Bloodgate: Remembering One Of Rugby's Darkest Days Eleven Years On
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe date is 12 April 2009, there are five minutes left to play in the Heineken Cup quarter-final between Harlequins and Leinster at Twickenham Stoop. The Harlequins trail by a single point but their...
How Every Premiership Club Is Helping Thier Communities
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyPremiership Rugby clubs have been busy supporting their communities in recent weeks following the ongoing Coronavirus crisis. With the number of confirmed cases...
Premiership Season Further Delayed While Tickets Are Donated To The NHS
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Premiership Rugby Chief Executive Darren Childs has issued a statement about the ongoing disruption to Premiership Rugby season as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In the statement, Childs...
Harlequins' Semi Kunatani arrested for ignoring Covid-19 quarantine
6 years ago by The GuardianKunatani and one other unnamed player arrestedBoth players had returned to Fiji via SingaporeThe Fiji Rugby Union has criticised two of its players who have been arrested for failing to self-isolate after...
Relive: The First British and Irish Lions Test 2009 - Full Test
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbySouth Africa won the first British and Irish Lions tour test in 2009 as they ran out 26-21 victors. We relive the first test in full: The Springboks raced out to a 19–7 half-time...
Joe Marler on the verge retiring following 10-week ban
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland prop Joe Marler is considering quitting rugby with immediate effect according to a report by the Mail on Sunday. According to the report, Marler has become “disillusioned”...
Snakeskin shoes and skipping training as Jim and Andy tell stories about Dean Richards
6 years ago by Rugby DumpDean Richards is an England icon, both from his playing days and his subsequent career as a coach. While he may well be remembered more for his role in the controversial Harlequins 'bloodgate' scandal...
Where are they now? Every World Rugby Junior Player of the Year since 2008
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe World Rugby Under 20 Championship draws plenty of interest each year as we get a glimpse of what is to come in the future of the game with the best players in the World under the age of the 20 going...
Premiership could play midweek games and cut break to finish season
6 years ago by The GuardianReduced summer break could jeopardise player welfarePremiership suspended until 24 AprilCoronavirus – latest updates | All our coronavirus coveragePremiership Rugby is considering midweek matches in...
Premiership clubs to ask players to take wage cuts
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbySeveral Premiership clubs will and in some cases have already asked players to take considerable pay cuts to help cope with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic according to multiple reports...
