Posted on February 16, 2023
Making predictions in sports is always risky, but it is safe to say that Monday's 2023 FNB Varsity Cup encounter between Tuks and Shimlas will be a humdinger. It can't be helped. There are scores to be settled. Last year, the two teams clashed twice. Shimlas was victorious, winning the pool...
Posted on February 11, 2023
Playing rugby and getting paid is a dream comes true for the Springbok Women international, Libbie Janse van Rensburg. As a little girl playing rugby with her nephews on the farm, she would have laughed if someone had told her that she would be playing for the Springbok Women one day....
Posted on January 31, 2023
Time will often show that what is a considerable sacrifice today will be one of the most significant investments you have made in life. This is the reason why Timonique Corbett is not fazed about driving more than 500 kilometres a week to play rugby at Tuks. She is part of the Delta Drone...
Posted on October 10, 2022
The TuksWomensRugby player, Nadine Roos, is a Springbok Women and Sevens international player. Currently, she is part of the South African national women’s rugby team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup – women’s tournament in New Zealand. Beat France and play in the playoffs. That...
Posted on October 07, 2022
Points on the "board" are guaranteed when Libbie Janse van Rensburg steps onto the field to play for the Springbok Women. On the field, she is the TuksWomensRugby Administrative Assistant & Programme Coordinator at TuksRugby. In the recent Test Series against Spain, she scored 32 points....
Posted on October 06, 2022
It will take a significant effort from Tuks to win the 2022 Varsity 7s Rugby edition. Since the tournament's inception in 2012, Tuks was only victorious on one occasion. They were crowned champions in 2018. In 2019, Tuks finished third. The TuksRugby 7s head coach, Dabeon Draghoender's...
Posted on September 26, 2022
Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby 7s coach Riaan van der Merwe wanted to prove that anything is possible with hard work and dedication; and with eight players having played in a Springbok women’s rugby team in the past five months, his team is doing just that.
Posted on September 08, 2022
It is funny how perceptions about sports can change. A few years back, Nolwazi Hlabangane thought rugby was a sport where the only goal was to kill your opponent to be in control of the ball. Nowadays, Hlabangane is the one "doing the killing". She is seemingly quite good at it. The Delta...
Posted on August 31, 2022
Marlize de Bruin has decided to quit netball to focus on playing sevens rugby. Doing so, she proved ‘change is as good as a holiday'. She will represent the Springbok Women’s Sevens at the 2022 Rugby World Cup in Cape Town. De Bruin got her first taste of international rugby in...
Posted on July 11, 2022
TuksWomensRugby: Riaan van der Merwe impressed with Kemisetso Baloyi at the 2022 Brussel's International Rugby 7's in Belgium It was close but no cigar for the Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby 7’s team as they lost against Rugban in the final of the 2022 Brussel's International Rugby 7's in...
Posted on July 04, 2022
Stephan ‘Karools’ Smit of TuksRugby, looks up to the All Blacks legend, Richie McCaw. Karools is the captain of Tuks in the 2022 USSA Rugby Championships - Men's 15s
Posted on June 14, 2022
TuksWomensRugby: "Big hits and sidesteps" get Kemisetso Baloyi's adrenaline pumping When Kemisetso Baloyi of Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby 7s, walks down a street, few would guess that rugby is her game and that she will represent South Africa at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at the end...
Posted on May 25, 2022
Vodacom Bulls rugby defence coach Joey Mongalo has added another string to his bow after graduating from UP with an MCom in Industrial Psychology.
Posted on May 16, 2022
TuksWomensRugby: Scoring tries has become second nature to Springbok Women Sevens international player, Nadine Roos Catch me if you can. That seems to be the Springbok Women Sevens rugby player, Nadine Roos, attitude when she has got the ball in hand.
Posted on April 28, 2022
TuksRugby: According to Kennedy Tsimba, the biggest mistake any coach can make is to panic or get upset when things go wrong on the field A coach's job is seemingly never done. A mere 48 hours after the Tuks Under-20 team won the 2022 FNB Varsity Young Guns Tournament, Kennedy Tsimba (coach)...
Posted on April 26, 2022
#TuksRugby: Tuks’ never-say-die attitude leads to a 5th Varsity Cup title victory against Maties In what is possibly one of the best fightbacks ever by a Tuks team, Tuks beat Maties 29-23 in the 2022 Varsity Cup final on Monday, 25 April. It genuinely took spirit and perseverance to...
Posted on April 21, 2022
The clash of the Titans is an excellent way to describe the upcoming 2022 FNB Varsity Cup final between Tuks and Maties on Monday, 25 April in Stellenbosch.
Posted on April 13, 2022
Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby sevens team have returned unbeaten from Europe, having won a tournament in France and a game in Scotland. Impressive would be an excellent way to describe the team's heroics. In the seven games played, they scored 212 points and only conceded 12. It is why coach...
Posted on April 12, 2022
TuksRugby: Tuks, under Nico Luus, to contest in the 2022 FNB Varsity Cup semi-finals after a major victory against UJ On Monday, 11 April, Tuks proved that you can't keep a good team down by beating UJ 36-19 in Round 8 of the 2022 FNB Varsity Cup season.
Posted on April 03, 2022
TuksRugby: “I have found that having an X-factor is a way to ensure you are the player on the field,” says Francois Klopper It is easy to assume that big men can't run, but somehow Francois Klopper, who plays tighthead for the Tuks Varsity Cup team, has not heard the rumour.
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