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2014 Africa Cup
The 2014 Africa Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Africa Cup, an annual international rugby union tournament for African nations organised by the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR). The tournament, as well as the 2012 Africa Cup, 2012 and 2013 Africa Cup, 2013 editions of it, served as the 2015 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Changes from last season Changes from the 2013 Africa Cup: * Division 2 North was held as a Rugby Sevens tournament, while Division 2 South was played as a 15-a-side tournament. * Division 3 is no longer on the programme. It was scheduled for 2013 however, due to economic and political instability, no games were played * was promoted to Division 1A * was relegated to Division 1B * was promoted to Division 1B * was relegated to Division 1C * was added to Division 1C despite not competing last year, replacing , who will instead play in Division 2 North * was scheduled to play in Division 3 Central in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Africa Cup
The 2013 Africa Cup was the thirteenth edition of the Africa Cup, an annual international rugby union tournament for African nations organised by the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR). This tournament, as well as the 2012 and 2014 editions of it, served as the qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Changes from last season Changes from the 2012 Africa Cup: * Division 2 was divided into a North and South tournaments * A new Division 3 was added, divided into North and Central tournaments, however no games were ever played * was promoted to Division 1A * was relegated to Division 1B * was promoted to Division 1B * was relegated to Division 1C * was relegated to Division 3 North, although the Division 3 games were never played * will not take part, after withdrawing in 2012. * will not take part, although they were scheduled to play host to Division 3 North. * sent two teams the previous year, but will only be sending one in 2013. * After missing last years tournament, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambert Groenewald
Lambert Smith Groenewald (born 1 February 1989 in Worcester) is a South African-born Zimbabwean rugby union player who most recently played for the . His regular position is flanker. Career Youth At youth level, he captained his high school team at Paul Roos Gymnasium and represented at the 2007 Under-18 Academy Week and Craven Week tournaments before moving to the . He represented them at Under-19 and Under-21 level between 2008 and 2010. Sharks He made his first class debut for the in the 2010 Vodacom Cup competition. He started the opening match of the season against the and scored a try after 29 minutes to help the Sharks XV to a 69–8 victory. A further five appearances followed in the 2010 Vodacom Cup, as well as eight appearances in the 2011 competition. He did not play any Currie Cup rugby, but he did make one Super Rugby appearance for the when he came on as a late substitute for Ryan Kankowski in their match against the . Brescia and Ordizia He left the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It is connected to Zambia across the short Zambezi River border by the Kazungula Bridge. A country of slightly over 2.3 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. About 11.6 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—it has since transformed itself into an upper-middle-income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Modern-day humans first inhabited the country over 200,000 years ago. The Tswana ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Botswana Stadium
University of Botswana Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Gaborone, Botswana, owned by the University of Botswana. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Uniao Flamengo Santos F.C. Uniao Flamengo Santos is a Association football, football club from Gabane, Botswana, based in Gaborone. They play their home matches at UB Stadium (Gaborone), UB Stadium in Gaborone. The club is named after two Brazilian clubs: Clube de Regatas ... The stadium holds 8,500 people. It is located across the road from the Botswana Cricket Association Ovals. References External links 1''Sports and Recreation, University of Botswana'' Football venues in Botswana Athletics (track and field) venues in Botswana Sports venues in Gaborone {{Botswana-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 SARU Community Cup
The 2014 SARU Community Cup (known as the ''2014 Cell C Community Cup'' for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the SARU Community Cup competition. The qualification to the tournament took place in 2013, while the competition proper was contested in 2014. The tournament is the top competition for non-university rugby union clubs in South Africa. Competition Qualification format Qualification to the Community Cup was determined via the club leagues of the fourteen provincial unions, plus Blue Bulls Limpopo. All university and other tertiary institutions were ineligible to participate in the Community Cup. The highest-placed eligible team in each of the fifteen leagues automatically qualified to the Community Cup (league rules determined if this is after the league stages or after the title-play-offs). As holders, Despatch were guaranteed qualification to the Community Cup. In addition, wildcard teams chosen by SARU also qualified to take the number of participants up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Gaborone is situated between Kgale Hill and Oodi Hill, near the confluence of the Notwane River and Segoditshane River in the south-eastern corner of Botswana, from the South African border. The city is served by the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. It is an administrative district in its own right, but is the capital of the surrounding South-East District. Locals often refer to the city as ''GC or Motse-Mshate''. The city of Gaborone is named after Chief Gaborone of the Tlokwa tribe, who once controlled land nearby. Because it had no tribal affiliation and was close to fresh water, the city was planned to be the capital in the mid-1960s when the Bechuanaland Protectorate became an independent nation. The centre of the city is a lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunisia
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Nabeul
Nabeul (; ar, نابل ,Tamazight: ⵏⴰⴱⴻⵍ), is a coastal town located in northeastern Tunisia, on the south coast of the Cape Bon peninsula and surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on both sides. It is the first seaside resort in Tunisia. It is known for its agricultural riches and its touristic potentials. The city had a population of 73,128 as of the 2014 census. History Nabeul was founded in the fifth century BC by the Greeks of Cyrene, serving as a trade port. Its present name is an arabization of its Greek name Neápolis (, "New City"), which was a common name of Greek colonies. In Roman times, the city was an important trade hub for grain from North Africa to Rome, and a centre for manufacture of garum for Rome. On 21 July 365, a massive tsunami hit the city from the 365 Crete earthquake, resulting in much destruction and leaving part of it underwater. During antiquity, Neapolis was also the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric The Bishopric was founded dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 = +01:00 , timezone1_DST = , utc_offset1_DST = , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 1xxx, 2xxx , area_code_type = Calling code , area_code = 71 , iso_code = TN-11, TN-12, TN-13 and TN-14 , blank_name_sec2 = geoTLD , blank_info_sec2 = .tn , website = , footnotes = Tunis ( ar, تونس ') is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as " Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaco Engels
Jaco Barny Engels (born 17 December 1980, in Oranjemund) is a Namibian rugby union player whose usual position is prop. As youngster while at primary school, Laerskool M.L. Fick, received Springbok / National Colours in Trampolining. Career He has previously played for the , and in South Africa's Currie Cup. He has also played Super Rugby with the . He joined the in 2011. He featured in both Currie Cup and Super Rugby winning squads while in Pretoria. 2013 Southern Kings Super Rugby season He was included in the squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season. He made appearances from the bench in each of the Kings' first four matches of the season, but prop Grant Kemp was preferred to him for the remainder of the campaign. He made two appearances for the 2013 Vodacom Cup campaign before linking up with for the 2013 Africa Cup. International He is eligible to play for , but did not play in the 2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohan Kitshoff
Rohan Kitshoff (born 13 September 1985) is a Namibian professional rugby union player, currently playing with Western Province Premier League club side Durbanville-Bellville. His regular position is flanker. Career He played youth rugby for before joining . He left them without making a first class appearance however and joined in 2007, where he became a regular. In 2011, he returned to to play Vodacom Cup rugby for them, as well as making five Currie Cup appearances. He was the joint top try scorer in the 2012 Vodacom Cup, scoring seven tries. He joined French Top 14 team for the 2012–13 Top 14 season, but returned to South Africa to play for once again. A few weeks later, he was also included in the ' team against the during the 2013 Super Rugby season. Durbanville-Bellville In 2015, he joined Western Province club side Durbanville-Bellville and was a member of the squad that won the 2015 SARU Community Cup competition, scoring four tries in six appearances in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaldo Bothma
Renaldo Bothma (born 18 September 1989) is a South African-born Namibian rugby union footballer. He plays mostly as a flanker. Formerly, he represented the in Super Rugby and the in the Currie Cup, the , , and . Career In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and won the tournament after winning all three matches. He initially joined the for the 2015 and 2016 Super Rugby seasons, with a clause to return to the Pumas for the Currie Cup competition in those seasons. However, due to his involvement with at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, he didn't play for the Pumas in the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division. In March 2016, during the 2016 Super Rugby season, he gained an early released from his contract with the Sharks to join Pretoria-based Super Rugby side the . He signed a deal to join English Premiership The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
