The Springboks and the Wallabies face off for the second successive week in the Mandela Plate decider in Bloemfontein on Saturday at 17:00. It might have come too late in terms of the Tri-Nations, but the Springboks finally returned to their winning ways in Pretoria last weekend. The 44-31 win over the Wallabies was hardly [...]
The Lions announced on Thursday that they have signed John Mitchell as head coach on a three-year contract. Mitchell, whose noticeable influence as a consultant at the Lions in the current Currie Cup campaign has seen the Johannesburg side record three successive victories, was set to return to the Western Force next year to see [...]
The Leopards will throw everything at their visitors the Pumas in Potchefstroom on Friday night as they look to record that elusive first win of the season. The hosts remain the only winless team in this year’s competition and look to be heading to relegation back to the First Division having been outclassed in all [...]
A depleted Griquas side will have their work cut out for them when they welcome neighbours the Free State Cheetahs to GWK Park on Friday. The hosts are traditionally tough to beat in Kimberley and have won three of their four home games in this year’s competition. They conquered the table-topping Sharks 40-34 in week [...]
SARugby.com brings you all the teamsheets for week nine of the 2010 Absa Currie Cup, which is headlined by the clash between the Blue Bulls and the Sharks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday evening. Friday: Griquas v Free State Cheetahs, GWK Park, Kimberley (17:00) Griquas: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Rocco Jansen, 13 Wilmaure Louw, 12 [...]
There are two sides to the selection coin – maintaining continuity or rotating players – and The Sharks coach has opted to stick largely with the side that did so well last weekend for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the Blue Bulls. “We’ve picked as close to full-strength a side we’re able to,” Plumtree [...]
The Springboks and the Wallabies face off for the second successive week in the Mandela Plate decider in Bloemfontein on Saturday at 17:00. It might have come too late in terms of the Tri-Nations, but the Springboks finally returned to their winning ways in Pretoria last weekend. The 44-31 win over the Wallabies was hardly [...]
The Sharks have sent scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar off to Ulster with a fond goodbye after having signed a two year deal with the Irish club which sees him linking up with former team-mate at The Sharks, Johann Muller. “I thought long and hard about it and it was difficult decision leaving The Sharks because I’ve [...]
The Eastern Province Kings have conceded five consecutive defeats in Welkom and will be hoping to end their winless run at the North West Stadium when they take on the Griffons on Friday at 17h05. The Port Elizabeth side are in first position on the Absa Currie Cup First Division log and are currently the [...]
The Lions announced on Thursday that they have signed John Mitchell as head coach on a three-year contract. Mitchell, whose noticeable influence as a consultant at the Lions in the current Currie Cup campaign has seen the Johannesburg side record three successive victories, was set to return to the Western Force next year to see [...]
The Lions will aim look to add to Western Province’s recent misfortune when they host the Cape side at Coca-Cola Park on Friday night. Province were the pacesetters for just about the entire first round and looked seemingly unbeatable as they strung together an impressive six-match winning streak. After a 15-12 win over the Blue [...]
The Bleed Newspaper claims that Blue Bulls prop Bees Roux may have become the victim of blackmail at the hands of metro police officers, after he spent a drunken evening at an infamous strip-club in Pretoria. Roux had been at the club, Flamingo’s in Church Street, until the early hours of the morning before he [...]
Watching @JohnSmit123 special on @supersport seeing that RWC night in France again made me feel like I was back in StadedeFrance #goosebumps
