SA Rugby
The SA Schools selectors have made wholesale changes for the team’s second outing in the Under-18 International Series against Wales at Outeniqua Park in George on Tuesday.
The Golden Lions Rugby Union faces a tough, telling seven days that could well determine the future of the once-proud union in the coming few years.
Loose forward Arno Botha will miss this week’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the Toyota Free State due to a hamstring injury, but midfielder Johann Sadie will be fit for selection.
Western Province had an injury list on Sunday that was as long as coach Allister Coetzee’s arm, but there was at least one bit of good news – influential No 8 Duane Vermeulen will return to action this week.
Will simply recapturing his metronomic best place-kicking standards against Argentina at Newlands on Saturday be enough to cement Morne Steyn’s ongoing place in the Springbok side?
Herewith the Currie Cup Premier Division Log and Results, as at the end of Week 1 of the 2012 Competition:
WP (13) 23 / 25 (3) Sharks (Final Score)
DHL Western Province and The Sharks did battle in the Currie Cup, Premier Division at Newlands, Cape Town at 17:05 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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The Vodacom Bulls kicked off their Absa Currie Cup campaign in good fashion by beating GWK Griquas 35-20 at Loftus Versfeld on Friday.
Lions (23) 43 / 20 (6) Cheetahs (Final Score)
The MTN Golden Lions and Toyota Free State Cheetahs did battle in the Currie Cup, Premier Division at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 17:05 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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The SA schools team started the Under-18 International Series with a win against France in their opening match on Friday. The match was played at the Hugenote High School in Wellington.
Blue Bulls (9) 35 / (13) 20 Griquas (Final Score)
The Vodacom Blue Bulls and GWK Griquas did battle in the Currie Cup, Premier Division at Loftus Versfeld at 19:10 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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The national selectors have named the SA Schools team for the Under-18 International Series opening match on Friday against France at the Hugenote High School in Wellington. The match starts at 17h00 while Six Nations rivals England and Wales will get the Series underway in the first match at 15:00.
The inaugural Rugby Championship will feature the trial of the Pitch Side Concussion Assessment (PSCA) Protocols, part of a new global initiative designed to further enhance player welfare.
SANZAR have revealed the new trophy that will be awarded to the winner of the Four Nation Rugby Championship which replaces the TriNations.
Armed with a host of former Bulls players, GWK Griquas named a strong team for their Absa Currie Cup opener against the Vodacom Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night.
The Sharks travel to Cape Town to take on Western Province in this weekend’s opening Absa Currie Cup match with a fairly youthful side, although most are or have been in the frame for some time now.
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions team to play the Toyota Free State Cheetahs on Saturday 11 August 2012 at Coca-Cola Park.
Nine players will make their Absa Currie Cup debuts for DHL Western Province when they take on the Sharks in a first-round match at DHL Newlands on Saturday (kick-off 19h10).
Naka Drotske continues to blood young players and is clearly not afraid to back them, but his latest selection is sure to have caught most pundits unawares.
Naka has selected Junior Bok flyer, Raymond Rhule, on the wing. Rhule announced himself in spectacular fashion vs Argentina in the Junior Boks semi-final of the Junior World Championships, scoring two tries. He has carried that form into the Under 21 Currie Cup, and has obviously impressed Naka sufficiently for him to get the nod.
The team shows a number of changes, due to injuries and Bok commitments, but it is an exciting team regardless. Naka hasn’t announced his replacements yet, as he awaits the results of a scan on lock Andries Ferreira.
In a telephonic interview directly with Matthew Proudfoot, Western Province Forwards coach, he says that Western Province are ready to rumble!
Below you’ll find the telephonic interview, conducted by Rob Peters, our own jounalist and the man who also heads up the NewsPod Group.
The Sharks will mix experience with youth in this year’s Absa Currie Cup campaign, as they face the annual exodus of players to the Springbok cause for the four team Castle Rugby Championship.
Dewald Potgieter draf Vrydagaand voor as die Vodacom Blou Bulle hulle Absa Curriebeker-veldtog teen Griekwas op Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria afskop.
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.
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions squad to participate in the 2012 Absa Currie Cup competition this afternoon.
Springbok flanker Schalk Burger is expected to be ruled out of rugby for the rest of this year’s rugby season after he was injured in the opening round of Super rugby.
In a major boost for Cheetahs Rugby, high profile stalwarts of the Cheetahs have committed themselves to the Cheetahs till the end of 2014.
DHL Western Province centre Juan de Jongh has been called up to the Springbok squad in the place of the injured JP Pietersen.
Looking at the Toyota Cheetahs website, my eye caught some interesting names listed under their Currie Cup Squad for 2012.
Cape Town – Quickly freshening up the significant Sharks contingent in his Springbok squad is going to be a key, fairly formidable task for coach Heyneke Meyer ahead of the home-and-away Castle Rugby Championship Tests against Argentina.
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has said he takes full responsibility for out-of-form flyhalf Morné Steyn and believes the No.10 will soon be back to his brilliant best.
He wasn’t selected into the 30-man Springbok squad for the Argentina leg that starts the competition, but Ryan Kankowski might yet get to play in The Castle Rugby Championship.
Two new faces in the form of Siya Kolisi and Pat Cilliers make up a squad including 5 uncapped players – the others being JJ Engelbrecht, Elton Jantjies and Jano Vermaak. The full squad is:
Chiefs (13) 37 / (3) 6 Sharks (Final Score)
The Chiefs and The Sharks did battle in the Final of Super Rugby 2012 at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand at 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Here are the Super Rugby Team Sheets for the Final of Super Rugby 2012.
Both team sheets have now been updated and announced.
Short and sweet… that was the One-liner Media Release by the Golden Lions Rugby Union!
More days, more strife, at the Lions, what’s new?