Eddie Jones to take charge of next Lions tour?
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe dust has barely settled on the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour but talk about the 2025 tour to Australia has already commenced. Currently, the talk is that the honour of managing...
Barnes: Robertson the right man for the 2025 Lions job
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyStuart Barnes has backed Crusaders' head coach Scott Robertson as the next head coach of the British and Irish Lions. The British and Irish Lions have left the door open for Warren Gatland for...
McGeechan: Lions only have themselves to blame
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyBritish & Irish Lions legend Sir Ian McGeechan believes Warren Gatland’s men realised their potential in the third and final Test but have only themselves to blame for the loss of the series...
Former international referee slams Lions tour
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer world referee chiefs Alain Rolland has given a scathing account of the latest British & Irish Lions series in South Africa after the Springboks defeated their rivals 2-1. Writing...
Brown puts the blame on Gatland
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer England fullback Mike Brown has placed the blame of the British & Irish Lions’ defeat to the Springboks squarely at the feet of Head Coach Warren Gatland. Brown believes that...
Currie Cup Round-Up
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIt was a proper try-fest in the Carling Currie Cup Premier Division this weekend, with 28 five-pointers scored in three matches, indicating a clear attacking mindset amongst the six teams in action in...
Boks take Lions series: what the experts said
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThrough a gruelling effort from the Springbok forwards and some help from the trusty boot of Morne Steyn, South Africa clinched the British & Irish Lions series 2-1 after defeating Alun Wyn Jones’...
Stuff of fairytales: Steyn tames Lions once more
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIt was something of a fairytale finish for the Springboks as one Morne Steyn stepped up to the tee to kick the winning points in the game and the series, twelve years after doing the same the...
Finn Russell opens up on experience of Lions tour
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe 2021 British & Irish Lions tour ended in tragedy for the men in red as they fell 19-16 to the Springboks in the third and final Test in Cape Town. Scottish flyhalf Finn Russell was...
Gatland takes pride in his Lions despite defeat in South Africa
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWarren Gatland says the British and Irish Lions gave it everything but came up just short in their agonising Test series defeat to South Africa. The Lions suffered last-minute heartbreak in Cape...
