-up match
The Springboks will have an ideal opportunity to fine-tune their final preparations for next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan when they face the hosts in a historic match before the start of the international showpiece. SA Rugby and the Japanese Rugby...
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Dec 13, 18 •
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Comments Off on Ben Smith confirms departure from New Zealand at end of 2019 season
All Blacks and Highlanders outside back Ben Smith has confirmed that he will be leaving New Zealand Rugby at the end of the 2019 season. 32-year-old Smith, who has played 76 Tests for the All Blacks and 144 games for the Highlanders, has signed a contract...
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Nov 26, 18 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby congratulate Dyanyti on World Rugby Award
SA Rugby President, Mr Mark Alexander, praised Springbok winger Aphiwe Dyantyi for scooping the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year Award in association with Tudor at a glittering function in Monaco on Sunday evening. In doing so, the 24-year-old...
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Nov 26, 18 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby congratulates New Zealand winners at World Rugby Awards 2018
Michaela Blyde – Women’s Sevens Player of the Year DJ Forbes – joint International Rugby Players Special Merit Award Brodie Retallick – Try of the Year Black Ferns Sevens speedster Michaela Blyde has been named Women’s Sevens Player of the year,...
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Nov 15, 18 •
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Comments Off on Alexander elected to World Rugby’s Executive Council
Mr. Mark Alexander was elected to the World Rugby’s Executive Council in elections held in Dublin on Wednesday. The SA Rugby president will fill the seat vacated by Pat Whelan (Ireland), who stood down earlier this year. “It is a huge honour to be...
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Nov 3, 18 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby welcomes nominations for World Player of the Year
All Blacks Beauden Barrett and Rieko Ioane, and Black Ferns skipper Fiao’o Faamausili have been named as finalists for the Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year awards, taking the tally of New Zealand nominations to seven, for this year’s World...
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Nov 2, 18 •
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Comments Off on Marx, De Klerk nominated for World Rugby Players of the Year award
Two Springboks, Malcolm Marx and Faf de Klerk, are amongst a group of five players nominated for the prestigious 2018 World Rugby Player of the Year Award. Marx (hooker) and De Klerk (scrumhalf) join their Springbok colleague Aphiwe Dyantyi as South African...
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Oct 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Rookie All Black Karl Tu’inukuafe’s rapid rise continues with World Rugby award nomination
All Blacks prop Karl Tu’inukuafe will officially graduate from the international newcomers’ class of 2018 as one of the world’s best. The 2018 All Black prop, who shot to fame after a shock call-up as injury cover for the All Blacks during the June...
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Oct 26, 18 •
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Comments Off on Dyantyi nominated for World Rugby award
Springbok wing Aphiwe Dyantyi has been nominated as one of three candidates for World Rugby’s Breakthrough Player of the Year Award for 2018. There are three countries represented in the nominees for the 2018 award, in association with Tudor. The other...
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Oct 25, 18 •
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Comments Off on ASICS backs Springboks and SA Rugby to 2024
SA Rugby announced on Thursday that it was renewing its partnership with top sports performance brand, ASICS, for a further five years. The new agreement – which will make the relationship a decade-long one at the end of 2024 – will incorporate landmark...
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Sep 19, 18 •
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Comments Off on SYDNEY SET TO HOST WORLD RUGBY MEETINGS
Rugby’s leading decision-makers will meet in Sydney next week when Rugby Australia hosts key World Rugby committee meetings. Within a week of scheduled meetings, World Rugby’s Executive, Rugby, Regional, Audit and Risk and Regulations Committees and Rugby...
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Aug 18, 18 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby win big at Sport Industry Awards
The highly-popular HSBC Cape Town Sevens tournament was named best the Best Live Experience of 2018 for the second time in as many years at the 2018 Sports Industry Awards in Johannesburg on Friday evening. The tournament sold out in hours in 2017 and more...
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Aug 11, 18 •
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Comments Off on Sir Bryan Williams inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame
World Rugby has announced that Sir Bryan Williams is one of five legends of the game to be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame for 2018. The World Rugby Hall of Fame recognises those who have made an outstanding contribution to the game of rugby...
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Aug 11, 18 •
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Comments Off on New Zealand Rugby in the running to host the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021
Auckland and Whangarei confirmed as host cities if bid successful New Zealand Government supports New Zealand Rugby in bid Possibility of Pacific Island women’s rugby tournament WRWC could be held in the Southern Hemisphere for the first time New Zealand...
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Aug 11, 18 •
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Comments Off on RUGBY AU CONGRATULATES STEPHEN LARKHAM ON WORLD RUGBY HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
Rugby Australia has today offered its congratulations to current Qantas Wallabies’ Assistant Coach Stephen Larkham on being inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame on Friday. Larkham was one of five former players inducted into World Rugby’s Hall of...
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Aug 9, 18 •
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Comments Off on Murray to carry SA flag in HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
South Africa’s Ashleigh Murray, one of the country’s leading women’s referees, has been named amongst the 25 match officials from 15 unions for the 2019 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. World Rugby named the appointments for the forthcoming season on...
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Jul 31, 18 •
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Comments Off on ROCKY CLARK RETIRES FROM INTERNATIONAL RUGBY
England’s most capped player Rochelle Clark has called time on her international career, 15 years after earning her first cap. The 37-year-old made 137 international appearances, surpassing Jason Leonard’s previous record of 114 in November 2016, before...
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Jul 23, 18 •
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Comments Off on RUGBY AUSTRALIA WELCOMES NSW GOVERNMENT’S PLAN FOR 10 WORLD CUPS IN NEXT 10 YEARS
Rugby Australia welcomes the NSW Government’s plan to bid for 10 World Cups in the next 10 years, as the bidding process for the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup nears its conclusion and the organisation starts preparing its bid for the 2027 Rugby World Cup...
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Jul 5, 18 •
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Comments Off on The Tunisian Rugby Union strongly deplores the anti-sports and unethical actions of the Zimbabwean delegation
“The delegation of Zimbabwe started complaining as soon as they arrived” TUNIS, Tunisia, July 4, 2018/ — As part of our efforts to grow rugby awareness everywhere in our country and following the decentralization policy of sports events by the...
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Jun 27, 18 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Experience part of Cape Town museum festival
Two of the most experienced Blitzboks, Kyle Brown and Branco du Preez, will be at the Springbok Experience in the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Thursday night as the popular rugby attraction joins the festivities of Museum Night. Apart from meeting and...
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Jun 12, 18 •
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Comments Off on Craig Joubert gives coaches insight into building a successful team in the Powerade Performance Academy
Questions and answers from Craig Joubert Powerade launched its first leg of Performance Academies taking place across major cities in the country. The Academy, hosted at the Kingsmead Cricket Ground, saw several performance experts running an...
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May 30, 18 •
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Comments Off on Production of A to Z of black rugby history planned by SA Rugby
First comprehensive Encyclopaedia of Black Rugby in development Public appeal for pictures and stories for inclusion Project to be opened at the Springbok Experience on Heritage Day SA Rugby is compiling the definitive Encyclopaedia of Black Rugby,...
