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Rugby: Sunwolves eyeing another South African scalp in Super Rugby season-opener against Sharks, Sport News & Top S…

15/02/2019   News


SINGAPORE – The Sunwolves finished last in the 15-team Super Rugby last year, but the highlight of their season was improving their win rate to three from two in 2017 and one in 2016.

Two of the wins last year came against two South African sides, the Bulls in their only home match in Singapore, and the Stormers.

The Japanese side will open their 2019 season against another South African team, the Sharks, at the National Stadium on Saturday (Feb 16, 6.55pm) and they are hoping to repeat their success last year.

“They’re a very good side, very physical, and very well-drilled,” said Sunwolves’ co-captain Craig Millar, 28, at the captain’s run yesterday. “We know we’re in for an awesome battle.

“We’ve hit a good run against South African teams in places like this so we’re looking to work…

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A Tunisian candidate for the presidency of the African Rugby Confederation

12/02/2019   News


The African Rugby Confederation will hold its elective General Assembly on Saturday, March 2, 2019 in Marrakech, Morocco.

For this purpose, Tunisia will present its candidacy for the presidency of this continental body of the rugby world, represented by Mr KHALED BABBOU the current vice president of the Tunisian Federation of Rugby and member of the African Confederation of this discipline.

It should also be noted that the governing Ministry endorsed this candidacy during a hearing granted by the Secretary of State for Sport Mr AHMED GAALOUL to the candidate KHALED BABBOU and to the president of the F.T.R AREF…

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‘PRO14 – not Super Rugby – is best competition for South African teams to play in’

12/02/2019   News


No sooner is Franco Smith on the phone from the 27°C Bloemfontein is he asking about Tuesday’s weather in Ireland. Participating in a rugby tournament that encompasses north and south hemispheres can offer climatic challenges, but the Cheetahs coach is taking everything about the fledgling experiment of South African sides in the PRO14 in his stride. 

It sounds onerous preparing for an 18-night, three-match tour taking his team to Galway, Llanelli and Dublin. It’s their fourth of five trips this season across the equator, but Smith insists this schedule is preferable to the Super Rugby start awaiting this weekend’s travelling South African franchises. 

The Sharks kick-off with a visit to Singapore, a six-hour jump ahead in time followed by a six-hour reverse back…

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Super Rugby Marvel superhero jerseys, South African teams to wear special strips

16/01/2019   News


Spider Man, Thor, Black Panther and Captain America will grace Super Rugby fields in 2019 with the competition’s four South African teams revealing their special superhero strips this week.

The Lions will be dressed in Spider Man’s familiar webbed suit, the Sharks will adopt the Black Panther look, the Stormers will be looking to hammer their opponents in the colours of Thor, while the Bulls will try to shield attacks thrown their way as Captain America.

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Rugby: Former South African rugby player Barend Britz beaten to death in popular French bar

10/12/2018   News



The family of a former South African rugby player is in mourning after he was brutally murdered in a French bar over the weekend. According to local …
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South African rugby star beaten to death in French bar

09/12/2018   News



A former South African rugby player has been killed in an attack at his Perpignan bar in southern France. Barend Britz, 63, died in hospital after the …
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