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This is what happened one dark afternoon at Newlands, home of the Stormers…
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.
Hi, we have created pools for Rugby-Talk for both the Currie Cup Premier Division 2012 and The Rugby Championship 2012.
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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.
Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has showed his hand when he named a 26-man squad that will travel to South Africa next week for the opening round of the inaugural Rugby Championship.
The Pumas face the Springboks at Newlands on August 18, as they joined the SANZAR giants of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia in the Southern Hemisphere showpiece.
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).
Dewald Potgieter draf Vrydagaand voor as die Vodacom Blou Bulle hulle Absa Curriebeker-veldtog teen Griekwas op Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria afskop.
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Golden Lions squad to participate in the 2012 Absa Currie Cup competition this afternoon.
The Wallabies have named Drew Mitchell and Radike Samo and Under-20 captains Liam Gill and Jake Schatz in their 30 man squad for the upcoming Four Nation rugby Championship.
Mitchell and Samo both missed the June Tests, where Australia was upset by Scotland before clean sweeping the Six Nations champions 3-0 in the Wales Tour, but worked their way back into the Test arena.
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.
SANZAR have given Chiefs prop Ben Tameifuna a one week suspension for a dangerous tackle after he pleaded guilty to the offence.
England and the South African Proteas do battle in the 2nd Test of the Series in England at Headingly, Leeds, UK.
Match drawn!
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?
Just 30 of South Africa’s vast number of professional players will be able to sustain some sort of a living after they stop playing the game.
This is the reality of the situation facing about 600 contracted (or so-called professional) players in the country.
Fans across New Zealand have snapped up 25100 tickets to the Super Rugby final between the Chiefs and the Sharks at Waikato Stadium this Saturday.
Former Waratahs coach Michael Foley has been appointed Western Force Super Rugby coach on a three year contract starting from next season.
Chiefs scrumhalf Tawera Kerr-Barlow believes that his team’s defence will have to set the tone in their final showdown with the Sharks.
The Waratahs will have a new Super Rugby coach for the 2013 Super Rugby season after coach Michael Foley decided to call it a day and leave the New South Wales province.
Although he would have learned a lot in recent weeks, how many changes can we expect to see in Heyneke Meyer’s Rugby Championship squad?
The Bok coach will reveal his squad on Saturday after the Super Rugby Final, and faces some big selection decisions in key positions given the differing fortunes of the major contenders in the last few weeks.
Five times in Super Rugby history since its most formal inception in 1996, teams have crossed the Indian Ocean in either direction for the final … each time they have flown home empty-handed.
Sonny Bill Williams has confirmed his availability for the All Blacks in the upcoming Four Nations Rugby Championship which starts in August.
Vodacom Bulls winger Bjorn Basson will return to South Africa on Wednesday following his successful recovery from an operation in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Chiefs (17) 20 / (11) 17 Crusaders (Final Score)
The Chiefs hosted the Crusaders in a Semi-Final of Super Rugby at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 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 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Here are the Super Rugby Team Sheets for the Semi-Finals of Super Rugby 2012.
All the team sheets have now been updated and announced.
The Chiefs have set the pace for most of the season, but the Crusaders have caught up.
Reds captain and scrumhalf Will Genia has been named Australia’s Super rugby Player of the Year and the Reds won Australian Super Rugby team of the year.
Toulon’s England international flanker Steffon Armitage has tested positive for a product on the World Doping Agency’s banned list, albeit one which could be construed as having therapeutic qualities.
All Black centre Conrad Smith will miss the opening rounds of the new Four Nations Rugby Championship at least due to an eye injury.
Patrick Lambie might not be available for the Sharks in their Super Rugby semi-final against the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday, coach John Plumtree has confirmed.
Duane Vermeulen got through a semi-contact session on Tuesday afternoon apparently without any complaints, but it is still touch and go whether he will be named in the Stormers team when it is announced later on Wednesday.
SANZAR head of referees Lyndon Bray confirmed on Wednesday that New Zealand referee Bryce Lawrence’s Test career is over, according to EWN Sport.
England and the South African Proteas did battle in the 1st Test of the Series in England at Kennington Oval, London, UK.
South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs.