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This week it has been something of a mutual admiration society between the coaches of the Sharks and Stormers but nobody is under any illusion that it will be all-out war at Newlands come 5.15pm this evening. In the best traditions of derbies between the sides, Gary Gold and Robbie Fleck have been talking up... Continue Reading →
Sharks players that are suspended from rugby because of foul play will now be docked their wages. This was the no-nonsense resolution passed at a meeting of the Board of the Sharks Directors at Kings Park yesterday. The notorious disciplinary record of the Sharks in Super Rugby this year - three red cards and three... Continue Reading →
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) announced on Friday that the SA leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series would be moving to Cape Town for four years from December. The Cape Town Sevens will join a host of new and iconic venues on the Series circuit – which has already added Sydney and Vancouver... Continue Reading →
Retribution indeed. Moral of the story? Don't make the All Blacks' forwards angry. They will bite back. Seven days is a long time in sport - an even longer time to stew on a poor performance. Very rarely do you see the All Blacks miss their lofty standards by such a margin as they did... Continue Reading →
Fresh off completing an unbeaten Rugby Championship campaign, the All Blacks are a good shot of moving well past Lithuania's world record of 18 consecutive test victories. And think the closest anyone has come to beating the All Blacks this international season was Ireland in the second test in Christchurch; the same Irish team that... Continue Reading →
DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has brought back all his Springboks for Saturday's must-win Absa Currie Cup clash against the Toyota Free State Cheetahs at DHL Newlands (17h05). Coetzee has made eight changes to his starting line-up from last weekend's clash in Pretoria with the introduction of DHL WP’s seven Castle Rugby Championship... Continue Reading →
The All Blacks arrive in Soweto as The Rugby Championship champions, but it is somewhat fitting that with the ultimate symbol of Southern Hemisphere Rugby supremacy in hand, New Zealand still need to play the one team in the one country that has been their greatest rival. Indeed, it was not until 1996 that the... Continue Reading →
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has challenged Hosea Gear to rise in the cauldron of Soweto on Sunday. Gear is the most notable of five minor tweaks Hansen has made to his side that will confront the hungry Springboks. The starting team features only one other change - signifying the All Blacks' respect for the... Continue Reading →
DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Friday's Absa Currie Cup clash against the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Pretoria (19h10). Coetzee has made just one change to the starting XV from last week, with Nic Groom and Louis Schreuder rotating at scrumhalf. The DHL WP boss has also opted for... Continue Reading →
The inaugural Varsity Cup competition - back in 2008 - began midway through February and ended in the first week of April, but these days the Varsity Rugby action will get underway at the end of January with the Varsity Shield tournament kicking-off on January 28, 2013.
When the Springboks arrived in Perth for the first time, they boasted a strong record achieved over a century of top level rugby, while being the current World Champions, and while the Wallabies were on the cusp of entering arguably their greatest era, the men from the Republic were en route to snatching the 1998... Continue Reading →
NSW Waratahs prop Paddy Ryan and Western Force winger Nick Cummins have been added to the Qantas Wallabies training group which will assemble in Perth on Sunday ahead of the resumption of The Castrol EDGE Rugby Championship. The pair have both previously been involved with the Wallabies this year, although Ryan missed some training time... Continue Reading →
DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday's Absa Currie Cup clash against the Vodacom Blue Bulls at DHL Newlands (19h10). Coetzee has made seven changes - including one positional switch - to the side that suffered a last-gasp 23-26 loss to the Golden Lions last weekend. The one positional... Continue Reading →
DHL Western Province No 8 Duane Vermeulen and Toyota Free State Cheetahs flyhalf Johan Goosen are the two uncapped players that have been added to the Springbok squad for the Australasian leg of The Castle Rugby Championship. The squad of 28 for Tests against Australia in Perth (September 8) and New Zealand in Dunedin (September... Continue Reading →
Qantas Wallabies winger Drew Mitchell will have surgery after an ultra sound today confirmed a rupture of the tibialis posterior tendon in his right leg.Mitchell sustained the injury during the first half of last Saturday night’s Test against the All Blacks in The Castrol EDGE Rugby Championship in Auckland.The recovery time for the NSW Waratahs... Continue Reading →
DHL Western Province injury report DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has released an injury report following his team's 23-25 Absa Currie Cup loss to the Sharks on Saturday night. The following players picked up injuries against the Sharks: - Deon Carstens (prop): Broken nose, out for a minimum of two weeks. - Burton... Continue Reading →
Nine players will make their Absa Currie Cup debuts for DHL Western Province when they take on the Sharks in a first-round match at DHL Newlands on Saturday (kick-off 19h10). Deon Fourie, who will start in the No.6 jersey, was on Wednesday confirmed as the man to captain DHL WP during the 2012 Absa Currie... Continue Reading →
The longest season in Super Rugby history comes to an exciting conclusion this weekend, with the Super Rugby Final between the Chiefs and Sharks guaranteed to provide a new champion. The New Zealand Conference champion Chiefs and the sixth placed overall wildcard qualifier Sharks, the last two franchises standing, will offer a wonderful encounter considering... Continue Reading →
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