Articles Posted in the SARU News Category

  • OuteniquaPark

    George welcomes 7s Premier League

    Sevens Rugby fans in the Southern Cape town of George will be happy to hear that top-flight Sevens will be returning to the region at the end of this year. Sport24 today reported that an exciting…

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    Treu delighted with Series expansion plan

    South Africa’s Sevens mentor and former national player Paul Treu has expressed his delight after the IRB announced plans to expand the HSBC Sevens World Series. Speaking after his team arrived in Las Vegas for…

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    Meet the new Springbok Coach

    SARU today announced Heyneke Meyer as the new Springbok coach. Said Meyer: “Having been involved with the Blue Bulls for so long, I’ve experienced first hand how passionate South African rugby supporters are,” said Meyer. “I…

  • DawieTheron(Gallo)

    Baby Boks change one for Maties warm-up

    Dawie Theron, coach of the South African Under-20 side, made only one change to the team for Friday’s second friendly that will conclude their training camp, against Maties in Stellenbosch. (See calendar on the right.)…

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    Cecil Afrika: Keep Rugby Clean

    IRB Sevens Player of the Year, South Africa’s Cecil Afrika, has been unveiled as the new IRB Keep Rugby Clean Ambassador for Rugby Sevens. Afrika is in his third season for the Springbok Sevens team…

  • CraigBarrySARU

    BlitzBok Barry out of BabyBoks Squad

    The national selectors made one change to the South African Under-20 squad (The Baby Boks) for their forthcoming camp in Stellenbosch, which starts on Monday. Springbok Sevens player Paul Jordaan was released from the camp…

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    SA Sevens Academy off to a promising start

    No matter the sport, any coach will tell you that a successful (international) team depends on a healthy, competitive feeder-program. To this effect, it was comforting to learn that the Springbok Sevens set-up in South…

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    Theron picks Blitzbokke for Baby Boks camp

    William Small-Smith and Craig Barry, who are both contracted to the Springbok Sevens team, have been included in a squad of 33 players for the South African Under-20 training camp in Stellenbosch in January. Stellenbosch…

  • DawieTheron(Gallo)

    Theron happy with Baby Boks

    Dawie Theron, coach of the South African Under-20 side, is satisfied with the significant amount of work his training squad put in during their camp in Stellenbosch, which concluded yesterday. Theron and his assistants, Nazeem…

  • FNBStadium

    Springboks to play in Soweto again

    The Springboks will return to the Kalabash, the FNB Stadium in Soweto for the final home Test of 2012 when they take on newly-crowned world champions New Zealand in the final encounter of the Castle Rugby…

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    PDivvy will be shortlisted for (new) Bok Coach

    Ever since the Springboks’ exit from RWC 2011 and Peter De Villiers’ public pronouncement that his ‘time with the Springboks have come to an end,’ mainstream media and indeed the social media have been abuzz…

  • DawieTheron(Gallo)

    Craven Week stars called up for Baby Boks

    Jan Serfontein, who was recently named the Coca-Cola Craven Week Player of the Tournament for 2011, has been included in a 48-man SA Under-20 squad that will train in Stellenbosch later this month. Serfontein was…