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Apr 10, 14 •
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Comments Off on 30,000 tickets sold for All Blacks v England at Eden Park
Tickets for the All Blacks v England Test match at Eden Park on June 7 are going fast, with more than 30,000 tickets already sold this week. The eagerly anticipated first match of the Steinlager Series went on sale on Monday and two thirds of the tickets have...
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Apr 10, 14 •
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Comments Off on SA U20 hopefuls made to work hard in Stellenbosch
South Africa Under-20 head coach Dawie Theron is cracking the whip to prepare his training group for the daunting task of winning the prestigious Junior World Championship title in New Zealand in June. Since the squad assembled in Stellenbosch almost...
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Apr 9, 14 •
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Comments Off on Georgia tour for England Counties XV
ENGLAND Counties XV will play two matches against Emerging Georgia on their summer tour in June. The Counties XV, the representative flagship of community rugby in England, will play both matches at Georgia’s High Performance Centre in Tblisi, the first on...
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Apr 9, 14 •
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Comments Off on Injury blow for Springbok Sevens
Springbok Sevens forward Chris Dry will miss the last two rounds of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Glasgow and London as a result of the back injury he sustained in Hong Kong, the South African Rugby Union confirmed on Wednesday. Dry made a landmark...
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Apr 9, 14 •
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Comments Off on Cambridge to host England Counties Under 20s international
CAMBRIDGE will host the England Counties Under 20s’ international against Georgia Under 20s at their Volac Park headquarters on May 24 (2pm). Georgia Under 20s will also play a development match at a venue to be confirmed on May 21 before they head to...
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Apr 8, 14 •
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Comments Off on Tickets on sale for Springboks v World XV at Newlands
The Springboks will kick off the critical 2014 international season at Newlands in June with a match against a World XV, sponsored by Samsung, packed with stars from southern and northern hemisphere rugby. Tickets for the match – priced at R250 and R350 –...
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Apr 7, 14 •
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Comments Off on WRWC fixture dates and times released
The Springbok Women will open their 2014 IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign on August 1 against Australia, followed by matches against hosts, France, on August 5 and Wales on August 9 in the pool stages of the international showpiece. The Springbok Women...
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Apr 7, 14 •
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Comments Off on RFU look to unearth new international Sevens talent
England’s Megan Ellery came through the Sevens Open Trials process Following the success of previous England Women Open Sevens Trials, the Rugby Football Union will host open trials again this year, on May 3, in a bid to unearth some more rugby...
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Apr 7, 14 •
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Comments Off on Coser to captain England Under 18 Clubs and Schools
DURHAM back row forward Jonny Coser will captain England Under 18 Clubs and Schools in the Tri-Nations Tournament in France later this month. Coser, of Barnard Castle School, will have two vice-captains in Harry Sheppard (Moulton College and East Midlands)...
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Apr 5, 14 •
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Comments Off on SARU trims Junior Boks training squad
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Friday named a reduced SA Under-20 training squad of 36 players for the remainder of the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship (JWC) training camp following two trial matches in Stellenbosch this week. An large group of...
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Apr 4, 14 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women’s Sevens squad named for Kenya
Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Renfred Dazel on Friday named his 12-member squad for the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Women’s Sevens tournament in Kenya next week, where the team will defend their title won in Tunisia last year. The squad features...
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Apr 3, 14 •
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Comments Off on Teams hungry for success at JWRT 2014
USA won the Junior World Rugby Trophy in 2012, beating Japan in the final USA, Canada and Japan will be gunning for glory when the future stars of world Rugby take to the pitch next week in Hong Kong for the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy 2014. The...
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Apr 3, 14 •
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Comments Off on Springboks to meet USA at Rugby World Cup 2015
The Springboks will play the USA at London’s Olympic Stadium in their final pool match at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, it was confirmed overnight. The USA beat Uruguay 32-13 (59-40 on aggregate) in the second leg match of the qualifying series in Atlanta on...
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Apr 2, 14 •
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Comments Off on “I’m playing badminton” was just a racket to get Laurian Johannes into rugby boots
Her family thought she’d taken up badminton; the rugby boots her father bought were supposed to be for a friend; she was worried she wouldn’t be allowed to fulfil her love of scrumming. But the family of Laurian Johannes are her biggest supporters and...
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Apr 2, 14 •
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Comments Off on Injured Springbok Sevens players assessed
The Springbok Sevens returned to South Africa from the Far East on Tuesday and immediately underwent their routine medical check-ups at their base camp in Stellenbosch. The squad who did duty in Tokyo and Hong Kong now have a break and will resume training...
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Mar 31, 14 •
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Comments Off on England Under 18 Clubs and Schools name squad for France trip
ENGLAND Under 18 Clubs and Schools have named a 24-man squad to train at Loughborough University from April 4 to 6 ahead of their forthcoming internationals against Ireland Clubs and France A.The England squad was selected after a training camp also held at...
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Mar 31, 14 •
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Comments Off on England Women’s squad announced for China leg of Sevens World Series
Marlie Packer returns for England 7s England Women’s Sevens Head Coach Simon Middleton has made three changes to the team that finished fourth in Brazil for the penultimate round of the IRB World Sevens Series this weekend (April 5-6) in...
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Mar 29, 14 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks advance to Hong Kong Sevens quarterfinals despite upset defeat
South Africa advanced to through to the Cup quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Sevens despite suffering a close 10-7 upset defeat against Australia in their final Pool B match on Saturday afternoon (SA time). The Springboks Sevens will now play England in the...
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Mar 29, 14 •
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Comments Off on Hong Kong Sevens Quarter Final Fixtures
Times CAT March 2014 30 Kenya v Scotland Hong Kong Stadium 04:00 30 Argentina v Spain Hong Kong Stadium 04:22 30 Samoa v Sri Lanka Hong Kong Stadium 04:44 30 France v Portugal Hong Kong Stadium 05:06 30 Fiji v USA Hong Kong Stadium 05:28 30 England v South...
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Mar 29, 14 •
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Comments Off on Hong Kong Sevens Results
ALL RESULTS March 2013 24 Wales 19 – 26 Fiji Hong Kong Stadium HSBC Sevens World Series Hong Kong 24 Kenya 5 – 36 New Zealand Hong Kong Stadium HSBC Sevens World Series Hong Kong 24 Canada 7 – 12 Samoa Hong Kong Stadium HSBC Sevens World...
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Mar 29, 14 •
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Comments Off on 50 capper Rodwell scores in England Sevens win
Rodwell runs out ahead of the team to mark his 50th cap JAMES RODWELL scored in his 50th consecutive world series tournament as England beat Argentina 19-12 on day one of the Cathay Pacific HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. The crucial try by England’s most capped...
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Mar 28, 14 •
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Comments Off on Emphatic opening win for Blitzboks in Hong Kong
The Springbok Sevens recovered from a slow start to score an emphatic 31-7 win over France on Friday afternoon (SA time) in their quest to capture a first ever Hong Kong Sevens title. After leading just 14-7 at halftime and looking somewhat subdued,...
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Mar 28, 14 •
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Comments Off on SA Select Women finish third in Hong Kong
The SA Select Women on Friday finished third at the Hong Kong Invitational behind champions Canada and runners up France to start their season on an encouraging note. The team started the tournament with an impressive 29-0 victory against Papua New...
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Mar 28, 14 •
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Comments Off on England Deaf to play at Franklin’s Gardens
ENGLAND Deaf will play their second Deaf International of the season against Wales at Northampton’s Franklin’s Gardens ground on Saturday May 10 as a double-header with the Saints’ Aviva Premiership match against London Wasps. The Deaf International...
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Mar 28, 14 •
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Comments Off on SARU manages ‘difficult economic environment’ to announce profit
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) made a small operating profit – as per forecast – in a very difficult economic environment, the Union announced at the Annual General Meeting in Cape Town on Friday. SARU reported a group profit before taxation...
