Scarlets confirm coaching team for 2023-24 season
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyScarlets can confirm their coaching team for the 2023-24 season. Ex-Springboks lock Albert van den Berg is to become the club’s Forwards Coach, replacing Ben Franks who has returned to New...
RWC2015 Throwback: Japan, South Africa prefer experience for RWC clash
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyEddie Jones has named the oldest Japan line-up in history ahead of their Rugby World Cup clash with South Africa, who the Australian coach believes are vulnerable. South Africa finished bottom in the...
Cheslin Kolbe leaves Toulon
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyCheslin Kolbe has confirmed that he will be departing French giants Toulon at the end of the season amid speculation that the Springbok could move to Japan. Toulon on Monday brought weeks of speculation...
Nienaber names squad for second preparation camp
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbySpringbok coach Jacques Nienaber had the luxury of naming a group of 33 players for their second preparation camp in Durban from Monday to Wednesday, which included 10 players who featured in the Vodacom...
Future stars prepare for U20 Championship’s return in South Africa
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe World Rugby U20 Championship 2023 kicks off a month from today on 24 June, when the global age-grade competition returns for the first time since 2019 before the pandemic, with rugby’s next generation...
Japan name squad for RWC warm up games
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyJamie Joseph has named his Japan squad that will take him through the upcoming tests and RWC warm up games. The 36-member Brave Blossoms Squad will be supplemented by a 10-member Wider Training Squad...
Wellington Lions confirm wider coaching group
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyWellington Rugby Football Union [WRFU] has today confirmed the three assistant coaches who will assist the recently appointed head coach, Tamati Ellison, for the 2023 Bunnings Warehouse NPC competition....
How Dobbo dabbled to make it to the Big Dance
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyJohn Dobson takes great pride in the fact that it has taken close to 60 players to get the DHL Stormers to a second successive BKT United Rugby Championship Grand Final. He is even more delighted...
Updates to Barbarian F.C. and World XV squads confirmed
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbySam Johnson and Taichi Takahashi have been added to the Barbarian F.C. squad for this weekend’s Killik Cup clash at Twickenham Stadium, and Jordi Murphy also joins the World XV. Glasgow...
Teddy Wilson named as Junior Wallabies captain
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyNSW Waratahs scrumhalf Teddy Wilson has been announced as Junior Wallabies captain for 2023. Wilson will lead the side in a two-match series against the New Zealand U20s next week before the squad heads...
