The South African Rugby Union (SARU) today announced that 15 players, including exciting youngsters such as Eben Etzebeth, Marcell Coetzee, Juan de Jongh and Pat Lambie and world stars such as Jean de Villiers, Tendai Mtawarira and Bismarck du Plessis, have been awarded Springbok contracts for 2013.
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The Sharks have confirmed the appointment of John Smit as CEO of the union.
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Tags: Brian van Zyl, John Smit, Sharks
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Springbok rugby star John Smit is poised to make a spectacular return to the Shark Tank as the new chief executive of the Sharks, replacing veteran administrator Brian van Zyl.
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Regrettably, the Golden Lions Rugby Union management, following consultation with the senior coaches, have taken the decision to no longer proceed with the MTN Lions’ intended tour to the United States of America.
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Current captain Jean de Villiers will join the oldest living Springbok skipper, 83-year-old Des van Jaarsveldt, and 40 others in Cape Town on Wednesday, to mark the countdown to the opening of a new rugby museum.
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The Southern Kings announced their reduced, 35-man squad for their Super Rugby campaign which still contains 5 foreign players. The tug-of-war between the Kings and SARU on the number of foreign based players allowed for the franchise has been going since 2012. The Kings, who only has a 1-year guaranteed deal for participation in...
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Tags: SA Rugby, Southern Kings, Super Rugby
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The foundation from which our deep routed passion and love for rugby is built on in South Africa comes from a long and very proud history of our domestic teams.
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Tags: Kings, SA Rugby, SARU, Spears
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The rugby revolution in Boland could end up in battle lines being drawn between old, ideological and political enemies.
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Daar is chaos in Boland rugby nadat klubs in die unie besluit het dat hulle genoeg van unie president, Francois Davids, gehad het.
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So I got this email from Sports Illustrated’s main man Gareth Rosslee, also known as the ‘Online Guy’, wanting to know if I would chat to them on their radio show, SI-Radio.
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Tags: #SIRadio, Bryce Lawrence, Currie Cup Semi-finals, SI-Radion, Sports Illustrated
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Free State Cheetahs CEO Harold Verster has hit back at those criticising the union for the manner in which it manages its affairs.
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The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd is delighted to announce that Wiaan Liebenberg and William Small-Smith both extended their current contracts and will be available to the Vodacom Bulls and Vodacom Blue Bulls in the foreseeable future.
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The Lions are losing players left right and center… and worst is that they’re losing many good props…
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The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd is pleased to confirm that lock Paul Willemse has agreed terms with them and will join the Vodacom Bulls ahead of next year’s Vodacom Super Rugby season.
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Golden Lions president Kevin de Klerk is upset after Western Province and Stormers coach Allister Coetzee hinted he might look at luring a few Lions players for next year’s Super Rugby competition.
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Renowned defence guru Jacques Nienaber has signed a three-year deal with Western Province Rugby, which will keep him in Cape Town until 2016.
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The President of the Golden Lions Rugby Union Kevin de Klerk on Friday issued the following statement in the wake of the SARU General Council decision to exclude the MTN Lions from the Super Rugby competition in 2013.
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Tags: Kevin de Klerk, Lions Rugby, Rugby Administration, Super Rugby
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You are normally taught not to engage in writing about topics when it is still too raw or too emotional, but for the hell of me I cannot fathom SA Rugby’s decision by booting the Lions out of Super Rugby in favour of the Kings.
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Tags: Kings, Lions, SA Rugby Administration, Super Rugby
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The Blue Bulls have set their sights firmly on former Springbok and current Stormers defensive coach Jacques Nienaber and have made a big offer to him to join their coaching ranks as from 2013.
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Tags: Bulls, Jacques Nienaber, Stormers
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The Lions rugby union has terminated the services of backline coach, Carlos Spencer, and conditioning coach, Wayne Taylor.
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Tags: Carlos Spencer, John Mitchell, Lions Rugby, Wayne Taylor
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The Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd confirmed media reports on Wednesday that Johann Sadie will leave the franchise at the end of October 2012, after the player negotiated a successful release of his contract this week.
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A meeting of the General Council of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) will take place in Cape Town on 16 August, SARU announced on Tuesday. The meeting replaces the postponed July 13 General Council.
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Tags: Kings, SA Rugby, Super Rugby
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WP Rugby chief executive Rob Wagner has spiritedly defended the franchise against allegations that it struggles to retain its best talent in the face of interest from upcountry or abroad.
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It is official: the IRB’s ranking system is the most flawed system in the world at the moment.
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Meisiekind and Kanko are going to Japan after Super Rugby…
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The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Friday welcomed the return of Springbok Test matches to free-to-air television, following a deal brokered between rights holder SuperSport and e.tv.
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The remaining two rugby Tests between South Africa and England will be broadcast live on radio, the SABC announced on Wednesday.
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Tags: DSTV, SABC, SARU, SuperSport
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