Eastern province rugby history books

Eastern province rugby history 1888 1994 has 1,063 members. Eastern province kings, port elizabeth, eastern cape. They are governed by the eastern province rugby union epru or ep rugby. Eastern province rugby union, sascoc, stadiums, safety at.

The competition had its humble beginnings as an inter province competition in 1884, but when the south african rugby board was founded in 1889 it decided to organize a national competition that would involve representative teams. The books were anthologies of levelled readers stories that. This is just one thing that nostalgic ep rugby fans will learn from a newlypublished book, eastern province rugby legends 19641994. Now rugby fans can relive some of the sports most glorious moments. Rugby football soon became one of the most significant sports in the promotion of english and, later, british imperial manliness. The holcroft saga is a rugby story, the likes of which may never have been equaled in the history of the game. His previous books include rugbys great split, rugby league in twentieth century britain, and a social history of english rugby union, each of which won the aberdare prize for sports history book of the year. Grahamstown and cradock are some of the towns to visit if you want to hear more of the history and culture of. The allegations against the former eastern province ep rugby president and his supposed accomplices are that said cohorts deposited the municipalitys money into the rugby unions bank. Dec 17, 20 discover book depositorys huge selection of rugby union books online. Rugby history a great selection of rugby books rugby relics. Jun 09, 2009 posts about eastern province rugby written by admin. Posts about eastern province rugby written by admin. Twentyone dealers will be selling books, photos, maps, postcards and ephemera.

Eastern cape pioneers book printing and distribution scheme. The club has a 1st xv, 1st reserve team and u21 teams. His previous books include rugby s great split, rugby league in twentieth century britain, and a social history of english rugby union, each of which won the aberdare prize for sports history book of the year. In 2009, his social history of english rugby union was selected. The rhodes university rugby football club is affiliated to the eastern province rugby football union, and participates in the ep u21 league. Personalised rugby newspaper books historic newspapers. Did you know that the eastern province ep rugby team played 347 games won 212, lost 128 and drew 7, between 1964 and 1994. Benefits since retirement from rugby shareholder of limtech access control shareholder of tbm. This is the official page for the eastern province kings. August 29, 1959, was a sad day for port elizabeth rugby fans. The committee directed that the south african rugby union should dissolve the eastern province rugby union executive and appoint an interim administration with a view to elect a new executive when the situation had been normalised. The eastern cape department of education operates the public schools in the eastern cape province in south africa and is committed to education excellence. Using reprinted newspaper reports of the time, weve compiled a whole gamut of personalised rugby books devoted to particular teams, not to mention tournaments, including as six nations and world cup.

But 35 years ago, the team went to the country under very different conditions. It also instructed the nelson mandela bay metro not to write off a debt owed to it by the union. Reproduction of the original 1905 souvenir new zealand rugby football team booklet issued for the match, nz v a wellington provincial team, played at athletic park, wellington 29th july 1905. A century on the rugby beat a history of 100 years of police rugby football in the south wales constabulary area 1992 westcott, gordon the south wales police rugby 1 paperback 212 club history. It is long overdue, coming 195 years after the first recorded game of cricket in this country was played at the green point common, cape town, in 1808. Epru is home to many big names in the world of rugby and will continue to to birth great rugby legends. Members were indignant about what was described as an arrogant act. Western province is a south african rugby union team based in newlands, cape town, that participates in the annual currie cup and vodacom cup tournaments. The currie cup is one of the oldest rugby competitions, with the first games played in 1889 but it was only in 1892 that it became officially known as the currie cup. A powerful athlete equally capable at either flanker or no 8, the 26yearold was a regular starter for eastern province during the currie cup. Even though rugby drew some of the biggest crowds at the games, it was eventually dropped in 1924. Against this background, eastern cape columnist and african rugby writer. The last game before the team left to the uk, via australia.

Bosasa ceo gavin and his brothers who are the watsons. Eastern province rugby football union listed as eprfu. Cheeky watson and sa rugby have been punting 16 june as the launch date for the southern kings, the franchise that would revive rugby in the eastern cape. Eastern province rugby officials are still awaiting news from the international rugby board irb about whether their bid to host the irb world sevens rugby tournament has been successful. All of these players were national representatives springboks, leopards.

New book eastern province rugby legends 19641994 available. School of rugby is a schools rugby website which covers schoolsrugby as well as junior rugby from. The games virtues were promoted by books such as thomas hughess tom browns school days 1857. The sad demise of the boet erasmus stadium the casual observer. Discover book depositorys huge selection of rugby union books online. Results eastern province 20 results school of rugby. Whilst growing up in port elizabeth, the boet erasmus stadium was the epicentre of eastern province rugby. Eastern province rugby history 1888 1994publieke groep. The eastern province rugby union was founded in 1888, and has remained a formidable opponent within the south african and international rugby arena. The untold story of south africas black rugby exiles ohio university. The book eastern province rugby legends 1964 1994 was released in 2015. In the past rhodes has been well represented in the border u19, u21, and a teams. Rugby in the eastern province has very strong and distinguished sporting, political, and cultural ties.

World cup rugby came to the stade roi baudouin in brussels, with belgium facing the most powerful eastern european nation, georgia, in a qualifying game for the 2015 world cup to be held in england. South africa the history of rugby by parker, mushtak new african. Mycomlink listing for eastern province academy, association located in port elizabeth, eastern cape, south africa, contains the following information. Nov 01, 20 in the meantime rugby was also getting established in the african areas of the eastern cape, brought to the transkei mostly by christian missionaries such as rev charles taberer and his colleagues rev whyte and rev mullins, where it soon became popular amongst the xhosa population. Founded in 1883, the team has won multiple titles, a record of 34 currie cup titles including the inaugural competition, the vodacom cup, the absa nite series, and the lion cup. It was the one and only time that i ever went there. Rugby actually drew the largest crowd at that particular games it was next played at the 1908 games in london, with australia winning, by defeating great britain. Comprehensive history of eastern counties of england, made up of suffolk. Eastern province v british lions rugby programme 1974, 1974 british lions eastern province rugby programme we are adding new rugby memorabilia to our new website on a daily basis but if there is anything special you would like, please email us. World rugby one hundred years of rugby 18861986 edited by don rutherford. The cult of manliness that resulted centred on the public schools and the universities of oxford and cambridge. This group is all about the history of eastern province rugby between 1888 1994.

All blacks were required to carry pass books containing fingerprints, photo. A recent photograph of the decaying stadium, stripped bare. There is a story in the folk lore of eastern province rugby about the opening game against the 1980 british lions that involved dennis campher a tough centre who had perfected the art of the crash tackle. This is the official facebook page for the eastern province rugby union, focusing on the amateur arm of ep rugby. Muller, who represents the eastern province rugby referees society eprrs and refereed three test matches and officiated at the 2003 rugby world cup, was also warned to refrain from such activities the noncompliance of which would lead to the issue being forwarded to a magistrate of a formal enquiry. The south african sports confederation and olympic committee had declined an invitation to meet with the committee. History of rugby facts book information silver emboss your books front cover with any name up to 22 characters long at no extra charge. You see, in the eastern cape, rugby is in our roots its in the struggles of our generations past as well as our moments of glory, yesteryear sporting heroes and rugby legends. In 2019 an unlikely province pioneered the production and distribution of books to every grade 1 to grade 3 child. St georges park no win, no takings in last clash at crusaders.

Personalised rugby history books created from newspaper coverage at the time in premium gold embossed covers are most popular rugby book. The welllaid out book takes the reader down memory lane to all the exciting moments at the old boet erasmus stadium and profiles the famous players who made those moments. The eastern province rugby union would be invited to attend the committee at a later stage due to a current shortage of information. Eastern province rugby history 1888 1994 public group. May 02, 2009 the british and irish lions go to south africa for one of the toughest series in rugby union. Eastern province v british lions rugby programme 1974 1974. In popular general history books very little mention is.

The competition had its humble beginnings as an interprovince competition in 1884, but when the south african rugby board was founded in 1889 it decided to organize a national competition that would involve representative teams. The sport, as one may have guessed, is rugby union. Nola gold sign vincent jobo from eastern province americas. School of rugby is a schools rugby website which covers schoolsrugby as well as junior rugby from around south africa. The team represents the western half of the eastern cape province, and they play their home games at. Circa 1875 rugby football began to be played in the cape colony, though the. Please scroll down the page to see our great selection of national, provincial. In the meantime rugby was also getting established in the african areas of the eastern cape, brought to the transkei mostly by christian missionaries such as rev charles taberer and his colleagues rev whyte and rev mullins, where it soon became popular amongst the xhosa population. South african loose forward vincent jobo has signed with the new orleans gold for the 2018 major league rugby season. When the eastern province and western province rugby teams run onto one of south africas most famous fields, the crusaders ground in st georges park next saturday, it will bring back many memories for older port elizabeth residents.