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Sep 12, 12 •
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DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the Sharks in Durban (19h10). Coetzee has made just one injury-enforced change to the starting XV that picked up a valuable 29-22 away win...
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Sep 12, 12 •
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Comments Off on All systems go for SARU National Club Championships
Two-time champions Despatch will have the honour of playing in the first match of this year’s new-look SARU National Club Championships when they take on White River on Saturday morning at the Impala club in Rustenburg. The Championships will be hosted...
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Sep 12, 12 •
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Comments Off on MTN Golden Lions named to face the Toyota FS Cheetahs
Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions team to play the Toyota Free State Cheetahs on Saturday, 15 September at Free State Stadium, this morning. There are no changes to the starting line-up that played the Vodacom Blue Bulls last weekend and...
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Sep 12, 12 •
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Comments Off on MTN Golden Lions team announced to take on Cheetahs in Bloemfontein
MTN Golden Lions Team Announcement Johannesburg, 12 September 2012… The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions team to play the Toyota Free State Cheetahs on Saturday, 15 September at Free State Stadium, this morning. There are no changes...
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Sep 12, 12 •
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Comments Off on Blue Bulls name team for Kimberley clash
Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar made three changes to his backline to play Griquas in an Absa Currie Cup fixture Kimberley on Saturday. Jürgen Visser, Ulrich Beyers and Rudy Paige will all earn starts at Absa Park, with only the scrumhalf starting a...
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Sep 12, 12 •
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Comments Off on Tewis du Bruyn starts at flyhalf against the Lions
Morgan Piek – The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will be facing the MTN Golden Lions in Bloemfontein this coming weekend in the 6th Round of the 2012 ABSA Currie Cup. The biggest development in Bloemfontein is the inclusion of Tewis du Bruyn at flyhalf...
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Sep 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on FRSU Statement on assault incident
Free State Rugby learned late Sunday afternoon that an incident occurred on suit level after the Absa Currie Cup match. An investigation was immediately launched to gain all the facts. The incident which occurred an hour after the final whistle blew appears...
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Sep 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on GLRU statement on the departure of Josh Strauss
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced this afternoon that Josh Strauss, the Glasgow Warriors rugby club in Scotland and the Lions concluded an agreement whereby Josh will move to the Glasgow Warriors until May 2015. President of the Lions, Mr. de Klerk...
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Sep 10, 12 •
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Comments Off on All Black Tony Woodcock signs with The Highlanders
World Cup winning All Black, Tony Woodcock, has today signed with the Highlanders for a two-year period and will join the franchise for the 2013 Investec Super Rugby competition. 31 year old Woodcock was born in Helensville, and made his 1st class debut for...
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Sep 9, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Round 5
DHL Western Province moved to top of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division standings at the halfway stage of the six-team competition after a come-from-behind 29-22 win over the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday enabled the Cape side to...
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Sep 9, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 11
The Griffons all but ended the reign of the Regent Boland Kavaliers as Absa Currie Cup First Division champions after a 54-37 victory in Welkom on Saturday that leaves the Cape side 13 points adrift of the play-off zone with just three rounds remaining of the...
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Sep 7, 12 •
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Comments Off on Amateur Provincial & Sub-Union Weeks cut short by rain
Amateur Provincial & Sub-Union Weeks cut short by rain Heavy rains in KwaZulu-Natal have forced the cancellation of all matches on the final day of SARU’s Amateur Provincial Week for central provinces, in Newcastle, as well as its Sub-Union Week for...
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Sep 6, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Preview – Round 11
The fifth-placed SWD Eagles will look to keep their Absa Currie Cup First Division play-off hopes alive when they host the team just above them on the log, the Leopards, in a crucial Round 11 tie at Outeniqua Park in George on Friday night. With four...
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Sep 6, 12 •
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Comments Off on MTN Golden Lions team aanounced to play the Vodacom Blue Bulls on Saturday, 8 September
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions team to play the Vodacom Blue Bulls on Saturday, 8 September at Loftus Versfeld this morning. There are eight changes to the starting line-up that played the Griquas last weekend: 1. Callie...
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Sep 6, 12 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Round 5
Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – Round 5 The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division reaches the halfway stage this coming Saturday with three matches that could split open what remains a tightly bunched pack in the six-team strength-versus-strength...
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Sep 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Sharks side to take on the Griquas in Kimberley
The Sharks 15. Louis Ludik 14. Odwa Ndungane 13. Paul Jordaan 12. Meyer Bosman 11. S’bura Sithole 10. Riaan Viljoen 9. Charl McLeod 8. Keegan Daniel 7. Jean Deysel (C) 6. Jacques Botes 5. Anton Bresler 4. Jandre Marais 3. Wiehahn Herbst 2. Monde Hadebe 1....
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Sep 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Bulls team to face Golden Lions
Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar included Tuks flanker Warwick Tecklenburg in his starting team to play defending Absa Currie Cup champions, the MTN Golden Lions, at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Nelspruit-born player will replace injured Deon...
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Sep 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Nic Groom starts ahead of Schreuder against the Cheetahs
DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein (19h10). Coetzee has made just three changes – two of them injury-enforced – to...
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Sep 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Heinrich Brüssow back for the Cheetahs against Province
Morgan Piek – Naka Drotské has been forced to make changes to his side that narrowly lost against the Sharks in Durban last weekend. Most notably is the return of Heinrich Brüssow, who starts at flank for the Toyota Free State Cheetahs. The Springbok...
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Sep 4, 12 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Awards for John Plumtree & Louis Fouchè
The Sharks coach John Plumtree and young Vodacom Blue Bulls points machine Louis Fouchè were today named as the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Absa Currie Cup Player for August. Plumtree was instrumental in guiding the KwaZulu-Natal outfit to impressive victories...
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Sep 4, 12 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs DHL Western Province – Bloem set for a humdinger
Morgan Piek – This coming weekend arguably one of the biggest matches of the 2012 ABSA Currie Cup season will be taking place in Bloemfontein. The men from Cape Town, DHL Western Province will be travelling to the Free State to take on the Toyota Free...
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Sep 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on Western Province win SARU Amateur Provincial Week
Western Province are the SARU Amateur Provincial Competition South champions after beating hosts SWD 58-20 in the final played in Oudtshoorn on Friday. WP’s successful defence of their title comes a week after the Golden Lions beat hosts the Leopards...
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Sep 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 10
THE unbeaten Eastern Province Kings kept their closest challengers the Ford Pumas at arm’s length at the top of the ABSA Currie Cup First Division standings after a 45-24 victory over the Valke in Port Elizabeth on Friday. With four rounds remaining of...
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Sep 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Round 4
The Sharks broke away from the chasing pack on a dramatic weekend of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division action, while there were also memorable wins for DHL Western Province and GWK Griquas in Round 4 of the six-team competition. The Sharks came from behind to...
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Aug 30, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province u21 & u19 teams to take on the Golden Lions on 30 August 2012
DHL Western Province Under-21 team to take on the Golden Lions on 30 August 2012 DHL Western Province Under-21 coach John Dobson has announced his team to face the Golden Lions at DHL Newlands on Saturday (kick-off 16h45). Fresh from his team’s...
