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Oct 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – The Final
The Sharks will be looking to win the Absa Currie Cup for the third time in five seasons on Saturday when they host DHL Western Province at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban (kick-off 17h00). WP, meanwhile, will look to end an 11-year title drought, having last...
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Oct 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province U21 for Final against the Blue Bulls
DHL Western Province Under-21 coach John Dobson has announced his team for Saturday’s 2012 Absa Under-21 Final against the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Durban (kick-off 14h00). The WP Under-21 boss has made just one change – at lock – to the...
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Oct 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation Preview – Match 2
The Eastern Province Kings face their biggest challenge in many years in Port Elizabeth on Friday night when they host the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in the second leg of their Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation series. The Kings will be attempting the...
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Oct 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province U19 for Final against the Blue Bulls
Nazeem Adams, the DHL Western Province Under-19 coach, has announced his team to take on the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Saturday’s Absa Under-19 Final in Durban (kick-off 12h00). Adams has not tampered at all with the combination that did duty against the...
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Oct 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on Sharks named for Currie Cup Final
The Sharks vs Western Province Mr Price KINGS PARK Saturday 27 October, 2012 @ 17:00 The Sharks 15. Louis Ludik 14. JP Pietersen 13. Paul Jordaan 12. Tim Whitehead 11. Lwazi Mvovo 10. Patrick Lambie 9. Cobus Reinach 8. Keegan Daniel (Captain) 7. Willem...
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Oct 24, 12 •
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Comments Off on Golden Lions Rugby Union Player Awards Ceremony
The Golden Lions Rugby Union held their annual Players Award Ceremony on Wednesday, 24 October 2012 where the players were acknowledged for their contribution to the Union throughout 2012. Lionel Mapoe was the big winner of the night, taking home the titles...
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Oct 24, 12 •
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Comments Off on Etzebeth dominates Player of the Year nominations
The rise of young Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth was confirmed on Wednesday when he was nominated in three categories for the prestigious South African Rugby Union (SARU) Rugby Player of the Year Awards, which take place in Cape Town on Thursday, November 1....
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Oct 24, 12 •
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Comments Off on SARU SA Fish Factory Industry tournament celebrates 25th anniversary
Sixteen teams from as far afield as Gansbaai and Port Nolloth in Namaqualand will once again gather in the West Coast town of Velddrif this weekend for the 25th annual SARU SA Fish Factory tournament. The two-day event, hosted once again by the Boland Rugby...
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Oct 24, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province team named for Absa Currie Cup Final
DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s 2012 Absa Currie Cup Final against the Sharks at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban (17h00). Coetzee has made just one change to the starting line-up that beat the Golden...
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Oct 24, 12 •
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National, South Africa •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetah Teams announced for clash with EP Kings
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Friday, 26 October 2012, 19:10 ABSA Currie Cup – Promotion/Relegation 15 Full back Daniller Hennie 14 Right wing Benjamin Rayno 13 Right centre Ebersohn Robert ( vc ) 12 Left centre Snyman Philip 11 Left wing Rhule...
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Oct 24, 12 •
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Comments Off on Crusaders and Canterbury Rugby wish Maitland well
The Crusaders and the Canterbury Rugby Football Union have today confirmed that Sean Maitland’s contract with them has been terminated and he is moving to Scotland to play for the Glasgow Warriors. Crusaders Head Coach Todd Blackadder said that it had been...
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Oct 23, 12 •
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International, National, Springbok News, Springboks, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News •
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Comments Off on Pierre Spies re-signs with Bulls until 2015
The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd is happy to announce that Pierre Spies has extended his contract till November 2015. The loose forward and current Vodacom Bulls Super Rugby captain will be available for Super Rugby and Currie Cup duty for the next three...
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Oct 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on Peyper rewarded with Absa Currie Cup final
Jaco Peyper has been rewarded for his outstanding performances in the 2012 season by being named as referee for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final in Durban (kick off 17h00). Peyper, who made his test debut at Tier 1 international level in 2012, will take...
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Oct 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Semi-finals
THE Sharks will host DHL Western Province in this year’s Absa Currie Cup final after wildly contrasting victories over the Vodacom Blue Bulls and defending champions the MTN Golden Lions respectively in Saturday’s semi-finals. The final – a...
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Oct 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation series – Match 1 review
THE Eastern Province Kings will have it all to do in Port Elizabeth on Friday night when they attempt to wipe out a 39-point deficit in the second leg of their Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation series against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, following a...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Semi-finals
DEFENDING champions the MTN Golden Lions will be looking to record a hat-trick of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division victories over DHL Western Province this season when the two sides meet in one of the competition’s semi-finals in Johannesburg on...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation Preview – Match 1
THE Eastern Province Kings will travel to Bloemfontein for Friday’s night’s crucial Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation first-leg match against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs knowing that an unbeaten season thus far, which includes winning the...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province U19 team to take on the Golden Lions
DHL Western Province Under-19 coach Nazeem Adams has announced his team to take on the MTN Golden Lions U19s at the Markotter Fields in Stellenbosch on Saturday (kick-off 15h00). The log-topping WP Under-19s will take on the fourth-placed Golden Lions in...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Awards for Plumtree and Reinach
The Sharks dominated the Absa Currie Cup awards for October when their head coach, John Plumtree, and talented scrumhalf Cobus Reinach were named as the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month respectively. Other nominees for the two awards included MTN...
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Oct 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on Brad Thorn Signs With Highlanders
The Highlanders confirmed today that former All Black legend Brad Thorn has signed a one-year contract to play with the southern franchise for the 2013 Investec Super Rugby season. Thorn was part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup winning All Blacks and has been...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Etzebeth stands tallest at WPRFU Awards night
The annual DHL Trophy Presentation was held at Kelvin Grove on Wednesday, October 17, with the Western Province Rugby Football Union recognising all club performances within the union and also rewarding those professional players who have performed well in...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Rugby’s Biggest Party – 50 days to go
Tomorrow (Thursday) marks the start of the 50-day countdown until kick-off for the much-awaited Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens tournament in the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. South Africa’s own Blitzbokke will battle it out...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province named for semi
DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup semifinal meeting with the defending champion MTN Golden Lions in Johannesburg (19h00). Coetzee has made just four changes to the side that defeated the...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on SARU Player of Year finalists named, final voting opens
The ten finalists for the prestigious SARU Rugby Player of the Year 2012 have been finalised, following a new public consultation process in conjunction with the votes of rugby media. The rugby public nominated and voted for players on the Springboks’...
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Oct 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Blue Bulls unchanged for Durban semi-final
Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar made no changes to his side that beat the MTN Lions last weekend for their Absa Currie Cup semi-finals clash against The Sharks in Durban. It is the first time this season that Pienaar could name the same 22 on...
