African Bank eSports challenge for clubs and Women’s coaching rolls on
The spirits are certainly high at WP Rugby after this weekend’s excellent performance from our DHL Stormers side, the launch of the African Bank eSports challenge for our clubs and our coaching courses gaining momentum. After our win over the Toyota Cheetahs in the Vodacom Super Rugby unlocked competition at DHL Newlands we now lie second […]
Women’s Rugby coaching ready to go and Clubs almost back to training.
There is a tremendous amount of “gees” in the WP Club Rugby circles as we engage on the various methods of return to training and we pick up speed on our coaching courses including our Women’s Rugby High-performance coaching development program. This week saw us meet with our various leagues again to discuss the return […]
Club Rugby “return to training” planning moving forward
This past week has been another exciting week for the WPRFU as our DHL Stormers had a successful trip to Nelspruit and our clubs are excited about the possible return to training. Last week Wednesday saw our DHL Stormers fly to Johannesburg followed by a five-hour bus trip to Nelspruit to take on the Phakisa […]
Forum workshops carry on and coaching courses start soon
In addition to the big news that SA Rugby has approved the return to training for amateur rugby under strict conditions the past few days has certainly been good for WP Rugby. We saw televised action from DHL Newlands with the DHL Stormers against the Emirates Lions and our DHL WP Rugby U21 side came […]
DHL Stormers at Newlands, U21’s in action and FIFA 20 #3teams1city challenge has reached the play-off stage
It’s another big week for WP Rugby as we host the Emirates Lions at DHL Newlands this Saturday and our DHL WP Rugby u21 side continues their campaign in the SA Rugby u21 championships. The DHL Stormers will face the Emirates Lions in the Vodacom Super Rugby unlocked competition on Saturday under the guidance of […]
DHL Newlands busy, referee and coaching courses ready
The rugby “gees” is certainly back in Western Province, our DHL Stormers got their Super Rugby campaign off to a good start with their win over the Emirates Lions and our DHL WP u21 side got their campaign started this weekend. In addition to the rugby action, we’ve also been very busy preparing the DHL […]
Pro Rugby is back, Coaching courses to start soon
It’s all systems go for our professional players as the DHL Stormers went into their first match since the lockdown began and our WP Rugby u21 side prepares for their first match. The DHL Stormers took on the Lions in the Super Fan challenge at Emirates Park in Johannesburg this past Saturday, with no less […]
Pro Rugby back – Workshops carry on
This has certainly been a good news week for rugby, not only did the President announce the change from lockdown level two to one but SA Rugby also formally announced the resumption for professional rugby matches for 2020 going into 2021. The teams will now go into a double round of action including the Vodacom […]
Clubs stay busy and keep reaching out
Rugby remains inactive as per government regulation with only professional allowed to train, but our players are now at least able to do contact training and this has already made a tremendous positive difference both mentally and physically. We still await further announcements from SA Rugby on the return to competition but our players are […]
Contact training allowed – Ref recruitment drive on the go
The big news this week is SA Rugby’s announcement that franchise teams will resume full contact training as from next week. This is one step closer to match action, for which we hope to see an announcement soon. Our professional players have in the meantime stayed active with non-contact training. We await further announcements on […]