A team-by-team half-term report on the URC
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyWe are now midway through the BKT URC campaign, with all 16 teams having played the first nine of their 18 regular season matches. So as the league returns this weekend with Round 10, how have the sides...
The BKT United Rugby Championship returns
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyA jam-packed weekend of BKT United Rugby Championship action returns following Investec Champions Cup, EPCR Challenge Cup and the international break with the start of the Guinness Six Nations. Friday...
Scarlets sign Stormers back-rower Jarrod Taylor
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyScarlets are delighted to announce the signing of DHL Stormers flanker Jarrod Taylor, who has linked up with the squad with immediate effect. The 22-year-old met up with his new team-mates at Parc y Scarlets...
Am says Sharks are ready to kick-start BKT URC season in big South African derby
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyLukhanyo Am believes the Hollywoodbets Sharks are ready to kick-start their BKT URC campaign as they prepare to host the DHL Stormers in Saturday’s big derby clash. The Durban-based outfit...
Match official appointments for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations and Pacific Four Series 2024
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyWith a packed calendar of fixtures ahead, World Rugby has today announced the team of Emirates match officials selected for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations starting in March and the World Rugby...
England confident Cardiff-born Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is ready to take on Wales
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland insist Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is ready to face Wales after Steve Borthwick selected an unchanged team for Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations clash at Twickenham. Feyi-Waboso made his Test debut...
Dupont's France stand-in Lucu in spotlight before Scotland Six Nations trip
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyLes Bleus opened their campaign with a chastening 38-17 defeat by Ireland in Marseille on Friday, leaving their title hopes in tatters with Lucu the scapegoat for some. Dupont, 27, was missing for the...
Scotland braced for Les Bleus backlash as wounded France head to Edinburgh
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyHuw Jones says that Scotland will expect a reaction from France in next Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations clash. Les Bleus head to Edinburgh on the back of a crushing 38-17 home defeat against Six...
Top U20 sides return to South Africa in June
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe 12 best Under-20 sides in the world will return to South Africa in June after World Rugby announced on Wednesday that the World Rugby U20 Championship will again be hosted in the Western Cape. The...
Ireland France Average Viewership Breaks Million Barrier
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe opening Guinness Six Nations game between France and Ireland in Paris on Friday night drew an average audience on Virgin Media of 1,067,000 viewers. That is a higher number than any Six Nations game...
