Boks call on Newlands survivors
There are eight survivors from the team that suffered a historic home defeat to Ireland at Newlands that will be on duty for the Springboks in the first Test series since 2016.
There are eight survivors from the team that suffered a historic home defeat to Ireland at Newlands that will be on duty for the Springboks in the first Test series since 2016.
Johan le Roux, one of the DHL Stormers’ new equity partners, said that the Red Disa consortium is helping to bring financial stability to Western Province professional rugby.
Western Province Rugby’s pathway to the sale of Newlands Stadium is set to be cleared after a Western Cape Heritage committee decided not to declare the grounds a heritage site.
Western Province’s hopes of selling Newlands are reportedly set to receive a major boost after a 93-page independent report found the bid to have the stadium declared a heritage site met none of the criteria.
The proposal by a group of former players to have Newlands rugby stadium declared a heritage site could bring an end to Western Province rugby, according to administrators of the union.
The sale of Newlands rugby stadium is critical to the financial future of Western Province Rugby. Attempts to preserve it as a supposed heritage site won’t save the old lady but destroy WP rugby.
Gasant Abarder doesn’t subscribe to former Springbok captain Wynand Claassen’s view that the iconic Newlands rugby ground needs to be saved or its memory cherished.
The Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) announced on Thursday that the Newlands Rugby Stadium was to be placed on the market in a sealed bidding process.
The Money man, Mark Keohane and James Dalton preview the second Currie Cup semi-final that will see the Sharks travel to Newlands to take on Western Province.
Coach John Dobson says Western Province have shifted their focus to ensuring they are at their best in the Currie Cup semi-final against the Sharks.
Stormers captain Siya Kolisi said it was ‘really tough’ to play their Super Rugby Unlocked opener inside an empty Newlands stadium on Saturday. DYLAN JACK reports.
A wider Stormers squad continued their phased return to play with a full work-out of three 20-minute chukkas at Newlands on Friday.
Stormers coach John Dobson has confirmed the team will play at Newlands throughout the restructured domestic season, starting with an internal warm-up contest this weekend.
With Newlands Stadium unable to host its final Test earlier this month, past and present Western Province and Stormers players reflected on some of their favourite memories at the iconic stadium.
Western Province Rugby Football Union president Zelt Marais says the WPRFU takes exception to the insinuation that it acted without due consideration over the future of Newlands and the move to the Cape Town Stadium..
Western Province Rugby have accelerated plans to move to Cape Town Stadium after agreeing to a new development deal for Newlands.
Western Province Rugby Football Union president Zelt Marais has opened up about the Newlands Stadium sale saga that has caused a furore.
The Western Province Rugby Football Union has struck a new multi-million rand deal with the Flyt Property Investment Group for the sale and redevelopment of Newlands Stadium.
There was some thrilling moves on display as some of the Western Cape’s top schools took part in the last-ever Newlands Rugby Day.
Check out what Pieter-Steph du Toit and Herschel Jantjies had to say at the Stormers’ media conference in Cape Town on Monday.