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  1. Clubbing the professional stereotype

    19 Aug 2007

    Captain Morgan has come on board to supply you club nutters with your own forum of news and views. Read more

  2. TIRFU Raiders

    18 Aug 2007

    Lee Roebeck writes that TIRFU Raiders will be 120 years old in 2009. Read more

  3. Clubs wrap

    18 Aug 2007

    Keo.co.za brings you highlights of the club games played over the weekend. Read more

  4. SARSU-backed derby comes to Ellis Park

    15 Aug 2007

    Grass roots rugby comes to Ellis Park this weekend with a match up between Soweto Rugby Club and Bethlehem Zebras being staged as one of the curtain raisers to the Currie Cup match between the Golden Lions and Western Province. Read more

  5. Roux rocks

    5 Aug 2007

    As Western Province rugby’s bosses continue their search for a coaching success story, an amazing one, involving a home grown talent, is being written at Stellenbosch University. Read more

  6. Let the real Springbok stand up !

    1 Aug 2007

    Springbok Rugby Club competes in the Namaqualand region of Griquas. The league consist out of nine clubs who play a single round robin, after which the top four teams play in the first division, and the bottom five in the second. This is a double round on a home and away basis, with the top two clubs to play in the final. Read more

  7. Roses United’s update

    1 Aug 2007

    Roses United’s hopes of defending their Boland Premier League title suffered a setback at the start of the season when they lost 12 players to other clubs that can offer the players match fees. Read more

  8. Roses United

    1 Aug 2007

    Francois Davids saw wealth where some saw poverty. Where some saw hardship, Davids saw opportunity. What had the potential to be a killing field has become a field of dreams. Read more

  9. College Rovers

    8 Jul 2007

    East Coast kings College Rovers had a fantastic year in 2006, winning all but one major tournament they competed in. Only one team stood in the way of a perfect Rovers season and, unfortunately, that particular team cost them the national title. Read more

  10. Shimlas

    8 Jul 2007

    It says a lot for a side to march on in the wake of bitter disappointment. Adversity is perhaps too strong a word, and a dearth of luck is probably the most accurate way to describe the fortunes of Shimlas in the past year. Read more

  11. Pirates

    8 Jul 2007

    One would struggle to find a South African rugby club with as rich a tradition and long a history of success as Pirates. The Johannesburg giants trace their roots back to the Northern Cape mining town of Kimberley, which is where George Danford established the club in 1884. Read more

  12. Pukke

    7 Jul 2007

    In 2006, Pukke powered their way to a second National Club Championship title in three years. When you look at what their rugby institute offers, it’s obvious why they are so successful. Read more

  13. Hamiltons-Sea Point Rugby

    6 Jul 2007

    South african club rugby is on the rise and there is no greater example than our oldest exponent of the amateur game: Hamiltons-Sea Point Rugby Club. Read more

  14. Maties

    5 Jul 2007

    When it comes to rugby, the University of Stellenbosch expects success, so the first team’s shock defeat to Progress at the 2006 National Club Championship was nothing short of a disaster. What made the loss at the Danie Craven Stadium even more surprising is that Progress were one of two black clubs invited to participate alongside the 14 provincial champions and weren’t tipped to get past the first round of the main draw. Read more