The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has extended its contract with Gilbert Rugby South Africa as the Official Ball and Equipment Supplier to the Springboks. Gilbert has been the Official Ball and Equipment Supplier to SARU since 1995. This agreement is an exclusive agreement for all matches that are played under the auspices of SARU [...]
Pumas Give Back
5 March 2012 By
The Ford Puma Rugby Team recently visited the Carissa Primary School in Witbank. The school was in need of some routine maintenance and in addition to donating toys and sports equipment to the school, the Ford Puma Rugby Team, together with Toys for Africa, MPower FM and Living Ball, ensured the school received a fresh [...]
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Southern Kings to Present Case to SANZAR
23 February 2012 By
Representatives of the South African Vodacom Super Rugby franchises will accompany the delegates of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to present a case for competition expansion in 2013 to SANZAR partners next month. Representatives of the Vodacom Bulls, MTN Lions, Southern Kings, and The Sharks will accompany SARU’s SANZAR representatives on visits to their [...]
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My Biased and Amateur Opinion of the Kings Sharks Game
18 February 2012 By
Accompanying me to the game as chief typist for the live blogcast and photographer was the Apprentice Longhair. Actually she was drawn by the free food and drinks but ended up thoroughly enjoying the rugger – watch out Mexted, Bladen and chums, here comes a rival with beauty, brains and female points. My quick summing [...]
Southern Kings vs Sharks – Live This Friday
16 February 2012 By
The Southern Kings will meet the sharks in their third local Super Rugby friendly on Friday evening at 7:00 pm at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. Darron Nell will be captaining the Kings side for the second time this season in the abscence of Luke Watson, with Wayne Stevens as Nell’s right hand man and [...]
NMMU to meet the orange wave of support in the Varsity Cup
16 February 2012 By
Fresh from a convincing win in front of a 6 500-strong crowd against Ikeys on Monday, UJ is expecting another orange wave of support for their second home fixture in the FNB Varsity Cup next week. The Joburg-based team is anticipating a near-capacity crowd when they tackle visitors NMMU in the 10 000-seater stadium in Westdene at [...]
Springboks England Rugby Test Tickets on Sale NOW
15 February 2012 By
Tickets for the South Africa – England Test Match officially go on sale from 3:00 pm today, 15 February 2012. Tickets are available from all Computicket outlets, nationally. Prices are as follows: R500 for Level 2 (Main Bowl of stadium) R300 for all Upper Levels The Test Match between the Springboks and England to be [...]
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Spectacular Sporting Week Action
13 February 2012 By
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is gearing up for three awesome sporting spectaculars this week, kicking off with the clash between Jomo Cosmos and Kaizer Chiefs on Wednesday, 15 February. Access Management CEO, Stephan Pretorius, said the stadium was well prepared and looking forward to hosting the first PSL game of the year. With a [...]
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Boycott Threat to Super Rugby
13 February 2012 By
South Africa’s five Vodacom Super Rugby franchises have not threatened to boycott the competition, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) confirmed on Sunday. A newspaper report alleged that the boycott threat was a part of a letter from the five franchises to SARU president, Mr Oregan Hoskins. “No threat of a boycott was made,” said [...]
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Luke Watson Out of Game Against Stormers
9 February 2012 By
After a knock on his shoulder, Luke Watson has been withdrawn from the Southern Kings team to take on the Stormers in their friendly clash this Saturday 11 February. He is not feeling 100% and as a precaution a decision was taken not to risk him in this game. Lock Darron Nell will now take [...]
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Varsity Cup Rugby Will Rock Joburg
9 February 2012 By
Rugby spectators can look forward to an innovative FNB Varsity Cup programme geared towards fast-paced action when the University of Johannesburg hosts its first home game against the University of Cape Town at 7pm on Monday, February 13. Featuring a new try-oriented points system designed to encourage running rugby, and entertainment à la American college [...]
Sir Graham Henry to Coach the Coaches
9 February 2012 By
2011 Rugby World Cup-winning coach Sir Graham Henry has a new job in New Zealand rugby – coaching the coaches. Henry, who stepped down as the All Blacks Coach following last year’s Rugby World Cup victory, has signed a part-time contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) through to the end of 2013 with [...]
Cellphone Scammers Assume Rugby Supporters are Dumb
6 February 2012 By
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has asked media to assist in alerting people to a cellphone scam aimed at rugby supporters. SARU’s offices have received a number of calls from concerned individuals who have been the recipient of SMSs telling them they have won considerable sums of money in a Rugby World Cup promotion [...]
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Matfield Gets BokSmart
1 February 2012 By
Former Springbok captain Victor Matfield this week joined 17 other coaches from the Blue Bulls in becoming certified on the BokSmart national rugby safety programme. The certification is compulsory for anybody who wants to coach or referee rugby in South Africa at any level. For many of the professional Vodacom Bulls coaches and conditioning staff, [...]
Referees will be watching out for these Rule Infringements
1 February 2012 By
South Africa’s top referees scrummed against each and were given master classes from top coaches as part of a recently completed four-day training camp prior to the start of the 2012 rugby season. Former Springbok prop Balie Swart had SA’s top whistlers packing down to demystify the intricacies of scrumming while Rassie Erasmus and Rudolph [...]
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