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2022 Rugby Championship
The 2022 Rugby Championship was the tenth edition of the annual southern hemisphere The Rugby Championship, competition, involving Argentina national rugby union team, Argentina, Australia national rugby union team, Australia, New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa. The tournament returned to being staged across all competing nations after the disruption from COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. The competition is operated by SANZAAR, a joint venture of the four countries' national unions, and known for sponsorship reasons as ''The Castle Lager, Castle Rugby Championship'' in South Africa, ''The Fortinet Rugby Championship'' in New Zealand, ''The eToro Rugby Championship'' in Australia, and ''The Zurich Insurance Group, Zurich Rugby Championship'' in Argentina. The tournament was restructured for the first time since Argentina joined the competition, with each team playing their games both home and away. Each country hoste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emiliano Boffelli
Emiliano Boffelli (born 16 January 1995) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays as a utility back for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. He previously played for the in the international Super Rugby competition and also for Duendes in the Torneo del Litoral in his native Argentina. Super Rugby Boffelli was named in the Jaguares squad for their first ever Super Rugby campaign in 2016 in which he earned 11 caps and scored 3 tries. International career Boffelli represented Argentina at both Under 18 and 19 level before being selected in the Under-20 sides which competed in the World Championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In 2015, he also turned out 5 times for Argentine representative side the Pampas XV Pampas XV is an Argentine professional rugby union team that currently competes in Super Rugby Americas. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt-Lee Arendse
Kurt-Lee Arendse (born 17 June 1996) is a South African professional rugby player for the South Africa national team, where his regular position is wing or fullback, and a rugby union player for the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship Career He attended Paulus Joubert Secondary School in Paarl, where he earned a selection into the ' sevens team that competed at the 2014 SARU Under-18 Sevens competition. He progressed through the youth ranks in rugby union, playing in several national junior competitions — he played for in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship, for in the 2016 Under-20 Provincial Championship and for in the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He was named as the MVP at the 2018 Varsity Cup Sevens tournament, and joined the South African Rugby Sevens Academy in December 2018. After playing for in the 2019 Varsity Cup, Arendse was named in the Blitzboks squad for the Vancouver Sevens, and he made his debut in their 31–12 Cup semi-final vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faf De Klerk
Francois "Faf" de Klerk (born 19 October 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays scrum-half for Japan Rugby League One club Yokohama Canon Eagles and the South Africa national team. He was a member of the South Africa team that won the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Pre-professional career Born in Nelspruit (now Mbombela), De Klerk played rugby at Hoërskool Waterkloof in Pretoria. Career De Klerk was included in the squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season and made his debut in a 21–20 victory over the in Bloemfontein. He joined the Currie Cup team for the 2016 season. He joined English Premiership side Sale Sharks prior to the 2017–18 season on a three-year contract. In December 2018, the club announced that De Klerk signed a contract extension until 2023. After four seasons with the Sharks, de Klerk announced in June 2022 that he would be departing the club at the end of the 2021-22 season to join Yokohama Canon Eagles in Japan Rugby League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makazole Mapimpi
Makazole Drex Mapimpi (born 26 July 1990) is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the in the United Rugby Championship. He usually plays as a winger and centre. He was part of the winning Springboks of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. He became the first South African to score a try in a World Cup Final. Biography Mapimpi was born and raised in a rural and very poor environment. At the 2019 Rugby World Cup, South African players are invited to provide photos of their family that will be integrated into the flocked numbers on the back of their jersey. On this occasion, Mapimpi is the only one to give only a picture of him. When Rassie Erasmus, the coach, asks him why, he admits having nobody left. His parents, as well as his siblings, all passed away. Career Youth As a child, Mapimpi grew up in the Tsholomnqa village. In 2009, Mapimpi was a member of the team. Border Bulldogs Mapimpi was one of several amateur club play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian De Allende
Damian de Allende (born 25 November 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and Japanese club Saitama Wild Knights. His usual position is either centre or wing. He was a member of the Springboks team that won a record-equalling third Rugby World Cup in 2019. Club career He made his first team debut for Western Province during the 2012 Vodacom Cup, in their game against . He made a total of three appearances in that campaign, scoring one try. He was then also included in the squad for the 2012 Currie Cup Premier Division. In August 2013, he signed a two-year contract that kept him at and the until 2015. He further extended his contract with the Stormers in July 2017 which saw him remain until the end of the 2019 season. De Allende represented the Ikey Tigers in the 2012 Varsity Cup. After the 2019 Rugby World Cup, where de Allende was a member of the victorious South African team, he joined Japanese T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukhanyo Am
Lukhanyo Am (born 28 November 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the in the United Rugby Championship. His regular positions are centre and wing. Professional career Am played for the Margate-based Gladiators Rugby Academy before he was called into the Under–19 squad that won the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship Division B and winning promotion to Division A, making six appearances and scoring three tries. After spending time with Saracens during the off-season as part of an exchange programme in conjunction with the British High Commission, he returned to be included in the Border Bulldogs senior squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition and made his senior debut against defending champions in Paarl. Southern Kings At the start of 2016, Am was one of two Sharks players that joined the ' Super Rugby squad for a trial period as they prepared for the 2016 Super Rugby season. Sharks After a successful spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Willemse
Damian Willemse (born 7 May 1998) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the in the United Rugby Championship and in the Currie Cup. His regular position is fullback, but he can also play as a fly-half, winger, or inside centre. Rugby career 2014–2016: Schoolboy rugby Willemse was born in Strand. He attended and played rugby for Paul Roos Gymnasium in nearby Stellenbosch. In 2014, he was selected to represent at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week held in Pretoria. He started all three of their matches, helping them to three victories, scoring a try in the final match of the tournament, a 26–11 win over hosts the . In 2015, Willemse was selected in the Western Province squad for South Africa's premier high school rugby tournament, the Under-18 Craven Week. He started all three of their matches in the tournament held in Stellenbosch, scoring tries in a 65–5 victory over the and in the unofficial final, helping his team to a 95–0 vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Australia
Rugby Australia Ltd, previously named the Australian Rugby Union Limited and Australian Rugby Football Union Limited, is an Australian company operating the premier rugby union competition in Australia and teams. It has its origins in 1949. It is a member of World Rugby. Rugby Australia has eight member unions, representing each state and the Australian Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory. It also manages national representative rugby union teams, including the Wallabies (rugby union), Wallabies and the Australia women's national rugby union team, Wallaroos. History Until the end of the 1940s, the New South Wales Rugby Union, as the senior rugby organisation in Australia, was responsible for administration of a national representative rugby team, including all tours. However, the various States and territories of Australia, state unions agreed that the future of rugby in Australia would be better served by having a national administrative body and so the Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Gardner
Angus Gardner (born 24 August 1984) is an Australian rugby union professional referee who was appointed to the Super Rugby referees panel in 2012. His first match in Super Rugby was between the Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels at Suncorp Stadium in March of that year. Gardner took up refereeing in 1999 at the age of fifteen, and became a full-time referee in 2015. He was appointed to his first test match in November 2011, which was an Oceania Cup match between Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu in Port Morseby. Gardner was appointed to the IRB Junior World Championship in 2012 and 2014, and took charge of the semi-final between England and Ireland in 2014. In 2015, Gardner was selected as an assistant referee at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He refereed the 2018 Super Rugby Final between the Crusaders and the Lions in Christchurch. In 2019, Gardner was selected to referee at the 2019 Rugby World Cup The 2019 Rugby World Cup was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbombela
Mbombela (also known as Nelspruit) is a city in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River, Mbombela lies about by road west of the Mozambique border, east of Johannesburg and north of the Eswatini border. Mbombela was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. History San rock art and Iron Age archaeological evidence indicate the Mbombela area has a long history of human habitation. Construction for the Mpumalanga legislature revealed farming settlements, storage pits, burial sites, and pottery ranging from the 6th to 17th century. The presence of cattle bones at the Riverside site is thought to be evidence that early Nguni practices of labola originated in eastern South Africa. Mbombela was founded as Nelspruit in 1895 by three brothers of the Nel family who grazed their cattle around the site in the winter months. During the Boer War, Nelspruit served briefly as the seat of government for the South Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbombela Stadium
The Mbombela Stadium is a football and Rugby union all-seater stadium in Mbombela in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa was built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, It was one of 10 venues for the tournament and one of 5 newly constructed stadiums. It is the home ground for the Pumas. It is an all-seater stadium, with 43,500-seats, almost all under roof. It is located 6 kilometres west of Mbombela, the capital of the Mpumalanga province and is the largest venue in the province. The R1,050-million facility was ready for use well ahead of the June 2010 World Cup kickoff and was funded entirely through central government taxpayer funding, requiring no financing by the city. Construction Construction commenced in February 2007 and was completed in November 2009. The construction contract was awarded to a South African– French consortium of Basil Read Construction and Bouygues. The structure is founded on 1,500 piles on a 10m structural grid. Each roof support (in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordie Barrett
Jordan Matthew Barrett (born 17 February 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a Centre (rugby union), utility back internationally for New Zealand's All Blacks, and for the Wellington Hurricanes, Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition. Having previously been an apprentice for the All Black squad in 2016, Barrett was first selected for New Zealand in 2017, making his debut against Samoa in a warm-up test prior to the British & Irish Lions series. Barrett has previously represented New Zealand at age-grade level, being a part of the 2016 under-20 side that took part at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, World Championships in England. He also represents Taranaki Rugby Football Union, Taranaki at provincial level, previously playing for Canterbury during their 2016 Ranfurly Shield tenure, as they became Mitre 10 Cup champions. He was the winner of the Duane Monkley Medal for the Mitre 10 Cup Player of the Year in 2016, and was also New Zealand's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
