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  • Demetri Catrakilis – Star on the rise

    Sep 1, 11 • 4095 Views • General News, National • • Comments Off on Demetri Catrakilis – Star on the rise

    Photo – www.sarugby.com 1 September 2011 Morgan Piek – South Africa has long a tradition of very good flyhalves. We can go back right to the begining, but the list would be too long to mention. The beauty of it is that it’s not just restricted...

  • ABSA Currie Cup Preview – Week 8

    Sep 1, 11 • 2764 Views • General News, National • • Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Preview – Week 8

    Photo by Rugby15 The second round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division kicks off on Friday in Nelspruit, with the highlight of the weekend Saturday’s match in Pretoria between the Vodacom Blue Bulls and The Sharks.   It’s been a tough season for the...

  • Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 6

    Aug 18, 11 • 1814 Views • General News, National • • Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 6

    Photo by Andrew Schoeman DHL Western Province will have to beat the MTN Golden Lions in Cape Town on Friday to avoid a similar three-match Absa Currie Cup losing streak as in 2010. With the Castle Tri-Nations Test in Port Elizabeth between the Springboks and...

  • Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 5

    Aug 14, 11 • 2460 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, National • • Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 5

    The MTN Golden Lions opened up a four-point lead at the top of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division log with the halfway mark of the competition looming.   The team from Johannesburg remained the only unbeaten side in the competition after they beat the...

  • Toyota FS Cheetahs to face MTN Lions

    Aug 10, 11 • 2538 Views • General News, National • • 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...

  • Sarel to play Currie Cup for the FS Cheetahs.

    Aug 4, 11 • 2162 Views • General News, International, National • • 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...

  • Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 4

    Aug 4, 11 • 2156 Views • General News, National • • 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...

  • Absa Currie Cup – Week 3 Round-up.

    Aug 1, 11 • 3159 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, National • • 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...

  • Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 3

    Jul 28, 11 • 2348 Views • General News, National • • 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...

  • Absa Currie Cup vs Vodacom Super Rugby: What's the difference?

    Jul 26, 11 • 5334 Views • General News, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • • Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup vs Vodacom Super Rugby: What's the difference?

    Just as the 2011 Absa Currie Cup season takes rugby centre stage from the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament, you could be forgiven with such an abundance of rugby in our sights for a bit of confusion between these two esteemed tournaments. Both are brutal,...

  • History of the Currie Cup

    Jul 1, 11 • 11385 Views • Currie Cup F.Div, Currie Cup F.Div News, General News • • Comments Off on History of the Currie Cup

    by Paul Dobson North west of Pitlochry in the Scottish Highlands is the village of Fortingal. In ancient times, they say, Pontius Pilate had a camp nearby a cold place to wash your hands in winter. Fortingal is not an ancient village, not a century old in...

  • No surgery for Botha

    Aug 16, 10 • 2280 Views • General News • • Comments Off on No surgery for Botha

    The Vodacom Blue Bulls on Monday received the good news that their captain and Springbok hooker Gary Botha doesn’t require surgery. Botha will miss the next four weeks of Currie Cup action after suffering medial ligament damage inside the first quarter...

  • Sharks crush Leopards

    Aug 13, 10 • 2994 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Sharks crush Leopards

    The Sharks scored seven tries against an errant Leopards side to crush them 51-6 at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg. The Leopards failed to replicate the continuity and physicality that saw them scare the Blue Bulls at Loftus. They made far too many...

  • Vodacom WP announce team for Griffons friendly

    Jun 30, 10 • 2551 Views • General News • • Comments Off on Vodacom WP announce team for Griffons friendly

    Vodacom WP coach Allister Coetzee today announced his team to take on the Griffons in a SARU compulsory friendly in Welkom on Friday 2 July 2010. Kick-off is at 6pm. “We would like to ensure we maintain the positive momentum generated in this year’s Super...