The defending champion Blue Bulls will be out to get their Currie Cup campaign back on track against the Sharks in Pretoria, following last week’s shock loss to the Pumas. The Blue Bulls currently reside in fourth place on the tournament ladder after narrowly losing to the Pumas 22-21 in Nelspruit last Friday, and will [...]
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John Mitchell has parted ways with Super 15 franchise Western Force with the team saying on Thursday that the only man to have coached the side since they entered the series in 2006 was leaving a year early. The former All Blacks coach was scheduled to depart the Perth-based side after next year’s inaugural Super [...]
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The Bulls have been boosted by news that captain Gary Botha will not require surgery following an injury picked up against Western Province over the weekend.However, the South Africa hooker will have to sit out the next four weeks after sustaining medial ligament damage during the Currie Cup encounter. Botha has not played for the [...]
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Western Province extended its perfect winning start in Currie Cup rugby to five games with a runaway 50-3 victory over the highly fancied Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday. Griquas, which had beaten Western Province in their two previous encounters in Kimberley, was ground into submission in a hard-fought first half, during which Western Province scored [...]
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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa – Patrick Lambie scored two late tries as the Sharks pulled off a 25-13 victory against the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup match Saturday. Down 13-6 early, the Sharks started their comeback late in the second half. Lambie first rounded off a length-of-the field raid initiated by Springbok No. 8 [...]
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Western Province Head Coach Allister Coetzee has confirmed that Springbok lock Andries Bekker is set to undergo surgery on his back. The massive second row will have back surgery this week after suffering a recurrence of an old back injury during the Tri-Nations Test against the All Blacks in Wellington two weekends ago. The 26-year-old [...]
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Leopards full-back Jean Tiedt and loose forward RW Kember have been suspended for one week after both players were found guilty of foul play after being cited during Friday’s Currie Cup match against Western Province in Potchefstroom. The players appeared before separate SARU Judicial hearings in Johannesburg which were chaired by Rob Stelzner. Tiedt was [...]
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