Gio Aplon announced himself to the world when he starred with his first Test tries against France at Newlands in 2010. WATCH: Kolisi tears Les Bleus to shreds in Shark Tank Photo: Luke Walker / Gallo Images The post Watch: Aplon arrives on the Test scene appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Gio Aplon announced […]
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Australian flyhalf Carter Gordon said Wednesday he will join rugby league club the Gold Coast Titans next year on a two-year deal in a blow to new Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt. The 23-year-old has been capped eight times and was seen as a long-term prospect, but will defect to the 13-man game after his debt-laden
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On this day in 2004, Bakkies Botha scored a brace of tries to help the Springboks demolish Ireland in Bloemfontein in Jake White’s first game in charge. Photo: Duif du Toit Gallo Images The post On this day: Bakkies crushes Ireland appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. On this day in 2004, Bakkies Botha scored
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Assistant coach Robin McBryde anticipates an epic showdown between the Vodacom Bulls and Leinster in Pretoria on Saturday, likening the level of intensity to a Test match. The Bulls edged Benetton while Leinster beat Irish rivals Ulster last week to set up a blockbuster Vodacom URC semi-final between the teams at Loftus Versfeld. Jake White’s
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SA Rugby has confirmed that the 2024 Currie Cup will go ahead as scheduled after an agreement was reached on a new groundbreaking player management model. The new deal – that is scheduled for final sign off on Thursday – acknowledges that a compulsory, industry-wide eight-week shutdown is impossible to accommodate a playing calendar that
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Wilco Louw has warned Leinster that any attempts to circumvent the impact of altitude won’t work as the Vodacom Bulls brace for their URC semi-final clash in Pretoria. DYLAN JACK reports. The Irish giants brushed aside Ulster in Dublin last week to punch their ticket to a URC semi-final in the Republic, where Leo Cullen’s charges
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Emerging Ireland will tour the Republic in October, playing matches against Currie Cup champions the Cheetahs, 2022 winners Pumas and Super Rugby’s Force. Led by Ireland defence coach Simon Easterby, with support fromcPaul O’Connell, John Fogarty and Andrew Goodman, the squad will gather at the IRFU High Performance Centre on 25 September, departing for Bloemfontein
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Who do you want to see line up for the Springboks in a new-look back three to strike against Wales at Twickenham? The Boks face Wales at Twickenham on 22 June in their first match since winning the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. An exciting 35-man squad has been named, including 11 uncapped players.
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Ian Foster, Sam Cane and the New Zealand team have shared their emotions after a narrow defeat to the Springboks in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final. The South Africans produced a defensive effort for the ages to claim a 12-11 win in Paris to retain the Webb Ellis Cup for the first time as
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Hacjivah Dayimani is among a group of 15 players whose exits have been officially confirmed by the DHL Stormers on Tuesday. Dayimani’s four-year stint with the DHL Stormers has officially come to an end, after the loose-forward was on a list of 15 players confirmed to be leaving the club at the end of the
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