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Sep 12, 12 •
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Comments Off on Van der Merwe and Louw to start for Springboks in Dunedin
The Springbok team that will face New Zealand in the fourth Test in The Castle Rugby Championship in Dunedin on Saturday shows two changes from the side that played Australia last weekend. Both changes are in the forwards, where lock Flip van der Merwe...
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Sep 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on FRSU Statement on assault incident
Free State Rugby learned late Sunday afternoon that an incident occurred on suit level after the Absa Currie Cup match. An investigation was immediately launched to gain all the facts. The incident which occurred an hour after the final whistle blew appears...
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Sep 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on GLRU statement on the departure of Josh Strauss
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced this afternoon that Josh Strauss, the Glasgow Warriors rugby club in Scotland and the Lions concluded an agreement whereby Josh will move to the Glasgow Warriors until May 2015. President of the Lions, Mr. de Klerk...
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Sep 11, 12 •
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Comments Off on Malberbe called up to Springbok squad
DHL Western Province prop Frans Malherbe has been called up to the Springbok squad currently preparing for their fourth Test in The Castle Rugby Championship in New Zealand. The 21-year-old Malherbe trained with the Springboks in June during the England...
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Sep 10, 12 •
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Comments Off on SA Sevens tournament moves to weekend format
The Nelson Mandela Bay South African Sevens Tournament has moved to a weekend format at the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth due to popular demand, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) confirmed on Monday. The tournament, which is the third...
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Sep 10, 12 •
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Comments Off on Tickets for Springboks’ Soccer City return go on sale for R250
Tickets costing just R250 for the Springboks’ final match of The Castle Rugby Championship, against New Zealand at Soccer City on October 6, go on sale in Soweto outlets at 08h00 tomorrow (Tuesday, September 11). The South African Rugby Union (SARU)...
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Sep 10, 12 •
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Comments Off on All Black Tony Woodcock signs with The Highlanders
World Cup winning All Black, Tony Woodcock, has today signed with the Highlanders for a two-year period and will join the franchise for the 2013 Investec Super Rugby competition. 31 year old Woodcock was born in Helensville, and made his 1st class debut for...
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Sep 9, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Round 5
DHL Western Province moved to top of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division standings at the halfway stage of the six-team competition after a come-from-behind 29-22 win over the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday enabled the Cape side to...
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Sep 9, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 11
The Griffons all but ended the reign of the Regent Boland Kavaliers as Absa Currie Cup First Division champions after a 54-37 victory in Welkom on Saturday that leaves the Cape side 13 points adrift of the play-off zone with just three rounds remaining of the...
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Sep 8, 12 •
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Comments Off on Eben Etzebeth Cited for headbutt
Eben Etzebeth Cited following match between Australia and South Africa in The Rugby Championship Eben Etzebeth of South Africa has been cited for alleged foul play during the match at the weekend between Australia and South Africa in The Rugby Championship....
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Sep 6, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Preview – Round 11
The fifth-placed SWD Eagles will look to keep their Absa Currie Cup First Division play-off hopes alive when they host the team just above them on the log, the Leopards, in a crucial Round 11 tie at Outeniqua Park in George on Friday night. With four...
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Sep 6, 12 •
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Comments Off on The Rugby Championship Round Three Preview – All Blacks vs Pumas
New Zealand versus Argentina at Westpac Stadium, Wellington The World Champion All Blacks will take on Argentina, competition debutants and third place winners at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, in round three of The Rugby Championship – and first Championship...
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Sep 6, 12 •
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Comments Off on The Rugby Championship Round Three Preview – Wallabies vs. Springboks
Australia versus South Africa at Patersons Stadium, Perth The Wallabies will be searching for their first win in The Rugby Championship, while the Springboks will look to record their second win of the tournament in their first match against a traditional...
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Sep 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Toyota FS Cheetahs U19 & U21to face the Sharks U19 & U21
Toyota Free State Cheetahs u.21 vs Sharks u.21 Absa Currie Cup Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 16:45 Niel Marais 15 Jaco Van Tonder Maphuta Dolo 14 Piet Lindeque Hanro Louw 13 Wandile Mjekevu Stephan Van Der Merwe 12 Heimar Williams (c) JJ de Klerk 11...
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Sep 5, 12 •
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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...
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Sep 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Nic Groom starts ahead of Schreuder against the Cheetahs
DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein (19h10). Coetzee has made just three changes – two of them injury-enforced – to...
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Sep 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Heinrich Brüssow back for the Cheetahs against Province
Morgan Piek – Naka Drotské has been forced to make changes to his side that narrowly lost against the Sharks in Durban last weekend. Most notably is the return of Heinrich Brüssow, who starts at flank for the Toyota Free State Cheetahs. The Springbok...
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Sep 5, 12 •
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Comments Off on Boks named to face the Wallabies in Perth
DHL Western Province No 8 Duane Vermeulen will make his Springbok debut against Australia in Perth on Saturday, in South Africa’s third Test in The Castle Rugby Championship for 2012. Furthermore, Toyota Free State Cheetahs flyhalf Johan Goosen has been...
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Sep 4, 12 •
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Comments Off on What do the stats tell us? – Australia vs South Africa
Overall for this time There seems to be no real consistency in the stats for both teams in 2012. It pretty clear that the team that get to play the game plan they will win. This will be more critical for the Wallabies than the Springboks. What I’ve...
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Sep 4, 12 •
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Comments Off on Toyota Free State Cheetahs vs DHL Western Province – Bloem set for a humdinger
Morgan Piek – This coming weekend arguably one of the biggest matches of the 2012 ABSA Currie Cup season will be taking place in Bloemfontein. The men from Cape Town, DHL Western Province will be travelling to the Free State to take on the Toyota Free...
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Sep 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on Western Province win SARU Amateur Provincial Week
Western Province are the SARU Amateur Provincial Competition South champions after beating hosts SWD 58-20 in the final played in Oudtshoorn on Friday. WP’s successful defence of their title comes a week after the Golden Lions beat hosts the Leopards...
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Sep 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup First Division Review – Round 10
THE unbeaten Eastern Province Kings kept their closest challengers the Ford Pumas at arm’s length at the top of the ABSA Currie Cup First Division standings after a 45-24 victory over the Valke in Port Elizabeth on Friday. With four rounds remaining of...
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Sep 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on Springboks arrive in Perth
The Springboks have arrived in Perth ahead of their third Test in The Castle Rugby Championship, on Saturday against Australia at Paterson’s Stadium. The 27-man squad left South Africa late on Saturday evening (SA time) and arrived in the Western Australian...
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Sep 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – Round 4
The Sharks broke away from the chasing pack on a dramatic weekend of Absa Currie Cup Premier Division action, while there were also memorable wins for DHL Western Province and GWK Griquas in Round 4 of the six-team competition. The Sharks came from behind to...
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Aug 31, 12 •
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Comments Off on Legendary All Blacks captain "Jock Hobbs" kicked off Los Pumas rivalry
Flanker Jock Hobbs first New Zealand captain to tour Argentina When Los Pumas touch down in Wellington for their clash against the All Blacks in The Rugby Championship next weekend, it will recommence what is becoming a celebrated rivalry – but the...
