In a bid to drive entrepreneurship and community development, WP Rugby and DHL are running a charity initiative, spearheaded by the DHL Stormers, DHL Express and Shawco. All supporters attending games at DHL Newlands this season are requested to bring along any unwanted items of clothing and deposit them into the 8 marked and manned... Continue Reading →
STORMERS v BLUES In Cape Town: Played 6, Blues 4, Stormers 2
STORMERS v BLUES When: Friday Mar. 16, 7.10pm Where: Newlands, Cape Town Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) Head-to-Head: Played 15, Blues 9, Stormers 6 In Cape Town: Played 6, Blues 4, Stormers 2 Last match: Round 14, May 20, 2011: Stormers beat Blues 28-26 at Eden Park, Auckland TAKE A look at the Blues’ record... Continue Reading →
Reds Ewen McKenzie on Rugby
THE Super Rugby champions blew out of Brisbane last Sunday hoping to get some reprieve from one of the wettest Queensland summers in ages only to fly into the final flourish of Cyclone Irina off South Africa’s east coast, and it was touch and go that they were to be diverted to Bloemfontein. But land... Continue Reading →
Dippenaar set to make Bok Sevens debut in Far East
Springbok Sevens coach Paul Treu has made three changes to his SA Sevens squad for the upcoming HSBC Sevens World Series tournaments in Hong Kong and Tokyo. William Small Smith replaces the injured Mark Richards, Pieter Engelbrecht got the nod ahead of Chase Minnaar while Dirk Dippenaar is set to make his SA debut as... Continue Reading →
Stormers team to face BLUES -Fri 7.10pm
Allister Coetzee has once again named a strong Stormers side to take on the Blues at DHL Newlands on Friday night at 19h10. The only positional change to the team of last week is that of Peter Grant who claims the No: 10 jersey, with Gary van Aswegen moving to the bench. The team to... Continue Reading →
DHL WP Coach John Dobson today announced his side to take on Boland on Saturday 10 March
DHL WP Coach John Dobson today announced his side to take on Boland on Saturday 10 March at DHL Newlands (KO 1600), in the opening round of this years’ Vodacom Cup competition. Team was announced as follows: 15. Kurt Coleman 14. Danie Poolman 13. JP du Plessis 12. Marcel Brache 11. Ederies Arendse 10. Demetri... Continue Reading →
South Africa’s rugby teams have been waging bloody Super Rugby war for two weeks
South Africa’s rugby teams have been waging bloody Super Rugby war for two weeks now but the battles we have seen at Loftus Versfeld, Newlands, Ellis Park and the Free State Stadium will seem like Sunday school picnics compared to what is going to unfold off the field later this month as the country’s administrators... Continue Reading →
My Super 15 picks round 3
[15] Crusaders v Chiefs 9 Mar 19:35 (local) 9 Mar 08:35 (your time*) Crusaders by 8 [16] Force v Hurricanes 9 Mar 19:05 (local) 9 Mar 10:05 (your time*) Force by 8 [17] Brumbies v Cheetahs 10 Mar 15:35 (local) 10 Mar 06:35 (your time*) Brumbies by 20 [18] Highlanders v Waratahs 10 Mar 19:35... Continue Reading →
Allister Coetzee announces the WP team vs Lions for currie cup Semi final on Sat
Allister Coetzee today announced the WP team to take on the Lions at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday 22 October in the Absa Currie Cup semi-final. The team to play is: 15 . Gio Aplon 14. JJ Engelbrecht 13. Jaque Fourie 12. Jean De Villiers 11 . Bryan Habana 10. Demetri Catrakilis 9 .... Continue Reading →
UNION Exhibition
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some stats on the man who will get 100 caps today Richard McCaw for the All Blacks
RICHARD HUGH MCCAW AGE: 30 BORN: Oamaru TESTS: 99 TEST POINTS: 95 (19 tries) ALL BLACKS DEBUT: Dublin, Ireland, November 17, 2001. AWARDS: IRB player of the year 2006, 2009, 2010. CAPTAINCY: He took over from Tana Umaga in 2006. FIRST CLUB: Kurow CURRENT CLUB: Christchurch PROVINCIAL TEAM: Canterbury SUPER TEAM: Crusaders
Springboks in Sydney yesterday
IT was an almost eerily subdued arrival for the Springboks in Sydney yesterday, with barely a sole acknowledging their presence at the arrivals hall when in previous years the full-strength Boks have been accustomed to being trumpeted onto the bus to the tune of Sarie Marais by a Cape-style band, while thronged by autograph-hunting, homesick... Continue Reading →
John Smit’s biggest challenge in 2011 is to stir his troops
Former British Lion and indeed Gauteng Lion scrumhalf John Robbie raised the pertinent point in his Saturday newspaper column at the weekend of whether Springbok coach Peter de Villiers should abandon some of his pedigreed veterans when he picks his World Cup squad in favour of young mongrels. Well we know the Bok coach won’t... Continue Reading →
The last time the Sharks played a massive local Super Rugby derby they got as bloody nose
The last time the Sharks played a massive local Super Rugby derby they got as bloody nose from a Stormers team that roughed them up in a manner that used to be a trademark of the Sharks. In short they lost the physical battles and that freed the Stormers backs to run onto the ball... Continue Reading →
John Plumtree and Ma’a Nonu, the Hurricane’s flying brick outhouse
John Plumtree and Ma’a Nonu, the Hurricane’s flying brick outhouse, are close friends but while the Sharks coach is cautioning his men that the All Blacks centre is stirring into form, he would prefer Nonu to slumber for one more week. “We always have a laugh about our battles since I moved on from coaching... Continue Reading →
Gallant Springbok Sevens beaten by NZ in Adelaide Cup final
South Africa lost an absorbing Adelaide Sevens Cup Final 28-20 against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday morning (SA time). The Adelaide Oval has proven to be a happy hunting ground for the fast South African team in the past, who were playing in their third Cup Final in four years in Australia.... Continue Reading →
A former Blue Bulls and South Africa U21 rugby player will appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court
A former Blue Bulls and South Africa U21 rugby player will appear in the Durban Magistrate's Court today in connection with last week's grisly axe killings of three men in Lamontville, Umbilo and Yellowwood Park in KwaZulu-Natal. The 34-year-old played for the Blue Bulls' Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup teams and the South African Barbarians.... Continue Reading →
Theron satisfied with progress of Baby Boks
Theron satisfied with progress of Baby Boks SA Under-20 coach Dawie Theron on Thursday insisted that he was satisfied with the steady progress of his Baby Boks following their three-match tour of Argentina. The South African national junior team secured two victories against the Argentinean U20s which included a 22-13 victory at the Lions Rugby... Continue Reading →
One of the oldest clichés in the book is that “rugby is a funny old game”
One of the oldest clichés in the book is that “rugby is a funny old game”, a reference to the weird things that can happen on the pitch, but this week we will see one of the stranger things to happen in rugby OFF the field. Think about it. The Sharks will spend the week... Continue Reading →
THE South African Super rugby challenge hasn’t had the greatest star
THE IMPORTANCE OVERSEAS WINS IN WORLD CUP YEAR THE South African Super rugby challenge hasn’t had the greatest start given the poor form of last year’s finalists, the Bulls and the Stormers; the failure once again of the Cheetahs to improve from the Currie Cup; and the success of New Zealand teams over here in... Continue Reading →
