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Aug 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup First Division Review: Round 6
Defending Absa Currie Cup First Division champions the Regent Boland Kavaliers picked up their first win of the season in spectacular style, while front-runners the EP Kings extended their lead at the top of the standings despite a high-scoring Nelspruit...
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Aug 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Review: Final
The Sharks did not have enough left in the tank as they were beaten in the Vodacom Super Rugby Grand Final by the Chiefs in a wet Hamilton on Saturday. The Chiefs won their first-ever title in the second final at the Waikato Stadium when they beat The Sharks...
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Aug 4, 12 •
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Comments Off on Chiefs pummel Sharks to lift 2012 SuperRugby trophy
The Chiefs from New Zealand convincingly beat the The Sharks 37-6 in the final of the 2012 Super Rugby tournament to be crowned champions for the first time ever. The Chiefs outscored the Sharks by four tries to zero and the only points the Sharks had to show...
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Aug 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Preview – The Grand Final
Can The Sharks do the almost unthinkable and bring the Vodacom Super Rugby trophy back to Durban by beating the Chiefs in the final in Hamilton on Saturday? The last few weeks had been as close to a dogfight as you would find on a rugby field for the men from...
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Aug 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Preview – Round 6
The Eastern Province Kings will look to retain their unbeaten record in this year’s expanded eight-team ABSA Currie Cup First Division when they travel to Nelspruit on Friday night to take on the fourth-placed Ford Pumas. In Friday’s other match,...
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Aug 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on Chiefs announce team for Super Rugby Final
The Chiefs have announced their team to play the Sharks in the Investec Super Rugby final this Saturday night at Waikato Stadium. Chiefs coach Dave Rennie has decided to stick with the same side that won last weeks semi final match against the Crusaders. ...
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Aug 1, 12 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs named for Sir George Grey Cup
Morgan Piek – This weekend sees the Toyota Cheetahs get their 2012 ABSA Currie Cup preparations underway when they take on the Cardiff Blues from Wales in the Sir George Grey Cup at Grey College, Bloemfontein. Although this game is a friendly, there...
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Aug 1, 12 •
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Comments Off on National Clubs Round-up No.21 – Three more teams book Club Champs slot
Despatch, Brakpan and Bloemfontein Police are the latest teams to qualify for the SARU National Club Championships, to be hosted later this year by the Rustenburg Impala Club. Two-time national club champions Despatch finished second behind NMMU in the...
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Aug 1, 12 •
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Comments Off on Chiefs looking to become 3rd Kiwi Champion
The Chiefs will look to become the sixth team to win a Super Rugby Championship, a victory that could see the balance of New Zealand rugby power shift North to Hamilton. Coach Dave Rennie couldn’t deny he was “excited”, after what has been the longest...
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Aug 1, 12 •
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Comments Off on Super Rugby final sold out
Fans across the country have shown that they want to be part of Chiefs history and snapped up 25100 tickets to the Investec Super Rugby final at Waikato Stadium this Saturday night. Chiefs’ supporters were desperate to secure tickets to the Chiefs v Sharks...
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Jul 30, 12 •
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Comments Off on Walsh to referee Vodacom Super Rugby Final
Steve Walsh will referee the 2012 Vodacom Super Rugby Final between the Chiefs and The Sharks in Hamilton, New Zealand on Saturday. The Chiefs won the New Zealand Conference and eliminated the Crusaders in their semi-final on Friday, while The Sharks, one of...
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Jul 29, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Review – Semi-finals
The Sharks’ magnificent Vodacom Super Rugby run continued in Cape Town on Saturday when they qualified for their fourth final by beating the DHL Stormers in Cape Town. The men from KwaZulu-Natal have now won eight from their last nine matches, including...
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Jul 29, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 5
The Eastern Province Kings broke away from the chasing pack while defending champions the Regent Boland Kavaliers avoided a fifth straight defeat in a series of high-scoring Round 5 matches in the expanded Absa Currie Cup First Division. The Kings moved five...
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Jul 28, 12 •
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Craven Week, National, School •
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Comments Off on SARU names SA School Squad of 28
SARU has announced the SA Schools squad of 28 players after a set of trial matches at the Barnard Stadium in Kempton Park on Saturday. South Africa’s best schoolboy players will be in action in three internationals against European opposition in August when...
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Jul 28, 12 •
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Comments Off on Pumas Lowveld win SARU Northern Sub-Union tournament
Pumas Lowveld surprised friend and foe alike when they were crowned SARU Northern Sub-Union champions after a hard-fought 36-32 victory over hosts the Griffons in the final at the North West Stadium in Welkom. Lowveld’s victory was doubly impressive...
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Jul 26, 12 •
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Comments Off on Cardiff Blues in Bloemfontein
Seven international players, including the British Lions Centre, Jamie Roberts, and nine junior international players are included in the Cardiff Blues squad that will play against the Toyota Free State on the 4th of August at Grey College. South African...
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Jul 26, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Preview – Semi Finals
All South African eyes will be on Cape Town this weekend when the DHL Stormers and The Sharks will battle it out for a place in the Vodacom Super Rugby Final. It’s the first ever Vodacom Super Rugby knock-out match between these two South African...
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Jul 26, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Preview – Round 5
The last two remaining unbeaten sides in this year’s expanded eight-team ABSA Currie Cup First Division go head to head on Saturday when the Griffons host the EP Kings in an eagerly-anticipated top-of-the-table clash in Welkom. In Saturday’s other...
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Jul 26, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHP WP names U21 and U19 sides to take on the Blue Bulls
The DHL WP U19 team take on the Blue Bulls on Saturday 28 July at DHL Newlands at 12h45. DHL WP U19 Coach, Nazeem Adams announced his team to take on the Blue Bulls as follows: 15. Cheslin Kolbe 14. Werner Kok 13. Justin Geduld 12. Janco Gunther 11....
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Jul 26, 12 •
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Comments Off on New name and young stars commit to the Blues
Highlanders’ first five-eighths Chris Noakes will play for the Blues in the next Super Rugby season. Noakes will return to his provincial union, Bay of Plenty for the 2012 ITM Cup season and will head to Auckland to join the Blues franchise later in...
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Jul 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on Lambie out for Super Rugby Semi in Cape Town
Pat Lambie lining up a shot on goal. Photo by Getty Images. The Sharks have made just one change to their starting line-up ahead of the Vodacom Super Rugby semi-final match against the Stormers on Saturday, with Paul Jordaan failing a late fitness test....
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Jul 24, 12 •
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Comments Off on Crusaders team for the Chiefs semi final showdown
The Crusaders team that beat the Bulls in last weekend’s qualifier match will get another chance to prove they are finals quality this Friday night. Crusaders Head Coach Todd Blackadder has made just one change to his team to take on the Chiefs in Hamilton....
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Jul 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Review – Qualifiers
The Sharks will travel to Cape Town for an all-South African Vodacom Super Rugby semi-final against the DHL Stormers after they eliminated the Reds in their qualifier in Brisbane on Saturday afternoon. The KwaZulu-Natalians reached the semi-finals for the...
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Jul 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 4
Defending ABSA Currie Cup First Division champions the Regent Boland Kavaliers slumped to their fourth successive defeat while last year’s beaten finalists, the EP Kings, moved to the top of the table after a series of high-scoring fourth-round matches...
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Jul 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on Bjorn Basson operated on after torn intestine. Stays behind in NZ hospital.
Vodacom Bulls winger Bjorn Basson underwent surgery in New Zealand on Sunday after he sustained a tear to his intestines during his side’s 28-13 loss to the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday. Basson was forced off the field during the first half of the...
