Oval Insights: How the Champions Cup final will be won and lost
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyDemonstrating the challenge of campaigning on two fronts, Heineken Champions Cup finalists Leinster and Stade Rochelais go into this weekend’s Grand Final on the back of losses. You...
Johan Goosen picks up the Gilbert Golden Boot Award
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyJohan Goosen has been named the winner at the 2022/23 URC Awards picking up the Gilbert Golden Boot. This prize recognises the season’s most accurate place-kicker,...
URC Awards: Try of the Season & Ironman Named
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyBenetton centre Joaquin Riera and Emirates Lions full-back Quan Horn have added their names to the United Rugby Championship Awards list picking up Try of the Season and the Ironman awards respectively. Benetton...
URC Awards: 2022/23 Elite XV Has Been Named
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyAll five participating nations were represented in the United Rugby Championship Elite XV for the 2022/23 season. Ireland accounted for six of the 15 players selected, which were determined by...
Ulster Rugby to thank departing players at Quarter-Final
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyWith a combined total of nearly 500 caps for the province, Ulster Rugby will recognise the 10 Senior Men’s players confirmed as leaving at the conclusion of the current season. This...
Springbok Duo Charge Sharks To Shock Leinster
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThey are the dynamic and history-making duo that ignited the 2019 World Cup final and combined to score the first ever Springboks try in a World Cup final. For the Cell C Sharks to have any chance of short-circuiting...
Sink or swim in the URC quarter-finals
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe DHL Stormers, Cell C Sharks and Vodacom Bulls will have everything to play for on Saturday in a tough round of Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-finals – their biggest challenge of the...
Chiefs side to face La Rochelle
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyExeter Chiefs Director of Rugby, Rob Baxter, has told his squad that will have to ‘dig deep’ if they are to make it to a second Heineken Champions Cup final. The 2020 winners head to France...
Leinster seek back-to-back finals
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyLeinster Rugby are bidding for a second successive Heineken Champions Cup final when they welcome five-time champions Stade Toulousain to Dublin in the semi-finals on Saturday. The Irish...
Match Preview: Leinster seek back-to-back finals
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyLeinster Rugby are bidding for a second successive Heineken Champions Cup final when they welcome five-time champions Stade Toulousain to Dublin in the semi-finals on Saturday. The Irish...