Henco Smit

1st Jan 1970 0.00m/kg Hooker

Ins, outs and the latest rugby rumours

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

A busy day in player movement market saw Chris Ashton leave Sale Sharks with immediate effect, the Leicester Tigers add two signings and a couple of re-signings and the Exeter Chiefs wrap a few new signings.    We...

Weekend Round Up

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Season over for Highlanders captain James Lentjes     Highlanders will have to be without their captain James Lentjes for the rest of the season after the 29-year-old suffered an ankle...

World Cup Winning Springbok Set To Return To The Bulls

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The battered Bulls are yet to win any of their four games so far in Super Rugby 2020 but have received a boost with the confirmation that World Cup-winning star No 8 Duane Vermeulen will be heading back...

Pieter-Steph du Toit claims top SA Rugby award

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Pieter-Steph du Toit capped off phenomenal 2019 season when he added the prestigious SA Rugby Player of the Year award to his World Rugby Player of the Year accolade.   Rassie Erasmus and the Springboks...

Japan continues to benefit from World Cup hype after record attendances in the Top League

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The hype from the Rugby World Cup has not died down in Japan with the Top League recording record attendances during the opening round of the competition on Sunday.   The season got off to a late...

Test Stars To Light Up Japan's Top League In 2020

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Japanese Top League kicks off this weekend with a number of test stars of the past and present set to light up the competition in 2020.   With the Champions Cup returning this weekend with the...

Ultimate Rugby Readers' Team of The Year

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

You have had your say and here it is, your team of the year.           View this post on Instagram     The votes are in and here it is the @ultimaterugby’s...

Reader's No.8 of the Year

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

As the year draws to a close we take a look back at the year that was and have nominated four players from each position for your team of the year.   We have included players based on their club...

Springboks dominate nominations for SA Rugby Awards 2019

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Springboks’ successful 2019 season is reflected by the nominations in a number of the main categories in the annual SA Rugby Awards, with World Player of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit and fellow...

Springboks humbled by superb support on their arrival in SA

5 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

“Humbled and over-awed” – that was the reaction of Springbok captain Siya Kolisi when the newly-crowned Rugby World Cup champions were welcomed back to South Africa by thousands of supporters,...