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Scarlets suffer late heartbreak

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Scarlets suffered a heartbreaking late defeat to Emirates Lions in a nail-biting BKT United Rugby Championship clash at Parc y Scarlets. With just two minutes left on the clock, a charged down kick saw...

Tough weekend for SA URC sides in Italy as Stormers go down to Benetton

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stormers’ failure to capitalise on their opportunities led to their second defeat in the early stages of the United Rugby Championship (URC) season. The 2022 champions of the URC went down 20-17...

Round 4 United Rugby Championship Previews

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ahead of Round 4 of the BKT United Rugby Championship journalist Simon Thomas provides his Previews. Zebre Parma v Hollywoodbets Sharks 17.30 UK & IRE / 18:30 ITA / 19:30 SA, Friday While both teams...

Italian beauty hiding deadly URC beasts

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Treviso and Parma are popular tourist destinations but Benetton and Zebre Parma have turned the breath-taking landscapes of northern Italy into a treacherous hunting ground for travelling teams in the...

Scarlets welcome back Wales internationals to face Lions

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales caps Tom Rogers, Ryan Elias and Taine Plumtree return to the Scarlets starting XV for Saturday’s BKT United Rugby Championship round four encounter with Emirates Lions at Parc y Scarlets (17:15...

Munster close in on signing of tighthead prop Jager from New Zealand

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

MUNSTER ARE UNDERSTOOD to be closing in on the signing of tighthead prop Oli Jager, who has been playing with the Crusaders in New Zealand since 2017. The former Ireland U18 international grew up in Kildare...

Ali Price loaned to Edinburgh Rugby

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Glasgow Warriors have released Ali Price on loan to Edinburgh Rugby with immediate effect, for the remainder of the season after an approach was made by the Scotland National Team and Edinburgh Rugby. Price...

United Rugby Championship Stats Round 3

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

After an exciting weekend of the BKT United Rugby Championship, URC StatMaster has identified the top players from R3 along with the overall top team and player performances from the league so...

Springbok legend retires after World Cup win

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Earlier today it was confirmed that double Rugby World Cup-winning No 8 Duane Vermeulen, and a former captain of Springbok team, would be retiring The 37-year-old Vermeulen’s illustrious...

United Rugby Championship Match Officials and Broadcasters for Round 4

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The match officials appointments of the BKT United Rugby Championship Round 4 fixtures have been confirmed and are available alongside TV listings below.   FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Zebre Parma v Hollywoodbets...