Posts Tagged ‘ Super Rugby ’

NZ one step closer in selling Super Rugby franchise licenses

March 9, 2012
Posted by Morné
NZ one step closer in selling Super Rugby franchise licenses

Five Expressions of Interest have been received for licences to manage and operate a New Zealand based Investec Super Rugby team, the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) confirmed today.
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Posted in Other Unions / Teams, Rugby Administration | 6 Comments »

Highlanders change 2 for Tahs

March 9, 2012
Posted by Morné
Highlanders change 2 for Tahs

Highlanders’ Head Coach, Jamie Joseph, has named his team to play the Waratahs at Forsyth Barr Stadium tomorrow night.
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Franchises wants an answer from SARU

February 23, 2012
Posted by Morné
Franchises wants an answer from SARU

Hot on the heels of the report on possible government interference in the Kings saga yesterday, Rugby365 reports that the franchises have called a meeting with SA Rugby to find out exactly what they plan to do.
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Posted in Rugby Administration, SupeRugby | 18 Comments »

Coetzee happy after first outing

January 23, 2012
Posted by Morné
Coetzee happy after first outing

Allister Coetzee spent the whole of last season trying to play down to his team’s prospects to a Cape media too eager to install his Stormers side as champions when the job hadn’t been done, so the upbeat front he put on in Wellington at the weekend was meaningful.
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Posted in Super Rugby | 7 Comments »

Chiefs announce ‘co-captains’

January 17, 2012
Posted by Morné
Chiefs announce ‘co-captains’

Chiefs Investec Super Rugby coach Dave Rennie has today announced Liam Messam and Craig Clarke as co-captains of the Chiefs for the 2012 season.
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Posted in Super Rugby | 2 Comments »

Daniel named Sharks captain

January 16, 2012
Posted by Morné
Daniel named Sharks captain

Sharks coach John Plumtree has installed two players who lead from the front to captain and deputise for The Sharks in this year’s Vodacom Super Rugby campaign.
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Posted in Super Rugby | 5 Comments »

‘Sharks SA’s best bet’

January 16, 2012
Posted by Morné
‘Sharks SA’s best bet’

The Sharks, rather than last year’s best-performing South African franchise the Stormers, represent South Africa’s best chance of success in the 2012 Super Rugby season.
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Posted in Super Rugby | 7 Comments »

Cheetahs pick two teams for Tri-Series

January 13, 2012
Posted by Morné
Cheetahs pick two teams for Tri-Series

The Cheetahs will head to Cape Town with two teams when they take on the Stormers and the Lions in the Neo Africa Tri-Series.
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Posted in Super Rugby | 17 Comments »

Elton out of Tri-series

January 12, 2012
Posted by Morné
Elton out of Tri-series

Springbok flyhalf Elton Jantjies will not take any part in the Lions’ pre-season outings in the Neo Africa Series in Cape Town.
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Posted in Rugby Personalities, Super Rugby | 4 Comments »

Mabeta out of Bulls Super Rugby season

January 5, 2012
Posted by Morné
Mabeta out of Bulls Super Rugby season

Vodacom Bulls lock Fudge Mabeta will miss the 2012 Super Rugby campaign after being injured in a car accident.
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Posted in Super Rugby | 3 Comments »

Stormers announce training squad

December 8, 2011
Posted by Morné
Stormers announce training squad

The Stormers pre-season training squad for the 2012 Super Rugby season has been named.
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Posted in Super Rugby | 3 Comments »

New Zealand follow revolutionary Rebels business model.

December 2, 2011
Posted by bryce_in_oz
New Zealand follow revolutionary Rebels business model.

The NZRU will place advertisements this weekend in newspapers asking for expressions of interest to buy the licences for four of the New Zealand Super Rugby franchises. Revolution in Super Rugby DAVID LONG IAIN McGREGOR/Fairfax Media UP FOR GRABS: The Crusaders’ licence is available for purchase. Other than the Highlanders, who the NZRU are...
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Posted in Super 15 | 131 Comments »

Player contracting or cattle-trading?

November 15, 2011
Posted by Morné
Player contracting or cattle-trading?

When you approach player contracting like cattle trading, expect to shuffle shit more than what you will count trophies.
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Posted in Columnists, Rugby Administration | 17 Comments »

Bryce ‘rewarded’ by SANZAR

November 11, 2011
Posted by Morné
Bryce ‘rewarded’ by SANZAR

In a move which will stun most South African fans, SANZAR has included Bryce Lawrence in their merit panel of referees for next year’s Super Rugby series.
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Posted in Referees, SANZAR | 6 Comments »

Where will it stop?

November 8, 2011
Posted by Morné
Where will it stop?

With the new ‘Rugby Championship’ tournament officially launched today I could not help but think where the hell we are going to fit all this rugby?
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Posted in Columnists | 38 Comments »

NZ names Super Rugby squads

November 2, 2011
Posted by Morné
NZ names Super Rugby squads

New Zealand’s five Super Rugby franchises have named their squads for the 2012 Super Rugby season, introducing 28 new players to the tournament in the reshuffled squads named on Wednesday.
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SBW signs for Chiefs

October 31, 2011
Posted by Morné
SBW signs for Chiefs

Sonny Bill Williams ended weeks of speculation about his future on Monday when he confirmed he will stay in New Zealand for another year and play his Super 15 rugby with the Chiefs.
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Posted in Rugby Personalities | 7 Comments »

Progress made in Super Rugby

August 22, 2011
Posted by Morné
Progress made in Super Rugby

Changes made around five key areas of play – the tackle, scrum, offside, ruck, and maul – over the past three seasons have begun to have an impact in shaping the game that SANZAR wants to see played in Super Rugby.
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Have we pushed the self-destruct button?

August 16, 2011
Posted by Morné
Have we pushed the self-destruct button?

A common trend in South African rugby is the emphasis on short term gains rather than long term vision.
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Posted in Columnists, Currie Cup, SA Unions / Teams, SANZAR | 35 Comments »

The degradation of the Currie Cup

July 25, 2011
Posted by Morné

If you held any hope that the Currie Cup will see South Africa’s best players available for the oldest domestic competition in the world, then you are in for a lot of disappointment.
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Posted in Columnists, Currie Cup | 11 Comments »

Super Rugby Final: Reds 18, Crusaders 13

July 9, 2011
Posted by Morné
Super Rugby Final: Reds 18, Crusaders 13

It all comes down to this.  18 Rounds of league games, 3 Rounds of play-off matches, one winner…
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Posted in Super Rugby | 42 Comments »

Highlighting SA Scrum problems

July 8, 2011
Posted by Morné
Highlighting SA Scrum problems

You don’t need to be a scrum guru to figure out why the Stormers (and most SA scrums) have buckled against teams like the Crusaders.
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Posted in Expert Opinion, Super Rugby | 37 Comments »

Ellis only concern for Saders

July 7, 2011
Posted by Morné
Ellis only concern for Saders

The Crusaders are aiming to put out an unchanged team to face the Reds in the Final of the Super Rugby competition at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday night.
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Champions in every respect

July 4, 2011
Posted by Morné
Champions in every respect

In the lead-up to the semi-finals last week, Paul Dobson wrote a brilliant piece on the art of winning and losing.
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Posted in Columnists | 15 Comments »

Hearing is believing

July 3, 2011
Posted by Morné
Hearing is believing

Last night’s game will leave Stormers fans with a familiar feeling; ‘So close, yet so far’…
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Posted in Columnists | 66 Comments »

The Brits debate

June 30, 2011
Posted by Morné
The Brits debate

A lot has been made in recent days on the inclusion of Saracens hooker, Schalk Brits, in the Stormers team for their semi-final clash against the Crusaders this weekend at Newlands.
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Posted in Columnists, Super Rugby | 24 Comments »

It’s simply getting too much!

June 30, 2011
Posted by Morné

In his Sport24 column, JJ Harmse, believes there is simply too much rugby at the moment and that South Africa and New Zealand have been conned by the Aussies.
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Posted in Expert Opinion | 38 Comments »

Dog-fight for Bok Oakleys

June 30, 2011
Posted by Morné
Dog-fight for Bok Oakleys

As was expected, the race for the Springbok Oakley Antix is one hell of a dog-fight.
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Posted in RAT RACE, Super Rugby | 50 Comments »

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