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May 23, 12 •
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Allister Coetzee today named the DHL Stormers team to take on the Sharks, at Mr Price Kings Park – Durban, on Saturday 26 May at 19h10. There is 1 injury enforced change and one positional change to the starting XV that beat the Waratahs last week, with...
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May 23, 12 •
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Comments Off on Rocco Jansen returns, Johnson at 7
Morgan Piek – Converting narrow losses into victories is the order of the day in the Toyota Cheetahs camp. This session the Cheetahs have already lost six games within seven points. When one looks at losses with such a narrow margin, one cannot help but...
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May 23, 12 •
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Comments Off on Chiefs team announced to play Bulls
The Chiefs, who are currently top of the New Zealand Investec Super Rugby conference, have announced their team to play the Bulls this Friday night at 7.35pm at Waikato Stadium. Friday nights match will be Chiefs co-captain Liam Messam’s 90th match for the...
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May 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on SARU explains Kings’ status to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sport was reassured on Tuesday that the Southern Kings would participate in the 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby competition. A delegation of the leadership of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) made a scheduled appearance...
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May 22, 12 •
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Vodacom Bulls lock Wilhelm Steenkamp will start at lock in his side’s final Super Rugby tour match against the Chiefs in Hamilton on Friday. The 46-capped player will swop places with regular lock Juandré Kruger in the only change to the side that came up...
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May 21, 12 •
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A number of options for Vodacom Super Rugby participation in 2013 were discussed by a meeting of South Africa’s franchises and South African Rugby Union leadership in Johannesburg on Monday. SARU CEO, Jurie Roux, said: “It was a very positive meeting and...
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May 20, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Review – Round 13
The DHL Stormers won their 10th game of the season to move back into pole position on the Vodacom Super Rugby log, albeit thanks to a rather frustrating victory over the Waratahs in Cape Town on Saturday evening. Despite leading by 16-3 at the break and...
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May 19, 12 •
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Comments Off on Cory Jane injury blow for Hurricanes, All Blacks
In last night’s Hurricanes v Brumbies match at Westpac Stadium both Cory Jane and Karl Lowe suffered separate injuries which have been assessed today by the Hurricanes medical team. Cory Jane left the field in the 24th minute of the Hurricanes match on...
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May 17, 12 •
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A further meeting of franchises of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to discuss participation in the Vodacom Super Rugby competition will take place on Monday. Representatives of South Africa’s five existing Super Rugby franchises (Vodacom Bulls, Toyota...
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May 17, 12 •
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Springbok points’ machine Morné Steyn will this weekend join try-scoring ace Bryan Habana as the latest South Africans to reach 100th Vodacom Super Rugby appearances. Steyn, playing in his 100th match for the Vodacom Bulls against the Highlanders in...
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May 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Blues team to face Crusaders
Wider Training Group lock / loose forward Steven Luatua will make his run-on debut for the Blues when they face the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday night (kick-off 7.35pm). 21-year-old Luatua, who became a fulltime member of the Blues squad following...
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May 17, 12 •
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Comments Off on Crusaders team to play the Blues named
The Crusaders will play the Blues this Saturday night for the second time this season. They last played at Eden Park in the opening round of the Investec Super Rugby season and the Crusaders won by 19 points to 18. This time the Crusaders will host the...
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May 16, 12 •
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Comments Off on Lions team to take on the Reds unchanged
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Lions team to play in their eleventh match of the 2012 Vodacom Super Rugby competition against the Reds on Saturday, 19 May 2012 this morning. There are no changes to the team that played the Blues last week. The...
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May 16, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers side to face the Waratahs
Allister Coetzee today named the DHL Stormers team to take on the Waratahs at DHL Newlands on Saturday 19 May at 19h10. There are 2 changes to the starting XV that beat the Cheetahs last week, the first a rotational change with the hookers trading jerseys....
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May 16, 12 •
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Comments Off on "True Blue" at flyhalf for the Toyota Cheetahs
Morgan Piek – Saturday evening the Toyota Cheetahs take on bitter foe, The Sharks in Bloemfontein. This will be the first of their two games in Super Rugby 2012. The Cheetahs side remains largely unchanged to the one that took on the DHL Stormers in...
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May 15, 12 •
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Comments Off on Pisi and Shields to Start for Hurricanes
Australian conference leaders, the Brumbies will hit New Zealand shores this week to play the Hurricanes in round 13 of the Investec Super Rugby competition. With three rounds to go before the June break, the Hurricanes will now face three Australian teams in...
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May 15, 12 •
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Comments Off on Bulls name team to face Highlanders
The Vodacom Bulls recalled experienced midfielder Wynand Olivier, loose forward Dewald Potgieter and prop Dean Greyling for Saturday’s Super Rugby clash against the Highlanders in Dunedin. The match in the Forsyth Barr Stadium will see Morné Steyn becoming...
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May 13, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Review – Round 12
The Vodacom Bulls moved to the top of the Vodacom Super Rugby standings and the DHL Stormers had to work very hard against the Toyota Cheetahs, but the performance of the weekend belonged to The Sharks. The Sharks franchise scored only their third...
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May 13, 12 •
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Comments Off on Luke Morahan issued an Off-Field Yellow Card following Super Rugby Match Reds v Chiefs 13th May
Luke Morahan of the Reds has been issued with an off-field yellow card for contravening Law 10.4 (j) Dangerous Lifting Tackle, Lifting a Player from the ground and either dropping or driving that Player’s head and/or upper body into the ground whilst the...
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May 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on Potgieter and Greyling to join Bulls on tour with Stegmann ruled out
Vodacom Bulls flanker Deon Stegmann broke his arm in his side’s 27-24 win over the Waratahs in Sydney on Friday and will return to South Africa. He will be out of action for six weeks. He will be replaced by Dewald Potgieter, who has been declared fit...
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May 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on James Haskell Suspension Amended from Three Weeks to Four Weeks
SANZAR Duty Judicial Officer Mike Heron has recalled his decision of 1 May 2012 of a 3 Week Suspension to Highlanders player James Haskell and replaced it with a 4 week suspension. Haskell was found guilty of striking Cheetahs player Justin Downey following...
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May 10, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Participation in 2013
May 10, 2012 This is a briefing document on South African participation in the 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby competition. Decision-making authority • The identity of the South African teams participating in the Vodacom Super Rugby competition is governed by the...
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May 10, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Preview – Round 12
Vodacom Super Rugby has been attracting bumper TV audiences as it reached the halfway mark at the weekend. Average viewership has increased by 15% on 2011, while viewership of South African derbies averages 685,581, making it easily the most popular sporting...
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May 10, 12 •
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Comments Off on The Sharks unchanged for Force
The Sharks have the rare good fortune of being able to name an unchanged matchday 22 for Saturday’s 5pm Vodacom Super Rugby showdown with the Western Force at Mr Price KINGS PARK. This is the first time this season that coach John Plumtree has been able to...
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May 9, 12 •
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Comments Off on Hurricanes first visit to Forsyth Barr
The Hurricanes round 12 encounter this Saturday will be with the Highlanders in the team’s first visit to the new Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. Reggie Goodes will have his first run on for the Hurricanes since making his debut for the franchise two weeks...
