Pieter-Steph du Toit has been named the SA Rugby Player of the Year at the national awards held last night. […]
Posts tagged with: SA Rugby
Du Toit big winner, Bosch also rewarded
25 Oct 16 08:20 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 42 Comments
Bok coaches appointed
20 Oct 16 11:05 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 79 Comments
Following on the story we ran yesterday, it seems SA Rugby jumped the gun a bit and went ahead and announced the new coaches before the Saturday deadline. […]
Talking to Teich
14 Oct 16 14:57 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 76 Comments
He’s been in one of the hottest seats anywhere in SA rugby (that of Sharks CEO) for a little over two months, but Gary Teichmann has clearly already done a huge amount of work that will hopefully bear fruit for the franchise in years to come. I was incredibly fortunate to catch up with the former Bok captain for an in depth chat this week, courtesy of Novashni Chetty and the Sharks PR department. […]
Tuesday Afternoon News
11 Oct 16 12:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 13 Comments
It has been a busy day in rugby news with the following stories not making it to our Morning News thread. We have Lions and Bulls team news ahead of the Currie Cup Semi Finals and SA Rugby nominations for you. […]
SA coaches on the move
29 Sep 16 10:47 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 17 Comments
Three high-profile South African coaches have all become free agents over the last week or so, opening up the possibility of some interesting moves in the weeks ahead. […]
The Kings are dead…. long live the Kings!
5 Aug 16 09:37 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 35 Comments
So yesterday was a rather momentous day down in the Bay for a number of reasons; it’s not often that a rugby team suffers liquidation of its controlling union in the morning, receives a timely and unexpected cash boost for lunch and then has Currie Cup Premier Division participation confirmed in the afternoon. Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of our Kings. […]
Lewies called up to SA “A” squad
31 May 16 08:10 by Clayton Saville (Clayton(PJLD)) | 40 Comments
Sharks lock Stephan Lewies has been called up to the SA ” A” squad to replace Franco Mostert. […]
SARU hopes to ratify Bok coach appointment at today’s AGM
1 Apr 16 09:26 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 181 Comments
Committees, eh? Anyone who’s ever been on one will tell you they’re a terrible way to make decisions and get things done. SA Rugby, unfortunately, is no different and as you can imagine, there’s a fair bit of “process-schmocess” that needs to happen before something as significant as a Springbok coach announcement can be made. […]
Shocking development as SA Rugby’s turkeys again vote against Christmas
18 Jan 16 11:02 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 58 Comments
Oh, this one is just too good to be true! According to one of the Afrikaans papers, three of South African rugby’s “bigger smaller” unions came up with an audacious plan to secure top-flight Currie Cup rugby for themselves later in the year. Surprisingly enough, the suggestion was not accepted by the remaining “smaller smaller” unions (otherwise known as the very long and rather meaningless tail that time and again manages to wag the SARU dog). […]
Bok coach – no announcement any time soon
11 Jan 16 11:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 39 Comments
SARU have agreed to give themselves at least three more months to decide on Heyneke Mayer’s successor, with the General Council agreeing that the post will not be advertised. […]
Kings Quest: Update eleventy million
7 Dec 15 10:13 by Stephen Smith (StevieS) | 104 Comments
Hi Sharks fans. So it seems that cruel fate is not quite done with the Kings yet. […]
Stormers swap halfback pairing
12 Mar 15 14:40 by Clayton Saville (Clayton(PJLD)) | 11 Comments
Louis Schreuder and Kurt Coleman have been selected as the starting halfback pair for the Stormers who take on the Chiefs […]
Lewies gets Bok nod
24 May 14 17:40 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 63 Comments
SA Rugby have announced a late call-up to the Springbok training squad for Cell C Sharks lock Stephan Lewies. […]
Fred Z nominated twice
12 Dec 13 10:45 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 28 Comments
SA Rugby have confirmed the nominees for their various Player of the Year awards, with young Sharks sharpshooter Fred Zeilinga named as a finalist in two categories. […]
Matfield, Liefling primed for return
1 Nov 13 08:24 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 55 Comments
Reports this morning indicate that the Bulls are looking at both Victor Matfield and Derick Hougaard to make a return to Super Rugby next year. […]