Kings (7) 21 / 45 (24) Cheetahs (Final Score)
The Southern Kings and Toyota Cheetahs did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 / 2018 at
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 UK Time & GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
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Benetton (5) 27 / 21 (9) Cheetahs (Final Score)
Benetton Rugby and the Toyota Cheetahs did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 / 2018 at
Stadio Monico, Treviso, Italy at 15:15 SA Time (14:15 Italy Time, 13:15 UK Time & GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
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Edinburgh (15) 37 / 7 (0) Kings (Final Score)
Edinburgh Rugby and the Southern Kings did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 at
Myreside Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland at 21:35 SA Time (19:35 UK Time, 19:35 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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The Southern Kings return to Guinness PRO14 action following their Christmas break with a tough assignment away to Edinburgh at Myreside.
The Kings’ last game was against Friday’s opponents as they went down 48-21 at Nelson Mandela Bay with the Scottish side playing Glasgow Warriors back-to-back in the meantime.
What’s at stake? The Kings are yet to record a win in the Guinness PRO14 but there is no better time than a New Year for a change in fortunes.
A victory would help the Kings close the ten-point gap to the Dragons.
Edinburgh meanwhile are eight points behind third-placed Ulster and need success to reduce that deficit as well as move them further clear of Benetton in Conference B.
Gary Graham called up for England training camp
Bath prop Beno Obano and Newcastle flanker Gary Graham have been called up to England training for the first time.
Obano, 23, and Graham, 25, are part of a 34-man training squad named by England boss Eddie Jones for a two-day camp in Brighton starting on 1 January.
Saracens winger Nathan Earle is also included but Courtney Lawes is rested for personal reasons, while Elliot Daly and Nathan Hughes are injured.
James Haskell is recalled while injured number eight Billy Vunipola will also attend as champions England start their preparations for the Six Nations – their first match is against Italy in Rome on Sunday, 4 February.
The winner of world’s oldest inter-city rugby rivalry will be decided by the ‘best of three’ format used in the international arena it was confirmed today.
Edinburgh Rugby host Glasgow Warriors in the opening leg of the 1872 Cup this Saturday (23 December, kick-off 5.10pm UK time; 7.10pm SA time) at BT Murrayfield in round 11 of the Guinness PRO14.The sides will meet again at Glasgow’s Scotstoun home a week later (Saturday 30 December, kick-off 3.15pm UK time; 5.15pm SA time), with a third, potentially decisive derby held at the home of Scottish rugby on the last weekend of the regular season (27/28/29 April).
Previously the 1872 Cup was awarded to the aggregate winner of the two league matches between the clubs, however with the expansion of the Guinness PRO14 – to include South African sides Southern Kings and Toyota Cheetahs – means that the Scottish sides now meet three times in a season instead of two.
The derbies attract the biggest rugby audiences in Scotland outside of national team test matches and will see many of the stars who lit up the recent Autumn Test campaign go head-to-head with their club sides – battling it out for PRO14 points, bragging rights and the chance to get a hand on the coveted 1872 Cup.
Wales (21) 24/ 22 (10) Springboks (Final Score)
Wales and the South African Springboks did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 UK Time & GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Kings (16) 21 / 48 (22) Edinburgh (Final Score)
The Southern Kings and Edinburgh Rugby did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 at
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa at 19:15 SA Time (17:15 UK Time & GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Kings (16) 30 / 34 (10) Scarlets (Final Score)
The Southern Kings and Llanelli Scarlets did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 at
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa at 15:00 SA Time (13:00 UK Time & GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Wales (11) 18 / 33 (12) All Blacks (Final Score)
Wales and the New Zealand All Blacks did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, at 19:15 SA Time (17:15 UK Time & GMT, Sunday 06:15 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Italy (6) 6 / 35 (21) Springboks (Final Score)
The Italian Azzurri and South African Springboks did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
Stadio Euganeo, Padua, Italy, at 16:00 SA Time (15:00 Italy Time, 14:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Cheetahs (14) 33 / 13 (0) Edinburgh (Final Score)
The Toyota Cheetahs and Edinburgh Rugby did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 at
the Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa at 19:30 SA Time (17:30 UK Time & GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Assistant coach Mike Blair shrugged off comments by one the greatest All Blacks of all time, who had predicted New Zealand will “whack” Scotland by what would be a record 60 points at BT Murrayfield on Saturday evening.
Zinzan Brooke, the legendary No 8 who won 58 caps between 1987 and 1997, also used his column on the official All Blacks website to blast the Scots’ performance against Samoa last weekend, which saw them concede five tries in a 44-38 win. “If conditions are firm this weekend at Murrayfield, they could completely run Scotland ragged and whack them by 50 to 60 points,” wrote Brooke.
Scotland’s record defeat by New Zealand was a 69-20 loss in Dunedin 17 years ago, with the 49-3 defeat in 2010 the heaviest at Murrayfield.
France (7) 17 / 18 (8) Springboks (Final Score)
France and the South African Springboks did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
Stade de France, Paris, France, at 21:45 SA Time (20:45 French Time, 19:45 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Scotland (3) 17 / 22 (3) All Blacks (Final Score)
Scotland and the New Zealand All Blacks did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland, at 19:15 SA Time (17:15 Uk Time & GMT, Sunday 06:15 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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England (6) 30 / 6 (0) Wallabies (Final Score)
England and the Australian Wallabies did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
Twickenham Stadium, London, England, at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 UK Time & GMT, Sunday 02:00 AEDT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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France will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup after beating rival bids from South Africa and Ireland.
South Africa had been expected to win the vote after an independent review recommended they stage the tournament.
However, at a World Rugby Council meeting in London on Wednesday, France was chosen to hold the 10th event.
France has staged the competition twice before – in 1991 and 2007 – and won in the second round of voting, with 24 votes compared to 15 for South Africa.
Ireland, one of five joint hosts in 1991, was eliminated after getting eight of the 39 votes in the first round – France picked up 18 and South Africa 13.
South Africa hosted the World Cup in 1995, when the Springboks beat New Zealand 15-12 in the final.
France (5) 18 / 38 (31) All Blacks (Final Score)
France and the New Zealand All Blacks did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
Stade de France, Paris, France, at 21:45 SA Time (20:45 French Time, 19:45 GMT, Sunday 08:45 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Ireland (14) 38 / 3 (0) Springboks (Final Score)
Ireland and the South African Springboks did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland, at 19:30 SA Time (17:30 UK Time & GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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England (14) 21 / 8 (3) Los Pumas (Final Score)
England and the Argentinian Los Pumas did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
Twickenham Stadium, London, England, at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 UK Time & GMT, 12:00 Arg Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Edinburgh prop Darryl Marfo will make his Scotland debut in Saturday’s autumn Test against Samoa at Murrayfield.
Hooker Stuart McInally makes only his fourth Test start in the absence of the injured Fraser Brown and Ross Ford.
Ben Toolis joins Jonny Gray in the second row, with fit-again Alex Dunbar and Huw Jones resuming at centre.
With Brown and Ford on a lengthy injury list, McInally makes his first appearance since the summer tour of Japan in 2016, with WP Nel getting the nod at tight-head over Zander Fagerson.
Three loose-head props – Alasdair Dickinson, Allan Dell and Gordon Reid – are are all missing, while new head coach Gregor Townsend must also do without Greig Laidlaw, Richie Gray, Sean Maitland, Duncan Taylor, Matt Scott and Adam Ashe for his first Test on home soil.
Wing Anthony Volmink will be joining the Southern Kings on loan with immediate effect from the Golden Lions whilst centre Jarryd Sage will leave the Port Elizabeth side.
“We are extremely grateful for the contribution that he made to the Southern Kings during his time here and we wish him only the best going forward.
Sage, 22, who formed part of a quartet of players who joined the Kings from the Golden Lions earlier this season, found opportunities at the local franchise hard to come by as coach Deon Davids opted for a first-choice pairing of vice-captain Luzuko Vulindlu and Berton Klaasen in midfield with Jacques Nel as occasional back-up.
Sage joins the Dragons with effect from December 1.
Being in a Scotland international camp is always a pleasure and a privilege and, in the case of this autumn, a mighty relief.
I should go back a few months to explain what’s been going on with me this past while, to the 25th minute of a Scarlets game against Edinburgh on 23 September.
That’s when I went low in a tackle on Magnus Bradbury and caught his hip on my head. It was an innocuous collision. Looking at it, you wouldn’t have said there was any great force in it. You wouldn’t have called it a big hit.
I’ve been knocked unconscious before playing rugby, but this was different. When I was 20 and playing for the Scotland Under-21s against Wales I was out cold for about five minutes and then spent an hour in an ambulance not knowing where I was, before doing a night in hospital while my head cleared.
This time, I was out for about 10 or 15 seconds. I woke up to the sound of my own snoring. The minute I came around, I knew what had happened. The medics were tending to my neck, doing all the things they needed to do to make sure I was OK, but my neck was fine. I told them, ‘You can let go of my neck, boys, there’s nothing wrong with it’. But that’s procedure in these cases.
Connaught (13) 23 / 15 (3) Cheetahs (Final Score)
Connaught and the Toyota Cheetahs did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 at
the Sportsground, Galway, Ireland at 21:35 SA Time (19:35 UK Time & GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Barbarians (17) 22 / 31 (10) All Blacks (Final Score)
The Barbarians and New Zealand All Blacks did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2017 Internationals at
Twickenham Stadium, London, England, at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 UK Time & GMT, Sunday 03:00 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Kings (22) 36 / 43 (10) Ulster (Final Score)
The Southern Kings and Ulster Rugby did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 at
the Wolfson Stadium, KwazaKhele, South Africa at 15:00 SA Time (13:00 UK Time & GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Exciting young backs Warrick Gelant and Lukhanyo Am, as well as Daniel du Preez and Louis Schreuder are the 4 uncapped players in the Springbok squad of 34 players announced on Sunday for the 2017 Castle Lager Outgoing Tour.
Furthermore, experienced prop Coenie Oosthuizen has been recalled to the squad, having successfully completed his rehabilitation from an arm injury, which meant he missed the Springboks’ recent home Tests against Australia and New Zealand.
Also included in the squad are loose forward Uzair Cassiem (who has recovered from the rib injury he sustained against the Wallabies in Bloemfontein) and the experienced Tendai Mtawarira (who missed the encounter against the All Blacks in Cape Town because of family reasons).
There are also recalls to the squad for the Toyota Free State Cheetahs duo of Francois Venter (centre) and Oupa Mohoje (loose forward).
Zebre (16) 23 / 24 (8) Cheetahs (Final Score)
Zebre and the Toyota Cheetahs did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 at
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma, Italy at 18:00 SA Time (18:00 Italy Time, 16:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 2 on TV in SA.
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Sharks (21) 21 / 33 (15) WP (Final Score)
The Cell C Sharks and DHL Western Province did battle in the Currie Cup final of 2017 at
Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban, South Africa at 16:00 SA Time (14:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Wallabies (12) 31 / 28 (21) Barbarians (Final Score)
The Australian Wallabies and the Barbarians did battle in a 2017 International at
Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia, at 06:00 SA Time (15:00 AEST, 04:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Warriors (19) 43 / 13 (6) Kings (Final Score)
Glasgow Warriors and the Southern Kings did battle in the Guinness PRO14 2017 at
Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland at 20:35 SA Time (19:35 UK Time, 18:35 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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WP (13) 19 / 5 (5) Golden Lions (Final Score)
DHL Western Province and the Xerox Golden Lions did battle in a Currie Cup 2017 semi-final at
DHL Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Sharks (28) 37 / 27 (13) Blue Bulls (Final Score)
The Cell C Sharks and Vodacom Blue Bulls did battle in a Currie Cup 2017 semi-final at
Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban, South Africa at 14:30 SA Time (12:30 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Wallabies (12) 23 / 18 (13) All Blacks (Final Score)
The Australian Wallabies and New Zealand All Blacks did battle in the 3rd Bledisloe Cup encounter of 2017 at
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia, at 11:05 SA Time (09:05 GMT, 19:05 AEDT, 21:05 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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