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2022 Rugby Championship
The 2022 Rugby Championship was the tenth edition of the annual southern hemisphere The Rugby Championship, competition, involving Argentina national rugby union team, Argentina, Australia national rugby union team, Australia, New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa. The tournament returned to being staged across all competing nations after the disruption from COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. The competition is operated by SANZAAR, a joint venture of the four countries' national unions, and known for sponsorship reasons as ''The Castle Lager, Castle Rugby Championship'' in South Africa, ''The Lipovitan, Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship'' in New Zealand, ''The eToro Rugby Championship'' in Australia, and ''The Zurich Insurance Group, Zurich Rugby Championship'' in Argentina. The tournament was restructured for the first time since Argentina joined the competition, with each team playing their games both home and away. Eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emiliano Boffelli
Emiliano Boffelli (born 16 January 1995) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a Wing (rugby union), wing for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh Rugby, Edinburgh and the Argentina national rugby union team, Argentina national team. Club career Boffelli was named in the Jaguares squad for their first ever Super Rugby campaign in 2016 Super Rugby season, 2016 in which he earned 11 caps and scored 3 tries. After playing for Racing 92 in France he joined Edinburgh Rugby in July 2021. International career Boffelli represented Argentina at both Under 18 and 19 level before being selected in the Argentina national under-20 rugby union team, Under-20 sides which competed in the World Championships in 2013 IRB Junior World Championship, 2013, 2014 IRB Junior World Championship, 2014 and 2015 IRB Junior World Championship, 2015. In 2015, he also turned out 5 times for Argentine representative side the Pampas XV on their Pacific Rim tour. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC+02
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time. It establishes a reference for the current time, forming the basis for civil time and time zones. UTC facilitates international communication, navigation, scientific research, and commerce. UTC has been widely embraced by most countries and is the effective successor to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in everyday usage and common applications. In specialised domains such as scientific research, navigation, and timekeeping, other standards such as UT1 and International Atomic Time (TAI) are also used alongside UTC. UTC is based on TAI (International Atomic Time, abbreviated from its French name, ''temps atomique international''), which is a weighted average of hundreds of atomic clocks worldwide. UTC is within about one second of mean solar time at 0° longitude, the currently used prime meridian, and is not adjusted for daylight saving time. The coordination of time and freque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makazole Mapimpi
Makazole Mapimpi (born 26 July 1990) is a South African professional rugby union player for the in the United Rugby Championship and South Africa national team. He usually plays as a winger and centre. He was part of the winning Springboks of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan and the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. He became the first South African to score a try in a World Cup Final. Biography Mapimpi was born in Tsholomnqa, a rural area and village situated in East London in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa in the Mdantsane District and raised in a rural and poor environment. From being selected into the Springboks in June 2018, he emerged as a best Winger of the year and had a meteoric rise on the international front. At the 2019 Rugby World Cup, South African players were invited to provide photos of their family that would be integrated into the flocked numbers on the back of their jersey. On this occasion, Mapimpi is the only one to give only a picture of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian De Allende
Damian de Allende (born 25 November 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and Japanese club Saitama Wild Knights. His usual position is either centre or wing. He was a member of the Springboks team that won a third Rugby World Cup in 2019 and again that won a fourth Rugby World Cup in 2023. De Allende is a part of a few elite players to have won two world cup titles. Club career Damian Allende made his first team debut for Western Province during the 2012 Vodacom Cup, in their game against . He made a total of three appearances in that campaign, scoring one try. He was then also included in the squad for the 2012 Currie Cup Premier Division. In August 2013, he signed a two-year contract that kept him at and the until 2015. He further extended his contract with the Stormers in July 2017 which saw him remain until the end of the 2019 season. De Allende represented the Ikey Tigers in the 2012 Varsity C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukhanyo Am
Lukhanyo Am (born 28 November 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the in the United Rugby Championship. His regular positions are centre and wing. Professional career Am played for the Margate-based Gladiators Rugby Academy before he was called into the Under-19 squad that won the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship Division B and winning promotion to Division A, making six appearances and scoring three tries. After spending time with Saracens during the off-season as part of an exchange programme in conjunction with the British High Commission, he returned to be included in the Border Bulldogs senior squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition and made his senior debut against defending champions in Paarl. Southern Kings At the start of 2016, Am was one of two Sharks players that joined the ' Super Rugby squad for a trial period as they prepared for the 2016 Super Rugby season. Sharks After a successful spell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Willemse
Damian Willemse (born 7 May 1998) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays for the South Africa national team, the in the United Rugby Championship and in the Currie Cup. His regular position is fullback, but he can also play as a fly-half or inside centre. Rugby career 2014–2016: Schoolboy rugby Willemse was born in Strand. He attended and played rugby for Paul Roos Gymnasium in nearby Stellenbosch. In 2014, he was selected to represent at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week held in Pretoria. He started all three of their matches, helping them to three victories, scoring a try in the final match of the tournament, a 26–11 win over hosts the . In 2015, Willemse was selected in the Western Province squad for South Africa's premier high school rugby tournament, the Under-18 Craven Week. He started all three of their matches in the tournament held in Stellenbosch, scoring tries in a 65–5 victory over the and in the unofficial final, helping his team to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Australia
Rugby Australia Ltd, previously named Australian Rugby Union Limited and Australian Rugby Football Union Limited, is an Australian company operating the premier rugby union competition in Australia and teams. It has its origins in 1949. It is a member of World Rugby. Rugby Australia has eight member unions, representing each state and the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory. It also manages national representative rugby union teams, including the Wallabies (rugby union), Wallabies and the Australia women's national rugby union team, Wallaroos. History Until the end of the 1940s, the New South Wales Rugby Union, as the senior rugby organisation in Australia, was responsible for administration of a national representative rugby team, including all tours. However, the various States and territories of Australia, state unions agreed that the future of rugby in Australia would be better served by having a national administrative body and so the Australian Rugby F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Gardner
Angus Gardner (born 24 August 1984) is an Australian rugby union professional referee who was appointed to the Super Rugby referees panel in 2012. His first match in Super Rugby was between the Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels at Suncorp Stadium in March of that year. Gardner took up refereeing in 1999 at the age of fifteen, and became a full-time referee in 2015. He was appointed to his first test match in November 2011, which was an Oceania Cup match between Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu in Port Morseby. Gardner was appointed to the IRB Junior World Championship in 2012 and 2014, and took charge of the semi-final between England and Ireland in 2014. In 2015, Gardner was selected as an assistant referee at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He refereed the 2018 Super Rugby Final between the Crusaders and the Lions in Christchurch. In 2019, Gardner was selected to referee at the 2019 Rugby World Cup The 2019 Rugby World Cup () was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbombela
Mbombela, formerly Nelspruit, is a city in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River (Mpumalanga), Crocodile River, the city lies about by road west of the Mozambique border, east of Johannesburg and north of the Eswatini border. Mbombela was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. History San rock art and Iron metallurgy in Africa, Iron Age archaeological evidence indicate the area has a long history of human habitation. Construction for the Mpumalanga legislature revealed farming settlements, storage pits, burial sites, and pottery ranging from the 6th to 17th century. The presence of cattle bones at the Riverside site is thought to be evidence that early Nguni practices of Lobolo, labola originated in eastern South Africa. The city was founded in 1895 by three brothers of the Nel family who grazed their cattle around the site in the winter months. During the Second Boer War, Boer War, Nelspruit serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbombela Stadium
The Mbombela Stadium is a association football, football and Rugby union all-seater stadium in Mbombela in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was one of 10 venues for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and one of 5 newly constructed stadiums for the tournament. It is the home ground to TS Galaxy F.C., TS Galaxy (South African Premiership) and the Pumas (Currie Cup), Pumas. It is an all-seater stadium, with 43,500 seats, almost all under roof. It is located 6 kilometres west of Mbombela, the capital of the Mpumalanga province and is the largest venue in the province. The R1,050-million facility was ready for use well ahead of the June 2010 World Cup kickoff and was funded entirely through central government taxpayer funding, requiring no financing by the city. Construction Construction commenced in February 2007 and was completed in November 2009. The construction contract was awarded to a South African–France, French consortium of Basil Read Construction and Bouygues. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordie Barrett
Jordan Matthew Barrett (born 17 February 1997) is a New Zealand-born rugby union player who currently plays as a centre or fullback for Irish side Leinster in the United Rugby Championship. He represents New Zealand internationally. He previously played for Canterbury, the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and Taranaki in the Bunnings NPC. Early life Born and raised in a rugby household, his older brothers Beauden, Scott and Kane also went on to become professional rugby players. His father Kevin 'Smiley' Barrett was an uncompromising loose forward for Taranaki, playing 167 games for the amber and blacks. Jordie played in the Canterbury Metro senior rugby tournament for Lincoln University. He also represented his school, Francis Douglas Memorial College just like his brothers before him. Barrett was a member of the New Zealand Under 20 team which participated in the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in England where he made 3 appearances in total scoring 52 points includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Frizell
Shannon Michael Frizell (born 11 February 1994) is a Tongan born New Zealand rugby union player. His position is flanker. Early life Frizell was born and raised in Folaha, Tonga and started his childhood playing football for Folaha Football Club. His adoptive brother, Tyson Frizell, plays in the National Rugby League. In 2010 and 2011 he played for the Tonga national under-17 football team. He represented the Tonga national under-17 football team at the 2011 OFC U-17 Championship in New Zealand. Playing career Early career In 2011, he switched from Football to Rugby, he started playing for 'Apifo'ou College and represented Tonga U20 at the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in 2014, before moving to New Zealand in 2015, initially on a development contract with . 2018-2019 On 20 April 2018, Frizell scored three tries against the in a Super Rugby match at Eden Park. His performances for the Highlanders earned him a call up for New Zealand's national rugby team, the All Blacks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
