Posts Tagged ‘Wallabies’

• SANZAR announces online viewing for The Rugby Championship

  Aug 16, 12 • 2248 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on SANZAR announces online viewing for The Rugby Championship

  SANZAR today wishes to remind fans of a new service that allows viewers in countries where there is no television broadcast agreement in place to watch The Rugby Championship for 2012. The new service will allow viewers from many countries, especially in...

• Frans Steyn to play in 50th Springbok Test

  Aug 15, 12 • 5149 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on Frans Steyn to play in 50th Springbok Test

  Springbok centre Frans Steyn will on Saturday play in his 50th Test for South Africa when they take on Argentina in the opening round of The Castle Rugby Championship at DHL Newlands in Cape Town. The 25-year-old Steyn, who made his Test debut against Ireland...

• Pumas side selected to face the Boks in Cape Town

  Aug 14, 12 • 2663 Views • General News, International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on Pumas side selected to face the Boks in Cape Town

  Morgan Piek – The Argentine Rugby community is a buzz with excitement in anticipation to making their bow in the Southern Hemispheres premier International Rugby competition. Speaking to sources in Argentina these sentiments have been confirmed numerous...

• The Castle Lager Rugby Championship trophy to make debut appearance at DHL Newlands

  Aug 9, 12 • 4448 Views • General News, International, Springbok News, Springboks • admin • Comments Off on The Castle Lager Rugby Championship trophy to make debut appearance at DHL Newlands

  The new trophy – unveiled for the first time by SANZAR on Thursday – is being flown into Cape Town to celebrate the ground-breaking arrival of the Pumas into the former Tri-Nations competition. The Castle Lager Rugby Championship trophy weighs 5kg, stands...

• 10 Day Countdown begins to The Rugby Championship

  Aug 9, 12 • 3191 Views • International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • nelio@15.co.za • Comments Off on 10 Day Countdown begins to The Rugby Championship

  First, second, third and eighth ranked nations in world rugby participating On 18 August 2012 rugby history will have an exciting new chapter added with the first matches in the inaugural year of The Rugby Championship, the evolution of a Tri-Nations...

• Q & A with Wallaby Mike Harris

  Jun 24, 12 • 3335 Views • General News, International, National, Super Rugby, Super Rugby News • admin • 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...

• Wales unchanged for final challenge down under

  Jun 21, 12 • 1928 Views • General News, International, National, World Rugby • admin • 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 –...

• Wales named for Melbourne test

  Jun 14, 12 • 1903 Views • General News, International, National • admin • Comments Off on Wales named for Melbourne test

  Wales coach Rob Howley has made four changes to his side for the second clash of the three Test summer tour of Australia to be played under the closed roof of the Etihad Stadium, Melbourne on Saturday (Kick-off 8.00pm,local time). Up front Scarlets hooker...

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  Qantas Wallabies team to play Wales for James Bevan Trophy named

  Dec 1, 11 • 2621 Views • General News, International, Six Nations, Six Nations News, World Rugby • admin • Comments Off on Qantas Wallabies team to play Wales for James Bevan Trophy named

  Twenty-one-year-old James O’Connor will start his maiden Test as a fly half after today being named in the number 10 jersey as the Qantas Wallabies combination for Saturday’s James Bevan Trophy Test against Wales in Cardiff was announced. The selection...

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  Gary Speed to be honoured by a minute of silence at the Millennium

  Nov 30, 11 • 2206 Views • International, National, Six Nations, Six Nations News, World Rugby • admin • Comments Off on Gary Speed to be honoured by a minute of silence at the Millennium

  A minute’s silence will be held in the Millennium Stadium before the Dove Men Challenge, Wales versus Australia rugby international on Saturday as a tribute to Gary Speed who died tragically at the weekend. More than 60,000 fans will be asked to show their...

• Springboks meet Pumas in “The Castle Rugby Championship”

  Nov 8, 11 • 2638 Views • General News, International, National, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on Springboks meet Pumas in “The Castle Rugby Championship”

  The Springboks will kick off against the Pumas when the all-new “The Castle Rugby Championship” launches in 2012 – the exciting and ground-breaking replacement for the Tri-Nations series, SANZAR announced on Tuesday. An agreement confirming...

• '87 vs '11 – History repeating itself?

  Oct 17, 11 • 2788 Views • Fixtures, General News, International, National, Rugby World Cup News, RWC 2011, World Rugby • admin • Comments Off on '87 vs '11 – History repeating itself?

  Morgan Piek A week on from the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, the semis were played this past weekend and the finalists have been decided. The hosts, New Zealand as expected made the last round of the tournament, along with the total outsiders,...

• Wallabies select strongest team for clash with Boks

  Oct 7, 11 • 4498 Views • International, National, Rugby World Cup News, RWC 2011, Springbok News, Springboks • James Loretz • Comments Off on Wallabies select strongest team for clash with Boks

  Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has named his team to do battle with the Springboks in the third quarter-final of the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup. Deans named his strongest possible team with star-players like Kurtley Beale, Digby Ioane and Pat McCabe all returning...

• Boks team announced to face Australia in RWC Quarter Final

  Oct 5, 11 • 5411 Views • International, National, Rugby World Cup News, RWC 2011, Springbok News, Springboks • James Loretz • Comments Off on Boks team announced to face Australia in RWC Quarter Final

  South Africa on Thursday in New Zealand named the most experienced team in Springbok history for their Rugby World Cup 2011 quarterfinal against Australia in Wellington on Sunday.   Coach Peter de Villiers made three changes to the team that started against...

• England and Australia RWC 2011 teams to visit Christchurch

  Aug 24, 11 • 2325 Views • International, National, World Rugby • admin • Comments Off on England and Australia RWC 2011 teams to visit Christchurch

  Tournament organiser Rugby New Zealand 2011 today welcomed the decision of the England and Australian Rugby World Cup 2011 teams to include Christchurch in their Tournament itineraries. “Both teams were due to play matches in Christchurch, but the...

• Bok team to face the Wallabies in Durban

  Aug 11, 11 • 3144 Views • International, National, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments Off on Bok team to face the Wallabies in Durban

  Fourie du Preez and Heinrich Brüssow will return to the Springbok starting line-up for the first time in 21 months, following the announcement of the team to meet Australia in a Castle Tri-Nations Series Test at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban on Saturday....

• Wallabies change two for clash with Boks

  Aug 11, 11 • 3456 Views • International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • James Loretz • Comments Off on Wallabies change two for clash with Boks

  Australia coach Robbie Deans has made two changes to his starting XV to face the Springboks at Mr Price Kings Park in Durban on Saturday. Nathan Sharpe makes his return to the squad for the injured Rob Simmons while Scott Higginbotham gets the nod ahead of...

• Springbok team to face Wallabies named on Thursday

  Aug 9, 11 • 2510 Views • International, National, Rugby Championship News, Springbok News, Springboks, The Rugby Championship • admin • Comments 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...

• Wallabies to face the Springboks

  Jul 20, 11 • 5530 Views • Australian Rugby Championship, International, National, World Rugby • admin • Comments 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...

• 15 Reds players named in 40 man squad for Australia's Wallabies for the Tri-Nations

  Jul 10, 11 • 2039 Views • International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • nelio@15.co.za • Comments Off on 15 Reds players named in 40 man squad for Australia's Wallabies for the Tri-Nations

  15 Reds players named in 40 man squad for Australia’s Wallabies for the Tri-Nations & the test against Samoa. Wallabies coach Robbie Deans, reduce his squad by another 10 players to a total of 30 players to represent Australia in the 2011 IRB Rugby...

• Springbok team announced

  Aug 24, 10 • 3415 Views • International, Rugby Championship News, The Rugby Championship • James Loretz • Comments Off on Springbok team announced

  Springbok coach Peter de Villiers announced his team for their penultimate Tri-Nations Test against the Wallabies at Loftus in Pretoria on 28 August 2010 at 17h00. Frans Steyn makes a welcome return to the squad while Gio Aplon drops out of the match 22....