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Believe It Or Not, Victor Matfield Is In Hot Water With… COSATU!
03 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Springbok rugby captain has ruffled some COSATU feathers (probably not even intentionally) by wearing a camouflage scrum cap for the game against Scotland last weekend. HOW COULD HE? Outrageous…
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This Is Why Frans Steyn Quit The Springboks
13 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
This is not a new problem for the talented 27-year-old Rugby star but it seems that Monday dealt the final straw for him and he, bravely, stood by his principals and quit.
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Quotas Are Back: South African Rugby Union Reintroduces Race-Based Selection
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Quotas are back. The new quota system introduced by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) will result in more black talent on the fields. The system will be introduced in domestic rugby as of next year. A 22 man squad will need seven players of colour, five in the starting team and at least two as part of the forwards.
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Lions Booted Out Of Super Rugby For Southern Kings
16 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
The Lions Rugby franchise has been booted into Super15 touch by the SARU bigwigs. The highly controversial and much-maligned Southern Kings will replace the Gauteng union, in a move that has been pegged more for its strategic developmental and politically expedient benefits than pure merit. IOL has more: The top four teams in the South […]
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SARU President: Zero Tolerance For Ref Abuse
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
South African Rugby Union President, Oregan Hoskins, has told reporters he has written to all fourteen provincial rugby unions as well as school rugby administrators to warn them of SARU’s zero tolerance stance on referee assault.
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The Springbok Gets Kicked Off The Front Of The Jersey
29 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments
This was not a very difficult prediction to make, but I did kind of predict that this would happen. Our glorious rugby union has seen it fit to move the Springbok emblem off the front of the jersey, and have relegated it to the left sleeve for the World Cup. And today it has been unveiled for an already miserable South African public to see.
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P DIVVY – WON’T BE TOUCHED WITH A TEN FOOT POLE
30 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
That’s because the first thing that headhunted potential employees ask themselves is, “Is this company a sinking ship?” And SA Rugby, the company, is a sinking ship.
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