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Nov 5, 12 •
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Tournament favourites The Sharks and hosts, Blue Bulls, were crowned champions in the men’s and women’s section respectively at the 2012 SARU Interprovincial Sevens at Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday. The team from KwaZulu-Natal fielded a powerful team and...
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Nov 4, 12 •
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Comments Off on Springboks arrive in cold and wet Dublin
The Springboks arrived in a cold and wet Dublin on Sunday afternoon at the start of their Castle Outgoing Tour ahead of the first Test against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. The squad of 27 players left South Africa on Saturday evening and after a...
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Nov 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup attracts record TV audiences
The Absa Currie Cup season broke television broadcast records, the South African Rugby Union announced on Friday. An average of 525 000 viewers watched the 33 matches in the competition – an increase of 36% on the 2011 season average – according to data...
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Nov 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on New laws invite fast paced Rugby
Morgan Piek – The All Blacks will be using their Northern Tour to trial run the new IRB law regulations. The New Zealanders believe the new “shot-clock” ruck law would benefit them as the law intends to speed up the game. The new five...
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Nov 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on The Cheetahs welcome the 2,05m tall Lodewyk de Jager
Morgan Piek – After losing their forth lock to an overseas based club, the Free State Rugby Union and Toyota Cheetahs have been hit incredibly hard in the specialist position. For quite some time now the position has been an area of concern for the...
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Nov 2, 12 •
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Comments Off on Auckland Rugby donates $12,000 to the Middlemore Foundation
Auckland Rugby Captain Daniel Braid and player Joe Edwards were proud to present the Middlemore Foundation with a cheque for $12,747.90. The money was raised at the annual Auckland Rugby Charity Quiz last month and will be used to fund school based clinics in...
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Nov 1, 12 •
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Comments Off on Bryan Habana named SARU Player of the Year
Springbok winger Bryan Habana was on Thursday named South African Rugby Player of the Year for the third time, while DHL Western Province picked up a brace of awards as their Absa Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup success was recognised at a glittering ceremony at...
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Nov 1, 12 •
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Comments Off on End of Year Tour – Opportunity for Redemption
Morgan Piek – It’s that time of year again when the rugby starts winding down after yet another long season. With only the annual End of Year Tour remaining on the South African Rugby calendar, it’s time for our players to rest up for a little while...
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Nov 1, 12 •
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Comments Off on The Liam Williams Story
Fullback Liam Williams is putting everything he has into Wales’ gruelling training regime on their pre-Dove Men Series camp in Spala, Poland, this week in a bid to make his dreams come true for a second time this year. Williams made his international debut...
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Oct 31, 12 •
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Comments Off on Cell C sponsor Rugby’s Biggest Party – the NMB Sevens
Cell C are the new headline sponsor of The Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) announced on Wednesday. The cellular network provider will sponsor Rugby’s Biggest Party, the South African leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series, for...
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Oct 31, 12 •
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Comments Off on SARU Transformation Indaba delegates lead way
Sports Minister congratulates SARU for leading way Provincial delegates confirm commitment to transformation SARU Transformation Implementation Plan to be issued Rugby to measure progress in six areas The South African Rugby Union’s “watershed”...
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Oct 31, 12 •
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Comments Off on Hurricanes 2013 Super Rugby squad announced
Eight new Hurricanes have today been announced in the squad including two players that will make the step up from the 2012 wider training group. The new recruits include All Black Ben Franks, Wellington and New Zealand Under 20 representatives Matt Proctor...
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Oct 31, 12 •
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Comments Off on Highlanders 2013 Super Rugby squad announced
The Highlanders squad has a number of new faces and this will make for a very exciting season in 2013. The forward pack will be bolstered by the experience of Brad Thorn and Tony Woodcock who have played a combined total of 151 tests for the All Blacks and...
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Oct 31, 12 •
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Comments Off on Crusaders 2013 Super Rugby Squad announced
Crusaders Head Coach Todd Blackadder has named his squad to contest the 2013 Investec Super Rugby competition. It includes nine new faces and twenty three players returning from the 2012 Crusaders squad. Four of the new faces – Dominic Bird, Johnny...
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Oct 31, 12 •
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Comments Off on Blues 2013 Super Rugby Squad announced
This morning at Eden Park , Blues Head Coach Sir John Kirwan revealed his 2013 squad at a free breakfast event exclusively for members, sponsors and members of the media. Several past Auckland and Blues players such as Craig Innes and Joeli Vidiri were...
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Oct 30, 12 •
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Comments Off on Raymond Rhule: Superstar in the making
Morgan Piek – When a person thinks of a dream season, one has to look no further than Raymond Rhule of the Toyota Cheetahs. Just last year the nineteen year old from Bloemfontein was still playing his rugby at centre for his high school HTS Louis Botha....
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Oct 30, 12 •
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Comments Off on Sharks move in on UAE Rugby
UAE Rugby today announced a ground breaking development with world famous Super XV franchise The Sharks, based in Durban South Africa, to co operate in the management of three High Performance Academy programmes in the UAE commencing in January 2013. The...
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Oct 29, 12 •
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Comments Off on Kaizer Chiefs to field rugby team at 7s PL tournament in George
Both mainstream sporting codes in South Africa will be on show together for the first time, when a rugby team wearing the kit of South African soccer giants Kaizer Chiefs participates in a tournament based on a T20 Cricket format. The occasion is the...
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Oct 28, 12 •
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Comments Off on Bok squad announced for End of Year Tour
The Springboks will travel to the Northern Hemisphere next weekend with five uncapped players but without their all-time leading try-scorer and most experienced player, Bryan Habana. Habana was the latest key player to be added to a long injury list when he...
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Oct 28, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Review – The Final
DHL Western Province finally ended their 11-year Absa Currie Cup drought when they beat favourites the Sharks 25-18 at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban on Saturday to claim their first title since 2001. It was WP’s third win in four finals against the...
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Oct 28, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation series – Match 2 review
THE Toyota Free State Cheetahs made sure of their place in next year’s Absa Currie Cup Premier Division when they beat First Division champions the Eastern Province Kings 16-6 in Port Elizabeth on Friday night to register a clean sweep in their...
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Oct 28, 12 •
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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...
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Oct 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Preview – The Final
The Sharks will be looking to win the Absa Currie Cup for the third time in five seasons on Saturday when they host DHL Western Province at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban (kick-off 17h00). WP, meanwhile, will look to end an 11-year title drought, having last...
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Oct 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on DHL Western Province U21 for Final against the Blue Bulls
DHL Western Province Under-21 coach John Dobson has announced his team for Saturday’s 2012 Absa Under-21 Final against the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Durban (kick-off 14h00). The WP Under-21 boss has made just one change – at lock – to the...
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Oct 25, 12 •
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Comments Off on ABSA Currie Cup Promotion-Relegation Preview – Match 2
The Eastern Province Kings face their biggest challenge in many years in Port Elizabeth on Friday night when they host the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in the second leg of their Absa Currie Cup promotion-relegation series. The Kings will be attempting the...
