Port Elizabeth - Rynier Bernardo will go down in history as the first EP Kings Academy player to be selected for a Springbok event. Bernardo, a player in the EP Kings Academy squad was selected to participate in the U20 Springboks Camp set to take place next week in Cape Town. The camp includes 36 U20 prospects from around the country and will serve as a selection camp for the U20 World Cup in Italy in June, 2011. Bernardo's selection bodes well for the EP Kings Academy, which recently … [Read more...] about Historic Moment for Local Rugby Player, Rynier Bernardo
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Port Elizabeth to Host HSBC Sevens World Series
Port Elizabeth will host the South African leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series, after coming out as clear winners in a competitive tendering process. The announcement was made by the South African Rugby Union in Cape Town on Wednesday after the recommendation of a tender committee was accepted by the SARU Executive Council. The inaugural Port Elizabeth event will be hosted at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in early December this year - and the winning bidders are already forecasting a … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth to Host HSBC Sevens World Series
EP Kings vs Griquas Live
Today's rugby match between the Eastern Province Kings and the Griquas will be Live Blogged by MyPE from around 3:30 pm this afternoon. The EP Kings will be playing the Griquas on the Grey High School main field at 4:00 pm. The game was scheduled to be played at St Georges but was changed for 'logistical reasons' to the Grey High School. Tickets are available at the gate from 12 noon and will cost Fifty bucks for adults and Twenty bucks for children on a buy one get one free … [Read more...] about EP Kings vs Griquas Live
EP to Beard the Bull on the B Field
The Eastern Province Kings travel to Pretoria this weekend to face the Blue Bulls in a Vodacom Cup rugby match on the Loftus B Field in Pretoria on Saturday 2 April at 15h00. Apologies in advance to those guys who rely on updates via the MyPE Live Blog - on Saturday I start 6 days of voluntary work on the water looking after 30 of the countries top Optimist Dinghy sailors taking part in a Selections regatta to choose which of them will represent South Africa, so am unable to travel even if … [Read more...] about EP to Beard the Bull on the B Field
SAPS Jail Opposition
The Longhair and I toddled off to watch the SAPS take on Progress in the Eastern Cape Super 12 Rugby Championships final on Saturday 26 March at the Kemsley Park Stadium. The Kemsley Park grounds have certainly suffered in the drought and are hard, unforgiving and dusty - not the type of field you want to be tackled on by huge SAPS Rugby players. Gutsy tackling and hard running saw the dust rising like a haze over the field. SAPS ran out winners by beating Progress 22-10, having drawn … [Read more...] about SAPS Jail Opposition
Clint Newland Joins EP Rugby From Leinster
In a statement released today the Eastern Province Rugby Union (EPRU) were; "Pleased to announce the arrival of New Zealand Maori prop, Clint Newland to the EP Kings' camp. Newland lands at the Port Elizabeth airport on Thursday evening, 17 March, and though this will not be his maiden trip to South Africa, it will be for the first time that he will be plying his trade for a South African outfit." EP Rugby spokesman, Sakhi Gqeba said; "Newland plays tight-head prop but his ability to scrum on … [Read more...] about Clint Newland Joins EP Rugby From Leinster
Wooden Spoonists Pull Boots on to do Battle Again
The NMMU Rugby side of 2010 did not have the most successful Varsity Cup in 2010 as they finished bottom of the log. With the resurgence of club and provincial rugby in the Eastern Cape as well as the recent trouncing of the Blue Bulls by the Southern Kings the pressure is on the 'Men From the Varsity' to show the rugby loving public that they have the mettle to finish in the top three of the log or at least to win one game. NMMU have a new coach in Brent Janse van Rensburg, who has taken … [Read more...] about Wooden Spoonists Pull Boots on to do Battle Again
