Posted on April 25, 2016
The second week of was a great day for the big boys to face each other in another koshuis rugby encounter. Another exciting day to watch what Capetonians would call “Champanja” rugby.
Posted on April 25, 2016
The past week was not a memorable one for Tuks as all three senior teams lost against their rivals Police. The juniors performed well with the U/20 winning by 33-0 against their opponents. The U/21 played a late night game in very wet conditions and managed to secure an 18-0 victory against Police.
Posted on April 11, 2016
FNB Tuks outmuscled FNB UJ 47–24 at UJ Stadium to win the Young Guns Final on Tuesday 12 April.
Posted on April 03, 2016
The FNB Madibaz Young Guns were unable to play their last match of the Young Guns season due to a large number of injuries and had to forfeit their match against the FNB Tuks Young Guns which was due to be played on 28 March.
Posted on March 17, 2016
Health experts recently submitted an open letter to the UK government, calling for tackling in schools rugby to be outlawed. UP's Prof Steve Cornelius has entered this controversial debate with a recently published article.
Posted on March 15, 2016
South African Women’s team TuksWomensRugby 7's have been announced as the latest international team ready to descend on the UON Central Coast Sevens in October to contest the prestigious Kinesio Cup.
Posted on March 11, 2016
The Board of FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International today announced that Varsity Cup matches will resume on Monday, 14 March 2016.
Posted on March 02, 2016
FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International announces match postponement.
Posted on February 29, 2016
SA Select Women’s coach Renfred Dazel on Friday introduced fresh faces to his squad for the Las Vegas Invitational from 3 to 6 March as he looks to expand the depth in his squad this season. Three TuksWomensRugby players are included in the squad.
Posted on February 22, 2016
A hat-trick by FNB Maties winger, Duncan Saal, was enough for the Stellenbosch-based side to defeat FNB Tuks at the Danie Craven Stadium on Monday evening. FNB Maties walked away with a comfortable 29-16 win to remain on top of the log in this year’s FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff...
Posted on February 17, 2016
Pretoria played host to an incredible FNB Varsity Cup match, presented by Steinhoff International, between FNB UP-Tuks and the defending champions, FNB UFS-Shimlas, on Monday.
Posted on February 17, 2016
'Those experts who are quick to predict a nightmarish 2016 Varsity Cup campaign for UP-Tuks 1 make little or no contribution to any meaningful debate on how to get UP's finest back on track.'
Posted on November 10, 2015
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) Interprovincial Sevens Tournament took place at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit from the 6th – 7th November 2015.
Posted on October 19, 2015
Prof Steve Cornelius has conducted extensive research on the high rate of injury in professional sports and says that sport could be facing a major crisis because of this.
Posted on October 06, 2015
According to staff at UP's Section Sports Medicine, successful injury surveillance could motivate sporting bodies to consider and implement rule changes to improve player safety.
Posted on August 24, 2015
For those who have not heard the story yet: In about 1904, on a shelf, amongst the liquor bottles in a bar in Pretoria, stood a trophy as decoration. The bar was frequented by rugby players. This trophy baffled them. One day the players started asking questions.
Posted on August 24, 2015
The TuksWomensRugby 7s team took part in a Bulls Development Initiavtive on Saturday 22 August 2015. The matches were played at Silverton High School.
Posted on August 24, 2015
A clinical display of winning rugby enabled UP-Tuks to finally break the hat-trick curse after overpowering Police 42-15 (25-10 at half-time) in the 2015 Carlton Cup final played at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday 22 August 2015.
Posted on July 08, 2015
Friday 3 July saw the end of a very busy and action-packed week for TuksSport as 9 different sports codes were competing in their respective USSA tournaments across the country.
Posted on July 07, 2015
UP-Tuks won silver at the 2015 USSA Rugby Championships after missing out on the title by the narrowest of margins. UP-Tuks, the 2014 champions, lost to UJ in the final. Final score: 14-13.
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