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Sep 5, 19 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP Women aiming for perfect season
DHL Western Province will be looking to make it an unbeaten season and their third straight national title when they face Border in the SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial final at City Park on Saturday. Having won the last two years against the same opponents...
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Sep 5, 19 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions Currie Cup final
The Xerox Golden Lions team to play the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup final, brought to you by DirectAxis, shows one change from last week with Sti Sithole losing out due to a torn calf muscle sustained during training on Thursday. Dylan Smith...
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Sep 5, 19 •
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Comments Off on Kolisi: “It’s good to be back”
Siya Kolisi returns to lead the Springbok team for the first time in nine months on Friday, with the eyes of not only South Africa but the Japanese nation on him and the Boks. A media contingent four times the size of one that would attend a captain’s press...
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Sep 4, 19 •
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Comments Off on Raubenheimer welcomes new players for Spain tour
Springbok Women’s coach Stanley Raubenheimer has included six uncapped players in his squad for their Test against Spain, and young group of nine players that will form the core of the SA Invitational XV for their matches against a touring Spanish team in...
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Sep 4, 19 •
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Comments Off on Game on for Currie Cup Premier Division spot
The Phakisa Pumas and Down Touch Griffons will know their Currie Cup fate on Friday evening as they battle it out in a promotion-relegation game at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit for the right to play in the Premier Division next season. The Phakisa Pumas...
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Sep 4, 19 •
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Comments Off on Lions go blue for final
The Xerox Golden Lions will run out in their 22nd Currie Cup final when they face the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday and will do so in the not so unfamiliar royal blue jersey to commemorate 130 years of domestic rugby. It might sound...
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Sep 3, 19 •
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Comments Off on WP Women target hat-trick of Interprovincial titles
Western Province will target their third successive SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial title, and with it a dream season, when they meet arch-rivals, Border, in the A Section final of the competition at City Park in Cape Town on Saturday. The Xerox Golden...
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Sep 3, 19 •
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Comments Off on Van der Westhuizen to referee first Currie Cup Final
Marius van der Westhuizen will officiate his first Currie Cup final at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday in a match which will also mark a big day for the experienced Television Match Official, Shaun Veldsman, who is retiring from the game after...
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Sep 3, 19 •
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Comments Off on Springboks name formidable line-up for Japan clash
Rassie Erasmus named 22 of the Springbok 23 that fought to a last-gasp draw against New Zealand in July, for Friday’s clash with Japan in Kumagaya, which will mark the 50th Test appearance for Pieter-Steph du Toit, SA Rugby’s Player of the Year for 2018....
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Sep 2, 19 •
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Comments Off on SHARKS COACHING STAFF CONFIRMED FOR 2020
The Sharks are happy to confirm that Currie Cup Head Coach, Sean Everitt will head up the Cell C Sharks coaching team for the 2020 Vodacom Super Rugby tournament. He will be ably assisted by backline/attack coach David Williams and the new addition of the...
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Sep 1, 19 •
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Comments Off on Golden Lions to face SWD in Women’s Interprovincial final
The Golden Lions and SWD booked their places in the B Section final of the SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial Competition in style over the weekend as they cruised to emphatic victories over the Limpopo Blue Bulls and Free State respectively. The Golden Lions...
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Aug 31, 19 •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup final to play out in Bloemfontein
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will host the Xerox Golden Lions in the Currie Cup final – sponsored by DirectAxis Financial Services – at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein at 17h00 on Saturday, 7 September after they defeated the Cell C Sharks and Tafel...
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Aug 30, 19 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby announces new format for U19 Championship
Ten teams will battle it out in two sections in the new format of the SA Rugby U19 Championship, which will be hosted in Paarl and Johannesburg respectively over one week in September. The Coastal Section, which will run concurrently with the Iqhawe Week at...
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Aug 30, 19 •
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Comments Off on Aphiwe Dyantyi anti-doping violation
SA Rugby can confirm being informed by the South African Institute of Drug Free Sport (SAIDS) that an adverse analytical finding had been detected in a sample collected from Springbok wing Aphiwe Dyantyi in a doping test on 2 July 2019. Dyantyi’s B-sample...
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Aug 29, 19 •
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Comments Off on All or nothing as Currie Cup reaches semi-final stage
It will be a case of all or nothing for the four teams in the Currie Cup semi-finals on Saturday, with final berths at stake and an invaluable home final for the one of the teams. The Xerox Golden Lions and Tafel Lager Griquas will meet in the first...
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Aug 29, 19 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs Cell C Sharks
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs secured a home semi-final by finishing first on the log. The Free State side will be facing the Cell C Sharks at 17:00 on Saturday, 31 August in Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein. Gates open at 13:00 with curtain raisers between Free...
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Aug 29, 19 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions vs Tafel Lager Griquas Currie Cup Semi-Final
The Xerox Golden Lions coaching staff picked an unchanged side for the Currie Cup semi-final against the Tafel Lager Griquas at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday. Captain Ross Cronje and Marnus Schoeman both celebrate their 70th caps in Currie Cup. Cronje...
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Aug 29, 19 •
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Comments Off on Tafel Lager Griquas Team vs. Xerox Golden Lions
Tafel Lager Griquas Team vs. Xerox Golden LionsCurrie Cup – Semi FinalEmirates Airline Park31 Aug. 2019 – 14:00Live on SS1 Khwezi Mona AJ Le Roux Ewald van der Westhuizen Ian Groenewald Victor Sekekete Gideon van der Merwe Sias Koen – Vice Captain...
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Aug 29, 19 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks Team to play Toyota Free State Cheetahs
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2019Time: 17h00Venue: Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinReferee: AJ JacobsAssistant Referees: Marius van der Westhuizen, Paul MenteTelevision Match Official: Joey Klaaste-Salmans The Cell C Sharks side to take on Toyota Free State in...
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Aug 29, 19 •
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Comments Off on Big task await Down Touch Griffons in Currie Cup First Division final
The Down Touch Griffons will have their work cut out when they take to the field against the Jaguares XV in the Currie Cup First Division final in Potchefstroom on Friday after the Argentineans showed their class with eight wins in a row in their debut...
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Aug 29, 19 •
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Comments Off on Springboks complete Rugby World Cup coaching team
Rassie Erasmus completed his Rugby World Cup coaching team on Wednesday with the confirmed appointment of defence consultant Felix Jones. The former Irish international will join the squad in Japan on a short-term consultancy, filling a vacancy left by the...
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Aug 27, 19 •
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Comments Off on SWD, Lions target Women’s Interprovincial B Section final spots
SWD and the Golden Lions will enter the final pool round of the SA Rugby Women’s Interprovincial B Section on Saturday as the favourites to advance to the final after working their way into pole position in the competition. Both teams have won their last...
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Aug 26, 19 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Rugby World Cup squad blend is #StrongerTogether
A Springbok blend led by Siya Kolisi and combining youth with gnarled experience was on Monday confirmed to launch South Africa’s seventh assault on the Rugby World Cup title. The squad naming was broadcast live by several national broadcasters in front of...
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Aug 25, 19 •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup semi-finals head to Bloemfontein and Johannesburg
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will host the Cell C Sharks in Bloemfontein, and the Xerox Golden Lions will meet Tafel Lager Griquas in Johannesburg, in the Currie Cup semi-finals next Saturday after the pool stages came to a dramatic close earlier today. The...
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Aug 23, 19 •
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Comments Off on Tshwane 10s Bigger and better with the Vodacom Bulls
Pretoria’s greatest sports festival, the Tshwane 10s will be bigger and better than ever before come 27 and 28 September 2019. The sport festival will take place on the treasured Loftus Versfeld grounds, home of the Vodacom Bulls, from 07h30 – 23h30 on...
