Monthly Archives: May 2013
Brumbies (10) 23 / 30 (10) Crusaders (Final Score)
The Brumbies and Crusaders did battle in Super Rugby at Canberra Stadium, Canberra at 08:05 SA Time (16:05 Canberra Time, 06:05 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Bulls (27) 48 / 14 (0) Hurricanes (Final Score)
The Vodacom Bulls and Hurricanes did battle in Super Rugby at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 19:10 SA Time (17:10 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
Kings (10) 10 / 72 (46) Waratahs (Final Score)
The Southern Kings and Waratahs did battle in Super Rugby at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth at 17:05 SA Time (15:05 GMT).
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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Force (6) 11 / 11 (3) Reds (Final Score)
The Western Force and Reds did battle in Super Rugby at NIB Stadium, Perth at 11:40 SA Time (17:40 Perth Time, 09:40 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scott Johnson, the current head coach of the Scotland team has been appointed Director of Rugby for Scottish Rugby. The post has been described by Scottish Rugby as “absolutely integral to Scotland’s standing on the world stage in the next decade and beyond.”
Guy Mercer is under no illusions about the importance of Bath’s final match of the season, and insists the players are ready to end their Premiership season on a high.
Highlanders (7) 25 / 22 (15) Sharks (Final Score)
The Highlanders and The Sharks did battle in Super Rugby at Forsyth-Barr Stadium, Dunedin at 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time, 07:35 GMT).
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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Today we received an open letter to Jurie Roux, SARU CEO, lamenting the fact that the design and production of the nationally important new Springbok Museum in Cape Town was awarded to a UK (English) design company.
A number of years ago I learnt and realised first hand how apathetic South Africans are when it comes to doing something for this sport we love so much, rugby in South Africa. I learnt that SARU can do anything they want, there will be a few muted murmers and a lot of around the braai chatter about how these fools run OUR game, but nobody does anything about it and eventually these fools at SARU just laugh at us… seeing us all as mere consumers of the game, not de facto stakeholders in the game.
Suffice to say that I am deeply concerned about how SARU runs rugby in South Africa and for South African interests.
Without further a do, here is the exact contents of the letter, take a look for yourself:
Here are the Super Rugby Team Sheets as they were announded for Round 12 of Super Rugby 2013.
Losing will not be an option when the four Vodacom Cup quarter-finals take place across the country this weekend. Durban, Cape Town, Nelspruit and Pretoria will host the top eight teams on Friday and Saturday in a weekend where second best will no longer be good enough.
Exactly the same eight teams that played in the quarter-finals in 2012, are back again this year. Even their positions from last year are almost the same. The Vodacom Blue Bulls “replace” GWK Griquas as hosts, while the Sharks XV, Steval Pumas and DHL Western Province will all host a quarter-final for the second successive year.
Rebels (14) 33 / 39 (24) Chiefs (Final Score)
The Melbourne Rebels and Chiefs did battle in Super Rugby at AAMI Park, Melbourne at 11:40 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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With just four points separating the top three teams who have already qualified for the Pro12 play-offs, no-one can yet be certain of their position in the table.
Blues (9) 18 / 17 (3) Stormers (Final Score)
The Blues and DHL Stormers did battle in Super Rugby at North Harbour Stadium, Albany at 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time, 07:35 GMT).
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 Queensland Rugby Union have confirmed that Super Rugby winning winger Digby Ioane will leave the Reds at the end of the season to play in France.
The South African Rugby Union’s 2012 annual report shows that full executive members of its executive council were awarded massive salary and bonus increases, even though the union suffered a huge slump in profits last year.
Page 51 of the annual report reveals that SARU’s after-tax profit plunged 87% to R2.347m in the year ended December 31 2012, down from R18.554m the year before.
London’s Olympic Stadium will host five games at the 2015 Rugby World Cup which is being held across 13 venues.
Brad Thorn is set to notch up 100 Super Rugby matches when the Highlanders take on the Sharks in Dunedin on Saturday.
I got this from SuperSport, a bit of a satirical look at the Sharks… but also the hope expressed that they start to perform!
South African hooker Gary Botha and Australian halfback Luke Burgess are to leave French Top 14 side Toulouse at the end of the season.
DHL Stormers coach Allister Coetzee has kept the changes to a minimum for Friday’s Vodacom Super Rugby clash against the Blues at North Harbour Stadium in Albany (kick-off 09h35 SA time).
Veteran Springbok Schalk Burger is back in hospital and scheduled to go under the knife again.