Grab a cup of coffee and take in a quick look at the weekend’s rugby news …
The Blitzbokke were drawn in Pool C with Australia, Canada and Kenya for round three of the Sevens World Series which takes place this weekend at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium … The play in the final and feature game on Friday evening, before the Castle convert … More
Aviva Premership results:
Newcastle 26 – 25 Gloucester
Bath 13 – 16 Sale
Leicester 30 – 25 Northampton
Exeter 15 – 9 Worcester
Saracens 15 – 11 London Irish
Wasps 16 – 22 Harlequins
Former Cheetahs hooker Richardt Strauss started in Leinster’s 52-9 mauling of Cardiff Blues in Dublin. Reserve prop Heinke van der Merwe also featured as he came off the bench early in the second half. Keo’s GARETH DUNCAN looks at the Saffas who impressed in Europe over the weekend … More
Australia wing Digby Ioane has signed up for three more years with the Wallabies and Super Rugby champion Reds … More
The Blitzbokke had a weekend to forget, losing to France in the quarter finals of the Dubai leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series, and were then beaten by Australia in the Plate final … More
Steve Thompson, England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning hooker, has announced his retirement because of a neck injury … More
Australia beat Wales in their one-off Test at the Millennium Stadium which marked the farewell for Shane Williams. Welsh rugby great Barry John paid tribute to the retiring Williams, who signed off with a great individual try … More
Cecil is back for PE … And BlitzBok Sevens coach Paul Treu says star playmaker Cecil Afrika’s return will be a major boost at the Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens … More
Robert Ebersohn will return to Bloemfontein to rejoin the Cheetahs and his place will be filled by rookie Cornal Hendricks. The Boland Cavaliers player recently signed a two year contract with SARU to play for the Blitzbokke and will in all likelihood make his international debut on Friday.
Local fans will be able to meet the Blitzbokke during a team signing session at the Greenacres Mall, which starts at 17h00 on Tuesday. On Wednesday fans will be able to meet and greet all sixteen international captions between 14h00 – 15h00 at the same venue.
