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Aug 10, 11 •
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Comments Off on Toyota FS Cheetahs to face MTN Lions
Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Lions Saturday, 13 August 2011 Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg Kick-off: 19:10 Toyota Free State Cheetahs 1 Coenie Oosthuizen 2 Adriaan Strauss ( C ) 3 W.P. Nel...
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Aug 9, 11 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber joins Springboks as defensive consultant
Defensive coaching specialist Jacques Nienaber has joined the Springboks as a consultant, Springbok management announced on Tuesday. Nienaber, 38, the defence coach of DHL Western Province and the Stormers, has been released by his union to work as part of...
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Aug 9, 11 •
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Comments Off on Springbok team to face Wallabies named on Thursday
The Springbok team for this weekend’s Castle Tri-Nations Test against Australia in Durban will now be named on Thursday. The scheduled naming was postponed on Tuesday due to a number of injury and illness concerns among the loose forwards. Pierre Spies...
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Aug 9, 11 •
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Comments Off on Jano Vermaak to debut for Blue Bulls in Nelspruit
Returning Springboks Wynand Olivier and Bjorn Basson will be amongst the four new faces in the Vodacom Blue Bulls backline for their Absa Currie Cup clash against the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday. Olivier and Basson, who will play in his first Currie Cup...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Awards for Plumtree and Vermaak
The Sharks coach, John Plumtree, and Jano Vermaak – who has officially signed with the Vodacom Blue Bulls – received the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month awards today at Mr Price Kings Park Stadium in Durban. A media panel,...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Johnson, Kankowski added to Springbok squad
Looseforwards Ashley Johnson and Ryan Kankowski were on Monday added to the Springbok squad to cover for a number of injury concerns among back row forwards. Johnson, who made his Test debut against Australia in Sydney last month, and Kankowski were added as...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Jano Vermaak released by Lions with immediate effect
The Blue Bulls announced this morning that Golden Lions scrumhalf Jano Vermaak has signed a contract to play for the Vodacom Blue Bulls for the remainder of the 2011 Currie Cup season. It was announced last week that Vermaak signed a new 2-year contract at...
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Aug 8, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 4
The MTN Golden Lions are the only unbeaten team left in the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division following their victory at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday and defeats to The Sharks and DHL Western Province earlier during the weekend. GWK Griquas repeated their feat...
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Aug 6, 11 •
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Comments Off on Lions down Blue Bulls and stay unbeaten
The MTN Golden Lions continued there impressive unbeaten run in the 2011 ABSA Currie Cup competition when they beat the Vodacom Blue Bulls 36-27 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The Bulls had the upper-hand for most of the first half but a lapse in defense...
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Aug 5, 11 •
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Comments Off on Phone a Springbok and support rugby victims
Rugby fans once again have the chance to chat to their favourite Springbok heroes – and help the victims of serious rugby injuries at the same time – when the annual Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund telethon and banquet known as the Bell’s...
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Aug 4, 11 •
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Comments Off on Concussion rules Bjorn Basson out of Lions clash
Springbok winger Bjorn Basson will have to wait another week before he can make his debut for the Vodacom Blue Bulls side at Loftus. Basson, who scored a record 21 tries in last year’s competition, is still suffering from concussion sustained in last...
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Aug 4, 11 •
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Comments Off on Sarel to play Currie Cup for the FS Cheetahs.
Morgan Piek Bloemfontein – Sarel Pretorius has this afternoon announced that he will be playing for the Free State Cheetahs during the 2012 and 2013 ABSA Currie Cup seasons. He is still contracted to play for the Sydney based Super15 franchise the New South...
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Aug 4, 11 •
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Comments Off on Huget expelled from French Rugby World Cup Squad.
MARCOUSSIS, France — Yoann Huget was expelled from the French World Cup rugby union squad on Thursday for not observing the anti-doping rules announced French Rugby Federation (FFR) president Pierre Camou. Camou revealed at a news conference that the French...
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Aug 4, 11 •
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Comments Off on Leaner, cleaner, simpler SARU unveiled
A more efficient and streamlined South African Rugby Union (SARU) was unveiled to rugby stakeholders by Jurie Roux, the organisation’s CEO, at the announcement of a major operational overhaul in Johannesburg on Thursday. SARU’s governance and operational...
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Aug 4, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 4
The Vodacom Blue Bulls and Toyota Free State Cheetahs have tough home games in the Absa Currie Cup on Saturday as they look to bounce back from last weekend’s disappointing defeats. On Friday evening, The Sharks face a tricky encounter against a...
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Aug 3, 11 •
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Comments Off on Blue Bulls make wholesale changes for Lions: Boks back and Venter gets first start
Twenty year old Francois Venter is set to make his first Absa Currie Cup start for the Vodacom Blue Bulls in their fixture against the Golden Lions at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Venter, who played off the bench for the first three matches in the competition...
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Aug 2, 11 •
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Comments Off on Richard Papo the new Marketing Manager of the Vodacom Blue Bulls
Following two Rugby World Cup victories and a uniting of a Rainbow Nation, rugby is now a universal sport, appealing to the masses, supported by millions and played by all walks of life. As a move towards becoming one of the most effectively run rugby unions...
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Aug 2, 11 •
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Comments Off on Jano Vermaak signs with Bulls
The Blue Bulls Company Pty (Ltd) is pleased to announce that Jano Vermaak has signed a contract to play for the Vodacom Bulls in 2012. Vermaak, who is currently playing at the Golden Lions, has signed a contract that will keep him at Loftus Versfeld till...
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Aug 1, 11 •
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Comments Off on Springboks released for Absa Currie Cup action
A group of 23 players involved in the Springboks’ preliminary Rugby World Cup squad have been released back to their clubs and provinces to be available for Absa Currie Cup selection this weekend. The list includes 15 of the 29 players who were part of the...
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Aug 1, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup – Week 3 Round-up.
Photo by Mike La Grange. Thirty seven tries were scored during a high action weekend of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division action as DHL Western Province, The Sharks, the MTN Golden Lions and GWK Griquas all recorded bonus point victories. Adding the 33 tries...
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Jul 30, 11 •
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Comments Off on Lions finish off Leopards
The MTN Golden Lions secured a 53-36 victory over the Platinum Leopards in a try-fest at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg after they were leading 29-15 at half time. The Leopards enjoyed a good period of play in the second half that saw them draw level with the...
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Jul 29, 11 •
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Comments Off on Southern Kings partners sign milestone Cooperation Agreement
A further milestone in the establishment and operation of a Super Rugby franchise in the South Eastern Cape was reached earlier this week in Port Elizabeth when representatives of Border Rugby Union, Eastern Province Rugby and the South Western Districts...
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Jul 28, 11 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 3
Thursday, 28 July 2011 It’s north vs south in Cape Town this weekend as the Vodacom Blue Bulls face last year’s Absa Currie Cup runners up, DHL Western Province, at DHL Newlands on Saturday. Both these sides recorded good victories last weekend and...
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Jul 27, 11 •
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Comments Off on Blue Bulls stick to winning formula
The Vodacom Blue Bulls have retained the same starting 15 side against Western Province as the one that that sneaked home against the Free State Cheetahs. The only changes come on the bench with Warwick Tecklenburg replacing the injured Okkie Kruger and Lohan...
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Jul 27, 11 •
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Comments Off on Wilhelm Steenkamp returns "home" in 2012
The Blue Bulls Company Pty (Ltd) is pleased to announce that former Vodacom Bulls and Vodacom Blue Bulls stalwart Wilhelm Steenkamp will be returning to Loftus Versfeld in 2012 and 2013. Steenkamp, currently playing for the Free State Cheetahs, left the Bulls...
