Eight Milnerton High School pupils are expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The case stems from a violent incident in which a 16-year-old Grade 10 pupil, who recently survived cancer, was attacked. A video of the assault, which has […]
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Bulls coach Johan Ackermann says Jan-Hendrik Wessels would have played against Glasgow on Friday night had he not been facing a lengthy ban. SIMON BORCHARDT reports. The Bok front-rower has reportedly been suspended for nine weeks after a disciplinary committee found him guilty of foul play during the Bulls’ match against Connacht last week –
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Coach Johan Ackermann has made eight changes to the Bulls line-up for Friday night’s URC match against Glasgow in Scotland. This follows last week’s one-point win against Connacht. Among the most significant changes are the inclusion of Bok lock Ruan Nortje, who will captain the side, and flanker Marcell Coetzee. There has been a front-row
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Under-fire Sharks coach John Plumtree has fronted up after his team’s poor start to the URC season. After a winless tour and a home loss to Ulster, the Sharks are 14th on the log and desperate to find some form ahead of the November break. The Durbanites face fellow strugglers the Scarlets at Kings Park
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Stormers new recruit, Ntuthuko Mchunu, is champing at the bit to make his debut for his new franchise after moving from the Sharks. AFRICA PICKS: Keo reflects on URC accumulator The Bok juggernaut has been sidelined by a knee injury which has kept him out of the opening four URC matches for the Cape side.
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Check out the South African match-day squads for this weekend’s Vodacom URC matches! GLASGOW WARRIORS vs BULLS (Friday, 8:45pm) BULLS – TBC MORE: Nomlomo hails De Klerk’s climb to Bok contention The @Vodacom #URC Round 4 player of the week, as voted for by YOU! Sebastian de Klerk was on for the Vodacom @BlueBullsRugby, bagging
Eben Etzebeth will lead the Sharks against the Scarlets at Kings Park on Saturday. The Bok lock takes over the captaincy from Vincent Tshituka. There are three changes to the team that lost to Ulster last Saturday. In the pack, Emmanuel Tshituka starts at No 8 with Phepsi Buthelezi dropping down to the bench. Among
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Bulls Currie Cup head coach Phiwe Nomlomo says Sebastian de Klerk’s rise into Springbok contention is no accident, but the result of a player who refuses to leave anything to chance. De Klerk, one of the most consistent performers for the Bulls across the URC and Currie Cup over the past two seasons, has been
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Winger Dylan Pietsch is back in Wallabies gold for the first time since his clash with Siya Kolisi in Johannesburg that left him with a broken jaw. Pietsch headlines a new-look team to take on Japan in Tokyo on Saturday, with Nick Champion de Crespigny becoming the Wallabies’ 92nd captain. The powerful loose forward made
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Former All Blacks flyhalf Stephen Donald believes the Springboks will go five from five on their end-of-year tour. The Boks face Japan, France, Italy, Ireland and Wales in November, and Donald – a 2011 World Cup winner – says the schedule has set them up perfectly to maintain their No 1 ranking. “That’s a nice
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