Alessandro Izekor rugby player
Alessandro Izekor rugby player

Alessandro Izekor

3rd May 2000 1.96m/110kg Blindside Flanker

Italy team named for All Blacks challenge

12 hours ago by Ultimate Rugby

Technical Commissioner of the Italian Men's Rugby National Team Gonzalo Quesada, has announced the lineup that will face New Zealand on Saturday 23 November at 9.10pm at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, the...

Rowntree named URC Coach of the season

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Munster Rugby’s Graham Rowntree has been voted BKT Coach of the Season following another excellent campaign with the Irish province. Having led Munster to BKT URC glory last season, Rowntree and...

Sanele Nohamba wins URC POTY

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Lions playmaker Sanele Nohamba has been named Vodacom URC Player of the Season 2024 following a fantastic campaign with the Johannesburg-based franchise.   The award was open to any...

Italy name their side for the 2024 Summer Nations Series

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The technical staff of the Italian Men's National Rugby Team led by Gonzalo Quesada have announced the list of players called up for the meeting scheduled in L'Aquila set to take place from June 19th in...

URC Awards: Top Try Scorer & Ironman winners announced

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Glasgow Warriors hooker Johnny Matthews and Munster Rugby’s Shane Daly are the latest players to win a 2023/24 URC Award, having been named OFX Top Try-Scorer and Ironman winners, respectively.   Matthews...

Benetton gear up to battle the Bulls

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Benetton Rugby arrived in Pretoria on Tuesday with 28 players and Coach Marco Bortolami along with his technical staff have decided on a lineup that has seen a few change changes from to their match...

United Rugby Championship Quarter-Finals Team Announcements

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The teams for this weekend's Quarter-Finals of the BKT United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below. #MUNvOSP Three changes from...

Beaten Edinburgh miss out on URC play-offs

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

United Rugby Championship Benetton (12) 31 Tries: Mendy, Ratave, Albornoz, Izekor 2 Cons: Smith 3 Edinburgh (6) 6 Pens: Healy 2 Edinburgh’s United Rugby Championship...

Bristling Benetton eye SA sweep at Fortress Loftus

6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Benetton Rugby have emerged as a BKT United Rugby Championship powerhouse and the Italians are poised to achieve an unprecedented clean sweep of the South African teams. A narrative that would have seemed...

URC Round 16 Squad Announcements

6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The teams for this weekend's Round 16 fixtures of the United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.   TEAM NEWS HEADLINES   #DRAvSTO Chris...