The second round of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division kicks off on Friday 2 September 2011, in Nelspruit, with the highlight of the weekend Saturday's match in Pretoria between the Vodacom Blue Bulls and The Sharks. It's been a tough season for the Blue Bulls, but they've won their last three games and will be looking to continue that trend against the defending … [Read more...] about Your Rugby Fixtures This Weekend
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Springboks Will be Able to Tweet and FB With Ease
The Springboks will stay close to home no matter where they are in the world following the coming together of associate sponsors Vodacom and Acer to produce a technology package to keep the Boks connected. Each member of the squad was presented with the latest Acer Iconia A501 tablet at their Johannesburg training headquarters on Wednesday, as well as with 3G bandwidth from … [Read more...] about Springboks Will be Able to Tweet and FB With Ease
Speel Rugby
"Play Rugby" (or "Speel Rugby" in Afrikaans) is a brand new book aimed at children to teach them the joys of playing rugby safely from a young age. It stars Bokkie and and is fully endorsed by the South African Rugby Union. Pearson, one of South Africa's leading educational publishers, and SARU first discussed the concept for the book early in 2010 and have spent the last … [Read more...] about Speel Rugby
John Mitchell and Demetri Catrakilis Top This Month
MTN Golden Lions coach, John Mitchell, and DHL Western Province flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis were today named as the Absa Currie Cup Coach and Player of the Month for August. The Absa Currie Cup Coach of the Month competition is designed to acknowledge and reward coaches for their outstanding leadership. Players, who are consistent and significantly contribute to the overall … [Read more...] about John Mitchell and Demetri Catrakilis Top This Month
Presidential Send off For World Cup Springboks
The Springboks carried the hopes of 50 million South Africans on their shoulders, State President Jacob Zuma, told the 30-man squad and management during the team’s official send off to the Rugby World Cup at the President’s Guest House in Pretoria on Monday. President Zuma and the minister of Sport and Recreation, Fikile Mbalula, wished the team well for the seven week … [Read more...] about Presidential Send off For World Cup Springboks
