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Vodacom Bulls scrumhalf Fourie du Preez will captain the Bulls side that will play a Premier’s XV in Nelspruit on Saturday.
The Vodacom Bulls will be anxiously waiting for a clearance certificate for their captain Victor Matfield as he continues to battle a neck strain ahead of this year’s Super Rugby season.
The Six Nations season starts on Friday with the game between Wales and England in the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Click on More for Previews.
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Chris Ashton’s sensational try for England against Australia at Twickenham last November has been named the International Rugby Players’ Association Try of the Year for 2010.
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Springboks Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson can return to playing rugby immediately after a Judicial Committee found that there was “no fault” on the part of the players for positive tests for a banned stimulant.
Springboks Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson will learn if they can play in the 2011 Rugby World Cup on Friday when the South African Rugby Union announces the results of their doping hearing.
SA Under-20 coach Dawie Theron on Thursday insisted that there were plenty of lessons learnt during his side’s 50-10 defeat against DHL Western Province in Bellville.
The Sharks have named a squad of 27 players for their Super Rugby warm-up tournament against the Stormers and the Lions in Cape Town.
The Lions have a long way to go before reaching the fitness levels they need to be world class contenders, the team’s strength and conditioning coach, Wayne Taylor, said on Thursday.
The Springbok management will have access to key national players during the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament following an agreement with the coaches of the five teams at a cordial and productive meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Failure to plan is planning to fail, or so the old saying goes.
Springbok Sevens’ coach Paul Treu has made four changes to his squad for the Sevens World Series tournaments in Wellington and Las Vegas, the SA Rugby Union said on Monday.
The Cheetahs still have not registered an overseas victory in five seasons of Super rugby, but they will lay that ghost to rest in 2011.
South Africa Under-20 coach Dawie Theron on Saturday said that South African junior rugby is in a healthy state and added that there is talent and depth to consistently excel on the international stage in the future.
To coincide with our countdown of Rugby’s Most Influential People, we thought we would offer up some additional rankings in the form of a series of ‘Top 5s’.
South Africa 250/9 (46/46 ov) Revised target D/L 268
India 234 (40.2/46 ov)
South Africa won by 33 runs (D/L method)
India won the toss and elected to field
The quarter-final line-up for this season’s Heineken Cup is taking shape following the penultimate round of pool action.
The Sharks are making the best of the time they are spending at the Bafokeng Sports Campus in Phokeng and look set to return to Durban in great shape for the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament, coach John Plumtree said on Thursday.
While Richie McCaw has been awarded a two-week holiday pass from the Super 15, Brad Thorn will be expected to slap on the body armour for the Crusaders’ first match, against the Blues at Eden Park on February 19.
South Africa 220 (49.2 ov)
India 223/8 (48.2 ov) India won by 2 wickets
SA World Cup squad
G Smith, J Kallis, D Steyn, AB De Villiers, H Amla, M Morkell, J Botha, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, C Ingram, L Tsotsobe, R Peterson, M van Wyk, I Tahir, W Parnell.
Lions coach John Mitchell has confirmed Franco van der Merwe will captain the team
Doppies la Grange has been named as vice-captain.
The Lions rugby team have a pleasant headache – to pick a captain for this year’s Super rugby competition.
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Lions coach John Mitchell said the results of his team’s pre-season matches in the Newlands tri-series will be far less important than the “energy and enthusiasm” his players bring to the field.
Munster’s 12-year streak of reaching the Heineken Cup quarter-finals was brought to an end by a 32-16 defeat in Toulon on Sunday as the debutant French club secured their own place in the last eight.
IT WAS expected the Melbourne Rebels would be rusty and somewhat disjointed when they took on Tonga in their first trial game last night at Olympic Park. They certainly were, but in between the clumsy periods, there were some promising stanzas during their 43-13 romp.
From the General and all at SuperBru HQ.
Welcome to a new season of rugby and a new and improved SuperBru. We’ve made a bunch of changes to make SuperBru even more fun!
India tour of South Africa, 2nd ODI:
India 190 (47.2 ov)
South Africa 189 (42.5 0v)
India win by 1 run
The newly-established SANZAR (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia Rugby) organisation based in Sydney has appointed former international referee Lyndon Bray to the new role of Game Manager.
Time is running out to have your say on who should win the IRPA Try of the Year Award 2010. Be quick though, voting closes on Monday.
According to Sharks coach John Plumtree, Springboks skipper John Smit will have shed seven to eight kilos by the time the Super Rugby season starts.
With a little over 200 days to go until the IRB Junior World Championship 2011 kicks off in Italy, Pool C opponents South Africa and England are stepping up preparations in their quest to end New Zealand’s dominance of the prestigious Under 20 tournament.
India tour of South Africa, 1st ODI
South Africa 289/9 (50 ov)
India 154 (35.4 ov)
South Africa won by 135 runs
England tour of Australia, 1st T20
Australia 157/4 (20 ov)
England 158/9 (20 ov)
England won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)
A packed calendar of events awaits those hungry to sample some rugby again. Diarise the following provisional DHL Stormers dates so that you don’t miss out.
Bulls have a tough start to the season. Losing coaches, key players injured and now management is hit by serious health issues to senior role players and their families.