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Jun 30, 12 •
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Comments Off on Bulls too good for Cheetahs
The Vodacom Bulls ran in six tries to the four of the Toyota Cheetahs to claim a 40 – 24 victory during their Super Rugby match at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The Bulls were leading 26 – 0 at half time thanks to a flood of tries by captain Pierre Spies...
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Jun 29, 12 •
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Comments Off on Expansion of TMO powers to be trialled in Absa Currie Cup
Proposals to extend the powers of television match officials (TMOs) will be trialled in this year’s Absa Currie Cup, which kicks off later on Friday with the first of four matches in the new, eight-team Absa First Division. The trials will, amongst...
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Jun 28, 12 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Super Rugby Preview – Round 16
Milestones beckon and winning streaks are on the line as Vodacom Super Rugby resumes after the June Test break. Two South African derbies are on the cards – in Cape Town the DHL Stormers host the MTN Lions, while the Toyota Cheetahs travel to Pretoria to...
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Jun 28, 12 •
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Comments Off on Expanded Absa Currie Cup First Division all set for kick-off
THE first match of the new-look Absa Currie Cup First Division will kick off at Boland Stadium in Wellington on Friday when defending champions the Regent Boland Kavaliers host the Eastern Province Kings in a repeat of last year’s final (kick-off...
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Jun 28, 12 •
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Comments Off on Greatness beckons at Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week
It may just be lucky timing, but no co-incidence that Jan Serfontein, the IRB Junior Player of the Year 2012 at the recent IRB Junior World Championship in Cape Town, was playing in the Under-18 Coca-Cola Craven Week a just year ago. Lightning also struck...
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Jun 28, 12 •
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Comments Off on Highlanders named to play the Chiefs in Dunedin
Highlanders’ Head Coach, Jamie Joseph, has named his team to play the Chiefs at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin tomorrow morning at 9:35am CAT. He has made five changes to the run-on team that played the Crusaders at AMI Stadium a month ago. Four...
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Jun 28, 12 •
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Comments Off on Hurricanes game a special occasion for Crusaders
Saturday night’s match against the Hurricanes is this season’s biggest game yet for the Crusaders according to Head Coach Todd Blackadder. The Crusaders will take on the Hurricanes at their new home ground, AMI Stadium (Addington) in the sixteenth round...
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Jun 27, 12 •
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Comments Off on Christchurch teens ‘kicking-it’ with Crusaders heroes
Rising young rugby stars from Springston and Wainoni enjoyed ‘kicking-it’ with their Crusaders heroes Owen Franks, Willi Heinz and Wyatt Crockett at an action-packed training session yesterday. The Crusaders players ran footy practice for two local rugby...
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Jun 27, 12 •
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Comments Off on Marcel van der Merwe set to make Super Rugby debut
Morgan Piek – Marcel van der Merwe is set to make his long awaited Super Rugby debut this coming weekend when the Toyota Cheetahs face-off against the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld. The bullish prop comes in at tighthead as cover for the injured...
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Jun 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on Lapasset Praises Exceptional IRB Junior World Championship 2012
International Rugby Board Chairman Bernard Lapasset has hailed the IRB Junior World Championship 2012 as a ‘huge success’, and has thanked the South African Rugby Union and the people of Cape Town for the way they embraced the showcase age grade...
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Jun 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on One-on-one with Paul Jordaan
Paul Jordaan, the exciting Sharks utility back has finally got the chance to hit the lime light, and that he most certainly did. The young former Grey College scholar has been shinning on the International Seven circuit for the past few years; however, many...
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Jun 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on Three players recommit to Chiefs
Three current players have showed their commitment to the Chiefs by re-signing with the franchise until the end of 2014. The three players are midfield back Jackson Willison and wider training group members, halfback Augustine Pulu and prop Josh Hohneck....
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Jun 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on Daiken Customwood Day of the Sword is coming
Get ready to brandish your sword in support of the Crusaders – Daiken Customwood Day of the Sword is coming! The next two home games for the Crusaders – against the Hurricanes this Saturday night and against the Western Force on 14 July – will see 3000...
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Jun 24, 12 •
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Comments Off on Q & A with Wallaby Mike Harris
Mike Harris, the New Zealand born Queensland Reds flyhalf/ centre started the 2012 Super Rugby season off with a bang with both the boot and his outstanding backline play. Harris equalled the long time Queensland Reds record of nine successive kicks on goal...
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Jun 22, 12 •
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Comments Off on Liam Gill Interview
Q: The tournament didn’t turn out as you may have hoped. What have you and the boys gotten out of the competition as a whole? A: Well we came in as a young team, a lot of the boys fresh out of school. There’s such a massive rugby culture here in...
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Jun 21, 12 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women return to action against visiting Nomads
The Springbok Women’s team will play their first match on South African soil in almost four years when they kick off a two-match series against a vastly experienced Nomads international invitation side in Cape Town on Saturday. Both matches will take...
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Jun 21, 12 •
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Comments Off on Liebenberg back as captain for JWC Final clash
Junior Springboks coach Dawie Theron made two injury-enforced changes to his starting team that will play New Zealand in the final of the IRB Junior World Championship 2012 at DHL Newlands Rugby Stadium on Friday and also included fit-again captain Wiaan...
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Jun 21, 12 •
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Comments Off on England ring the changes ahead of Port Elizabeth
Morgan Piek – Dylan Hartley will lead the English against the Springboks in the final test of their three match tour to South Africa. Their touring captain Chris Robshaw picked up a tour ending injury against the Springboks in Johannesburg last...
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Jun 21, 12 •
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Comments Off on Wales unchanged for final challenge down under
Wales field an unchanged side for the third Test of their Australian tour at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday (kick-off 3.05pm local time). The same starting XV which led the Wallabies for the majority of the match in Melbourne last weekend –...
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Jun 21, 12 •
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Comments Off on Metropolitan Health sponsors the Stormers and WP Rugby Medical Support Team
The Stormers and Western Province Rugby have announced Metropolitan Health as sponsor of their Medical Support Team. As their preferred medical health administrator, all contracted Stormers and WP rugby players, as well as the staff of WP Rugby, will be...
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Jun 20, 12 •
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Comments Off on Pierre Spies to play 50th Springbok Test
Pierre Spies will play in his 50th Test for South Africa when they take on England at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Spies was included in a starting 15 that shows three changes from the one that beat England in the second Test...
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Jun 20, 12 •
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Comments Off on Jean de Villiers named Springbok captain for 2012
Jean de Villiers has been appointed as Springbok captain for the remainder of the 2012 season, Bok coach Heyneke Meyer announced in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday. De Villiers was appointed the 54th Springbok captain before the international season started, but...
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Jun 19, 12 •
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Comments Off on Andrew Van der Heijden called into Blues squad
Andrew Van der Heijden has been called into the Blues squad to provide cover at lock for their last two remaining games. With Anthony Boric and Ali Williams both sidelined with injuries and Filo Paulo suspended until the end of the season, Blues head coach...
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Jun 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on SA Barbarians make one change
The South African Barbarians have made one injury-enforced change to their line-up for Tuesday’s Castle Incoming Tour match against England at Profert Olen Park in Potchefstroom (kick off 19h10). Replacement scrumhalf Johann Laker injured a shoulder playing...
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Jun 18, 12 •
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Comments Off on Joe Pietersen called up to Springbok squad
DHL Western Province fullback Joe Pietersen has been called up to the Springbok squad in Port Elizabeth following the non-availability for Saturday’s third and final Castle Incoming Tour Test against England. Pietersen will join the squad later on Monday as...
