Rugby league is a team sport played in South Africa. There has been three dynasties of rugby league in South Africa that attempted to establish a thriving rugby league. Not all attempts were in the interest of South Africans; rather an interest in financial windfall. Others took to the townships and promoted the league at the grass roots, which saw some of the most successful periods of rugby league in South Africa. The game has changed over 50 years of involvement in South Africa and today is played by a small number of teams in 3 competitions, the Rhino Cup, Protea Cup and Western Province Rugby League which is administered by the South African Rugby League.
The Danie Craven Stadium is a rugby union stadium in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Built in 1979, it is part of the Stellenbosch University's sport facilities. The stadium was named after rugby doyen and Springbok scrum half Danie Craven. The stadium holds 16,000 people.
University of Pretoria Football Club, also known as Tuks FC, is a South African association football club based in the Hatfield suburb of Pretoria that represents the University of Pretoria. They currently play in the National First Division.
Gideon "Kees" Lensing is a former Namibian rugby union player and former head coach of the Seattle Seawolves of Major League Rugby (MLR). He played as a prop for six different teams over more than 11 years.
The 2013/14 South African Rugby League National Club Championship competition is contested between 7 September to ±30 November 2013. SARL NCC is the collective name of two rugby league competitions played between several club sides in South Africa, with the Rhino Cup being the premier competition.
The 2013 Varsity Football challenge was the first season of a South African university association football competition. It involved some of the top football playing universities in the country, which belong to the University Sports Company. The tournament is run by Varsity Sports South Africa, and is endorsed by the South African Football Association and University Sport South Africa.
The Rhino Cup is a semi professional rugby league competition in South Africa and is the first division of South Africa. The competition currently consists of four teams in the 2013-14 season. The current holders are the TUKS Reds
The 2013–14 Rhino Club Challenge is the 3rd season of the Rhino Cup, the first division of professional rugby league in South Africa. The contest takes between September 7 and November 30. There are 4 teams, with the TUKS Blues winning the premiership, and the Middelburg Tigers becoming the runners-up.
The Middelburg Tigers are a South African professional rugby league club based in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. The first competed in the 2011-12 season representing the Mpumalanga Panthers, with the Ermelo Tomahawks at the time. In the 2013-14 season, they became the runners-up to the TUKS Rugby League club.
Marvin Orie is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship and Western Province in the Currie Cup. His regular position is lock.
Sthembiso Santo 'Stairs' Mhlongo is a South African rugby union player who last played for the Leopards. His regular position is lock.
Tobie Jacques Verwey is a South African professional rugby union player, who most recently played with the Falcons. His regular position is flanker.
Rudi "Poerie" van Rooyen is a South African rugby union player for Lokomotiv-Penza in the Professional Rugby League in Russia. His regular position is scrum-half.
Simphiwe Mendy Dludlu is a South African soccer player who played as a defender for Mamelodi Sundowns and formerly for the South Africa women's national team. She is also the coach of the Tshwane University of Technology women's High performance soccer team. Simphiwe has been the Head Coach of the South African U17 Women's National team since 2017. She has led the team to their second Youth FIFA World Cup in 2018 Uruguay.
Sidney McNeil Tobias is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played with Italian Pro12 side Zebre. His regular position is hooker.
Daniel Pieter "Reniel" Hugo is a South African professional rugby union player for Sharks in the Currie Cup in South Africa. He mainly plays as a lock, but can also play as a loose forward.
Nollis Marais is a South African professional rugby union coach of Pretoria-based side the Blue Bulls XV and formerly head coach of their associated Super Rugby franchise, the Bulls.
Duncan Victor Matthews is a South African rugby union player for the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup. He also plays for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. He can play as a fullback, winger or centre.
Gerhard 'Pote' Human is a South African rugby union coach. He currently serves as head coach of the Houston SaberCats of Major League Rugby (MLR), and is the former head coach of the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup. As a player, Human was an eighth man. After playing at the Craven Week and for the South Africa Schools team, he went on to have a first class career where he made 116 appearances for Eastern Province and 84 for the Free State.
The Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship (MEA) is a rugby league football competition for national teams from the Middle East and Africa which is organised by the Rugby League European Federation. The first tournament was held in 2015 as a part of the qualification process for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, and was followed by tournaments in 2019 and 2020 with an expanded structure.
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