The Lions have released several second string players from their contracts with the biggest name released being Burton Francis (who is already training with the Stormers).
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The Lions have released several second string players from their contracts with the biggest name released being Burton Francis (who is already training with the Stormers).
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While there will again be pressure on the SA Rugby Union (SARU) to re-evaluate the implementation of a quota system, the national governing body’s mission to appoint a Springbok coach is set to take centre stage as the year winds to a close.
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In the wake of SARU’s announcement of its Test venues for the 2012 season, WPRFU president, Tobie Titus feels that they have been short-changed.
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Eye Witness news reporter and sports commentator, Jean Smyth, gives his views on the outcome of the game that never was.
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The South African Rugby Union (SARU) will approach a shortlist of preferred candidates in the process to appoint a Springbok coach, the Executive Council of SARU announced on Thursday.
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The Springboks will return to the FNB Stadium in Soweto for the final home Test of 2012 when they take on newly-crowned world champions New Zealand in the final encounter of the Castle Rugby Championship.
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When you approach player contracting like cattle trading, expect to shuffle shit more than what you will count trophies.
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Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) threw a massive spanner in the works for the planned Heineken Cup match between Saracens and Biarritz which is scheduled to be hosted in Cape Town.
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According to news reports from the United Kingdom, a ‘violent breakaway’ from current rugby controlling bodies to form a new global league may not be too far off.
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Saracens boss Edward Griffiths says the South African Rugby Union (SARU) should consider playing its international rugby in the Northern Hemisphere in future.
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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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According to the Sunday Times, the Lions Rugby Union have turned to their own vice-president as the new investor in the union since their deal with the Guma Group turned sour.
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SA Rugby has released a statement on the appointment of the new Springbok coach.
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The Blue Bulls has given prop Bees Roux the boot, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday.
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New Zealand players and coaches poured scorn on an International Rugby Board (IRB) warning on Tuesday that future Rugby World Cup tournaments could go ahead without them.
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The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) threatened to pull the All Blacks from the 2015 Rugby World Cup over a financial row with the sport’s governing body on Wednesday – a move hooker Keven Mealamu said would be “devastating” for players.
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A simulated rugby field at Loftus Versfeld was filled to capacity with bags of clothing and bedding collected by Clothing4Children from Pretoria Schools. Vodacom Blue Bulls, DHL Western Province and Sharks players in the under 19, under 21 and senior teams, fans, sponsors and suite owners in the Pretoria region also collected for the...
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Rugby authorities are doing themselves no favours in dispelling the belief that rugby still is an elitist sport which only caters for the traditional powerhouses of the game.
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Teams from smaller unions will be in dire straights if Saru does not change its contracting system.
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Numerous SA Schools players, but also a good representation of local talent is amongst the 34 players who signed junior contracts with the Blue Bulls Company Pty (Ltd) for the 2012 season and will be available to the numerous Blue Bulls representative sides next year.
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The trade unions whinge because the Bok apparel provider makes clothes in China…
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Unable to control his ego has resulted in Peter de Villiers being remembered more as a comedian than a rugby coach.
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In the world of the IRB and specifically Paddy O’Brien, protocols supersedes common sense.
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The Australian Rugby Union has today suspended James O’Connor until Sunday 28 August after the Wallabies winger failed to appear at two official team functions on Thursday 18 August.
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THE singing of President Jacob Zuma’s trademark song, Umshini wami, and ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s infamous Dubul’ iBhunu incited the violence between Edenvale Panthers Rugby Club (EPRC) and the Soweto Rugby Club (SRC).
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Lessons from the past should provide the Lions rugby union with the vision needed to get them out of their current administrative crisis.
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Following reports earlier in the week where the Soweto Rugby Club claimed their were subject to racist attacks by the Panthers Club from Edenvale, the Golden Lions Rugby Union has decided to suspend the club and its members from all rugby activities with immediate effect.
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Defensive coaching specialist Jacques Nienaber has joined the Springboks as a consultant, Springbok management announced on Tuesday.
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