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2011 Currie Cup Premier Division
The 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 73rd season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from July to October 2011. The tournament (known as the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition. The MTN Golden Lions won the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division. Competition Regular season and title playoffs There were 8 participating teams in the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division. These teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semifinals, the team that finished first had home advantage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Lions
The Golden Lions (currently known as the Sigma Golden Lions for sponsorship reasons) is a South African professional rugby union team based in Johannesburg who compete in the annual Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge. The team is governed by the Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU), and was originally known as Transvaal (after Transvaal Province), before changes to the political landscape in South Africa forced a name change to the Gauteng Lions, before again being changed to the Golden Lions. The GLRU also operates the associated United Rugby Championship franchise , which also draw players from Griquas. History The Transvaal Rugby Football Union, with its headquarters in Johannesburg, was formed in 1889 after delegates from different clubs in the region decided to form a united rugby union to look after the well-being of the clubs. Prominent clubs involved in the process were Pirates, Wanderers, Pretoria, Potchefstroom and Kaffrarians. The first elected president was Bill Taylor (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocco Jansen
Rocco Reginald Jansen (born 21 July 1986) is a former South African rugby union player. His regular playing position is Wing. He most recently represented Griquas in the Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier .... He has previously played for the Blue Bulls. He retired at the end of the 2015 season to take up a role in the business sector. References External links *itsrugby.co.uk profile Living people 1986 births South African rugby union players Cheetahs (rugby union) players People from Queenstown, South Africa Rugby union wings North-West University alumni Griquas (rugby union) players Eastern Province Elephants players Blue Bulls players Rugby union players from the Eastern Cape {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub Alumni of Queen's College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Durand
Clayton may refer to: People *Clayton (name) *Clayton baronets *The Clayton Brothers, Jeff and John, jazz musicians *Clayton Brothers, Rob and Christian, painter artists *Justice Clayton (other), the judges Clayton Places Canada * Clayton, Ontario *Rural Municipality of Clayton No. 333, Saskatchewan Australia *Clayton, Victoria *Clayton Bay, a town in South Australia formerly known as Clayton *Electoral district of Clayton, a former electoral district in Victoria United Kingdom *Clayton, Manchester * Clayton, South Yorkshire *Clayton, Staffordshire, in Newcastle-under-Lyme *Clayton, West Sussex *Clayton, West Yorkshire *Clayton-le-Dale, Lancashire *Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire *Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire United States Locales *Clayton, Alabama *Clayton, California, in Contra Costa County; formerly ''Clayton's'' *Clayton, Placer County, California *Clayton, Delaware *Clayton, Georgia *Clayton, Idaho *Clayton, Illinois *Clayton, Indiana *Clayton, Iowa *Clayton, Kansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BG Uys
Burrie Gildenhuys "BG" Uys is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played with the . His regular position is prop. Career Youth He came through the ranks of the , playing for them at Under-18 and Under-21 from 2007 to 2009. Varsity Rugby He played Varsity Cup rugby for between 2008 and 2010, which led to his inclusion in the South African Students teams in 2008 and 2009. Leopards He made his Currie Cup debut for the Leopards in 2010 against the and became a first team regular over the next four seasons, making 66 first class appearances in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions. Eastern Province Kings / Southern Kings In 2013, while still contracted to the Leopards, Uys joined the training group prior to the 2013 Super Rugby season, but was later released to the Leopards' 2013 Vodacom Cup squad. He played for the Leopards for the remainder of 2013 before joining the for 2014. He made one appearances for the Eastern Province Kings during the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vainon Willis
Vainon Shanon Willis (born 11 October 1988) is a retired South African rugby union player, who most recently played with the . His regular position is winger. Career Youth level He represented at youth level between 2004 (at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week) and 2009 (in the Under-21 Provincial Championship competition). Provincial Rugby He was included in the senior squad for the 2009 Vodacom Cup competition and made his first class debut in their Vodacom Cup match against the . Despite being a regular during the 2009 Vodacom Cup campaign, he failed to break into the Currie Cup squad and he joined the for a short spell during for the 2010 Currie Cup Premier Division season. He then joined the at the start of 2011, where he played several games before a short spell at in the 2012 Currie Cup First Division. He rejoined the in 2013, being named in their 2013 Vodacom Cup squad. He made just one appearance before he then moved across the Jukskei River to join the for 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tewis De Bruyn
Tewis de Bruyn (born 5 August 1982) is a South African former rugby union footballer. He regularly played as a scrum-half and occasionally as a fly-half. He represented the in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and the in Super Rugby for the majority of his career. He retired at the end of the 2013 season following a back injury to take up a coaching role at his ''alma mater'', Grey College, Bloemfontein. Career De Bruyn started his career playing for the Potchefstroom–based and spent two seasons there before transferring to the SWD Eagles in 2004. He moved again in 2006, joining the Boland Cavaliers before finally moving to Bloemfontein in late 2007. He played more than 130 games in all competitions for the Cheetahs. De Bruyn had brief loan spells at the French side Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riaan Smit
Adriaan Jacobus "True Blue" Smit (born 28 April 1984) is a South African rugby union professional footballer. He can operate in several positions in the back-line but usually plays as a fly-half or fullback. Career Smit currently represents Oyonnax in the French Top 14. He represented the in Super Rugby and the in both the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup between 2010 and 2014. He moved to Bloemfontein in 2010 after having something of a nomadic existence prior to that, representing the , and . He signed a contract with French Top 14 side Oyonnax Oyonnax () is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Oyonnax lies in a valley of the Jura Mountains in the far north of Ain. It is near the Parc naturel régional du Haut- ... prior to the 2014–2015 season. References Living people 1984 births South African rugby union players Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union fly-halves Afrikaner people People f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sias Ebersohn
Josias Mathiem Ebersohn (born 23 February 1989) is a former South African rugby union professional player that usually played as a fly-half. He most recently played for the in the South African domestic Currie Cup competition. He played domestic South African rugby for the between 2008 and 2012 and also played Super Rugby for the between 2010 and 2012. In 2013, he moved to Perth to join the , where he played between 2013 and 2015 before returning to Bloemfontein for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division. He also represented the South Africa U20 side in 2008 and 2009. He retired after the 2017 season to become a farmer in the Hartswater area. Personal Sias and twin brother Robert are the sons of Tiaan Ebersohn, a centre who played for the and . They were born and raised in Bloemfontein, South Africa and schooled at Grey College. Here they climbed the ranks and eventually represented the Free State schools team at the national Under-18 Craven Week. They were chosen to repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Snyman
Philippus Albertus Borman Snyman (born 26 March 1987) is a South African rugby union footballer. He is the current captain of South Africa's National Rugby 7s Team, Blitzbokke. He also plays as a centre or winger for the Cheetahs in both Super Rugby and the Currie Cup. He was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Career Super Rugby Snyman replaced Andries Strauss who was suspended for a dangerous tackle on Lions Lock Wikus van Heerden in 2012. Sevens He made his sevens debut for the Blitzbokke at the 2008 Dubai Sevens. He returned for the final two legs of the series in a bid to clinch the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series title, which South Africa eventually won. Snyman signed a two-year contract with the South African Sevens team from 2012 until 2014. In 2013, he was included in the squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Snyman suffered a knee ligament injury at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens and was replaced by n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Burger
Philip Burger (born 28 August 1980 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a rugby union player. He is a Springbok Rugby Sevens player, and represented South Africa at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. He was the top try scorer at the IRB Sevens tournament in George, South Africa in 2006. He is the son of 3-times capped Bok, Thys Burger. Burger played Currie Cup rugby for the Free State Cheetahs from 2005 to 2007. In 2006 he was the top try scorer in the Currie Cup competition. Burger won the Currie Cup with the Cheetahs in 2005 and in 2006 (when the Cheetahs shared it with the Bulls). He played Super 14 Rugby for the Cheetahs in 2007. He is in the current squad for the French Club USA Perpignan, in the Heineken Cup and Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ..., and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corné Uys
Corné () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Loire-Authion. 7 December 2015 See also *Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):
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Rayno Benjamin
Rayno Shannon Benjamin (born 3 August 1983) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a wing or centre for Japanese Top East League side Shimizu Blue Sharks. Career He started out his career in the Western Cape with the Boland Cavaliers and his impressive performances saw him earn Super Rugby honours with the Stormers during the 2006 Super 14 season. He switched to Bloemfontein in 2007 for his first spell with the Cheetahs. However, he didn't manage any first team appearances and this saw him move on again to join the in Johannesburg. He stayed there for 2 seasons before spending the next couple of years focusing on his rugby sevens career. He returned to the 15 man game in 2011 and started his second spell with the Cheetahs which has seen him make more than 70 appearances in Currie Cup and Super Rugby matches. International Benjamin has been a long-term member of the Blitzbokke squad and has played in 11 IRB Sevens World Series events between 2006 and 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |