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Apr 30, 15 •
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Comments Off on Emirates Lions team to play the Bulls
VODACOM SUPER RUGBY ROUND TWELVE: VODACOM BULLS VS EMIRATES LIONS Emirates Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has announced his team for Saturday’s clash with the Vodacom Bulls, taking place at Loftus Versfeld. In the only forward changes,...
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Apr 30, 15 •
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Comments Off on BULLS TRIO WITHDRAWN AFTER CAR ACCIDENT
Dean Greyling, Basil Short and Hencus van Wyk have been withdrawn from this weekend’s matches for the Bulls and Blue Bulls after suffering minor injuries in a car crash on Wednesday. Greyling (knee) and Van Wyk (scrape wounds) were due to play for the...
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Apr 30, 15 •
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Comments Off on St.George Queensland Reds lock in six promising youngsters ahead of 2016 season
St.George Queensland Reds have locked in six promising young players for the 2016 season and beyond. Sef Fa’agase (prop), Michael Gunn (loose forward), Adam Korczyk (loose forward) and Andrew Ready (hooker) have committed to the club for three years,...
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Apr 30, 15 •
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Comments Off on LOUWRENS MAKES STARTING DEBUT FOR THE FORCE AGAINST BLUES
Scrumhalf Ryan Louwrens will make his Asteron Life Super Rugby run-on debut when the Western Force takes on the Auckland Blues at Eden Park on Saturday (2 May). The 24-year-old Cottesloe half made an impressive tournament debut against the Chiefs...
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Apr 30, 15 •
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Comments Off on Crusaders team to play the Hurricanes
The Crusaders head to Wellington tomorrow for a clash against the top-of-the-table Hurricanes on Saturday night. Head Coach Todd Blackadder has made just two changes to the starting line-up that beat the Blues last weekend. Matt Todd...
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Apr 29, 15 •
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Comments Off on DOUBLE BOK BOOST FOR BULLS
Bulls stalwarts Victor Matfield and Jan Serfontein both returned to the training field this week as the team prepares for its Super Rugby derby clash against the Lions at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Matfield is back in action after a medical procedure on his...
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Apr 29, 15 •
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Comments Off on MORE REST LIKEY FOR RICHIE MCCAW
Photo: Anton Geyser All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw is “unlikely” to feature for the Crusaders in Saturday’s Super Rugby show down with the Hurricanes. The Crusaders flanker was concussed in his team’s 14-point win over the Blues in...
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Apr 26, 15 •
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Comments Off on Waratahs overcome Rebels in thriller
NSW Waratahs 18 – Melbourne Rebels 16 Asteron Life Super Rugby round 11 – ANZ Stadium, Sydney The NSW Waratahs have retained the Weary Dunlop Shield, overcoming the Melbourne Rebels in a nail-biting ANZAC Day encounter at ANZ Stadium. In torrid...
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Apr 24, 15 •
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Comments Off on IAN PRIOR RED CARD OFFENCE”
Duty Judicial Officer: Nigel Hampton QC Player: Ian PriorTeam: ForcePosition: ScrumhalfDate of Incident: 24 April 2015Nature of Offence: 10.4 (j) Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the...
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Apr 24, 15 •
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Comments Off on DEFIANT WESTERN FORCE EDGED OUT BY CHIEFS
The Western Force has fought back from a 22-point deficit to get to within striking distance of the Chiefs at Waikato Stadium tonight, before eventually succumbing 35-27 in a high-scoring encounter. After being reduced to 14 men in the 29th-minute...
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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments Off on DOM SHIPPERLEY RETURNS FROM INJURY
Rebels head coach Tony McGahan has re-introduced Sam Jeffries and Dom Shipperley into the squad, as he named his teams to face the Waratahs at ANZ Stadium on Saturday in a clash which will commemorate the centenary of the Anzac landing. Wallaby Shipperley...
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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments Off on HURRICANES HEAD TO BRISBANE
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd won’t be resting any All Blacks ahead of his team’s clash with the Reds in Brisbane this Sunday. Boyd has kept the line-up almost identical to that which faced the Waratahs last week, however, a calf injury to Nehe...
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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments Off on DAVE DENNIS SWITCHED TO NO. 8
Head coach Michael Cheika has made a number of changes to the Waratahs team to take on the Rebels at ANZ Stadium on Anzac Day. Captain Dave Dennis moves to the number eight role, while Wycliff Palu will start on the bench. Mitchell Chapman moves into his role...
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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments Off on Van Zyl in at nine for Vodacom Bulls
Springbok halfback Piet van Zyl will earn a third start for the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday when the Pretoria franchise play the DHL Stormers in Cape Town in a crucial Vodacom Super Rugby clash. Van Zyl, who started against the coastal side in the season’s...
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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments Off on Captain Vermeulen returns for Bulls clash
Springbok No.8 Duane Vermeulen is back from his two-week rest period and will lead the DHL Stormers in Saturday’s Vodacom Super Rugby North-South Derby against the Bulls at DHL Newlands (kick-off 19h10). Vermeulen missed the final two weeks of the DHL...
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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments Off on Emirate Lions name their team for Cheetahs clash
VODACOM SUPER RUGBY ROUND ELEVEN: EMIRATES LIONS VS TOYOTA CHEETAHS Emirates Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has announced his team for Saturday’s clash against the Toyota Cheetahs at Emirates Airline Park. Ackermann has made just three...
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Apr 23, 15 •
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Comments Off on COWAN BRINGS UP CENTURY AGAINST THE CHIEFS
Prop Pekahou Cowan will become the second player to play 100 Asteron Life Super Rugby matches for the Western Force when he runs out against the Chiefs at Waikato Stadium on Friday night. The 28-year-old loosehead was one of the inaugural members of...
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Apr 22, 15 •
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Comments Off on STORMERS LOSE VAN WYK
Hard-running Stormers wing Kobus van Wyk has been ruled out of action for six weeks, after picking up a patella injury against the Force last weekend. Van Wyk limped off the field in the 29th minute of Saturday’s hard-fought clash in Perth and he will...
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Apr 22, 15 •
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Comments Off on Cheetahs forced to a change ahead of Stormers clash
Change to the Toyota Cheetah team: Gouws Prinsloo will be replacing the injured Riaan Smit on the bench for this weekend’s clash against the Stormers. ...
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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments Off on MATT HODGSON JOINS FORCE TOUR OF NZ
Captain Matt Hodgson is set to make his return to Super Rugby after being named in the Force’s 25-man travelling squad for its two-match New Zealand tour. Hodgson sustained a hamstring injury in the Force’s final pre-season fixture against the Asia...
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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments Off on Five SA players crack Stats XV team
Five players from South African teams made it into the Vodacom Rugby App Stats XV team after the weekend’s Vodacom SupeRugby. Vodacom has created a formula that rates each player according to the stats on the Vodacom Rugby App that are important...
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Apr 21, 15 •
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Comments Off on Naka names his team to take on the Lions
Toyota Cheetahs vs Emirates Lions The Toyota Cheetah team to take on the Emirates Lions on Saturday, 25 April at 17:05 at the Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg has been announced. Changes to...
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Apr 20, 15 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls win small margins #FanUp
As the Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers open the gap at the top of the South African conference log, statistics show that the margins in Vodacom SupeRugby are smaller than the scoreboard may suggest. This is clear from the stats taken from the Vodacom Rugby App...
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Apr 19, 15 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers’ character shines through
DHL Stormers coach Allister Coetzee praised his team’s character after they finished their 2015 Vodacom Super Rugby tour with a gutsy 13-6 victory over the Force at Perth’s nib Stadium on Saturday. The DHL Stormers led by 10-6 at half-time, after...
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Apr 17, 15 •
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Comments Off on Super Rugby century congratulations for Jeremy Thrush
New Zealand Rugby and the Hurricanes are congratulating lock Jeremy Thrush who is set to bring up his century of Super Rugby games against the Waratahs in Wellington tomorrow, Saturday 18 April. Thrush...
