Key Currie Cup roles for Kiwi coaches, Michalak
Just a week after New Zealand pipped France in the Rugby World Cup final the countries are set to play key roles in the South African Currie Cup final at Ellis Park Saturday. Hosts Golden Lions and...
View ArticleFrench rugby side Toulon confirm Botha contract
French Top 14 club Toulon have validated the contract of injured South African lock Bakkies Botha. Botha signed a three-year deal with Toulon in the summer but is currently sidelined after returning...
View ArticleBurger voted top South African player
Fiery Springbok flank Schalk Burger was named South African Rugby Player of the Year at a ceremony here on Thursday to join an exclusive group of current and former stars. The blond 28-year-old Western...
View ArticleNew Italy coach Brunel readies for Six Nations debut
New Italy coach Jacques Brunel says there will be no revolution when he lines up his first team for the Six Nations opener against France in Paris in February. South African Nick Mallet’s tenure came...
View ArticleTwo failed drugs tests at world champs – IAAF
Two athletes have been suspended after failing drugs tests at the world championships in Daegu this summer, the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) announced Friday. Portuguese steeplechaser Sara...
View ArticleArgentina to join expanded Tri-Nations rugby series
Southern Hemisphere rugby officials Tuesday unveiled an expanded Tri-Nations contest including Argentina, describing it as a top-level “best of the best” clash involving the world’s premier teams....
View ArticleAll Blacks Guildford sorry for naked drinking binge
All Blacks winger Zac Guildford apologised Monday for a drunken binge that ended with him staggering naked and bleeding into a bar then assaulting two people. Guildford said he could not clearly recall...
View ArticleHead blows force prop Coetzee to retire
Biarritz’ veteran prop Eduard Coetzee announced on Monday he was retiring after being told by doctors that he had taken too many blows to the head. The 32-year-old South African-born naturalised...
View ArticleMallett rules out England rugby job
Nick Mallett said Wednesday he was no longer a candidate to succeed Martin Johnson as coach of England. “I have decided that I will not be making myself available for the position and I have disclosed...
View ArticleSouth Africa to play New Zealand in Soweto
South Africa will play their last home Test match of 2012 against New Zealand in the historic Johannesburg township of Soweto on October 6, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) said Thursday. Rugby...
View ArticleNZealand set up England quarter at Gold Coast sevens
Defending World Series champions New Zealand set up a quarter-final against England after finishing the first day of the season-opening Gold Coast Sevens here on Friday unbeaten. Former Series winners...
View ArticleJake White drops England rugby job hint
Jake White, who coached South Africa to 2007 World Cup success, dropped a hint on Sunday that he would welcome an approach to succeed Martin Johnson as England coach. The Rugby Football Union are...
View ArticleWhite not leaving for England rugby job: Brumbies
Australia’s ACT Brumbies said Monday their World Cup-winning coach Jake White would not be leaving them for the vacant England job. White, who masterminded South Africa’s World Cup triumph in 2007, has...
View ArticleFiji face tough rugby Sevens test in Dubai
Fiji come into the second round of this season’s Sevens World Series on Friday on a high after seeing off New Zealand to win the opening tournament last weekend. The South Sea Islanders outplayed the...
View ArticleNew Zealand, South Africa flex Sevens muscles
Early season strugglers New Zealand and South Africa waltzed into the IRB Sevens World Series quarter-finals Friday with three convincing victories each. But England, winners of the second leg of the...
View ArticleInjured Cilic out of Chennai Open tennis
Two-time ATP Chennai Open winner Marin Cilic of Croatia has pulled out of the season-opening event due to a leg injury, organisers said Wednesday. The world number 21, who won the $450,000 tournament...
View ArticleBlake, Bolt nominated for Sportsman award
Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake head the list of athletes nominated for Jamaica’s Sportsman of the Year award. Blake, the 100 metre champ at the World Athletic Championships in Daegu, South Korea, was...
View ArticleWales lock Gough gets three-week ban
Wales lock Ian Gough was banned for three weeks on Thursday after being cited for a dangerous tackle during the Ospreys’ European Cup defeat by Saracens last week. Gough was cited for a tackle on...
View ArticleS.Africa’s Botha breaks leg in French Top-14 clash
Toulouse’s South Africa hooker Gary Botha broke his right leg in Friday’s French Top 14 win over Montpellier and will be ruled out for up to four months. The 30-year-old was stretchered off early in...
View ArticleFrench rugby side Toulouse suffer Human, Botha blow
Toulouse’s South African prop Daan Human will be sidelined for the second time this season after being diagnosed with a fractured left cheek bone. Human fell victim to a blow by Thibaut Privat during...
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