Posts Tagged ‘Rugby15’

  • Toyota FS Cheetahs to face MTN Lions

    Aug 10, 11 • 2533 Views • General News, NationalComments 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...

  • Springbok team to face Wallabies named on Thursday

    Aug 9, 11 • 2509 Views • International, National, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby ChampionshipComments Off on Springbok team to face Wallabies named on Thursday

    The Springbok team for this weekend’s Castle Tri-Nations Test against Australia in Durban will now be named on Thursday. The scheduled naming was postponed on Tuesday due to a number of injury and illness concerns among the loose forwards. Pierre Spies...

  • Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 4

    Aug 8, 11 • 2329 Views • Currie Cup Results, General News, NationalComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Review – Week 4

    The MTN Golden Lions are the only unbeaten team left in the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division following their victory at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday and defeats to The Sharks and DHL Western Province earlier during the weekend. GWK Griquas repeated their feat...

  • Sarel to play Currie Cup for the FS Cheetahs.

    Aug 4, 11 • 2156 Views • General News, International, NationalComments 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...

  • Huget expelled from French Rugby World Cup Squad.

    Aug 4, 11 • 2935 Views • International, National, Six Nations, Six Nations News, World RugbyComments Off on Huget expelled from French Rugby World Cup Squad.

    MARCOUSSIS, France — Yoann Huget was expelled from the French World Cup rugby union squad on Thursday for not observing the anti-doping rules announced French Rugby Federation (FFR) president Pierre Camou. Camou revealed at a news conference that the French...

  • Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 4

    Aug 4, 11 • 2148 Views • General News, NationalComments 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 Preview – Week 3

    Jul 28, 11 • 2343 Views • General News, NationalComments 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...

  • National Club Rugby Round-up – Welkom Rovers eye Bethlehem’s crown

    Jul 27, 11 • 5965 Views • Club Rugby, General News, National, Varsity & ClubComments Off on National Club Rugby Round-up – Welkom Rovers eye Bethlehem’s crown

    Welkom Rovers – one of the most successful clubs in Griffons rugby – are just two matches away from returning to the National Club Championships after the Northern Free State side shrugged off a number of challenges to finish top of the province’s First...

  • Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 2

    Jul 21, 11 • 2264 Views • General News, NationalComments Off on Absa Currie Cup Preview – Week 2

    The two most successful Absa Currie Cup sides from the last decade, the Vodacom Blue Bulls and the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, square off in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon. These two sides have won or shared the Absa Currie Cup no less than seven times in the...

  • Wallabies to face the Springboks

    Jul 20, 11 • 5527 Views • Australian Rugby Championship, International, National, World RugbyComments Off on Wallabies to face the Springboks

    The response had been swift and predictable – under-siege Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has reacted to last weekend’s galling defeat to Samoa by making a raft for changes for the Tri-Nations opener against South Africa in Sydney on Saturday. As the...

  • Springbok Captains

    Jul 1, 11 • 4694 Views • Springbok Hall of Fame, Springbok News, SpringboksComments Off on Springbok Captains

    Name, Postition, Province, Tests as captain, (Total tests), Match in which the player debuted as Captain 1 HH Castens – Prop, Western Province 1 (1) 1891 British Isles 1st test 2 RCD Snedden – Prop, Griqualand West 1 (1) 1891 British Isles 2nd...