Articles Tagged “SARU”

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    Hoskins congratulates Rasta, Marius

    Mr Oregan Hoskins, President of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), on Wednesday congratulated two of the country’s best up and coming referees, Marius van der Westhuizen and Rasta Rasivhenge (pictured below) for their superb performances…

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    SARU signs 15 Springboks

    The South African Rugby Union (SARU) today announced that 15 players, including exciting youngsters such as Eben Etzebeth, Marcell Coetzee, Juan de Jongh and Pat Lambie and world stars such as Jean de Villiers, Tendai…

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    New Springbok jersey unveiled

    Former and current springboks last night joined guests and the media at Cape Town’s historic Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town.  The occasion marked the launch of the new Springbok jersey by SA Rugby…

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    L’chaim, Ref Jonathan Kaplan

    The rugby world’s most experienced referee ever has announced his retirement. Born on 7 November 1966 in Durban, South Africa Jonathan Isaac Kaplan will retire his pea at the end of the 2013 season. The 46-year-old Kaplan,…

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    The Monday Report (NZ)

    Mike Jansen Monday 4 February 2013 So South Africa had yet another disappointing weekend. In fact, let me re-phrase that: South Africa had a shocker of a weekend at the Hertz New Zealand Sevens. A…

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    SARU supports Schools Anti-Drug Initiative

    If there’s one positive consequence of the whole Lance Armstrong saga, it is that sporting bodies will be more serious about their drug-free initiatives. I was listening to a local talk-radio station soon after Armstrong’s…

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    SARU Community Cup: Full Schedule

    On Ballz Visual Radio last night, co-host Simon Hill was ‘lamenting’ the exhausting Super Rugby and Springbok rugby schedule for 2013. Well, if he was to add the SARU Community Cup fixtures below to the…

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    SARU invests R30million into Regional Academies

    The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Friday confirmed the appointment of the managers and coaches to run four SARU Academies in a ground-breaking initiative funded by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). Former…

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    SARU Community Cup Fixtures

    REIGNING national club champions Jonsson College Rovers of KZN will play GAP Despatch in the opening match of the inaugural SARU Community Cup on 16 February next year in Durban. The fixtures for the pool…

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    Sharks, Blue Bulls crowned SA Sevens Champions

    Tournament favourites The Sharks and hosts, Blue Bulls, were crowned champions in the men’s and women’s section respectively at the 2012 SARU Interprovincial Sevens at Loftus in Pretoria on Saturday. The team from KwaZulu-Natal (pictured…

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    Stormers’ Etzebeth dominates Player of the Year nominations

    The rise of young Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth was confirmed on Wednesday when he was nominated in three categories for the prestigious South African Rugby Union (SARU) Rugby Player of the Year Awards, which take…

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    SARU Player of the Year Finalists named

    The ten finalists for the prestigious SARU Rugby Player of the Year 2012 have been finalised, following a new public consultation process in conjunction with the votes of rugby media. The rugby public nominated and…