Ireland U-20 Coaching Team Confirmed For World Rugby U-20 Championship
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe IRFU is today pleased to confirm the Ireland Under-20 Men’s coaching team for this summer’s World Rugby Under-20 Championship in South Africa. Following Richie Murphy’s permanent...
A story of "Real Champs" vs "People's Champs" Part 2: A Cold War
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyIf you have not read part one this story, stop right now, and go find it. If you were with this us last time, then you will have gotten to know of the rise of the “People’s Champs”. The...
Baby Blacks win the U20 Rugby Championship
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe New Zealand Baby Blacks are the inaugural Rugby Championship U20 champions after beating Australia’s Junior Wallabies 36-25 at Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Stadium on...
URC round 16 Preview
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDragons RFC v DHL Stormers, Friday 7.35pm It’s the final game of the season at Rodney Parade and there’s likely to be an added buzz about the place on the back of the Dragons’...
World Rugby Women's Rankings preview: 11-12 May
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe men’s and women’s World Rugby Rankings are calculated using a points exchange system, in which sides take points off each other based on the match result. Whatever one side gains, the other...
Bruiser Brok still breathing the fire of a Dragon
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWhere does DHL Stormers veteran Brok Harris stay when he is in Newport? The affectionate response is: AT HOME. Harris, who played his 150th match for the Cape Town-based DHL Stormers a fortnight...
England to be involved in inaugural 6Nations women's summer series
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland will partake in the first Six Nations Women’s Summer Series, which will debut this July, in Parma, Italy. The tournament, where U20 Women’s head coach LJ Lewis will lead...
Jared Payne relishing going up against his former team
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe week Jared Payne has had penciled into his diary since the start of the season has finally arrived, as he prepares to take on his former team. Payne spent more than a decade with Ulster Rugby...
A story of "Real Champs" vs "People's Champs" Part 1: The Origin
6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby2023 was meant to be their year, however, a much needed victory over the greatest test nation in the history of the sport evaded them in an all too familiar setting: The Rugby World Cup qaurter-final....
Gareth Steenson is set to call time on his Exeter Chiefs career
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyGareth Steenson is set to call time on his Exeter Chiefs career, bringing to a close a 16-year association with the club. The 40-year-old has today announced that this will be his last campaign at Sandy...