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2013 Varsity Cup
The 2013 Varsity Cup was contested from 4 February to 8 April 2013. The tournament (also known as the ''FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International'' for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring eight South African universities. The tournament was won by for the second consecutive season; they beat 44–5 in the final played on 8 April 2013. No team was relegated to the second-tier Varsity Shield competition for 2014. Competition rules and information There were eight participating universities in the 2013 Varsity Cup. These teams played each other once over the course of the season, either home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of , the country has Demographics of South Africa, a population of over 64 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament of South Africa, Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban. Cradle of Humankind, Archaeological findings suggest that various hominid species existed in South Africa about 2.5 million years ago, and modern humans inhabited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2013 Varsity Cup
The 2013 Varsity Cup was contested from 4 February to 8 April 2013. The tournament (also known as the ''FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International'' for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring eight South African universities. The tournament was won by for the second consecutive season; they beat 44–5 in the final played on 8 April 2013. No team was relegated to the second-tier Varsity Shield competition for 2014. Competition rules and information There were eight participating universities in the 2013 Varsity Cup. These teams played each other once over the course of the season, either home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Louis Fourie (rugby Union)
Louis Johannes Fourie (born 28 January 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player that played provincial rugby for the and Varsity Rugby for . His regular position is lock. Career Youth / Varsity Cup In 2009, Fourie was included in Eastern Province's Under-18 Craven Week squad for the tournament held in East London. After finishing school, he enrolled at Port Elizabeth university Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. He played Varsity Cup rugby for their first team, the for four seasons between 2011 and 2014, making 24 appearances and scoring two tries. Fourie also became involved with the academy sides of the . In 2011, he started all eight of the side's matches in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship, scoring tries in their matches against and as they topped the Group B log. They won their semi-final against , but fell short in the final, losing 19–23 to . Fourie made seven appearances for the side in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Handré Pollard
Handré Pollard (born 11 March 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa national team and in the United Rugby Championship. His regular playing positions are fly-half, where he started for South Africa in their 2019 Rugby World Cup Final win, and inside-centre. He has previously played for the in his native South Africa, NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka, Osaka Red Hurricanes in Japan, Montpellier Hérault Rugby, Montpellier in France, and Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby. He is one of 43 players who have List of winners of multiple Rugby World Cups, won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions, 24 of whom are South Africans. Rugby career Youth Pollard earned a provincial call-up as early as primary school level, when he was selected in the squad for the Under-13 Craven Week competition in 2007. He also represented them at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2010, bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oupa Mohojé
Teboho Stephen 'Oupa' Mohojé (born 3 August 1990) is a South African rugby union player for the in the Pro14 and the in the Currie Cup. He can play as a flanker or lock. Career Mohojé played for the at the 2007 Under-18 Academy Week as well as the 2008 Under-18 Craven Week. He then progressed to the Under-21 side, playing for them in 2010 and 2011. Mohojé made his first class debut when he had a loan spell at in the 2012 Currie Cup First Division game against . Mohojé returned to the and made several appearances for them in the 2013 Vodacom Cup. During his time at the , he also played for university side the in the Varsity Cup competitions in 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2013, he was voted the "Player That Rocks" for the competition. Representative rugby In May 2014, Mohojé was one of eight uncapped players that were called up to a Springbok training camp prior to the 2014 mid-year rugby union tests. In 2016, Mohojé was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Schalk Van Der Merwe (rugby Union)
Schalk Willem 'Hond' van der Merwe is a former South African rugby union player who last played for the in the Currie Cup. He previously played for the , the and the in domestic South African rugby, for the and the in Super Rugby, for in the French Top 14 and for Irish Pro14 side Ulster. His usual position is prop. He joined the prior to the 2014 season. He 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 Irish Pro14 side Ulster Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ... prior to the 2017–18 season. He was released on 4 December 2018 after making just three Pro14 appearances. References External linksSchalk Van der Merweon ''espnscrum.com''.on ''itsrugby.co.uk''. Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jonathan Kaplan (rugby Union)
Jonathan Isaac Kaplan (born 7 November 1966 in Durban, South Africa), is a former international rugby union referee who used to hold the record for the most international matches as referee. He announced his retirement on 26 October 2013 and took charge of the 2013 Currie Cup Final between and the as his final domestic league match as referee. His final test match as a referee was on 16 November 2013 when he took charge of the Namibia v Kenya match in the final fixture of the 2013 Namibian Tri-Nations in Windhoek. Background Kaplan was born in Durban to Jewish parents, and was educated at Carmel College, Durban, and King David School, Linksfield, Johannesburg. He gained a bachelor of social sciences degree, with majors in economics and psychology, from the University of Cape Town and a postgraduate degree in marketing management from the University of South Africa. Refereeing career Kaplan began refereeing in 1984, while still a high school student. He made his first- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Justin Van Staden
Justin van Staden is a South African rugby union player who last played for the in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. Career He played for in the 2008 Craven Week tournament and then joined the for 2009 and 2010, making one substitute appearance in the 2010 Vodacom Cup, before joining the in 2011. In 2012, he joined Despatch Rugby Club, but was soon drafted into the squad, where he was included in their 2012 Vodacom Cup squad. He made his starting debut in the second game of the season against the . He joined the before the 2013 Currie Cup First Division season, but left after just one season to join the as a replacement for Carl Bezuidenhout. He also played in the Varsity Cup competition, playing for in 2010, for in 2011 and for in 2013. He was also named in a South African Universities team that played against in 2013. He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015 2015 was designated by the United Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tian Schoeman
Christian Francois Schoeman (born 23 September 1991 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player. His regular position is fly-half. Career Youth Schoeman played for Witbank-based outfit the in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He scored 69 points in just six matches for the side to finish as the top scorer in Group B of the competition, 17 points ahead of Arno Poley of the . In 2011, he moved back to Pretoria to join the . Despite not playing for them in 2011, he made a big impact during the 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championship, contributing 115 points for the – third behind the s Fred Zeilinga and the s Marais Schmidt – to help the Blue Bulls clinch the title in this competition, scoring 14 points with the boot as they beat 22–13 in the final. Varsity Cup Schoeman represented university side in the 2013 Varsity Cup competition, scoring 23 points in the first four rounds of the competition before Handré Pollard was given a chance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Courtnall Skosan
Courtnall Douglas Skosan (born 24 July 1991) is a South African rugby union player for Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship. His playing position is winger. Club career He played for the at Under-19 and Under-21 level, earning a call-up to the South Africa Under-20 team for the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship. He graduated to the senior team, making his debut for the Blue Bulls in the 2011 Vodacom Cup game against the . He remained at the until the end of the 2013 season, making just twelve appearances. He then moved to the for 2014. He also played for in their victorious 2012 and 2013 Varsity Cup campaigns. In August 2021, he signed a contract with Premiership club Northampton Saints. At the end of the 2022/2023 season, Skosan announced he would be departing Saints to play for the South African club DHL Stormers. International career In 2016, Skosan was included in a South Africa 'A' squad that played a two-match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sidney Tobias
Sidney McNeil Tobias (born 20 March 1989) is a South African rugby union player who plays for the in the United Rugby Championship and for the in the Currie Cup. He also plays for Rugby ATL in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the U.S. His regular position is hooker. Career Youth Tobias went to school at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, where he earned a selection to play for the side that participated at the Grant Khomo Week in 2005. He progressed further through the youth structures at Western Province, also playing for their Under-18 sides at the Academy Week in 2006 and the Craven Week competition in 2007. In joined their academy, the Western Province Rugby Institute, when he finished school at the end of 2007. He represented the s in the 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championship and the Under-21s in 2009 and 2010. Western Province Tobias was included in 's squad for the 2009 Vodacom Cup, but didn't make any appearances. His first class debut came during the 2010 Vodac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |