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The Rugby Sevens World Series is set to expand to include more nations as the sport heads for its first inclusion as an Olympic Sport, taking part in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. [...]
Posts tagged with: South Africa
Sevens continues to grow
Blitzbokke keep clean sheet – UPDATED
Paul Treu’s SA Sevens team got their Wellington Sevens campaign off to a fine start, romping home to whitewash victories over both the USA and the Cook Islands this morning. [...]
Meyer won’t be rushed
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has made it quite clear that he will select his Bok captain purely on merit, and is in no rush to make that decision. [...]
Lawrence relieved of SA duty
Bryce Lawrence, the referee who many feel cost the Springboks a spot in the Rugby World Cup semi finals last year, will not be asked to travel to South Africa to cover SupeRugby matches in the Republic. [...]
André Pretorius returns
Former Springbok flyhalf André Pretorius has returned to South Africa, and has been snapped up by the newly relegated Leopards team, and has already started training with the Potch-based outfit. [...]
Super Rugby 2012: An Optimistic Approach
17 Jan 12 11:46 by Original Pierre | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Reader Submissions, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 80 Comments
Super Rugby is almost upon us and along with the pre-season jitters, on my part, comes the inevitable speculation: How will the Sharks go this time around? [...]
Happy Holidays
23 Dec 11 09:38 by Franshark | Meet the bloggers, Original Content, Reader Submissions | 19 Comments
Tourists are people who travels thousands of miles so they can photograph themselves. [...]
SA vs Sharks
A phrase that we seem to be hearing a lot these past few days is: “They deserve it”. Blah…blah…blah…
The heat is on, and it’s cooking time. Time for the Currie Cup Final! [...]
Habana: ZAR > Yen
In a somewhat surprising move Western Province have announced the extension of Bryan Habana’s contract, and its not a one year extension, its a THREE year one. After the rumour mill started doing the rounds that he was in talks with Japanese Clubs, Habana took to twitter to rubbish the rumours saying “Amazing how some journalists can write the biggest load of nonsense to create sensationalism & then never apologise or correct their wrongs!” and following that with “Heard yesterday that I am in talks with some Japanese clubs??!?? That’s the 1st I’ve heard of it!!”.
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Introducing: Bokworld
It’s the 2nd of September and the 2011 Rugby World Cup is just a few short days away. We’ve been beavering away behind the scenes to prepare a special surprise just in time for the start of the greatest rugby competition on earth and are proud to announce the birth of our sister-site (insert drumroll)… Bokworld! [...]
Happy Spring Day
It’s the 1st of September, South Africa and Spring is here! [...]
A sad farewell
30 Aug 11 14:51 by Richard Ferguson | All Blacks, Original Content, Springboks, Tri Nations, Wallabies | 29 Comments
The Tri Nations has come to an end for the 2011 year, and it is with a sad feeling that we say good bye to the premier tournament in the Southern Hemisphere as it will be extended to a four team competition next year to include Argentina. [...]
All the RWC Squads
25 Aug 11 08:26 by KSA Shark © | All Blacks, Original Content, RWC 2011, Springboks, Wallabies | 17 Comments
Now that all 20 RWC squads have been announced here is a pool by pool breakdown of the squads. [...]
ITM Cup – Week 12 Preview
ITM Cup rugby has very much been over shadowed this week by the defeat of the All Blacks at the hands of the defending World Champions South Africa. This coupled with the naming of the All Black 30 man squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup means there has been little energy for ITM Cup action. [...]
Good news for SA Super sides?
During the build up to the Rugby World cup some news for the 2012 Super Rugby competition seems to be going by unnoticed. [...]