Posts Tagged ‘club rugby’

• White River take the long way round to SARU Community Cup kick-off

  Jan 24, 13 • 2753 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on White River take the long way round to SARU Community Cup kick-off

  Mpumalanga champions White River face the longest journey when the SARU Community Cup kicks off on February 16. For their match against wild cards Roses United in Wellington on the opening weekend, the Lowvelders face a return journey of more than 3,400km,...

• Countdown begins to SARU Community Cup kick-off

  Jan 16, 13 • 2737 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National • admin • Comments Off on Countdown begins to SARU Community Cup kick-off

  SARU CEO Jurie Roux said on Wednesday that club rugby was on the brink on a new era as the one-month countdown began to kick off in the inaugural SARU Community Cup. The country’s best non-university clubs are hard at work preparing for the new 20-team...

• SARU Community Cup fixtures confirmed

  Dec 11, 12 • 3225 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National • admin • Comments Off on SARU Community Cup fixtures confirmed

  REIGNING national club champions Jonsson College Rovers of KZN will play GAP Despatch in the opening match of the inaugural SARU Community Cup on 16 February next year in Durban. The fixtures for the pool stages of the World Cup-style tournament were...

• SARU Community Cup pools confirmed

  Nov 22, 12 • 2258 Views • Club Rugby, General News, South Africa, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on SARU Community Cup pools confirmed

  THE SARU Community Cup took on a distinctly international flavour on Wednesday night when Springbok captain Jean de Villiers, coach Heyneke Meyer and SARU President Oregan Hoskins made the draw for the newly-launched national club rugby tournament at the...

• SARU announces field for inaugural Community Cup

  Nov 13, 12 • 3279 Views • Club Rugby, General News, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on SARU announces field for inaugural Community Cup

  · George to host 2013 Easter Weekend Play-offs · Grand Final for winner against Varsity Cup champions · Jonsson College Rovers to host opening match in Durban · Five Wild Card clubs confirmed · Major sponsorship announcement pending THE 20-team field for...

• I&J win SARU SA Fish Factory Industry title

  Oct 28, 12 • 3790 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National • admin • Comments Off on I&J win SARU SA Fish Factory Industry title

  I&J romped to victory in the 25th annual SARU SA Fish Factory Industry tournament in the West Coast town of Velddrif on Saturday, beating local favourites Club Mykonos 33-25 in the final to claim the title. Mykonos, who advanced to the final thanks to a...

• SARU SA Fish Factory Industry tournament celebrates 25th anniversary

  Oct 24, 12 • 3308 Views • Club Rugby, South Africa • admin • Comments Off on SARU SA Fish Factory Industry tournament celebrates 25th anniversary

  Sixteen teams from as far afield as Gansbaai and Port Nolloth in Namaqualand will once again gather in the West Coast town of Velddrif this weekend for the 25th annual SARU SA Fish Factory tournament. The two-day event, hosted once again by the Boland Rugby...

• Jonsson College Rovers win era-ending SARU Club Championship title

  Sep 21, 12 • 3783 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on Jonsson College Rovers win era-ending SARU Club Championship title

  Kobus de Kock scored a try and kicked a 58-metre penalty late in the game as Jonsson College Rovers claimed the 2012 SARU National Club Championship title with a 23-10 victory over Pretoria Police in the final, played at the Rustenburg Impala Rugby Club on...

• SARU Community Cup heralds start of new era for club rugby

  Sep 20, 12 • 2482 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on SARU Community Cup heralds start of new era for club rugby

  Top 20 open clubs to enter World Cup-style tournament Club finals return to Easter festival format Play off final for winner against Varsity Cup champions Platteland and Junior team competitions to follow The revival of club rugby in South Africa received a...

• Pretoria Police to face Jonsson College Rovers in SARU Club Champs final

  Sep 20, 12 • 4156 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on Pretoria Police to face Jonsson College Rovers in SARU Club Champs final

  Pretoria Police will play Jonsson College Rovers in the 2012 SARU National Club Championship final after both teams recorded impressive semi-final wins at the Impala Club in Rustenburg on Wednesday. And in a unique twist, the Plate final will also be...

• Pretoria Police, Impala set up heavyweight Club Champs clash

  Sep 17, 12 • 3719 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on Pretoria Police, Impala set up heavyweight Club Champs clash

  Hosts Rustenburg Impala will face Blue Bulls champions Pretoria Police in a heavyweight northern-union semi-final at the SARU National Club Championships after both sides recorded impressive wins in Monday’s quarter-finals. The other semi-final sees 2010...

• Durbell, Pretoria Police on SARU Club Champs collision course

  Sep 16, 12 • 3288 Views • Club Rugby, General News, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on Durbell, Pretoria Police on SARU Club Champs collision course

  Title favourites Durbanville-Bellville will play Pretoria Police in a heavyweight SARU National Club Championships quarter-final clash on Monday after both sides recorded impressive victories on the opening day of the 38th edition of the tournament on...

• All systems go for SARU National Club Championships

  Sep 12, 12 • 2947 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on All systems go for SARU National Club Championships

  Two-time champions Despatch will have the honour of playing in the first match of this year’s new-look SARU National Club Championships when they take on White River on Saturday morning at the Impala club in Rustenburg. The Championships will be hosted...

• National Clubs Round-up No.25 – Club spotlight shifts to provincial duties

  Sep 5, 12 • 1803 Views • Club Rugby, General News, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on National Clubs Round-up No.25 – Club spotlight shifts to provincial duties

  WITH just 10 days to go until kick-off of the 2012 National Club Championships in Rustenburg, the spotlight has shifted to the last of SARU’s amateur provincial weeks, which conclude this Friday in Newcastle and Margate respectively. SARU runs five...

• National Clubs Round-up No.24 – Club Champs fixtures & times confirmed

  Aug 29, 12 • 1887 Views • Club Rugby, General News, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on National Clubs Round-up No.24 – Club Champs fixtures & times confirmed

  Despatch and White River will kick off the 38th edition of the SARU National Club Championships when the two sides clash in the first of 22 matches in this year’s tournament, hosted by the Rustenburg Impala Club from 15-21 September.   Despatch, EP’s...

• National Clubs Round-up No.22 – Old Selbornians end long Club Champs wait

  Aug 9, 12 • 2649 Views • Club Rugby, General News, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on National Clubs Round-up No.22 – Old Selbornians end long Club Champs wait

  OLD Selbornians will represent Border at the National Club Championships for the first time in a decade after a nail-biting victory over closest rivals East London Police in the final round of the province’s Super League last weekend. With just 38 days...

• National Clubs Round-up No.21 – Three more teams book Club Champs slot

  Aug 1, 12 • 2042 Views • Club Rugby, National, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on National Clubs Round-up No.21 – Three more teams book Club Champs slot

  Despatch, Brakpan and Bloemfontein Police are the latest teams to qualify for the SARU National Club Championships, to be hosted later this year by the Rustenburg Impala Club. Two-time national club champions Despatch finished second behind NMMU in the...

• National Clubs Round-up No.17 – Varsity College set sights on Shield

  Jul 5, 12 • 4558 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & Club • admin • Comments Off on National Clubs Round-up No.17 – Varsity College set sights on Shield

  Varsity College may be one of South Africa’s newest rugby clubs but the Durban-based outfit are not short on ambition as they continue their climb up the national tertiary ladder at the University Sport South Africa (USSA) tournament at Wits University....

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  Special rules for the Varsity Cup

  Nov 18, 11 • 11443 Views • General News, IRB Laws, Varsity & Club, Varsity Cup • admin • Comments Off on Special rules for the Varsity Cup

  The Varsity Cup Rugby competition will – once again – lend itself to experimentation, with the importance of tries being the major focus ahead of the 2012 tournaments. Varsity Cup Rugby, which now consists of the FNB Varsity Cup presented by...

• Pukke win fourth SARU Club title in eight years

  Sep 23, 11 • 4412 Views • Club Rugby, Varsity & Club, Varsity Cup • nelio@15.co.za • Comments Off on Pukke win fourth SARU Club title in eight years

  Pukke left wing Johannes Seerane goes over for his team’s decisive try during their 19-14 SARU National Club Championship final victory over UJ at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch on Friday.The Pukke team celebrate after winning the 2011 SARU...

• The Bloemfontein Crusaders Rugby Club is organizing a rugby tournament & looking for sponsors

  Jul 26, 11 • 5230 Views • Club Rugby, Varsity & Club • nelio@15.co.za • Comments Off on The Bloemfontein Crusaders Rugby Club is organizing a rugby tournament & looking for sponsors

  Letter from Bloemfontein Crusaders Club: The Bloemfontein Crusaders Rugby Club is organizing a rugby tournament over the weekend of 7 October 2011.  We invited some of the top clubs from other provinces to participate in the tournament.  Already we have a...