Match Preview: Bath Rugby vs Ulster
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyUlster kick off their Investec Champions' Cup campaign with a Round 1 away trip to English Premiership side, Bath Rugby, at The Rec Stadium. Ulster hope to get their European campaign off to a positive...
Gloucester Rugby team news
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDirector of Rugby, George Skivington, has named his matchday squad to take on Black Lion in Georgia tomorrow in the opening round of this season's European Rugby Challenge Cup. Skivington explained earlier...
Newcastle Falcons team to face Montpellier
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyNewcastle Falcons have named their side for Sunday’s EPCR Challenge Cup opener at home to French side Montpellier. The Kingston Park clash is a 3.15pm kick-off and forms the first of four...
Intriguing round 1 clashes in EPCR Challenge Cup
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe EPCR Challenge Cup gets underway on Friday, featuring nine ties across six countries and including some intriguing clashes on early-season form. ASM Clermont Auvergne’s clash with Edinburgh...
Sporting Switch Working Wonders For BKT URC Top Tackler
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyFootball’s loss is proving to be rugby’s gain in the case of BKT URC top tackler Alex Mann. He spent three years on the books of Cardiff City as a teenage centre-half before opting...
Sale Sharks seek to make major Investec Champions Cup impact
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyAfter a storming start to the Gallagher Premiership season and on the back of the run to the final of the same competition last season, Sale Sharks are looking for big things in this year’s Investec...
Champions Cup explained as European rugby's finest return alongside South Africa's best
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe most prestigious competition in European club Rugby will once again get underway this weekend. This time, rerturning for its 28th season. Of course, one of its most notable parts with the return...
No quarter will be given in pool 2 openers
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyPool 2 of the Investec Champions Cup brings together a glut of former EPCR champions and finalists. Bath Rugby, Stade Toulousain and Ulster Rugby have all won the top prize, Cardiff Rugby and Racing 92...
Extraordinary matchups define opening weekend in Champions Cup pool 1
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyIf ever there’s a pool full of extraordinarily tough places to go in an Investec Champions’ Cup season, it’s in Pool 1 of this year’s competition. Full of elite level sides who...
Tom Foley steps back from international match officiating
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyTom Foley, a hugely respected match official both domestically and as part of the International Match Officials group, has decided to step away from international match officiating for the foreseeable...
