Heyneke Meyer to coach Springboks
28 January 2012 By Rugby News
New coach ... Heyneke Meyer. Photo: Getty Images The South African Rugby Union has announced the new national coach will be Heyneke Meyer, a 44-year-old who guided the Bulls to one Super 14 and four Currie Cup titles. He succeeds Peter de Villiers as coach of the two-time Rugby World Cup champions, four years after surprisingly losing out to him for one of the most coveted posts in … [Read More...]
Worrying early signs for Lions
28 January 2012 By Rugby News
Comment: Rob Houwing, Sport24 chief writerCape Town – Perhaps the best comfort Lions enthusiasts may take from their pre-season gallop against the Stormers at Newlands is to fervently hope the Highvelders are simply more off the pace than they would like before the campaign-proper begins. John Mitchell’s charges, the Currie Cup champions but hardly taking that sort of supposed gravitas onto the pitch with them on Friday … [Read More...]
Maties Defeat SA U20 in Stellenbosch
28 January 2012 By Alan
The South African Under-20s' successful training camp in Stellenbosch concluded with a tough friendly match against Maties yesterday. Although Maties won the game by 31-21, SA U20 coach Dawie Theron still proclaimed the camp a success. Theron and his assistants, Nazeem Adams and Brendan Venter, had two weeks to work with a squad of 31 players, during which time they managed to put in a lot of playing structure with an eye on the Junior … [Read More...]
ALBANIA RUGBY – TOTAL RUGBY
28 January 2012 By Alan
We follow the exploits of Albania, the youngest rugby nation, ahead of their first ever competitive match against Italian side Dogi. Video Rating: 5 / 5 … [Read More...]
The fans are back!
28 January 2012 By Rugby News
Written by Mike Jansen. Posted in Videos … [Read More...]
Hertz Sevens: Fixtures
28 January 2012 By Rugby News
With a new title sponsor on board, the inaugural Hertz Sevens will be held at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium on the weekend of 3-4 February 2012, as round four of the HSBC Sevens World Series. South Africa has been drawn in Pool B together with England, the USA and the Cook Islands. The Pools are: Pool A: New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, Japan. Pool B: South Africa, England, USA, Cook Islands. Pool C: Fiji, Wales, Argentina, Tonga. Pool D: France, … [Read More...]
Political Party Welcome for Heyneke Meyer
28 January 2012 By Rugby News
The IFP has taken note of the announcement that former Blue Bulls coach Heyneke Meyer has been appointed as the new Springbok coach and said that the Party welcomed the decision. “The IFP fully supports the decision to appoint Mr Meyer as the new Springbok coach and we congratulate him on his appointment. Mr Meyer’s passion for rugby and his impeccable track record as a coach bodes well for the future of South African rugby. We wish the new … [Read More...]
Newlands sets the stage
28 January 2012 By Rugby News
The Currie Cup champions, the Lions, should not expect any favours when they arrive at Newlands on Friday to take on the Stormers in a Super Rugby pre-season outing.It is indeed a game of 'champions' - the Lions as winners of South Africa's premier domestic competition and the Stormers having won the SA conference in the 2011 S15 season.While the coaches will tell you the result is meaningless and they are using the game as a trial, there … [Read More...]
Golden Lions out of gold
28 January 2012 By Rugby News
The Guma Tac group has taken steps to liquidate the GLRU to regain multi-million rand loans. Guma Tac, which is jointly owned by Robert Gumede and Ivor Ichikowitz, cut ties with the GLRU in June 2011, shortly before it was to have purchased a 49.9 percent stake in the union. "The object of the application is to bring about the winding-up of the respondent on the ground that it is unable to pay its debts," Guma Tac said in the affidavit. The … [Read More...]
Massive haka & first ever rugby match
27 January 2012 By Alan
Post match reaction to Italy's win over Russia, after an amazing day in Nelson which saw a re-enactment of the first ever Rugby match played in New Zealand and 1200 school children perform the Haka. … [Read More...]
Southern Kings confirmed in Vodacom Super Rugby
27 January 2012 By Rugby News
The Southern Kings’ place in the Vodacom Super Rugby competition in 2013 was reaffirmed at a Special Council Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) in Cape Town on Friday. Proposals on mechanisms to identity the four other South African entrants will be considered at a SARU Special General Meeting on March 30. “The decision to include the Southern Kings in the 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby tournament was unanimously confirmed by the … [Read More...]
And the next Bok coach is…
27 January 2012 By Rugby News
After the Bulls spoiled SARU’s big unveiling of the new Springbok coach later today, it will come as no surprise when Heyneke Meyer walks into the press conference with SARU President Oregan Hoskins and CEO Jurie Roux. However, we’ll play along until the official announcement at 12noon (SA time) The worst-kept secret is out Heyneke Meyer will be the new Springbok coach after a Special General Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) … [Read More...]
Meet the new Springbok Coach
27 January 2012 By Rugby News
SARU today announced Heyneke Meyer as the new Springbok coach. Said Meyer: “Having been involved with the Blue Bulls for so long, I’ve experienced first hand how passionate South African rugby supporters are,” said Meyer. “I know the importance of rugby in the South African psyche and will do everything in my power to ensure the Springboks remain among the pace setters of world rugby. “I’m very happy to accept this enormous honour … [Read More...]
Brussow the Cheetahs benchmark
27 January 2012 By Rugby News
In the absence of veteran Springbok Juan Smith, who will miss the start of the season, the Cheetahs will hope that fellow Bok loose forward Heinrich Brüssow can go through the Super Rugby pre-season injury free. Smith, who missed last year's World Cup in New Zealand because of his ongoing Achilles problems, was in Pretoria this week to to undergo surgery after the injury flared up again. He returned to training recently after missing a full … [Read More...]
Who is Heyneke Meyer?
27 January 2012 By Rugby News
Heyneke Meyer was on Friday unveiled as the new Springbok coach. We take a look at the man who has inherited South African rugby's toughest job, a man with an impressive rugby CV and a pretty impressive character too.Meyer turned 44 on October 6, 2011 - his young age something of a surprise as he seems to have been involved in coaching in South Africa forever. All coaches know the thrills and disappointments of coaching a rugby team - and Meyer … [Read More...]
Lions ‘hopelessly bankrupt’
27 January 2012 By Rugby News
Cape Town - Reigning Currie Cup champions, the Golden Lions, are hopelessly bankrupt, according to a report in The New Age website.Ellis Park Stadium, home of the reigning Currie Cup champions, is more than R70m in the red.The official figures outlining the sorry state of the financial affairs show the total amount owed to creditors in fact exceed the hundreds of millions of rands of assets on the books of the Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU).Deon … [Read More...]
Southern Kings confirmed in Vodacom Super Rugby
27 January 2012 By Alan
The Southern Kings' place in the Vodacom Super Rugby competition in 2013 was reaffirmed at a Special Council Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) in Cape Town on Friday. Proposals on mechanisms to identity the four other South African entrants will be considered at a SARU Special General Meeting on March 30. "The decision to include the Southern Kings in the 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby tournament was unanimously confirmed by the … [Read More...]
Heyneke Meyer appointed new Springbok coach
27 January 2012 By Alan
Heyneke Meyer will be the new Springbok coach after a Special General Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) ratified his proposed appointment in Cape Town on Friday. The 44-year-old Blue Bulls rugby executive takes over from Peter de Villiers, who coached the Springboks from 2008 to 2011. He will take charge as head coach of the 1995 and 2007 Rugby World Cup champions for the first time against England in Durban on June 9. Meyer … [Read More...]
TANZANIA-TOTAL RUGBY
27 January 2012 By Alan
We take a trip to Tanzania, one of the world's poorest rugby nations, to see how the game is becoming a big hit with the locals and how it's being introduced to the next generation of rugby players. Video Rating: 5 / 5 … [Read More...]
Malherbe key to Stormers success
27 January 2012 By Rugby News
Apart from a proper tighthead, the Stormers could do with a decent backline coach (like Pieter Rossouw). Robbie Fleck hasn't been able to do anything with the most talented backline in SA last season. The Stormers and WP try-scoring record was truly pathetic. Report this … [Read More...]
Springboks poised to appoint Meyer as new coach
27 January 2012 By Rugby News
By David Legge (AFP) – 13 hours ago JOHANNESBURG — Northern Bulls supremo Heyneke Meyer is set to be named coach of two-time world champions South Africa on Friday in succession to Peter de Villiers.It would be an ironic appointment as 44-year-old Bulls rugby director Meyer was the hot favourite to get the post four years ago, only for De Villiers to be given the nod and become the first black coach of the Springboks.De Villiers had his … [Read More...]
URUGUAY-TOTAL RUGBY
26 January 2012 By Alan
Total Rugby goes behind the scenes with Uruguay ahead of their World Cup play- off against Kazakhstan and we find out a little more about the future of Uruguayan rugby. … [Read More...]
Review: Rugby Training (Training S.)
26 January 2012 By Alan
Rugby Training (Training S.) Rugby Union is now as sophisticated as any other sport in terms of training and techniques. This is a complete preparation program for players and coaches of all playing levels, whether amateur or professional. Includes 100 drills for individual or group practices. List Price: $ 25.00 Price: … [Read More...]
TOTAL RUGBY: WILL GREENWOOD & AUSTIN HEALEY
26 January 2012 By Alan
Watch Will Greenwood & Austin Healey enjoying the sunshine in Sardinia as they lead us through their dream Aviva Premiership International and English XV. … [Read More...]
Pietersen bolsters Stormers
26 January 2012 By Rugby News
GALLO IMAGES Joe Pietersen returns to the Stormers team at No 15. ZELIM NEL JOE PIETERSEN and Gary van Aswegen will reacquaint themselves with Super Rugby when they run out for the Stormers in a pre-season match at Newlands on Friday night, but there will be no time for small … [Read More...]
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