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2021 FNB Varsity Cup Player That Rocks Cohen Jasper reflects on his career with FNB CUT and talks about his ambitions to represent South Africa at the highest level.Last year, Jasper scored seven tries in the 2021 FNB Varsity Cup, including the winner in FNB CUT’s first-ever win against FNB Maties. Jasper marked these tries with a unique ‘surfing-style’ celebration. It wasn’t long before Cheetahs coach Hawies Fourie was drawing comparisons between Jasper and Bok superstar Cheslin Kolbe. Jasper … [Read more...] about Rising star remembers FNB Varsity Cup roots

Pacey left wing Peter Williams starred in FNB UWC’s 60-26 thrashing of the FNB Madibaz in Cape Town on Monday, scoring his fourth try of the tournament. VarsityCup.co.za asked him …How did you feel about winning the FNB Player That Rocks award on Monday night?Look, I’m gonna put it down to teamwork. I’ve literally been getting the ball from my teammates who have been feeding me and I’ve just been finishing. Every time I’ve scored I’ve dedicated it to them because they provide me … [Read more...] about Star FNB UWC wing: I’ve just been finishing

Something else from MyGqeberhaOpen your WordPress dashboard and go to Appearance / Themes. You can’t remove an ACTIVE theme, so first activate a different theme which will enable you to delete a theme – activating the default WordPress theme, Twenty Fourteen, is fine. THEN Click the deactivated theme to see it’s details and click the Delete button in the right bottom corner of it. Go On - Share the Gqeberha Love! Gqeberha's Latest News and Events can be accessed on MyGqeberha.com. … [Read more...] about Rassie Erasmus and Lynne Cantwell in Conversation

Close to 60,000 tickets have been snapped up as sales opened for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 tournament, which takes place in Cape Town from 9 to 11 September.SA Rugby announced on Monday that tickets had virtually flown off Ticketmaster’s “cyber shelves”, with a total of 23,817 purchased by FNB clients as part of their “early bird” partnership with the tournament, while another 36,183 were grabbed in the first six hours after public sales opened at 09h00; of these, 23,247 were snapped up in … [Read more...] about 60 000 and Counting

With less than one month to the Tik Tok Women’s Six Nations, the Wales Women programme is stepping outside its comfort zone.The first contracted female players in Wales – there are now 12 full-time players and 11 on retainer contracts – have been training at the National Centre of Excellence since mid January. Head coach Ioan Cunningham says good progress has already been made, especially from a strength and conditioning perspective, but believes now is the time to further increase intensity and … [Read more...] about Wales Women go outside comfort zone

Tickets for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 – to be hosted in Cape Town from 9-11 September – will go on sale tomorrow (Monday) morning at 09h00 (SAT) and will be exclusively available from www.rwcsevens.com.Prices range from R150 to R1,750 for the three-day spectacular which will see the eyes of the global rugby family turned on South Africa as the best players in the world from 40 teams battle for the title of men’s and women’s world champions. Ticket purchases can only be made online through … [Read more...] about Rugby World Cup Sevens tickets on sale

The Vodacom Bulls and Cell C Sharks secured valuable away victories for the South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams on their short one-week tours of Europe this weekend, while the DHL Stormers lost out narrowly in what marked their first defeat this year.The Vodacom Bulls dominated their clash against Zebre Parma completely in Parma scoring six tries to one by the hosts for a rewarding 45-7 victory on Friday, while the Cell C Sharks outplayed Benetton 29-7 in Treviso on Saturday … [Read more...] about Bulls, Sharks earn valuable away wins

In keeping with innovating and pushing the boundaries, FNB Varsity Cup will now be streaming all non-televised matches from 28 February onwards, for the duration of the 2022 season.All live-stream matches kick off at 19:00. “We are very excited to announce that all FNB Varsity Cup matches will now either be broadcast or live-streamed,” said Xhanti-Lomzi Nesi, Tournament Director for FNB Varsity Cup. “The three non-televised matches will be flighted live on the SuperSport Schools App and on … [Read more...] about All non-televised FNB Varsity Cup matches now on SuperSport Schools App 

The team lineups for the third round of the FNB Varsity Cup on Monday.FNB CUT IXIAS vs FNB UFS SHIMLAS (Monday, 17:00, CUT Rugby Stadium, SuperSport channel 211) FNB CUT Ixias – 15 David Cary, 14 Tsepo Malumane, 13 Gian Bester, 12 Jandré de Beer, 11 Jacquin van Wyk, 10 Xavier Swartbooi, 9 Zinedene Booysen, 8 Luvuyo Ndevu (c), 7 Francois Bester, 6 Jan Kotze, 5 Kevin Strydom, 4 Ulrich Stander, 3 Cohen Kiewit, 2 Tiaan Drotske, 1 Albertus Venter.Subs: 16 Tebogo Masemola, 17 … [Read more...] about 2022 FNB Varsity Cup teams (Round 3)

Scotland Women Head Coach Bryan Easson today named his team for the decisive Rugby World Cup 2021 Final Qualification match against Colombia at The Sevens Stadium, Dubai (Friday 25 February, kick-off 3pm GMT / 7pm local time) – live on BBC ALBA.Scotland are one game away from a place in this year’s tournament, with the winners of this Friday’s match joining hosts New Zealand, Australia and Wales in Pool A of the Rugby World Cup. Easson has opted for continuity in selection for the final leg of … [Read more...] about Scotland team named for RWC 2021 qualification decider

Leva Fifita of Connacht Rugby’s case was heard by a Judicial Officer after he received two yellow cards, resulting in a red card in the United Rugby Championship Round 12 game against Scarlets on Saturday, February 19.The incidents occurred in the 62nd and 75th minute of the fixture at Parc y Scarlets. The Player received yellow cards for Law 9.7a and 9.1 which resulted in the red card.Law 9.7a – A player must not intentionally infringe any law of the game.Law 9.1 – When a player and an opponent … [Read more...] about Yellow + Yellow = Red

VarsityCup.co.za caught up with FNB UFS Shimlas flank Thabo Ndimande, the standout player in the second round of the tournament.You’ve represented the Junior Springboks and FNB UFS Shimlas – but where did your rugby journey begin?I attended Brakpan Primary School, a small unknown school which never really got exposure. Thereafter, I got the opportunity to further my career at Hoërskool Hans Moore, which is where I believe I grabbed every opportunity with both hands, playing in every provincial … [Read more...] about FNB UFS Shimlas’ hat-trick hero: I will improve

This year, 63 clubs will operate as Tartan Touch hubs with a record number of successful applicants being chosen, including 19 newly-established hubs.Today Scottish Rugby announced the return of the popular non-contact rugby programme, Tartan Touch, after a two-season hiatus due to covid-19. Following the new partnership between Scottish Rugby and Papa Johns which was launched last month, this season the programme will be know as ‘Papa Johns Tartan Touch’, with the pizza delivery brand proudly … [Read more...] about Papa Johns Tartan Touch delivers record number of hubs for 2022

This ‘Player in Focus’ content series forms part of the United Rugby Championship’s ‘Take on Tomorrow’ programme designed to inspire change through the power of rugby and provide a platform that recognises the impact that its players and teams make away from the field of play. This content will be showcased on the United Rugby Championship’s social media channels “@URCofficial” on Instagram, Facebook, Tik-Tok, YouTube and Twitter and feature more players from the league over the coming weeks and … [Read more...] about Siya Kolisi – Take on Tomorrow

A Disciplinary Committee met on Thursday, 17 February 2022 to consider the Red Card shown to Morné Steyn (No 10) of the Vodacom Bulls in their match against the Cell C Sharks on Saturday, 12 February 2022.The incident occurred in the 11th minute of the United Rugby Championship Round 12 fixture at Loftus Versfeld Stadium. The Player received a red card for a contravention of Law 9.13 – A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously. Dangerous tackling includes, but is not … [Read more...] about Morné Steyn out for three weeks.