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Rugby
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Long season ahead for rugby stars
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Gallo Images . Sydney – Super Rugby teams will have to change the way they manage their squads to cope with the longest ever season in the southern hemsiphere’s annual provincial championship, according to Sanzar chief Greg Peters. There were rumblings of an injury crisis in New Zealand last year after a new format was [...]
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Long season ahead for rugby stars
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Gallo Images . Sydney – Super Rugby teams will have to change the way they manage their squads to cope with the longest ever season in the southern hemsiphere’s annual provincial championship, according to Sanzar chief Greg Peters. There were rumblings of an injury crisis in New Zealand last year after a new format was [...]
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Long season ahead for rugby stars
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Gallo Images . Sydney – Super Rugby teams will have to change the way they manage their squads to cope with the longest ever season in the southern hemsiphere’s annual provincial championship, according to Sanzar chief Greg Peters. There were rumblings of an injury crisis in New Zealand last year after a new format was [...]
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Mature Lions hungry for more success
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Gallo Images Josh Strauss and his team in training this week. Lions captain Joshua Strauss believes his team have grown since last year’s abysmal Super Rugby season, and they have the Currie Cup title to show for it. The Johannesburg side face the Cheetahs in their Super Rugby opener at Ellis Park on Saturday. “I [...]
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Mature Lions hungry for more success
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Gallo Images Josh Strauss and his team in training this week. Lions captain Joshua Strauss believes his team have grown since last year’s abysmal Super Rugby season, and they have the Currie Cup title to show for it. The Johannesburg side face the Cheetahs in their Super Rugby opener at Ellis Park on Saturday. “I [...]
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Etzebeth to make Stormers debut
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Gallo Images Eben Etzebeth of the Stormers. Abrasive lock Eben Etzebeth will make his Super Rugby debut for the Stormers against the Hurricanes in their opening game at Newlands on Saturday night. Etzebeth, 20, was a surprise inclusion in the Stormers’ run-on XV, named on Wednesday, after an ankle injury ruled out Rynhardt Elstadt. “I’m [...]
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Etzebeth to make Stormers debut
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Gallo Images Eben Etzebeth of the Stormers. Abrasive lock Eben Etzebeth will make his Super Rugby debut for the Stormers against the Hurricanes in their opening game at Newlands on Saturday night. Etzebeth, 20, was a surprise inclusion in the Stormers’ run-on XV, named on Wednesday, after an ankle injury ruled out Rynhardt Elstadt. “I’m [...]
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Lions sweat over Van Heerden
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Gallo Images Wikus van Heerden is nursing a knee injury. Lions coach John Mitchell was still sweating on the availability of lock Wikus van Heerden, who was nursing a knee injury, when he named his team for their first match of the Super Rugby season on Wednesday. Hendrik Roodt was pencilled in among the starting [...]
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Lions sweat over Van Heerden
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Gallo Images Wikus van Heerden is nursing a knee injury. Lions coach John Mitchell was still sweating on the availability of lock Wikus van Heerden, who was nursing a knee injury, when he named his team for their first match of the Super Rugby season on Wednesday. Hendrik Roodt was pencilled in among the starting [...]
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JP to debut at centre for Sharks
22 Feb 2012 by / No Comments
Steve Haag Gallo Images JP Pietersen. Springbok winger JP Pietersen will make his debut for the Sharks at centre in their opening Super Rugby match against the Bulls in Pretoria on Friday. Coach John Plumtree has also named new signings Tim Whitehead and Riaan Viljoen in the starting XV for the first time in a [...]
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