All Blacks go ton-up against depleted Tonga
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe All Blacks got an underwhelming 2020 out of their system with a 102-0 win over a Tonga side featuring 13 debutants. New Zealand ran in 16 tries in a 102-0 demolition of Tonga. Will...
Quinn Tupaea will make his All Black debut at 12 this weekend
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFour uncapped All Blacks have been named in the side: Quinn Tupaea will start at second five-eighth, with prop George Bower, loose forward Ethan Blackadder and halfback Finlay Christie set to make their...
Introducing: The 5 Uncapped Players In the 2021 All Blacks Squad
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe All Blacks selectors, Head Coach Ian Foster, Assistant Head Coach John Plumtree and former All Black Grant Fox, have named the squad for the 2021 Steinlager Series Tests against Fiji and Tonga. Here...
All Blacks name squad for Tonga and Fiji tests
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe All Blacks selectors, Head Coach Ian Foster, Assistant Head Coach John Plumtree and former All Black Grant Fox, have named the squad for the 2021 Steinlager Series Tests against Fiji and Tonga. The...
Beauden Barrett and three World Cup winning Springboks named in Top League XV of 2021
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Japanese Top League concluded this weekend with Panasonic Wild Knights beating Suntory Sungoliath 26-31 in the Final on Sunday. The competition organisers have since named the...
Top Semi-Finals: Hooper clashes with former Wallabies, Barrett faces Marx
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe semi-finals of the Japanese Top League kick off this weekend with Toyota Verblitz taking on the Panasonic Wild Knights on Saturday and Suntory Sungoliath facing Kubota Spears on Sunday. Director...
'This makes English rugby look ridiculous' - Woodward slams Eddie Jones
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer England head coach Sir Clive Woodward has slammed Eddie Jones claiming that him working with All Blacks star Beauden Barrett as part of his consultancy role with Japanese side Suntory Sungoliath...
Watch: Beauden Barrett scores 25 points, including a hattrick, in 20 minutes for Suntory
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAll Black playmaker Beauden Barrett produced a rampant performance off the bench for Suntory Sungoliath as they thrashed Shining Arcs 94-31 in the Top League. The 29-year-old...
Beauden Barrett takes a swipe at stoppages in the Premiership
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAll Blacks playmaker Beauden Barrett has taken a swipe at the Premiership, questioning why water carriers often come on when there is a break in play. Barrett has found immediate success with...
Wild Knights and Suntory top the conferences after Round 3
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA full round of games today saw the completion of the third round in the 2021 Japanese Top League. Yamaha, Toshiba, Suntory, Kobe and Panasonic all recorded big wins. Suntory, Kubota &...
