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Oct 13, 23 •
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Comments Off on Experienced Springbok team named for RWC quarter-final
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named an experienced team – including 15 players who featured in the 2019 final – for their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France at the Stade de France in Paris on Sunday evening. A further four players in the...
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Oct 3, 23 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks named to play Uruguay in Lyon
All Blacks selectors Ian Foster, Jason Ryan and Joe Schmidt have named the team for Thursday’s Rugby World Cup pool match against Uruguay in Lyon. Regular captain Sam Cane has returned to the starting side for the final pool game at Parc Olympique Lyonnais....
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Oct 2, 23 •
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Comments Off on Lukhanyo Am called into Springbok Rugby World Cup squad
Lukhanyo Am, a member of the Springboks’ 2019 Rugby World Cup winning team, has been called into the 2023 squad as an injury replacement for wing Makazole Mapimpi who suffered a fractured cheekbone in Sunday’s 49-18 victory over Tonga. Mapimpi is expected...
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Oct 2, 23 •
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Comments Off on THE SHARKS AND UMBRO SOUTH AFRICA ANNOUNCE MULTI -YEAR TECHNICAL KIT PARTNERSHIP.
Umbro has today been unveiled as The Hollywoodbets Sharks new technical kit partner. From the commencement of the 2023/2024 Vodacom United Rugby season, Umbro South Africa will provide the Hollywoodbets Sharks match kit, training wear and off-field kit. Umbro...
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Oct 2, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber praises Boks for doing what they could to stay in RWC
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber and captain Siya Kolisi praised the team’s effort and physicality against Tonga on Sunday night in their final Rugby World Cup pool match in Marseille – steering them to a 49-18 victory – and doing all they could to...
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Sep 28, 23 •
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Comments Off on Harris leads DHL Stormers XV in George
Experienced prop Brok Harris will lead a 28-man DHL Stormers XV squad in their first pre-season match against the South-Western Districts Eagles at Outeniqua Park in George on Friday evening. The encounter against the Southern Cape side, which kicks off at...
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Sep 27, 23 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks named for Rugby World Cup pool match against Italy in Lyon
All Blacks selectors Ian Foster, Jason Ryan and Joe Schmidt have named the team for Friday’s Rugby World Cup pool match against Italy in Lyon. The All Blacks will welcome back four players from injury and likely celebrate a special individual milestone for...
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Sep 22, 23 •
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Comments Off on MCDERMOTT BACK, KELLAWAY TO START FOR WALLABIES AGAINST WALES
Wallabies vice-captain Tate McDermott and fullback Andrew Kellaway have been named to start for the Wallabies against Wales in Lyon on Sunday night (local time). Scrumhalf McDermott will partner Ben Donaldson who will start at flyhalf in the Rugby World Cup...
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Sep 20, 23 •
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Comments Off on It’s in our DNA: DHL Stormers 2023/24 jerseys revealed
The new DHL Stormers 2023/24 home and away jersey has been revealed and is on sale now from the official online store. Inspired by the passion of the DHL Stormers’ Faithful fans, the new designs reflect how integral supporters are to the team and our...
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Sep 20, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber makes wholesale changes for Rugby World Cup duel with Ireland
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber made 13 personnel changes and a positional switch as well naming a seven-one split in favour of the forwards on the replacements’ bench for Saturday’s third Rugby World Cup pool encounter against Ireland. Nine players who...
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Sep 15, 23 •
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Comments Off on Blitzboks expecting the unexpected in Harare
There were some familiar faces at the tournament hotel and the flight to Harare was almost like travelling to Johannesburg, but the Springbok Sevens team’s journey to Zimbabwe – for the Rugby Africa Olympic Games qualifiers on Saturday and Sunday –...
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Sep 15, 23 •
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Comments Off on SLIPPER EQUALS WALLABY WORLD CUP MILESTONE, WHITE TO START AGAINST FIJI
Test centurion James Slipper will become the third Australian to play in four Rugby World Cups named to start at tighthead prop in the Wallabies second Pool C game against Fiji in Saint-Etienne on Sunday evening (local time). Slipper, who joins George Gregan...
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Sep 14, 23 •
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Comments Off on Sithole goes back to the future with DHL Stormers
Loosehead prop Sti Sithole is back where it all began on his professional rugby journey, having signed with the DHL Stormers. Having featured for DHL Western Province U19 and DHL Western Province U21, Sithole represented the Junior Springboks in 2013. The...
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Sep 14, 23 •
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Comments Off on Marx ruled out of Rugby World Cup
Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx has been ruled out of the remainder of the Rugby World Cup in France with a long-term knee injury. Marx, who was not included in Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber’s matchday squad to face Romania in Bordeaux on Sunday, went down...
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Sep 14, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber names four scrumhalves in squad to face Romania
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named all four scrumhalves in the Springbok squad in the match-23 to face Romania in Bordeaux as he spread the playing load for the team’s second Pool B Rugby World Cup clash on Sunday, when Bongi Mbonambi will lead the team...
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Sep 13, 23 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks named to play Namibia in Toulouse
All Blacks selectors Ian Foster, Jason Ryan and Joe Schmidt have announced the side that will face Namibia in the second Rugby World Cup pool game against Namibia. With the team taking a precautionary approach to Sam Cane’s back injury, Ardie Savea will...
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Sep 12, 23 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women ready for Kenyan challenge
The Springbok Women have been hard at work over the last couple of weeks and cannot wait to have their efforts tested in a match, so they are keenly anticipating Saturday’s Test against Kenya in Cape Town. That is the view of Springbok Women assistant...
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Sep 12, 23 •
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Comments Off on Gqoboka joins DHL Stormers ranks
Loosehead prop Lizo Gqoboka has joined the DHL Stormers squad ahead of the 2023/24 season. The 33-year-old Springbok front row forward has made the move to Cape Town and brings considerable experience with him. Gqoboka only took up the game at the age of 19...
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Sep 11, 23 •
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Comments Off on Specman returns for Blitzboks’ trip to Zimbabwe
Former Springbok wings Rosko Specman and Travis Ismaiel were both named in an experienced and multi-skilled Springbok Sevens squad that will travel to Harare on Thursday for the Rugby Africa Olympic Games qualifiers. Springbok Sevens head coach Sandile Ngcobo...
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Sep 11, 23 •
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Comments Off on All systems go for Springbok Women’s Sevens’ next mission
The Springbok Women’s Sevens squad will assemble in Stellenbosch on Monday with their eyes firmly set on their next assignment, the Rugby Africa Olympic Games qualifiers, to be played in Tunisia on 14-15 October. The team successfully completed their...
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Sep 11, 23 •
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Comments Off on Black Ferns Squad named for end of year Tests
Black Ferns coaches Allan Bunting, Steve Jackson, Mike Delany and Tony Christie have named their 30 player squad to compete at home in front of their Black Ferns fans for their final Test match of the O’Reilly Cup, presented by Ryman Healthcare and the...
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Sep 8, 23 •
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Comments Off on Skosan to wing it for DHL Stormers
Springbok wing Courtnall Skosan has made the move home to his roots in Cape Town to play for the DHL Stormers. After two seasons in the English Premiership with Northampton Saints, the prolific wing is back in the city where he grew up and learned the game,...
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Sep 8, 23 •
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Comments Off on SAB PARTNERS WITH THE SABC TO SECURE BROADCAST RIGHTS TO TELEVISE 2023 RUGBY WORLD CUP MATCHES
Millions of sport-loving South Africans will have a collective sigh of relief after The South African Breweries (SAB) through Mzansi’s national beer, Castle Lager, announced that, together with another corporate, it has inked a partnership with the South...
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Sep 7, 23 •
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Comments Off on ENGLAND TEAM TO PLAY ARGENTINA
England men’s head coach Steve Borthwick has named his team to play Argentina in England’s opening pool match of Rugby World Cup 2023 at Stade de Marseille (kick-off 9pm CET, 8pm BST live on ITV Sport). Courtney Lawes is named captain at blindside flanker...
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Sep 7, 23 •
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Comments Off on TUPOU TO PLAY 50TH TEST FOR AUSTRALIA IN WORLD CUP OPENER V GEORGIA
Tighthead prop Taniela Tupou will make his 50th appearance for the Wallabies in their 2023 Rugby World Cup opener against Georgia on Saturday night in Paris. In a sign of the side’s regeneration under coach Eddie Jones, 17 of the matchday 23 will play in...
