Raiwalui joins World Rugby as High Performance Pathways and Player Development Manager
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWorld Rugby has appointed Simon Raiwalui in a key role to support its core mission of increasing the competitiveness of international rugby as the sport prepares for a new era of opportunity and growth. With...
Jack Singleton joins Toulon on loan
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyGloucester Rugby today announces that hooker, Jack Singleton, has joined Toulon on loan for the remainder of the 2023/24 season. Singleton will head to the mediterranean coast with immediate effect,...
Top 14 Round 8 Wrap-Up
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyTop 14 Round 8 Wrap-Up We’re detailing the thrills and spills, winners and losers, try scorers and goal kickers from Round 8 of France’s Top14 League Toulon v Castres FT = Toulon...
Six Nations Target For Centre Of Wales Attention Williams
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyKeiran Williams has been set the target of forcing his way into Wales’ Guinness Six Nations squad, having put the hangover from World Cup rejection behind him. The 25-year-old Ospreys centre...
Hunt and Wyrwas awarded England contracts
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyScrum-half duo Natasha ‘Mo’ Hunt and Ella Wyrwas have been awarded Red Roses contracts.Debuting against USA in 2011, becoming Red Rose 161, Hunt has featured 67 times for her country to date...
Ludlam move to Toulon confirmed
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNorthampton Saints back row Lewis Ludlam's highly anticipated move to Toulon, first rumoured in The Rugby Paper's Blindside Column in early October, is set to be confirmed this week. The...
RWC-winners lead SA Rugby Awards nominations for 2023
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFive members of the Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok squad in France – Pieter-Steph du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi, Frans Malherbe and Damian Willemse – were nominated for the coveted...
Lewis Ludlam to join Toulon as England's talent drain to France continues
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNorthampton back-row Lewis Ludlam will become the latest England international to head for France after agreeing terms to join Top 14 side Toulon next summer. Ludlam has played in the last two World Cups...
Raiwalui joins World Rugby
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyOutgoing Flying Fijians coach Simon Raiwalui has been appointed as a High Performance General Manager for World Rugby. The man who led Fiji’s campaign at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France says...
Ben Curry has career goal of playing for England alongside twin brother Tom
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Sale forwards have never represented their country at the same time. Ben Curry’s greatest ambition in rugby is to play alongside twin brother Tom in England’s back row. Ben, Sale’s...
