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A TRY from Ulster’s Iain Henderson helped guide Ireland U20s to a stunning 23-19 win over Junior World Cup hosts, South Africa, in Stellenbosch Nine minutes from the end, Jantijes landed another penalty and although the Boks really pressurised the Irish line in the closing minutes stout defending, with Ulster centre, Chris Farrell particularly impressive, […]
The Ireland Under-20s bagged their best ever result in IRB Junior World Championship history and laid down a marker for the 2012 tournament by overcoming host nation South Africa in Stellenbosch. Mike Ruddock’s youngsters outshone the pre-match favourites in almost all facets of the game, with their intensity, physicality and tactical awareness – allied to […]
Warm greetings from Malawi: ‘The Warm Heart of Africa’. It’s been another busy few weeks for Bhubesi Pride’s coaching team as our programme has continued south from Arusha, Moshi and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, onto Lilongwe in Malawi. The team is currently headed for Zambia where we’ll be working with a local school in […]
Firstly, greetings once again from Africa! Bhubesi Pride is now in northern Tanzania, where the team is in Arusha and Moshi this week and next, before we move south to Dar es Salaam and then onto Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, working in a further nine schools and communities. As we continue through […]
“I was deeply honoured to be linked to the position of Head Coach for the Springbok team and having being involved with the team before, it was obviously something that I would have thought about very carefully. A big part of that consideration would be my connection to the Ireland team as well as my […]
Bhubesi Pride are a team of 6 dedicated members who are embarking on an overland expedition through Africa, visiting 15 schools in 10 countries en route. Working for the charity United Through Sport, Bhubesi Pride are aiming to use rugby as a tool for change, and will be holding rugby sessions in each school on […]
The tour will see the boys travelling from Johannesburg to Cape Town via Pretoria and Port Elizabeth. Grosvenor has a strong touring tradition, which will normally entail a European country on an annual basis and a ‘big’ tour every 5 years. This will be the third time in recent years that they will be in […]
Congratulations to Campbell college on a series fo very successful fundraising intiatives culminating in the eagerly anticipated BBQ last friday. Going on tour is an immense undertaking but to go to South Africa on a rugby tour takes years of organising. The tour for Campbell is very important in their overall rugby campaign and also […]