DJ Forbes rugby player
DJ Forbes rugby player

DJ Forbes

15th Dec 1982 1.87m/104kg Blindside Flanker

World Rugby Hall of Fame to recognise five legends of the game

2 days ago by Ultimate Rugby

World Rugby has announced that five players spread across sevens and 15s will be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame at the World Rugby Awards in Monaco on 24 November.   The contributions...

All Blacks Sevens primed for return to World Series

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

It has been two long years since the All Blacks Sevens prepared for a World Series tournament but the wait is over, as Head Coach Clark Laidlaw has named his side to travel to Singapore this weekend.A...

Watch: Carlos Spencer rolls back the years in charity match

5 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Carlos Spencer rolled back the years in a charity game this weekend. The former All Black took part in a match between the NZ Barbarian Legends and the Pacific Legends with both sides boasting a number...

World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2019 nominees announced

5 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

World Rugby has revealed the shortlists for the Men’s and Women’s Sevens Players of the Year 2019 awards, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards at The Prince Park Tower in Tokyo,...

Fiji Crowned New Zealand Sevens Champions

5 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Fiji has won the New Zealand Sevens in Hamilton beating USA in the Final.     In front of a full house at FMG Stadium, Fiji was unstoppable and retained its New Zealand Sevens crown to move...

World Rugby Awards winners 2018

5 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ireland’s Johnny Sexton and France’s Jessy Trémoulière have been named World Rugby Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year 2018 at the World Rugby Awards in Monte...

World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2018 nominees announced

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

World Rugby has revealed the shortlists for the Men’s and Women’s Sevens Players of the Year 2018 awards in association with HSBC, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards at the Salle...

Black Ferns grab rugby's top award

6 years ago by New Zealand Rugby

The Black Ferns have been named Team of the Year for the first time ever, topping off a night of successes for the World Champions and women’s rugby at the ASB Rugby Awards in Auckland. Black...

Tuesday Morning Round Up

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Cheetahs will field their best possible team in the Currie Cup The Cheetahs will play their best available team against the Golden Lions at Ellis Park, in Round 12 of the Currie Cup 2017, this coming...

Nareki and Simonsson earn New Zealand sevens contracts

7 years ago by New Zealand Rugby

Electric Otago wing Jona Nareki is one of two newly contracted New Zealand sevens players for the 2017/18 international season.   Nareki is joined by Bay of Plenty fullback Bailey Simonsson,...