Right, I’ve thought long and hard about just how those idiots SARU and SANZAR can crowbar the EP Kinglets into Superugby and I think I’ve cracked it. [...]
Posts tagged with: SARU
2 X Super 8’s = Super 16
1 Feb 12 15:13 by The Quirk | Currie Cup, Original Content, Reader Submissions, Super 14, Super Rugby | 24 Comments
Get your gloves on… it’s “Super 16″ time again
So this is kind of predictable, right? Having announced last week that the Southern Kings will definitely play Super Rugby in 2013, sort of added as a throwaway statement at the end of the Bok coach announcement with no details as to how it would be accomplished, SARU now look to have their hopes set on further expansion of the tournament, rather than having to drop one of the existing teams. [...]
SA Barbarians to face England
27 Jan 12 14:54 by StevieS | Currie Cup, Original Content, Reader Submissions, Springboks | 6 Comments
In the latest news it has been confirmed that England will play against an SA Barbarians team in a midweek match during Englands three week tour. [...]
What to do with our sixth SupeRugby side?
26 Jan 12 12:01 by StevieS | EP Kings, Original Content, Reader Submissions, Super Rugby | 56 Comments
How do we accommodate a sixth Super Rugby side and keep everyone happy (I am going to operate on the assumption that South Africa will continue to have six franchises. This seems logical as there has been no indication to the contrary.)? [...]
Heyneke it is then, or not?
It seems that the National Coach announcement scheduled to take place this Friday afternoon has been finalised before it has even started, with a fresh press release coming from within the Blue Bulls Rugby Company. [...]
SA rugby world tying itself in knots
I’ve tried to sit back a little over the last few days and watch (and chuckle) as the local rugby media, both professional and amateur, has whipped itself into a right froth about the upcoming Bok coaching appointment. [...]
Hoskins elected to IRB post
South Africa’s Oregan Hoskins was elected to the post of IRB vice-chairman in Los Angeles last night, beating off the challenge of former Lions captain Bill Beaumonmt, who has held the post for the last four years.
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Bok coach to be directly appointed
SARU have announced that they will forego the very public process of formal applications for the Bok coaching job, opting to rather assemble a (presumably non-public) short-list of candidates, whom they will approach individually. [...]
4th reinforcement joins the Boks
16 Aug 11 10:04 by KSA Shark © | Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations | 14 Comments
The Boks have called up a 4th reinforcement as cover for the match against the All Blacks. [...]
Currie Cup cut
11 Aug 11 12:44 by Richard Ferguson | Bulls, Cheetahs, Currie Cup, Lions, Original Content, Other SA Teams, Sharks | 31 Comments
The ABSA Currie Cup will be contested by only six teams from 2012 after the SARU General Council met in Cape Town this morning. This will mean the end of the Premier Division for two teams at the end of the season. [...]
Bok squad for home leg announced
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Friday named a 24-man squad featuring several players returning from injury rehabilitation for the home leg of the Castle Tri-Nations series. Six players remain on the injured list and unavailable for selection, although three of them will join the squad in Durban to continue their rehabilitation.
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Os still going to the World Cup
Double World Cup winner Os du Randt will be going to another World Cup this year, but not with the Springboks as he originally planned. Instead, he will be assisting the other green team at the event, the Irish. [...]
Div names his 51 man squad
The South African Rugby Union on Wednesday named 51 players who have been called to a national team planning session at the start of next month. The players will attend two days of meetings and logistical discussions in the first of three national camps in preparation for the international season. [...]
Port Elizabeth gets the Sevens
The HSBC Sevens World Series will be going to Port Elizabeth from later this year after the SARU Executive Council accepted the tender made by the South African Rugby Union. The first event will be held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. [...]
Can we please stop whining and rather play rugby?
I see that the Aussies have, predictably, come out with a retort to SARU’s frankly bonkers decision to raise “concerns” in the media about the impact that the expanded Super Rugby tournament will have on players’ bodies and minds in a World Cup year. [...]
