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Jan de Koning

Managing Editor at Rugby365

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  • 5 days ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

    NEWS: The La Motte victory at a Boland Rugby Union Special General Meeting may open the floodgates for more clubs to cross over from Western Province to their neighbours. The Special General Meeting, in Wellington this past Saturday, May 31, ended in a monumental victory for the community-based club from Franschhoek. They are not full members of the Boland Rugby Union. “The fighting is over,” La Motte Chairman Dennis Boonzaaier said. “We are now just going to play the game,” he added.

  • 5 days ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

    James Stonehouse may be one of South Africa’s most celebrated coaches, but his Pumas team continues to scramble for scraps on the international competition tables. Stonehouse, more affectionately known as Jimmy, has been coaching for nearly three decades and 10 days ago added the SA Cup to his Currie Cup gold medal, won in 2022.

  • 6 days ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

    The Bulls’ team psychologist, Henning Gericke, will have a busy week as they prepare for their United Rugby Championship semifinal face-off against the Sharks. They will go head to head at Pretoria’s iconic Loftus Versfeld, with a sell-out crowd of 50,000 expected on Saturday. Gericke, who also assisted the Bulls’ Director of Rugby, Jake White, during the Springboks’ successful 2007 World Cup campaign, will help the team address historical perceptions and create a shared purpose.

  • 1 week ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

    The Bulls and Sharks will go head-to-head in a riveting United Rugby Championship semifinal in Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, after both came through bruising quarterfinals this past weekend. The Bulls delivered under pressure in a competitive encounter against Edinburgh in Pretoria, coming back from a 13-point (8-21) deficit to register a 42-33 victory.

  • 1 week ago | rugby365.com | Jan de Koning

    It was described as the worst performance in years, as the Stormers’ brains trust searched for positives after their quarterfinal exit in the United Rugby Championship on Friday. The defending champion Glasgow Warriors scored 17 points in a 10-minute second-half blitz that saw a one-point (19-18) lead balloon to a comprehensive 36-18 victory for the Scottish outfit.

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Jan de Koning
Jan de Koning @King365ed
7 May 25

RT @rugby365com: #⃣BREAKING: @King365ed brings you another stunning development in the game in the Western Cape 🤯 #Rugby 🏉 #Rugby365 🌐 #Rug…

Jan de Koning
Jan de Koning @King365ed
1 Apr 25

#️⃣This is going to rattle a few cages 💯

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#StatAttack: @king365ed crunches the numbers to reveal why the Lions have become the URC's biggest 'flop'. 👇#URC #ChallengeCup #Lions https://t.co/gx8eNHDKUu

Jan de Koning
Jan de Koning @King365ed
28 Mar 25

#️⃣This has been plaguing the @SharksRugby for years 💯

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There is a lot of promise, but...😬 https://t.co/UBi8BCDv7U 🌐#Rugby365 #SHAvLEI #URC