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Lion squad for Stormers game on Friday

January 24, 2012
Posted by DavidS
Lion squad for Stormers game on Friday

The Lions have named their team for the DHL pre-season warm up.
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Cape Town Tens charity dinner

January 16, 2012
Posted by Morné

Due to all the interest from folks on Twitter and Facebook, we decided to post the details of the Charity dinner for the Cape Town Tens.
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Cape Town Tens is back!

January 12, 2012
Posted by Morné

The popular Castle Cape Town Tens rugby event, brainchild of Bob Skinstad and Rob Fleck, is just around the corner!
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World Club Champs in 2015?

January 9, 2012
Posted by Morné
World Club Champs in 2015?

A world club championship is on the cards after the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Premiership chief executive Mark McCafferty has claimed.
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Argies to give BA a miss in 4N

December 30, 2011
Posted by Boertjie

The new 4Nations competition begins on August 18 with the Wallabies playing the All Blacks in Sydney and South Africa taking on Argentina in Cape Town.
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Blits Bokke come away with buggerall in Dubai

December 3, 2011
Posted by DavidS
Blits Bokke come away with buggerall in Dubai

The Sevens Bokke managed to let Australia bring in a late try to steal the PLATE cup as France and England fought it out for the main prize of the Cup.
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Saracens game called off

November 17, 2011
Posted by Boertjie

The Heineken Cup rugby match between Saracens and Biarritz has apparently been cancelled, according to reports.
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CT Stadium to get some rugby

November 10, 2011
Posted by Morné
CT Stadium to get some rugby

The Cape Town Stadium is expected to be announced as the venue for the Heineken Cup clash between Saracens and Biarritz.
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Rampant Lions rout Tucumán

February 9, 2011
Posted by Boertjie

The Lions added another scalp to their pre-season collection, as the Johannesburg-based franchise ran rampant to beat Tucumán 82-19 on Wednesday. Having mauled the Sharks last week, John Mitchell’s pride again showed their Super Rugby teeth in a match that looked like no more than a training run. Three tries and a 19-3 lead...
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Stormers v Sharks Neo Africa

February 5, 2011
Posted by DavidS
Stormers v Sharks Neo Africa

Just to comment on the game from SS for those missing out.
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Lions smash Sharks

February 2, 2011
Posted by DavidS
Lions smash Sharks

If this were the real tournament instead of the Neo Africa warm up I’d be over the moon… but it’s not an indicator… nevertheless we must take good news where we can find it…
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Posted in General Discussions, Other Tournaments, Super 15 | 17 Comments »

Neo Africa all SA affair in Cape

January 4, 2011
Posted by Boertjie

The Sharks will again travel to Cape Town to take part in the now annual Neo Africa Tri-Series – only this year it will be an all-South African affair at Newlands.
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Kirwan sees Pacific-Asia Cup

December 12, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

All Black legend John Kirwan says he wants to see a competition involving top club and regional teams from East Asia, New Zealand and Australia set up ahead of the 2019 rugby World Cup in Japan.
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1.ORSC Linz 8:69 Rugby Club Innsbruck

November 15, 2010
Posted by JT_BOKBEFOK!

Crucial win for Innsbruck as they head into winter break Innsbruck returned to the top of the Austrian Bundesliga table on Saturday having completed their set of pre-Christmas games with a convincing 8:69 away victory over Linz.
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Super Saturday, European Tours

November 6, 2010
Posted by Morné

England 16, New Zealand 26 Wales 15, Australia 26 Both New Zealand and Australia will take on England and Wales at 16:15 today, we decided to give you one thread again with all the teams.
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Club rugby keeps its charm

September 23, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

If you are of slightly older vintage, it is difficult not to be at least a little cynical or fearful when you contemplate visiting the SAA National Club Champs these days.
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New club champion to be crowned

September 22, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

South Africa will have new national club champions this year.
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End to Hongkong honeymoon

September 9, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O’Neill has said the fourth Bledisloe Cup Test against New Zealand will go ahead in Hong Kong next month despite sluggish ticket sales, reports said on Thursday.
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Black Ferns win Women’s WC

September 6, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

New Zealand’s fourth straight women’s World Cup win after narrowly beating England 13-10 in the final at London, was built around composure, veteran first five-eighth Anna Richards said.
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Frog clubs stick to ping-pong

August 17, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

on the evidence of the first weekend of the new French Top 14 season, the style of rugby perfected in particular by the All Blacks in this season’s southern hemisphere Tri-Nations competition has yet to reach the shores of Europe.
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Rugby’s ‘IPL’ going ahead

July 26, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

Plans for the proposed International Super Rugby (ISR) tournament are set to go ahead, despite SANZAR confirming that they will not support the IPL-styled competition set to be launched in January 2012.
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OZmob opposes Rassie’s IPL

June 24, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

The Australian Rugby Union is set to take a strong stance against a proposed new IPL-styled competition, set to be launched by Stormers Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus in 2012.
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Elsom leads Wallabies

June 3, 2010
Posted by Morné

Rocky Elsom will captain Australia for the first time on home soil in his 50th test, named to lead the Wallabies in their first test of 2010 against Fiji in Canberra.
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Flits Brits Player of the Year

May 26, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

The Rugby Players’ Association has voted Saracens hooker Schalk Brits player of the year in his debut season in the Guinness Premiership.
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Sarries to appeal Venter’s ban

May 20, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

“Perhaps it is time for English rugby to be run like a modern professional sport, and not a rural prep school.” Saracens will appeal against director of rugby Brendan Venter’s 14-week touchline ban after chief executive Edward Griffiths angrily described disciplinary officer Jeff Blackett’s judgement as “self parody” and a “public attack”.
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England first up as traditional tests return

May 19, 2010
Posted by Morné

The Springboks will play home three-Test series against England (twice), France and Ireland in the six years either side of the 2015 Rugby World Cup as a result of an International Rugby Board decision to return to ‘old-style’ rugby touring.
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Review: RC Innsbruck 42 – 3 RC McDonalds OÖ

May 6, 2010
Posted by JT_BOKBEFOK!

Rugby Club Innsbruck earned a deserved victory over McDonalds OÖ this weekend in near perfect conditions at Hatting.
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Big guns in Baby Bok squad

March 31, 2010
Posted by Boertjie

Super 14 players Wandile Mjekevu and fullback Patrick Lambie have been drafted in to the SA Under-20 training squad that will participate in a seven-day pre-World Championship camp in Saldanha from next Thursday.
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