Archive for the ‘Super Rugby News’ Category

• Puma shows love for the Vodacom Bulls by launching new away kit on Valentine's Day

  Feb 14, 12 • 4261 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Logs, Super Rugby News • Johan Jonck • Comments Off on Puma shows love for the Vodacom Bulls by launching new away kit on Valentine's Day

  Pretoria, South Africa, 14 February 2012 – PUMA® has unveiled a dramatic new Away kit that the Vodacom Bulls rugby team will sport in the Vodacom Super Rugby 2012 competition. The striking colour marks a significant image shift for the Vodacom Bulls and is...

• The MTN Lions to face the Southern Kings tomorrow

  Feb 13, 12 • 1854 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on The MTN Lions to face the Southern Kings tomorrow

  The MTN Lions will be playing the Southern Kings on Tuesday, 14 February in their final warm up match before the 2012 Vodacom Super Rugby competition kicks-off.   1 JC Janse Van Rensburg 2. Callie Visagie 3.Patric Cilliers 4. Hendrik Roodt 5. Ruaan Botha 6....

• SARU denies threat from franchises about Vodacom Super Rugby participation in 2013

  Feb 12, 12 • 1594 Views • Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • Johan Jonck • Comments Off on SARU denies threat from franchises about Vodacom Super Rugby participation in 2013

  South Africa’s five Vodacom Super Rugby franchises have not threatened to boycott the competition, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) confirmed on Sunday. A newspaper report alleged that the boycott threat was a part of a letter from the five franchises...

• Vodacom Blue Bulls edge out Cheetahs

  Feb 10, 12 • 2408 Views • General News, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News, Vodacom Cup, Vodacom Cup News • admin • Comments Off on Vodacom Blue Bulls edge out Cheetahs

  If pre-season games are there for players to make an impression, then the Vodacom Bulls selectors need look no further than their off-season acquisition of Kenyan Daniel Adongo. The man-mountain who is rumoured to give captain Pierre Spies a go in the gym,...

• GLRU announce new deal with Redefine Properties

  Feb 9, 12 • 3403 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on GLRU announce new deal with Redefine Properties

  Morgan Piek – The Golden Lions Rugby Union has today announced a new partnership with South Africa’s second largest property company, Redefine Properties. They will be co-sponsors alongside MTN, in what is said to be a three year deal. The extent on...

• Bulls name strong team to face Cheetahs in Polokwane

  Feb 8, 12 • 2128 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • James Loretz • Comments Off on Bulls name strong team to face Cheetahs in Polokwane

  Exciting midfielder Johann Sadie will make his debut for the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday after being named in the side that will play the Cheetahs in a friendly match in the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. The 22 year old has joined the Vodacom Bulls from...

• Toyota Cheetahs to Face the Vodacom Bulls in Polokwane

  Feb 8, 12 • 2757 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs to Face the Vodacom Bulls in Polokwane

  The Toyota Cheetahs team for the pre-season match against the Bulls in Polokwane has been announced.  The match will be played in Polokwane on Saturday, the 11th of February at 17:00 The Toyota Cheetahs team is as follows: Trevor Nyakane Adriaan Strauss WP...

• SANZAR announces referee appointments

  Feb 8, 12 • 1554 Views • International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on SANZAR announces referee appointments

  SANZAR today announced the referee appointments for the first six rounds of the 2012 Vodacom Super Rugby season, kicking off on Friday February 24th. –       Referees spent four days in training in Coogee, Sydney in January –      ...

• Toyota Cheetahs team to play the DHL Stormers

  Feb 2, 12 • 2283 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs team to play the DHL Stormers

    1 Marcel van der Merwe 2 Adriaan Strauss ( c ) 3 WP Nel 4 Andries Ferreira 5 Izak van der Westhuizen 6 Heinrich Brussow 7 Philip van der Walt 8 Davon Raubenheimer 9 Piet van Zyl 10 Johan Goosen 11 Rocco Jansen 12 Andries Strauss 13 Robert Ebersohn 14...

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  SANZAR to trial new disciplinary rules during Vodacom Super Rugby

  Feb 2, 12 • 7880 Views • International, IRB Laws, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News, World Rugby • admin • Comments Off on SANZAR to trial new disciplinary rules during Vodacom Super Rugby

  SANZAR is to trial new disciplinary rules during the 2012 Super Rugby competition, CEO Greg Peters announced on Thursday. The changes follow a cross-country Working Group meeting with representatives across all areas of the game held in September last year,...

• DHL Stormers name team to face the Toyota Cheetahs

  Feb 1, 12 • 3678 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on DHL Stormers name team to face the Toyota Cheetahs

  In the third round of preparation fixtures for Vodacom Super Rugby 2012, the DHL Stormers this week go head-to-head with the Toyota Cheetahs on Saturday (17h00), in the DHL Pre-Season Series, at DHL Newlands. The DHL Stormers have already played both Boland...

• Matfield joins Vodacom Bulls coaches in getting BokSmart

  Feb 1, 12 • 2990 Views • International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Matfield joins Vodacom Bulls coaches in getting BokSmart

  Former Springbok captain Victor Matfield this week joined 17 other coaches from the Blue Bulls in becoming certified on the BokSmart national rugby safety programme. The certification is compulsory for anybody who wants to coach or referee rugby in South...

• Steenkamp to lead Vodacom Bulls against Kings

  Jan 31, 12 • 1908 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • James Loretz • Comments Off on Steenkamp to lead Vodacom Bulls against Kings

  Vodacom Bulls lock Wilhelm Steenkamp will lead the team in their first outing of 2012 when they take on the Kings in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Steenkamp is one of three players in the team with extensive Super Rugby experience, with former Lions players...

• CIB to sponsor Vodacom Super Rugby from 2012

  Jan 31, 12 • 2270 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on CIB to sponsor Vodacom Super Rugby from 2012

  The South African Rugby Union (SARU) today welcomed CIB Insurance Administrators (CIB) into their sponsorship family after CIB secured a new three year partnership deal as an associate sponsor for Vodacom Super Rugby. Vodacom Super Rugby is the largest rugby...

• Ticket Purchasing for Super Rugby DHL Stormers Matches Convenient for Supporters

  Jan 31, 12 • 7824 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Ticket Purchasing for Super Rugby DHL Stormers Matches Convenient for Supporters

  The Treble Group, who have recently signed PostNet as the naming rights sponsor to the Post Match Signing Session for all games that the DHL Stormers and the DHL Western Province (Pty) Ltd at DHL Newlands Rugby Stadium in 2012, are pleased to announce that...

• Southern Kings confirmed in Vodacom Super Rugby

  Jan 27, 12 • 1691 Views • International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Southern Kings confirmed in Vodacom Super Rugby

  The Southern Kings’ place in the Vodacom Super Rugby competition in 2013 was reaffirmed at a Special Council Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) in Cape Town on Friday. Proposals on mechanisms to identity the four other South African entrants...

• Cheetahs to face the Kings

  Jan 24, 12 • 1709 Views • Super Rugby, Super Rugby Fixtures, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Cheetahs to face the Kings

  1 Marcel van der Merwe 2 Adriaan Strauss ( c ) 3 Trevor Nyakane 4 Francois Uys 5 Izak van der Westhuizen 6 Heinrich Brussow 7 Davon Raubenheimer 8 Ashley Johnson 9 Piet van Zyl 10 Johan Goosen 11 Rocco Jansen 12 Andries Strauss 13 Robert Ebersohn 14 Dusty...

• The DHL Pre-Season Series

  Jan 18, 12 • 1566 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on The DHL Pre-Season Series

  The withdrawal of the Sharks from the annual pre-season Cape Town based tournament and a change in sponsor will see the DHL Stormers take on the MTN Lions and the Toyota Cheetahs in the “DHL Pre-Season Series”. The 2 fixtures will both take place at DHL...

• Blue Bulls Company and Polokwane Municipality announce lucrative tertiary fund-raising initiative

  Jan 16, 12 • 2472 Views • International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Blue Bulls Company and Polokwane Municipality announce lucrative tertiary fund-raising initiative

   The countdown to the start of the 2012 Vodacom Super Rugby competition has begun and in anticipation of the much-hyped new season, the Blue Bulls Company today announced a three-year partnership with the Polokwane Municipality. The partnership is aimed at...

• SuperRugby blow for Bulls as Mabeta is ruled out of tournament

  Jan 5, 12 • 2338 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • James Loretz • Comments Off on SuperRugby blow for Bulls as Mabeta is ruled out of tournament

  Vodacom Bulls lock Fudge Mabeta will miss the 2012 Super Rugby campaign after being injured in a car accident. Mabeta will be out of action for at least six to eight months after rupturing a knee ligament and will be operated upon later this month, team...

• Puma unveils new Bulls Rugby Kit

  Dec 13, 11 • 7154 Views • National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • Johan Jonck • Comments Off on Puma unveils new Bulls Rugby Kit

  Cape Town, South Africa, 13 December 2011 – PUMA® has unveiled the striking new kit that the Vodacom Bulls rugby team will sport in Super Rugby 2012. The shirt’s “smash” design is inspired by the phrase “bull in a china shop” and expresses the...

• Lions release statement over bankruptcy rumours

  Dec 8, 11 • 3543 Views • International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • James Loretz • Comments Off on Lions release statement over bankruptcy rumours

  The Golden Lions Rugby Union received notification this morning via social networking website www.twitter.com that a rumour has been circulating that the Golden Lions Rugby Union are bankrupt and can only afford to pay their players’ salaries until the end...

• Sarel still aiming for Green and Gold

  Nov 24, 11 • 2978 Views • International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Sarel still aiming for Green and Gold

  Sydney: The latest addition to the NSW Waratahs’ Super Rugby squad Sarel Pretorius says he wouldn’t rule out returning to South Africa to play for the Springboks if the opportunity arose. “Ever since being a little boy growing up in South...

• A naked Zac Guildford accused of drunken assault

  Nov 13, 11 • 4008 Views • International, Mitre 10 Cup, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News, World Rugby • admin • Comments Off on A naked Zac Guildford accused of drunken assault

  Help will be offered to troubled star Zac Guildford after he allegedly staggered naked into a Rarotonga bar and assaulted two patrons, the New Zealand Rugby Union says. A Rarotonga bar worker confirmed to The Dominion Post this morning that “the All...

• Five South Africans on ten-man Merit Panel for Vodacom Super Rugby

  Nov 11, 11 • 2557 Views • International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • Comments Off on Five South Africans on ten-man Merit Panel for Vodacom Super Rugby

  South Africans make up half of the positions on the ten-man Merit Panel of referees for the 2012 Vodacom Super Rugby competition, SANZAR announced today. Two more South Africans have been added to the Reserve Panel for the first time. Rugby World Cup referees...