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Jan 25, 13 •
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Comments Off on Bezuidenhout joins DHL Stormers on loan
Lions hooker Martin Bezuidenhout will join the DHL Stormers at the start of next week, as injury cover up front. With youngster Scarra Ntubeni (shoulder) having undergone surgery this week and Springbok Tiaan Liebenberg (back) still a few weeks away from...
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Jan 25, 13 •
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Comments Off on MTN Lions named to face the Toyota Cheetahs
MTN Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has announced the following team to take on the Toyota Cheetahs this Saturday at Ellis Park, and has made wholesale changes to the side that faced Russia last weekend. The match kicks off at 17h00 but gates open at...
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Jan 25, 13 •
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Comments Off on GLRU forms new partnership with Canterbury South Africa
The Golden Lions Rugby Union is pleased to announce a new sponsorship agreement with one of South Africa’s leading sports brands – Canterbury South Africa. The iconic rugby brand, whose current contracts range from international teams such as the...
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Jan 25, 13 •
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Comments Off on Theron names team for final SA U20 training match
Dawie Theron, the South Africa Under-20 coach, has named the starting line-up of the SA U20 training group for their last practice match against the University of Cape Town on Saturday afternoon. The match against the Ikeys, the last in a series of three such...
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Jan 25, 13 •
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Comments Off on Hodgson to lead the Force
Western Force coach Michael Foley is confident new skipper Matt Hodgson and his army of lieutenants will be able to fill the leadership void left by Nathan Sharpe and David Pocock. Champion lock Sharpe, who captained the Force during their first six years,...
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Jan 25, 13 •
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Comments Off on Super Rugby expansion on the cards?
SANZAR boss Greg Peters has welcomed the International Rugby Board’s decision to shake up the Pacific Nations Cup this year by bringing in Canada and the US, nations on the shortlist for an expanded Super Rugby competition in 2016. The three SANZAR...
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Jan 24, 13 •
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Comments Off on SA Women change two for Houston Sevens
The South African Women’s Sevens team shows two changes to the squad of 12 players for Round 2 of the Women’s Sevens World Series, which takes place in Houston, Texas in the United States on 1-2 February. Last month, the SA Women’s team finished as...
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Jan 24, 13 •
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Comments Off on Friendly between EP Kings and College Rovers
The Eastern Province Kings will be playing their first friendly match against the College Rovers at the NMMU B Field on Saturday, the 26th of January. Vodacom Cup Head Coach David Maidza said the team was looking forward to their first hit out. “This...
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Jan 24, 13 •
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Comments Off on White River take the long way round to SARU Community Cup kick-off
Mpumalanga champions White River face the longest journey when the SARU Community Cup kicks off on February 16. For their match against wild cards Roses United in Wellington on the opening weekend, the Lowvelders face a return journey of more than 3,400km,...
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Jan 24, 13 •
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Comments Off on Russell would welcome Guildford up North
Doug Laing – Former Hawke’s Bay rugby coach Peter Russell would welcome star player Zac Guildford into his winning team in the north of England if the Magpies star loses his contracts with the Canterbury Crusaders and the New Zealand Rugby Union....
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Jan 23, 13 •
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Comments Off on Maties overcome SA U20 hopefuls
The SA Under-20 training squad continued their Junior World Championship preparation with a match against the Maties at the Markötter Sports Ground in Stellenbosch on Wednesday morning, where the Stellenbosch students triumphed 26-17. They defeated the...
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Jan 23, 13 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs named to face the Lions
The Toyota Cheetah will take on the MTN Lions in a pre-season friendly match on Saturday, 26 January 2013 at 17:00 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Caylib Oosthuizen Torsten van Jaarsveld Rossouw de Klerk Lodewyk de Jager Francois Uys Marnus Schoeman Tertius...
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Jan 23, 13 •
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Comments Off on Blitzbokke change three for Wellington, Las Vegas
Injuries to several key players have forced Springbok Sevens coach Paul Treu to make three changes to his squad for the forthcoming HSBC Sevens World Series tournaments in New Zealand and the USA. The Wellington Sevens tournament takes place on 1-2 February...
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Jan 23, 13 •
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Comments Off on Kings beat Madibaz
Sean Hutchison – Port Elizabeth. A warm up ‘game’ was played between the Southern Kings and Nelson Mandela Bay University today. The Kings went out to a 21-0 lead at half-time and ended up winning 28-12. It was treated as a...
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Jan 23, 13 •
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Comments Off on The Blues take unique approach to 2013 team poster
They’ve got a new-look team and a new coaching staff, now the Blues are taking a fresh new approach to their team poster ahead of the 2013 Investec Super Rugby season. The Blues are teaming up with highly renowned graffiti and street artist Askew One to...
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Jan 22, 13 •
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Comments Off on Five Big in the Bay double season ticket winners announced
Five lucky winners received two sets of rugby season tickets at an official handover at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium’s ticketing office today. The five winners, Hadriaan Roberts, Mandelinkosi Mdebuka, Albe Wessels, Brent Farndon and Edgar Hatushabe (who...
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Jan 22, 13 •
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Comments Off on Theron shuffles SA U20 training team for Maties encounter
Junior Springbok coach Dawie Theron has confirmed the starting line-up for the SA Under-20 training squad’s match on Wednesday morning against Maties in Stellenbosch. The training match is the second of three outings against Western Cape-based university...
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Jan 22, 13 •
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Comments Off on Steenkamp to see specialist – Bulls injury woes continue
Vodacom Bulls lock Wilhelm Steenkamp will miss the opening weeks of the 2013 season due to a shoulder injury, it was announced on Tuesday. Steenkamp will see a specialist on an AC tear and will be out of action for between four and six weeks. According to...
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Jan 22, 13 •
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Comments Off on Cheetahs and Lions forge new ties
The Free State and Lions rugby unions have forged new ties and agreed on mutual cooperation. During a conversation between Mr. Lindsay Mould, President of the Free State Rugby Union, Mr. Harold Verster, Managing Director of the Free State Cheetahs (Pty)...
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Jan 21, 13 •
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Comments Off on Nowhere to hide in 2013 Varsity Rugby season
The 2013 Varsity Rugby season kicked-off in fine style at the Serengeti Wildlife & Golf Estate Clubhouse in Kempton Park on Monday, with an exciting air of unpredictability hanging over the main tournament. Now in its sixth season, the 2013 FNB Varsity...
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Jan 21, 13 •
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Comments Off on Hannes Franklin’s knee operation a success
Southern Kings Hooker Hannes Franklin’s knee operation has been a success. Director of Rugby, Alan Solomons, said today that Franklin, who went in for surgery on Thursday last week (SUBS 17 January) after tearing his medial collateral ligament during...
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Jan 19, 13 •
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Comments Off on SA boys claim Sevens gold at Australian Youth Olympics
• SA girls finish fourth in debut tournament The South African Under-18 men’s team won the Sevens gold medal at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney on Saturday morning (SA time) after defeating host nation Australia 22-7 in the final....
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Jan 19, 13 •
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Comments Off on EP mourn the loss of rugby stalwart, Morne van der Merwe
The Eastern Province Rugby Union wishes to express its sadness at the passing of Morne van der Merwe early this morning. Morne, who passed away at the age of 39 after losing his battle with brain cancer, was a highly rated loosehead prop. He entered rugby...
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Jan 18, 13 •
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Comments Off on Theron happy with first SA U20 hit-out
South African Under-20 coach Dawie Theron expressed his satisfaction on the performance of his national training squad in their friendly match against UWC in Stellenbosch on Friday. The SA U20’s won the match 65-7 after a half-time lead of 31-0. The young...
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Jan 18, 13 •
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Comments Off on Russian Bears named to face the MTN Lions
Russian Bears: 15. Igor Klyuchnikov 14. Andrey Otrokov 13. Yaroslav Rechnev 12. Alexey Makovetskiy 11. Mikhail Babaev 10. Sergey Yanyushkin 9. Alexander Yanyushkin 8. Victor Gresev 7. Artem Fatakhov 6. Andrey Temnov 5. Maxim Kiselev 4. Alexander Voytov 3....
