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Aug 25, 11 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Blue Bulls top the viewership ratings
Photo by Andrew Schoeman / Rugby15 After only four rounds of the 2011 Absa Currie Cup, the Vodacom Blue Bulls are leading the race in SuperSport’s Audience Ratings, having surpassed the half a million mark (566 832) in their opening encounter against The...
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Aug 25, 11 •
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International, National, Rugby World Cup News, RWC 2011 •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Castle Lager crowns ultimate Springbok SuperFans
Castle Lager has crowned its Springbok SuperFans in a tightly contested “scrum-off” held at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium during halftime when our very own Springboks took on the New Zealand All Blacks on the 20th of August. Five friends from Cape...
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Aug 24, 11 •
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Comments Off on Regent Boland Cavaliers to face Border
1. Charl du Plessis 2. Ashton Constant 3. Eugene Butterworth 4. Ligtoring Landman (C) 5. Grant le Roux 6. Milroy Isaacs 7. Junior Bester 8. Zandre Jordaan 9. Niel Papier 10. Elgar Watts (o/k) 11. Brandon April 12. Jonathan...
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Aug 24, 11 •
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Comments Off on Derick Kuün calls it a day
Vodacom Bulls and Blue Bulls stalwart Derick Kuün announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect on Wednesday. The three time Super Rugby gold medallist, who has also won the Absa Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup as a Blue Bulls player,...
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Aug 24, 11 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Rugby World Cup standby players
Bok line-up in Port Elizabeth (Photo: Denese Lups/Rugby15) The Springbok selectors on Wednesday confirmed the names of 12 players who have been placed on standby should the Rugby World Cup squad be affected by injury. Meanwhile a number of players sat out the...
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Aug 24, 11 •
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Comments Off on England and Australia RWC 2011 teams to visit Christchurch
Tournament organiser Rugby New Zealand 2011 today welcomed the decision of the England and Australian Rugby World Cup 2011 teams to include Christchurch in their Tournament itineraries. “Both teams were due to play matches in Christchurch, but the...
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Aug 23, 11 •
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Comments Off on Springbok squad announced for Rugby World Cup 2011
Eighteen members of South Africa’s triumphant 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning squad were included in the 2011 party when the 30 players selected to attempt to retain the title were revealed in a live broadcast announcement on Tuesday. John Smit will again lead...
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Aug 23, 11 •
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National •
James Loretz •
Comments Off on Bulls stick to winning formula and make only one forced change for Leopards
There is only one change to the starting line-up of the Vodacom Blue Bulls for their Absa Currie Cup clash against the Leopards in the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Friday, with Fudge Mabeta taking over the lock berth from injured Juandré Kruger. Kruger has an...
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Aug 21, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 6
Photo by Andrew Schoeman/ Rugby15 The Vodacom Blue Bulls scored their first bonus point victory of the Absa Currie Cup season when they emphatically beat GWK Griquas at Loftus Versfeld on Friday afternoon. After that, DHL Western Province ended the MTN...
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Aug 19, 11 •
2836 Views •
National •
Johan Jonck •
Comments Off on Regent Boland Kavaliers back to their winning ways against SWD
The Regent Boland Kavaliers got back to their winning ways today when they beat the SWD Eagles 49-24 at the Boland Stadium in Wellington. While veteran prop Janro van Niekerk couldn’t have asked for a better way to celebrate his 100th game for Boland,...
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Aug 19, 11 •
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National •
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Comments Off on Fouche stars as Blue Bulls trample Griquas
Young 21-year old Vodacom Blue Bulls flyhalf Louis Fouche starred for the Blue Bulls as they convincingly beat the GWK Griquas 44-20 at an empty Loftus Versfeld on Friday evening and sending a clear message to all other teams that they are back. Fouche scored...
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Aug 19, 11 •
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Comments Off on Regent Boland Kavaliers announced to play SWD Eagles
Regent Boland Kavliers team to face SWD Eagles Time & Date: 16:00, 19 August 2011 Venue: Boland Stadium, Wellington Pre Match: Boland Women vs KZN Women (14:00) 15. Willie le Roux 14. Cornal Hendricks 13. Johnathan Francke 12. Braam Gerber 11. PJ...
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Aug 18, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 6
Photo by Andrew Schoeman DHL Western Province will have to beat the MTN Golden Lions in Cape Town on Friday to avoid a similar three-match Absa Currie Cup losing streak as in 2010. With the Castle Tri-Nations Test in Port Elizabeth between the Springboks and...
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Aug 18, 11 •
2016 Views •
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Comments Off on Smith withdrawal confirmed by Springboks
Looseforward Juan Smith will not be considered for the Springbok Rugby World Cup squad because of injury. Smith made the decision to rule himself out of contention on Wednesday and informed Springbok coach Peter de Villiers. “Juan had been in a race...
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Aug 18, 11 •
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Comments Off on All Blacks ring the changes.
Morgan Piek – All Blacks coach, Graham Henry selected just four players from the All Blacks side that beat the Wallabies two weeks ago will run out to face the underperforming Springboks at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth Saturday...
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Aug 17, 11 •
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Comments Off on Allister Coetzee to try tame the Lions with one change.
Allister Coetzee today named his side to take on the unbeaten Lions at DHL Newlands on Friday evening 19h00. There is only 1 change to the starting XV that took on the Sharks with Pieter Louw in at 6 for Rohan Kitshoff, who has joined the Namibian squad for...
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Aug 16, 11 •
1986 Views •
National •
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Comments Off on Lions stick to their guns for WP
MTN Golden Lions coach John Mitchell today named his team to do battle with the DHL Western Province in Cape Town on Friday night and has named almost exactly the same team that dominated against the FS Cheetahs this past weekend. Mitchell made only one...
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Aug 16, 11 •
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Comments Off on Blue Bulls pick new loose trio for Griquas clash
Nineteen year old loose forward Arno Botha will make his run-on debut in the Absa Currie Cup competition on Friday when the Vodacom Blue Bulls take on Griquas in one of four changes to the starting line-up of the side that won against the Pumas last weekend....
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Aug 14, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 5
The MTN Golden Lions opened up a four-point lead at the top of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division log with the halfway mark of the competition looming. The team from Johannesburg remained the only unbeaten side in the competition after they beat the...
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Aug 13, 11 •
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Comments Off on Lions win cat fight and extend unbeaten run
The MTN Golden Lions came out on top in the traditional cat fight at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg when they beat the Toyota Free State Cheetahs 17-10 and extended their unbeaten run to 5 matches. The Lions dominated the first half and the Cheetahs did...
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Aug 12, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Haka, Its Meaning and Origin
The Maori haka performed by the All Blacks, has become famous around the world, though few realise it’s origin or meaning. Te Rauparaha, the warrior chief of Ngati Toarangatira, originally from Kawhia, had visited Tuwharetoa to solicit aid against the...
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Aug 12, 11 •
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James Loretz •
Comments Off on Panthers Rugby Club suspended after racial incident
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced this morning that it’s Anti-Racism and Development Committee convened yesterday afternoon under the Chairmanship of Mr Ayanda Mjekula. Reports of all match officials and chairpersons of the respective clubs were...
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Aug 12, 11 •
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Comments Off on Fund raises over R1.1-million for injured rugby players
The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund celebrated the one-month countdown to the Rugby World Cup in style on Tuesday 9 August when over R1.1-million was raised for the victims of serious rugby injuries at its Bell’s Night of the Stars Rugby...
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Aug 11, 11 •
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Comments Off on Bok team to face the Wallabies in Durban
Fourie du Preez and Heinrich Brüssow will return to the Springbok starting line-up for the first time in 21 months, following the announcement of the team to meet Australia in a Castle Tri-Nations Series Test at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban on Saturday....
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Aug 11, 11 •
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Comments Off on Six teams to play in Absa Currie Cup Premier Division from next year
The Absa Currie Cup Premier Division will be contested by six teams from 2012 and eight teams will play in the Absa Currie Cup First Division, the SARU General Council decided today at a meeting in Newlands. The decision was confirmed after a majority vote...
