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Schools Rugby at KINGS PARK
- posted 7 March, 2013
Five matches, 10 schools and plenty of exciting schoolboy rugby was on offer at KINGS PARK on Wednesday evening in the inaugural McCarthy Toyota Top Schools' Rugby Festival.
Ronnie van Rooyen Memorial Rugby Tournament
- posted 6 March, 2013
The Ronnie van Rooyen Memorial Rugby Tournament takes place at Durban Harlequins RFC this Friday and Saturday with Rovers and Crusaders first teams opening the action at 1pm in a thrilling start to the events.
Durban Collegians are FLYA Champs
- posted 4 March, 2013
SA Home Loans Durban Collegians won the inaugural Flya Invitational Club Rugby knockout tournament hosted by Marshall Security Crusaders at their home grounds in Ranleigh Crescent Durban North. Collegians beat the hosts 25-13 in a gruelling encounter, which saw the home side outscore Crusaders by three tries to one so winning their first trophy of the season. An invitational Jonsson College Rovers XV secured third place by beating Varsity College 22-8 in the earlier playoff game.
FLYA Sportswear Invitational Finals
- posted 1 March, 2013
Don't forget the finals of the inaugural FLYA Club Rugby competition take place at Marshall Security Crusaders home ground in Ranleigh Crescent, Durban North tonight (Friday 1 March). Crusaders will host SA Home Loans Durban Collegians in the final with Varsity College and Jonsson College Rovers playing out for third and fourth place. The matches kick off at 6.30pm and 8pm.
SA Home Loans and Durban Collegians Join Hands
- posted 28 February, 2013
Durban Collegians have welcomed a generous new sponsorship from SA Home Loans for the next three years and the club will now be known as the SA Home Loans Durban Collegians.
Exciting New Schoolboy Rugby Tournament
- posted 27 February, 2013
The KZNRU and The Sharks have combined with the top rugby schools in KZN to bring a unique tournament embracing schoolboy rugby to the province, the McCarthy Toyota Top Schools Festival.
Rovers Retain Unbeaten Record
- posted 25 February, 2013
Jonsson College Rovers and Brakpan both notched up second wins, Welkom Rovers and Roodepoort broke their ducks while Evergreens began their campaign in fine style with an impressive away victory against White River.
Cracking Start for FLYA Sportswear Invitational
- posted 25 February, 2013
Marshall Security Crusaders, hosting the inaugural FLYA Club Rugby competition last Friday evening, had too much to offer Varsity College thumping the visitors 41-5 in front of a record crowd on their home grounds in Ranleigh Crescent, Durban North. They will face SA Home Loans Durban Collegians in the final this coming Friday. Collegians beat a Jonsson College Rovers XV 38-26 in the other match. The finals (and third and fourth placed play-offs) take place at Crusaders this Friday night.
Rovers Power Past Sishen
- posted 22 February, 2013
Jonsson College Rovers maintained their 100% record with a 54-24 defeat of Sishen (Griquas) in Kathu in round two of the Cell C Community Cup.
Cell C Community Cup Preview – Round 2
- posted 22 February, 2013
Four teams will be making their Cell C Community Cup debuts on Saturday in the second round of the new national club competition, which kicked off in Durban last weekend.
The FLYA Sportswear Invitational
- posted 21 February, 2013
FLYA Sportswear, Powered by Time Clothing, have introduced a new club rugby tournament to KZN, an Invitational Knockout Rugby Tournament which will kick off this Friday night.
Rovers Community Cup Campaign Starts Well
- posted 18 February, 2013
Jonsson College Rovers kicked off their inaugural Cell C Community Cup National Club Rugby championship campaign on a positive note when they beat their visitors from Eastern Province GAP Despatch 38-17 in their Pool ‘A’ clash on their home grounds at Reebok Park (KP 3) on Saturday.
Impressive Start for Rovers
- posted 17 February, 2013
JONSSON College Rovers kicked off the inaugural Cell C Community Cup with an impressive win over GAP Despatch, while there were also victories for wild cards African Bombers, Raiders and Roses United on the opening weekend of the new 20-team national tournament.
Community Cup Opener for Rovers
- posted 13 February, 2013
Jonsson College Rovers kick-started the New Year in fighting spirit, heading straight into a strenuous training regime in preparation for the upcoming Cell C Community Cup which kicks off this Saturday.
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New scrum laws for schools and club rugby in SA
- posted 13 February, 2013
New scrum Laws to make amateur rugby safer will come into effect at club and schools level as the season gets underway this month, following an initiative introduced by the South African Rugby Union (SARU). A new scrum engagement sequence has been devised for amateur rugby to minimise the risks of serious injury suffered in this facet of play.
Community Cup Rovers To Start The Inaugural Competition Against Despatch
- posted 13 February, 2013
2012 National Open Club champions Jonsson College Rovers have the privilege of hosting the inaugural newly formed Cell C Community Cup Open Club Championship game on Reebok Park(KP 3) when they meet their visitors from Uitenhague at 3pm on Saturday.
Numzans at the Cape Town Tens
- posted 12 February, 2013
The Numzans – the UKZN alumni rugby team – have returned as winners of the Veterans Bowl in the Cape Town Tens, the world’s largest rugby tournament with 96 teams competing.
Cell C Community Cup – A background
- posted 7 February, 2013
The Cell C Community Cup was borne out of a need to revive and modernise club rugby in South Africa, says SARU CEO, Jurie Roux.
Cell C named as Community Cup sponsor
- posted 6 February, 2013
The Community Cup club rugby competition will be sponsored by cellphone company, Cell C, it was announced by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Wednesday.
FNB UKZN Impi on Top
- posted 4 February, 2013
The FNB UKZN Impi showed great character in the driving rain to record a 19-7 victory over the University of Fort Hare in Pietermaritzburg last Monday.
First UKZN Impi Game
- posted 25 January, 2013
We are very pleased to announce that inspirational rape survivor and champion of victims of rape and abuse, Miss Jes Foord will attend Monday's opening Varsity Shield match on the Maritzburg campus (Mon 28 Jan, 4.30pm).
Supporting the Jes Foord Foundation
- posted 18 January, 2013
The KZN Impi rugby squad took time out to lend support to the Jes Foord Foundation as part of the Rugby against Rape initiative when they converged on the foundations clinic in Chesterville.
Countdown begins to SARU Community Cup kick-off
- posted 16 January, 2013
SARU CEO Jurie Roux said on Wednesday that club rugby was on the brink on a new era as the one-month countdown began to kick off in the inaugural SARU Community Cup.
Planning Big in 2013
- posted 16 January, 2013
The Mets Rugby Club First and Second sides went through the 2012 season undefeated in a total of 30 games and aim to be just as competitive in 2013.
The Mets Rugby Club started way back in 1980s, then known as the Boars. Derrick Moorhouse was the first Chairperson.
Impi Giving Back
- posted 14 January, 2013
On Thursday this week (17 January 2013) the UKZN rugby team will spend the day upgrading the Jes Foord Foundation Community Centre in Chesterville, KZN.The Community Centre is the Interface between victims of abuse and rape - often as young as 8 years old - and the Jes Foord Foundation counsellors. The Centre is in serious need of a facelift.
UKZN to Host SA Club Rugby Season Opener
- posted 9 January, 2013
The 2013 South African Rugby Union season will officially kick off later this month, when the University of KwaZulu-Natal host the University of Fort Hare in the FNB Varsity Shield pipe opener at 4.30pm on Monday 28 January at Peter Booysen Park in Golf Road, Pietermaritzburg.
IRANZ Defeat UKZN
- posted 29 December, 2012
Murray Mexted's International Rugby Academy beat FNB UKZN 22-7 at UKZN's Howard College on Friday 14th December. Despite it being a pre-season fixture, and despite the liberal substitution rules in place (the UKZN Impi used 28 members of their squad), it was a competitive and hard fought contest.
SARU Community Cup fixtures confirmed
- posted 13 December, 2012
REIGNING national club champions Jonsson College Rovers of KZN will play GAP Despatch in the opening match of the inaugural SARU Community Cup on 16 February next year in Durban.
Varsity v Academy: Ambitious Pre-Season for Impi
- posted 11 December, 2012
The UKZN Impi have been hard at work at their year-end training camp for the past two weeks. The camp will culminate in an ambitious fixture against the Investec International Rugby Academy on at UKZN’s Howard College (Durban campus) on Friday 14 December (kick off 4pm).
Durban Rugby Sub Union AGM
- posted 25 November, 2012
Election of office-bearers.
SARU Community Cup pools confirmed
- posted 22 November, 2012
The SARU Community Cup took on a distinctly international flavour on Wednesday night when Springbok captain Jean de Villiers, coach Heyneke Meyer and SARU President Oregan Hoskins made the draw for the newly-launched national club rugby tournament at the team's hotel in London, where they are preparing for their final Test of the year against England.
KZN Club Rugby Awards 2012
- posted 15 November, 2012
All the winners...
Rovers Vote in New Chairman
- posted 30 October, 2012
History was made at the AGM of the Jonsson College Rovers Rugby Club on Monday evening when Abonga ‘Bones’ Nkwelo was unanimously voted in as Chairman of the 2012 National Club Rugby Champion club taking over from outgoing Chairman Kevin Carolan...
KZN Club Rugby Awards 2012
- posted 23 October, 2012
The 2012 KZN Club Rugby Awards were held at Mr Price KINGS PARK on Monday evening with the handing over of the competition and league winner trophies for the 2012 season.
Strong Rovers Squad
- posted 02 October, 2012
Jonsson College Rovers were recently greeted with the news that they will fielding an almost full complement from their National Club Championship squad as they now prepare to take on the best of South Africa’s club rugby sides in the inaugural Community Cup, which sees the National Club Champions hosting the opening match on their home turf at Reebok Park (KP 3) on 16 February 2013. Rovers Chairman Kevin Carolan was pleased to announce that the bulk of his squad have committed to representing the club in this the inaugural competition that will be run in unison with the Varsity Cup competition culminating in the winners of both competitions facing each other in a final on Easter Monday 1 April after the playoffs have been finalised over the Easter Weekend, hopefully bringing back those wonderful memories of the National Toyota Easter Rugby tournaments of yesteryear.
Rovers will be hoping to host as many of their old boys as possible at an official launch of the Community Cup competition the date to be announced shortly.
Wednesday Club Column
- posted 26 September, 2012
Jonsson College Rovers did the KZN Rugby Union proud when they won the National Club Championships in Rustenburg last Friday, bringing down the final curtain to the 2012 club rugby season in fine style for the KZN champion KZN club who have now joined Telnet Crusaders with two National titles to their name after first winning the tournament in Stellenbosch in 2010.
Jonsson College Rovers win era-ending SARU Club Championship title
- posted 22 September, 2012
Kobus de Kock scored a try and kicked a 58-metre penalty late in the game as Jonsson College Rovers claimed the 2012 SARU National Club Championship title with a 23-10 victory over Pretoria Police in the final, played at the Rustenburg Impala Rugby Club on Friday.
Rovers to face Pretoria Police in SARU Club Champs final
- posted 20 September, 2012
Pretoria Police will play Jonsson College Rovers in the 2012 SARU National Club Championship final after both teams recorded impressive semi-final wins at the Impala Club in Rustenburg on Wednesday.
Wednesday Club Column
- posted 19 September, 2012
Jonsson College are on track to find their way into the final of the National Club Championships in Rustenburg after they disposed of Noordelikes with a convincing 61-0 win on Saturday, the opening day, before following it up with a hard-fought 41-30 quarter-final victory over Eastern Province champions and two time winners of the competition, Despatch on Monday.
Late Scores Seal Semi-Final
- posted 18 September, 2012
2010 national club champions Jonsson College Rovers face Border champions Broubart Old Selbornians in an all-East Coast affair, while, in the other semi-final, hosts Rustenburg Impala will face Blue Bulls champions Pretoria Police in a heavyweight northern-union semi-final at the SARU National Club Championships after both sides recorded impressive wins in Monday’s quarter-finals.
Whitewash Victory for Rovers
- posted 17 September, 2012
TITLE favourites Durbanville-Bellville will play Pretoria Police in a heavyweight SARU National Club Championships quarter-final clash on Monday after both sides recorded impressive victories on the opening day of the 38th edition of the tournament on Saturday in Rustenburg.
All systems go for SARU National Club Championships
- posted 12 September, 2012
Two-time champions Despatch will have the honour of playing in the first match of this year's new-look SARU National Club Championships when they take on White River on Saturday morning at the Impala club in Rustenburg.
Wednesday Club Column
- posted 12 September, 2012
As the final curtain call is about to be taken for the 2012 club rugby season, Jonsson College Rovers is the only club left in the province flying a club flag as they now prepare to represent KZNRU at the National Club Championships in Rustenburg later this month.
Wednesday Club Column
- posted 5 September, 2012
The Jonsson College Rovers Under 19 side picked up the club's seventh KZNRU trophy when they narrowly beat the 2011 champions Bluff SuperSpar Harlequins 26-20 against all odds in the final of the Starlite Under 19 Trophy competition, which was played as the curtain-raiser to the Absa Currie Cup match between the visiting Cheetahs and Sharks at Mr Price KINGS PARK last Saturday.
Rovers Crowned 2012 Starlite Trophy Winners
- posted 1 September, 2012
Jonsson College Rovers Under 19s defeated Bluff Superspar Harlequins Under 19s 26-20 at Mr Price KINGS PARK on Saturday afternoon to wrest the Starlite Under 19 Trophy from the 2011 champs.
SARU Amateur Provincial Rugby tournament
- posted 31 August, 2012
The Duikers Squad for the SARU Amateur Provincial Rugby tournament for the Central Unions in Newcastle starting on 3 September. The Lions have already won the Northern Section.
SARU Inter-provincial First Division Rugby tournament
- posted 31 August, 2012
Rouche Kleinhans, the Amanzimtoti flyhalf, will captain the Wildebeest side that will be hosting the SARU Inter-provincial First Division Rugby tournament in Margate starting on Saturday.
Wednesday Club Column
- posted 29 August, 2012
Telnet Crusaders came close to causing one of the biggest shocks in Murray Cup history when they were edged out 27-21 by Jonsson College Rovers in the final of the Castle Murray Cup knockout competition at Riverside Sports last Saturday afternoon and with the help of the SA Breweries team together with Darren Scott, Tank Lanning, Simon Hill, John Walland and the remarkable team from Ballz Visual Radio it has to go down as the best club finals day in living memory.
Photo Gallery
Photos from the Castle Murray Cup Final.
Rovers win Castle Murray Cup after titanic struggle
- posted 27 August, 2012
Jonsson College Rovers clinched a fourth consecutive Castle Murray Cup on Saturday after defeating a gutsy Telnet Crusaders 27-21 in the final. Rovers held their nerve after overcoming a severe test of character from their opponents in what can only be described as a great advert for club rugby.
Starlite U19 Trophy
- posted 27 August, 2012
Please be aware that due to the fact that Harlequins U19 and College Rovers U19 will be playing each other in the Final of the Starlite U19 Trophy on Saturday 01 September at Mr Price KINGS PARK at 3pm, it was agreed by both parties to cancel their fixture for Tuesday night.
Near Shock Result
- posted 26 August, 2012
Telnet Crusaders came close to causing one of the biggest shocks of the season when they were edged out 27-21 by Jonsson College Rovers in the final of the Castle Murray Cup knockout competition at Riverside Sports on Saturday afternoon.
Rovers Crowned Champions
- posted 25 August, 2012
In a hard-fought, entertaining final, Jonsson College Rovers were crowned 2012 Castle Murray Cup champions after holding out 27-21 against a committed Telnet Crusaders side.
Crusaders take on Rovers in the Castle Murray Cup Final
- posted 23 August, 2012
All eyes will be firmly fixed on the Riverside Sports Complex this Saturday (15.30 kick-off) as Telnet Crusaders do battle with Jonsson College Rovers for the Castle Murray Cup. The oldest club rugby knock-out competition, more than a century old, takes centre stage this weekend.
SARU National Club Championships 2012 draw
- posted 23 August, 2012
Jonsson College Rovers will face Limpopo's Noordelikes in their Club Champs opening match while hosts Rustenburg Impala will face Boland champions Villagers Worcester in the main match of the opening round of the 2012 SARU National Club Championships, which take place in the North West city next month.
Wednesday Club Column
- posted 22 August, 2012
Jonsson College Rovers will meet Telnet Crusaders in the final of the Castle Murray knockout competition next Saturday after Rovers accounted for Acer Durban Collegians beating their neighbours 33-6 in the opening semi-final at Riverside on Friday evening, while Telnet Crusaders disposed of Waterstone Thanda Zululand Rhinos, narrowly beating the side from Empangeni 20-13.
Finals Fixtures
- posted 21 August, 2012
The Fixtures programme for Knockout Finals Day on Saturday 25 August 2012 has been finalised after all the knockout rounds have been completed. All matches will be played at Varsity College Rugby Football Club, Riverside Sports, Prospect Hall Road, Durban North.
Rovers power past Collegians to set up Crusaders final
- posted 20 August, 2012
A dominant second half display from Jonsson College Rovers saw them overcome their old adversaries Acer Durban Collegians 33-6 in the first Castle Murray Cup semi-final at Riverside on Friday evening. The victory saw Rovers storm their way into the final where they will clash with Telnet Crusaders who defeated Thanda / Waterstone Zululand Rhinos 20-13 in the second semi-final.
All the scores and scorers
- posted 20 August, 2012
All the scores and scorers in the various knock-out rounds of all the Castle Murray Cup matches.
Castle Murray Cup Semis
- posted 20 August, 2012
Jonsson College Rovers and Telnet Crusaders have found themselves through to the final of the Castle Murray knockout competition next Saturday after winning their hard fought semi-final club rugby matches at Riverside on Friday evening.
Rovers and Crusaders Victorious
- posted 18 August, 2012
An enthusiastic crowd cheered Jonsson College Rovers and Telnet Crusaders through to the final of the Castle Murray Cup at Riverside after the pair saw off brave challenges from Durban Collegians and Thanda/ Waterstone Zululand Rhinos in their respective semi-finals on Friday evening. The Final will take place at Riverside on Saturday 25 August and a big crowd is expected with a full programme of finals rugby.
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