With compliments of thebulls.co.za we give you the Bulls team for the semi-final. Continue reading
Being the week of the Currie Cup semi’s, I thought we would institute a Thread where we insult each other without getting heated about it!
Gooooooooooi Mieliessssssssss !
News from Bloemfontein is that the Cheetahs are looking forward to repeating the total dominance that they enjoyed over the suspect Sharks front row in both the CC clashed this year. Continue reading
Xerox Lions hooker Hans van Dyk has been cited for allegedly biting Vodacom Western Province flanker Francois Louw on the forearm during the first half of an Absa Currie Cup Premier Division match in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Jonathan Kaplan, the world’s most capped Test referee, has been appointed to referee the 2009 Currie Cup Final. Marius Jonker and Mark Lawrence have been appointed to the Currie Cup seminal and Craig Joubert the First Division Final – all four amongst the very top referees in the world.
For coach John Plumtree, 14 weeks of Absa Currie Cup rugby are behind him and a new challenge awaits with the knock-out rounds beckoning and home ground advantage secured thanks to the 45-30 win over Griquas on the weekend.
We have reached the end of the Currie Cup round robin stage for the 0/19’s and 0/21’s competition and we look forward to the semi-finals and finals. Continue reading
It is that time of the year again when nominations for Player Awards is made. The year has flown, the stars have shone.
Depending on who you support this coming week the possible results is being thrown around wildly since yesterday.
Question marks about the injury situation of quite a few players are raised in the 4 Teams to compete in he semi’s, with the Bulls and Cheetahs least affected.
If there is just one reason SA Rugby can highlight on why Australia should not get (read do not deserve) the 15th franchise, it should because their market does not support it. Continue reading
A Lions rugby player has allegedly bitten Francois Louw of Western Province in Saturday’s Curry Cup clash between the two teams in the Coketin. The Lions won the match 27-25. Continue reading
The Sondag newspaper, today reported that ex-Bulls coach, Heyneke Meyer is currently the favourite to be appointed as the new Director of Coaching for the Lions in next season’s Super 14.
Inspirational Griquas captain Jonathan Mokuena has signed a two-year deal with the Golden Lions.
Four Currie Cup Premier Division games were played and the Lions walk away with this week’s TEAM OF THE WEEK AWARD.
The finalists for the semi-finals of the Currie Cup Premier Division 2009 has finally been decided.
The Lions hosted the WP in the last match in the play-off rounds for the Currie Cup of 2009. The Lions won a very hard fought match, 27 / 25.
The Boland were crushed by the Freestate who scored 9 tries to the 1 scored by Boland.
The GWK Griquas hosted the Sharks in the last match for both teams in the play-off rounds for the Currie Cup of 2009. The Sharks beat the Griquas by 15 points denying Griquas into the Currie Cup semi’s. Sharks won 45 / 30.
While we wait for serious rugby to begin.
This week the verbal jousting between supporters was taken up a notch as five teams fight for just four places …
Here are your pearls of wisdom, all the crackers and the shockers as we give our readers a voice in this week’s “You said it”.
There are two matches taking place in the final weekend of Absa Currie Cup pool stage rugby that will be watched with great interest by a majority of rugby fans as both The Sharks and Western Province seek bonus point wins over Griquas and the Lions.
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Western Province has denied all rumours that have linked Allister Coetzee to the Lions’ Super 14 coaching position.
The Platinum Leopards hosted the Blue Bulls in the last match for both teams in the play-off rounds for the Currie Cup of 2009. The Bulls won convincingly 61 / 24.
The two semi-finals of the Currie Cup First Division takes place late today and early evening. This is the match thread for discussion of these two games.
Golf and Rugby Sevens have been approved as Olympic Sports for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio Continue reading
At last we have reached the last open round of the Currie Cup Premier Division of 2009, to determine the last qualifier for the semi-finals and to determine the order in which the top 4 Teams finish!
With compliments of thebulls.co.za we give you the Bulls vs Leopards preview. Continue reading
Melbourne – Stirling Mortlock has been dumped as Australia captain and replaced by Rocky Elsom in a 35-man squad named by coach Robbie Deans on Friday for the Wallabies’ season-ending Grand Slam tour. Continue reading
On rugby re-joining the Olympic Games :
McCaw (76 Test Caps, 39 times as Captain) – “Playing for New Zealand and pulling on the All Blacks jersey have been a huge honour. As a rugby player, to be able to do that at an Olympic Games would be just huge & something that every rugby player in this country would be motivated by.”
Tasmin Montgomery has withdrawn the assault charge against her husband. Continue reading
Vodacom Western Province will be wary of a smarting Lions side when they do battle in the final Absa Currie Cup league match of the season at Coca Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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Here we will discuss tonight’s documentary on Supersport 1 starting at 19:00 SA time and much more. Continue reading
Blue Bulls flyhalf Burton Francis has signed a deal with the Golden Lions Rugby Union, after the Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd agreed to release the player of his contract. Continue reading
In the last couple of months, the GLRU management have promised their die hard supporters, that the Lions will get back to the top, at any cost. They will do what they have to, to become a powerhouse, once again.