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Steven Kitshoff Overtakes Irish Star as URC Top 100 Leader

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok prop Steven Kitshoff has risen to the No 1 spot in the latest update to the URC Top 100 with forward players dominating the upper end of the ‘pound-for-pound’ rankings.   Based...

Jack Dempsey ready for ‘epic’ World Cup as Scotland mainstay

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Scotland back-rower Jack Dempsey cannot wait to land in France this weekend and start “soaking in” what he believes will be a spectacular Rugby World Cup. The Sydney-born 29-year-old went...

Scotland name team for final match before the upcoming Rugby World Cup

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jamie Ritchie will lead Scotland in their final match before the upcoming Rugby World Cup, as head coach Gregor Townsend today named his squad for The Famous Grouse Nations Series fixture against...

Zander Fagerson eyes Scotland’s World Cup opener after red card ‘roller coaster’

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Zander Fagerson admits he is “relieved” not to have had his World Cup dream dashed by suspension after going through an emotional “roller coaster” in the aftermath of his red card...

Petrus du Plessis appointed to Leicester Tigers senior coaching team

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leicester Tigers Head Coach Dan McKellar has appointed Petrus du Plessis to his senior coaching team as Interim Scrum Coach. The South African will remain in the role until the arrival of new Scrum Coach...

Stuart McInally to retire after omission from Scotland’s Rugby World Cup squad

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stuart McInally’s rugby career is over after the long-serving Edinburgh hooker was one of four players cut from Scotland’s 33-man World Cup squad.   The 33-year-old, who captained the...

Jamie Ritchie captains Scotland as Gregor Townsend names his RWC squad

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Head coach Gregor Townsend has today named his 33-player squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup 2023, to be held in France from next month. Captain Jamie Ritchie leads a selection comprising...

Dan McKellar appoints Petrus du Plessis to interim role

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leicester Tigers Head Coach Dan McKellar has appointed Petrus du Plessis to his senior coaching team as Interim Scrum Coach.   The South African will remain in the role until the arrival of new...

Scotland’s World Cup squad announcement looms – who is in danger of missing out?

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gregor Townsend has said that the last four players to leave the squad will be a tighthead prop, a hooker, a back-row and a scrum-half.   Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend announces his 33-man...

Scotland boss ‘confident’ Ben White will make World Cup despite injury setback

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gregor Townsend is confident Ben White will be fit for the Rugby World Cup even though the Scotland scrum-half has not travelled to France for this Saturday’s warm-up match in Saint-Etienne.   The...