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The stadium was named after Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld, the founder of organised sports in Pretoria. Through the years the stadium has undergone various name changes as sponsors came and went, though locals have always referred to the stadium as Loftus.
The ground has been used for rugby since 1908, and in 1932 the stadium was renamed to Loftus Versfeld in honor of Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, the founder of organized rugby in Pretoria. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The stadium has undergone numerous renovations over the years, and is currently capable of holding 51,762 spectators.
Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, which was first used for sports in 1906, and rugby in 1908, when the site was known as the Eastern Sports Ground. The stadium was later renamed after Mr Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld , the founder of organised sports in Pretoria, and dedicated many years of his life to rugby union.
The union's headquarters and home stadium is Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The union operates teams in United Rugby Championship (the Bulls ), and in South Africa's domestic Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge competitions (both the Blue Bulls ).
In 2017, Mosimane oversaw Sundowns' first CAF Champions League win, which was the goal of owner Patrice Motsepe when he bought the club in 2004. Sundowns were eliminated in the preliminary rounds of the 2016 CAF Champions League , but were placed back in the competition after Congolese team Vita Club were disqualified from the competition for ...
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The rugby stadium, Loftus Versfeld is named after him. The middle brother, Jan Hendrik Christoffel (John) represented Western Province from 1885 to 1889. All four brothers were members and played for the Hamiltons RFC, based in Sea Point, Cape Town. [2] Versfeld died in 1931, in Cape Town, at the age of 71.
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