Vodacom Cup

Pampas 14, Blue Bulls 9 (Pampas win Vodacom Cup)

May 13, 2011
Posted by Morné
Pampas 14, Blue Bulls 9 (Pampas win Vodacom Cup)

The Pampas XV, the only undefeated team in this year’s Vodacom Cup, will be hoping for one more victory in 2011 when they host the defending champions, the Vodacom Blue Bulls, at Profert Olën Park in Potchefstroom on Friday at 19h00.
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Blue Bulls selects experienced team

February 9, 2011
Posted by Morné
Blue Bulls selects experienced team

The Blue Bulls Vodacom Cup team to play a friendly against Namibia in Windhoek shows a lot of experience.
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What an (utter rubbish) experience!

March 31, 2010
Posted by Morné

So I took my laaitie out to Newlands on Saturday for what was his first experience of the ground all WP fans love and cherish.
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Rassie boosts Boland

January 28, 2009
Posted by Deon

Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus is likely to give several fringe players a run when the Stormers play Boland in their second pre-season friendly in Wellington on Saturday.
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Vodacom Cup Final – Blue Bulls vs Free State Cheetahs

May 16, 2008
Posted by Deon

The Blue Bulls and the Free State Cheetahs have named unchanged teams for their Vodacom Cup Final clash at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Friday.
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Preview: Vodacom Cup Final

May 15, 2008
Posted by Deon

The Blue Bulls and the Free State Cheetahs have named unchanged teams for their Vodacom Cup Final clash at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Friday.
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Innocent till proven guilty

May 13, 2008
Posted by Deon

The parliamentary portfolio committee on sport has been asked to look at ways to suspend convicted murderer Gert van Schalkwyk from the Mpumalanga-based rugby team, the Pumas, the SABC reported on Tuesday.
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One Million reasons to win the Vodacom Cup

May 12, 2008
Posted by Deon

The coaches of this year’s two Vodacom Cup finalists are playing down the competition’s R1m prize money and placing the emphasis on winning the trophy.
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Blue Bulls pulverize Lions

April 26, 2008
Posted by Deon

John Mametsa and Rocco Jansen each scored two tries as the Blue Bulls slaughtered the Lions 51-7 (half-time 36-7) in a one-sided Vodacom Cup semi-final at Loftus Versfeld on Friday.
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Cheetahs hammer Boland

April 26, 2008
Posted by Deon

The Free State Cheetahs raced into the semi-finals of the Vodacom Cup with a 35-20 (half-time 24-10) victory over the Boland Cavaliers on Friday.
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Boland coach wants more aggression

April 24, 2008
Posted by Deon

Boland Cavaliers coach Deon Davids has asked his forwards to step up their aggression ahead of Friday’s Vodacom Cup quarter-final match against Free State in Bloemfontein.
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Vodacom Cup ready to go

April 23, 2008
Posted by Deon

The quarterfinals of the Vodacom Cup will be played this weekend, with all the venues and kick-off times confirmed.
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Bok centre ready for comeback

April 16, 2008
Posted by Deon

Springbok and Lions centre Jaque Fourie is set to make his comeback after a stomach injury when the Lions meet the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld in a Vodacom Cup quarter-final next weekend.
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Engels has done his time

March 26, 2008
Posted by DavidS

The Bulls’ loosehead prop Jaco Engels has served his three-match suspension and will start for the Blue Bulls Vodacom Cup team who play the Free State in a clash between the two log leaders.
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Vodacom Cup update

March 2, 2008
Posted by Deon

Reports of the Vodacom Cup matches played this weekend.
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Minnows top in Vodacom Cup

February 26, 2008
Posted by Deon

A number of unlikely results marked the first round of the Vodacom Cup competition, a domestic inter-provincial competition in South Africa, at the weekend.
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Eagles beat Blue Bulls in dull match

February 22, 2008
Posted by Deon

In an uninspiring game at Outeniqua Park, the SWD Eagles defeated the Vodacom Blue Bulls.
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Vodacom Cup preview

February 21, 2008
Posted by Rasputin

The future and depth of South African rugby will come under scrutiny when the Vodacom Cup kicks off this weekend. A look at the teams of only the Blue Bulls, Golden Lions and Western Province augurs well for a competition that was won by Griquas last year when they beat the Blue Bulls in...
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Stonehouse named Pumas coach

January 18, 2008
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Jimmy Stonehouse, the 2007 Blue Bulls Craven Week coach, has been appointed as head coach of the Pumas with immediate effect. His appointment comes after a lengthy selection process conducted by the Pumas Rugby Union’s transitional committee.
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Mascot becomes team doctor

January 11, 2008
Posted by Rasputin

Dr Ewoudt van der Linde, who entertained the Loftus crowd for the past six years as the much-loved “Bulletjie”, has been appointed as the Vodacom Cup team’s medical doctor. Van der Linde started studying medicine at the University of Pretoria in 2000 and after he completed his MBChB-degree in 2005 he worked for two...
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Vodacom Cup: North v South

January 8, 2008
Posted by KSA Shark ©

The northern unions get the opportunity in this year’s Vodacom Cup series to prove their domination of the competition in 2007 was no fluke with a new format seeing the seven northern teams playing the seven southern teams over a single round.
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Boland Rugby Union in court

May 4, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

The SABC reports that the Cape High Court has granted an application for the provisional liquidation of Boland Rugby Limited, the professional arm of the Boland Rugby Union.
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Blue Bulls give preference to experience

May 2, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

Vodacom Blue Bulls coach Ashley Evert gave preference to experience in selecting the starting line-up for the Vodacom Cup final against Griquas in Kimberley on Friday.
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Griquas get HOME Vodacom Cup Final

April 30, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

The South African Rugby Football Union has confirmed that the 2007 Vodacom Cup final between Griquas and the Blue Bulls will take place at Absa Park in Kimberley at 15:30 on Friday May 4.
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Griquas to meet the Bulls in the Vodacom Cup final

April 30, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

Whilst the Griquas cruised through to the Vodacom Cup final in their semi-final match against the Pumas, the Bulls were made to work much harder against the Leopards, with the match going to extra time.
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Double header at Loftus

April 26, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

A double header awaits supporters of the Vodacom Bulls and Blue Bulls on Friday at Loftus Versfeld. It was announced on Monday that the Vodacom Cup semi-final between the Blue Bulls and Leopards will precede the all important Super14 clash between the Bulls and Blues.
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Vodacom Cup Star of the Week – and results

April 24, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

The old adage of “cometh the man, cometh the hour� rang true for Witbank Mica Pumas fullback Riaan Smit at the weekend as he ran in a hat-trick of tries to help his side to an unexpected 33-30 win over the Vodacom Free State Cheetahs in a quarterfinal clash in Bloemfontein.
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Cronje relishing Bulls visit

April 20, 2007
Posted by Rasputin

Geo Cronje is back, and ready to play an important role in the Golden Lions Rugby Union’s plans.
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