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Sep 5, 19 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions Currie Cup final
The Xerox Golden Lions team to play the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup final, brought to you by DirectAxis, shows one change from last week with Sti Sithole losing out due to a torn calf muscle sustained during training on Thursday. Dylan Smith...
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Sep 4, 19 •
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Comments Off on Lions go blue for final
The Xerox Golden Lions will run out in their 22nd Currie Cup final when they face the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday and will do so in the not so unfamiliar royal blue jersey to commemorate 130 years of domestic rugby. It might sound...
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Aug 31, 19 •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup final to play out in Bloemfontein
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will host the Xerox Golden Lions in the Currie Cup final – sponsored by DirectAxis Financial Services – at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein at 17h00 on Saturday, 7 September after they defeated the Cell C Sharks and Tafel...
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Aug 29, 19 •
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Comments Off on All or nothing as Currie Cup reaches semi-final stage
It will be a case of all or nothing for the four teams in the Currie Cup semi-finals on Saturday, with final berths at stake and an invaluable home final for the one of the teams. The Xerox Golden Lions and Tafel Lager Griquas will meet in the first...
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Aug 29, 19 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions vs Tafel Lager Griquas Currie Cup Semi-Final
The Xerox Golden Lions coaching staff picked an unchanged side for the Currie Cup semi-final against the Tafel Lager Griquas at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday. Captain Ross Cronje and Marnus Schoeman both celebrate their 70th caps in Currie Cup. Cronje...
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Aug 25, 19 •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup semi-finals head to Bloemfontein and Johannesburg
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs will host the Cell C Sharks in Bloemfontein, and the Xerox Golden Lions will meet Tafel Lager Griquas in Johannesburg, in the Currie Cup semi-finals next Saturday after the pool stages came to a dramatic close earlier today. The...
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Aug 22, 19 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions vs Tafel Lager Griquas
The Xerox Golden Lions welcomes back Springbok Marvin Orie for the vital clash against the Tafel Lager Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday. Cyle Brink will make his first start for the Lions in the Currie Cup season after a lengthy lay-off due to a broken wrist...
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Aug 16, 19 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions vs Cell C Sharks
Frans van Wyk will make his debut for the Xerox Golden Lions when they host the Cell C Sharks at Emirates Airline Park on Sunday. Kick-off is at 14:00. Manni Rass will start in mid-field as centre partner to Wandisile Simelane. Cyle Brink has recovered from a...
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Aug 8, 19 •
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Comments Off on Lions change 3 for Bulls clash
The Xerox Golden Lions team to host the Vodacom Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday shows three changes from last weekend. Eddie Fouche comes in for the injured Jan-Louis la Grange (concussion) at centre, lock Reinhard Nothnagel...
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Jul 30, 19 •
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Comments Off on XEROX GOLDEN LIONS VS TOYOTA FREE STATE CHEETAHS
The Xerox Golden Lions will face log leaders, the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday evening. The Cheetahs sport an impressive 70 points difference on the Currie Cup log while the young Lions side currently reside in third spot after their...
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Jul 25, 19 •
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Comments Off on Orie back for WP clash
The Xerox Golden Lions team to travel to Cape Town this weekend to face DHL Western Province welcomes back their Springbok Marvin Orie. The Lions boast a new lock pairing of Orie and Ruben Schoeman. Orie was in action against the Wallabies at Emirates Airline...
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Jul 11, 19 •
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Comments Off on #Reloaded Currie Cup ready for lift off this weekend
The #Reloaded Currie Cup will kick off in dramatic fashion this weekend as six of the seven participating teams take to the field in the first of nine action-packed weekends of rugby, with the north-south derby between DHL Western Province and the Vodacom...
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Jun 28, 19 •
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Comments Off on Van Rooyen back at CC helm/Skosan puts pen to paper
Consistency was the key in the Lions Rugby Company’s appointment of the Coach of the Xerox Golden Lions for the 2019 DirectAxis Currie Cup season. Ivan van Rooyen will retain the role of head coach of the Xerox Golden Lions after they just missed out on a...
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Jun 27, 19 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions Under 21 vs Cell C Sharks
Herewith the Xerox Golden Lions Under 21 side to face the Cell C Sharks Under 21s in Durban on Saturday: 1. Nathan McBeth 2. PJ Botha...
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May 6, 19 •
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Comments Off on Big guns flex their muscles in SuperSport Rugby Challenge
All the usual suspects delivered strong performances in week two of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge with the Vodacom Blue Bulls and Xerox Golden Lions posting the biggest scores of the weekend. The Pretoria side had too much on offer for the Windhoek Draught...
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Apr 2, 19 •
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Comments Off on Emirates Lions vs Cell C Sharks
Swys de Bruin commits for further two years Rudolf Straeuli, CEO of the Lions Rugby Company, can confirm that Emirates Lions coach Swys de Bruin has committed to the LRC for another two years. “Swys (de Bruin) will remain at the Lions and has extended his...
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Oct 29, 18 •
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Comments Off on Lions victorious U/21 Coach gets full-time call-up to Junior Boks
Bafana Nhleko, head coach of the victorious Xerox Golden Lions Under 21 side that won the SA Under 21 Championship at Newlands on Saturday, will join the SA Rugby coaching ranks as assistant coach to the Junior Springboks. The Cubs beat the Vodacom Blue Bulls...
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Oct 25, 18 •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup set for thrilling finale in Cape Town
The Currie Cup will reach a thrilling conclusion in Cape Town on Saturday when the unbeaten DHL Western Province will set their sights on a fairy-tale finish to the season against a Cell C Sharks side determined to avenge defeat in last year’s final. The...
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Oct 25, 18 •
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Comments Off on Team Annoucement Xerox Golden Lions Under 21 for final
Xerox Golden Lions Under 21 team to face the Vodacom Blue Bulls in the final of the Under 21 Championship at Newlands on Saturday. Kick-off is at 12:55. Leo Kruger HP van Schoor © Chergin Fillies Darrien-lane Landsberg Ruan Vermaak Dian Schoonees...
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Oct 23, 18 •
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Comments Off on Peyer to referee fourth Currie Cup Final
Jaco Peyper will referee his fourth Currie Cup Final in seven seasons when DHL Western Province host the Cell C Sharks at DHL Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday at 16h00. Saturday’s final match of the season in the Currie Cup Premier Division – sponsored...
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Oct 21, 18 •
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Comments Off on DHL WP to host Cell C Sharks in Currie Cup Final
It took 100 minutes of high drama at DHL Newlands, but DHL Western Province ultimately clinched home-ground advantage and will host the Cell C Sharks in the Currie Cup Final in Cape Town next weekend after the coastal sides beat their Gauteng rivals in two...
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Oct 19, 18 •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup set for big momentum shift
The momentum of the Currie Cup – sponsored by DirectAxis Financial Services and Nashua – will change significantly on Saturday as the teams make the switch from qualifying mode to final mode as they take to the field in the Premier Division semi-finals....
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Oct 18, 18 •
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Comments Off on Big semi-final weekend for Xerox Golden Lions
Springboks Elton Jantjies, Aphiwe Dyantyi and Warren Whiteley have been included in the Xerox Golden Lions team to face the Cell C Sharks in the Currie Cup semi-final at Jonsson Kingspark in Durban on Saturday. All three Xerox Golden Lions teams will be in...
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Oct 11, 18 •
1972 Views •
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Comments Off on Currie Cup semi-final scramble reaches fever pitch
The scramble for play-off spots and the remaining home semi-final will reach fever pitch this weekend as the pool stages of the Currie Cup comes to a dramatic conclusion in the presence of several returning Springboks. Defending champions, DHL Western...
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Oct 9, 18 •
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Comments Off on Xerox Golden Lions vs iCollege Pumas:
Scrumhalf Nic Groom will lead the Xerox Golden Lions for the first time since joining the Johannesburg side when they take on the iCollege Pumas in a Currie Cup game in Nelspruit on Friday night. The Lions team welcomed back their Springboks, two of whom will...
