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 [...]
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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Southern Kings vs Blue Bulls
31 January 2012 By
Rugby in the Eastern Cape has once again become the tallest poppy in the field with the announcement that the Southern Kings will be playing Super Rugby in 2013. Many is the ‘foreign’ rugby supporter that believes that Eastern Province rugby doesn’t deserve this chance. And, many teams will be travelling down to our neck [...]
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Maties Defeat SA U20 in Stellenbosch
28 January 2012 By
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 [...]
Political Party Welcome for Heyneke Meyer
28 January 2012 By
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 [...]
Southern Kings confirmed in Vodacom Super Rugby
27 January 2012 By
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 [...]
