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Steve Tandy appointed new Wales Head Coach

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Steve Tandy will lead Wales into the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia and begins his tenure as his country’s new senior men's Head Coach on the 1st September.   Steve is a former British...

Queensland Reds Head to Italy in Landmark Partnership with Benetton Treviso

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Queensland Rugby Union and Benetton Rugby have today announced a progressive partnership which will see four Reds players join the leading Italian club on secondment.The temporary transfer of Josh...

Andrew Hore will step down as Blues CEO

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Andrew Hore has confirmed he will step down as Blues CEO in September, concluding a transformative tenure that has spanned more than six years.Hore is set to leave the sporting world to take up an opportunity...

Andy Farrell names side to face First Nations & Pasifika XV

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Andy Farrell has named the team to face the First Nations & Pasifika XV in the final midweek fixture of the 2025 British & Irish Lions Tour of Australia. Saracens and England’s Owen Farrell...

South Africa win World Rugby U20 Championship 2025 title

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

South Africa ended a 13-year wait for a second World Rugby U20 Championship title after beating New Zealand 23-15 in the final of the 2025 edition in the Italian city of Rovigo on Saturday. It was the...

Farrell 'gutted' for Morgan, Van der Flier and Pollock after Lions exclusions

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Andy Farrell admitted to being "gutted" for Jac Morgan, Josh van der Flier and Henry Pollock after leaving the trio out of his British and Irish Lions team to face Australia. The Lions will face the Wallabies...

World Rugby Men's Rankings preview: 18-19 July, 2025

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

World Rugby has published the ranking permutations for the men's internationals played across Africa, Oceania and the Americas this weekend. Permutation highlights: South Africa can’t improve...

England U20 squad to play Australia in World Rugby U20 Championship play-off

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

England U20 Men’s head coach Mark Mapletoft and assistant coach Andy Titterrell have named their squad to face Australia in the 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship fifth-place play-off. The encounter...

NSW Waratahs Sign Queensland Lock Angus Blyth

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Blyth, who also has four Wallabies caps to his name, played fourteen times for the Queensland Reds in 2025 for seventy-five Queensland games in total.   Angus Blyth said: "For me, this is a new...

New Zealand to face South Africa in World Rugby U20 Championship 2025 final

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

  The World Rugby U20 Championship 2025 final on Saturday in the Italian city of Rovigo will be between New Zealand and South Africa, a repeat of the 2012 title decider involving two sides desperate...