As one of the top rugby nations you’d think we would also have the top rugby jersey marques from here… but we use Kiwi manufacturers to make Bok jerseys and all our teams wear apparel from overseas marques. BUT now we have our own local brand name and RW says … Local is Lekker!
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The teams are not really releasing anything spectacular so after scrounging the net we’ve found at least some snippets to start off as a whiff of an appetizer for 2012 Super Rugby.
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There is to be no beating about the bush: It remains imperative that the IRB uses 2012 to sort out the scrums once and for all.
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Jeff Wilson will join Pat Lam and Bryce Woodward as skills coach for the Blues in 2012.
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Tags: Blues rugby, Jeff Wilson
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The threat was never put forward formally, but an official was warned in passing as it emerged that the powerful “home union” of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland would be broken for the first time.
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Tags: British & Irish Lions
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Western Cape Tourism MEC Alan Winde has slammed WP Rugby Union for being “irresponsible” and denying the Western Cape “hundreds of millions of rand”.
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So it’s seven years good luck and mission accomplished and Pepe le Pieu will stay with the stinky fish after all.
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South African slang – some very well explained. Useful guide for future visitors. Refreshing course for expats.
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Will rugby ever become a true world game? Only when it makes some serious changes to the annual menu’s.
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Prop forwards fear ‘unjust’ rules mean World Cup final could be decided by referee’s guesswork writes Mike Robinson for The Telegraph in Auckland. Three of Britain’s greatest prop forwards have submitted a paper to the International Rugby Board calling for sweeping changes to the scrummaging laws. Former Lions Fran Cotton, Mike Burton and Ray...
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Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has retracted the “resignation” he appeared to make after the Springboks’ 11-9 loss against Australia in their World Cup quarter-final on Sunday. News24 The Springbok management and senior players flew into Johannesburg on Monday to an enthusiastic welcome from several thousand people, most of whom blamed referee Bryce Lawrence’s...
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Only New Zealand (and possibly Wales) come close to setting the right example of how rugby should be played.
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As the rugby enters the business end at the Rugby World Cup, so does our Rat Race – and we are proud to announce that we have added a prize!
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Tags: Dan Retief, EvolveAV, Gilbert, Oakley, RAT RACE, Rugby World Cup, The Springboks and the Holy Grail
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South Africa on Thursday in New Zealand named the most experienced team in Springbok history for their Rugby World Cup 2011 quarterfinal against Australia in Wellington on Sunday.
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Tags: Bakkies Botha, Rugby World Cup 2011, Springboks
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The SA Rugby Union says it will raise concerns around the Rugby World Cup’s commercial restrictions but will only do so at a suitable time.
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The skintight jerseys that players are wearing at the World Cup are causing some nightmares for front row forwards who are struggling to come to grips with them.
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A piece of New Zealand history that has been gathering dust in a wardrobe for nearly 30 years will go to the highest bidder tonight.
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England will look for a much improved performance against minnows Romania in their Pool B clash.
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Tags: England v Romania, Rugby World Cup 2011
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A major attempt to end, or at the very least curtail, the problems associated with one of the most boring phases of rugby is being made by a former Australian prop forward.
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Tags: Rugby Union, Rugby Union Laws, Scrums
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The second game of the Rugby World Cup sees Scotland tackle Romania in their pool B encounter.
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Tags: Rugby World Cup 2011, Scotland v Romania
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A former Blue Bulls rugby player on Friday pleaded guilty to beating a Pretoria police officer to death but escaped a jail term in a plea bargain with the state, local media reported.
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The MTN Golden Lions will try and keep their foot on the accelerator when they face the GWK Griquas at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Friday evening.
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The All Blacks backs ignited the Rugby World Cup as they set up a 41-10 victory over Tonga in the opening match on Friday.
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Darren Scott has resigned – both as presenter on Jacaranda 94.2 and as key anchor for SuperSport during this month’s Rugby World Cup – after calling a colleague the k-word on Friday.
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Here it is folks, details of the prizes up for grabs in our Rugby World Cup edition of the Rat Race!
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We asked for feedback, listened, promised and now we deliver.
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There is no other way to introduce a thread like this other than wishing Joost van der Westhuizen our best wishes and prayers for what lies ahead.
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Tags: Joost van der Westhuizen
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Dan Retief’s latest book – behind the scenes at RWC 1995 and 2007 – is now on sale. Sounds like a good buy by a good writer.
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