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22 February 2012

RWC 2011 Facebook Dream Team

For the past two weeks, fans of the official Rugby World Cup facebook page have been voting on which players would make their RWC 2011 Dream Team. Based on suggestions from the online community, a shortlist of names per position was created each day and put to the vote, with over 160,000 votes being cast along the way. Our final 15 [...]


Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu appeal hearing

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RWC 2011 Social Media Wrap

For the first time for a Rugby World Cup tournament, social media was actively used to showcase Rugby’s flagship event and allow fans from around the world to participate in a global online community. Social Media has shaped the way in which tournament organisers and indeed the sport as a whole, now connects with the [...]


Statement on alleged foul play act RWC Final

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Kit McConnell: A huge celebration of rugby

A week on from the tense and dramatic Rugby World Cup 2011 Final, we caught up with the IRB’s Head of Rugby World Cup Kit McConnell to look back over a tournament that captured the imagination of New Zealand and look ahead to England 2015. Total Rugby Radio: How do you look back on the [...]


Bulls brush aside Leopards

Lock Juandre Kruger was the star of the show as the Vodacom Blue Bulls routed the Platinum Leopards 92-21 (halftime 35-21) in their Absa Currie Cup match at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Friday. The overwhelming 14-try victory sees the Bulls go into fourth place in the Currie Cup log, four points ahead of Western [...]


ESPNsoccernet Press Pass: 28 October 2011

Robbie Mustoe, Shaka Hislop and Janusz Michallik preview the weekend Premier League games, which include Chelsea v Arsenal and Everton v Man Utd. Plus, are Real Madrid closing the gap on Barcelona? (23:34) October 28, 2011 Article source: http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/video_audio/118305.html


Lions clinch home final

Johannesburg fans can celebrate their first local final in nine years after the log-leading MTN Golden Lions saw off the challenge of the fourth-placed DHL Western Province side 29-20 (halftime 19-12) in their Absa Currie Cup semifinal at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday. Fears that this might still not be the Lions’ year, despite [...]


The Irish Times – Saturday, October 29, 2011

The Irish Times – Saturday, October 29, 2011 JOE JOYCE FROM THE ARCHIVES: With a little over a week to go in the 1990 presidential election, favourite Brian Lenihan’s campaign was imploding, Mary Robinson was catching up fast, and Fine Gael’s Austin Currie was being eclipsed as Nuala Ó Faolain tried to meet him for breakfast.  [...]


School cricket shines in final – by Staff Reporter

WINDHOEK – The Under-16 A cricket teams of Windhoek High School (WHS) and Windhoek Gymnasium finished top of the log standings after the 2011 season cricket league matches in the Central School U/16 A Cricket League with WHS leading with 12 points to the Gimmies’ 10 points.  The two schools met in the final last [...]


Full Lions Den healthy for SA

Opinion Leaders Whatever happens in this evening’s Currie Cup final between the Lions and the Sharks, a full Coca-Cola Park is healthy for South African rugby. 28 October 2011 | The Citizen Whatever happens in this evening’s Currie Cup final between the Lions and the Sharks,  a full Coca-Cola Park is healthy for South African [...]


Defending champions Natal Sharks beat Free State Cheetahs to secure a final …

Defending champions Natal Sharks beat Free State Cheetahs to secure a final berth in 2011 ABSA Currie Cup South African provincial Rugby Union side, Natal Sharks, has defeated the Bloemfontein based, Free State Cheetahs, in the first semi-final of the 2011 ABSA Currie Cup tournament to secure a place in the final of the competition. [...]


John Mitchell announces Golden Lions match day squad for final of 2011 ABSA …

John Mitchell announces Golden Lions match day squad for final of 2011 ABSA Currie Cup – Rugby News South African provincial Rugby Union side, Golden Lions, has announced their 22-man squad for an upcoming encounter against the Natal Sharks. Lions will take on the defending champions Sharks, in the final of the 2011 ABSA Currie [...]


2011 Currie Cup: Possible Top Four of the tournament

2011 Currie Cup:  Possible Top Four of the tournament The eight South African provincial Rugby Union sides will be playing their last pool matches of the South African Rugby Union’s (SARU) domestic competition called 2011 ABSA Currie Cup. The results of the week will determine the top four of the tournament, which will compete in [...]


Currie Cup final — good luck to both teams!

When the first overseas team to tour South Africa in 1891 arrived they carried with them a particularly precious bit of cargo. They had a golden cup given to the British Isles squad by Sir Donald Currie, owner of Union-Castle Lines, the shipping company that transported them to the southern tip of Africa. The gold [...]