World Ranking Permutations: Ireland have another crack at top spot
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWales' status as the world's number one team comes under threat in Cardiff this weekend as Ireland could climb two spots with a big win. Wales and Ireland will face each other with the Irish knowing...
Highlanders add four players to 2020 Super Rugby squad
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Highlanders have recruited Mitchell Hunt, Jona Nareki, Ngane Punivai and Connor Garden-Bachop for the 2020 season. Hunt an experienced player with 42 Super games to his name can play fullback or first-five...
O'Driscoll confident Ireland can turn form around 'very, very quickly'
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyBrian O'Driscoll is concerned by Ireland's form a month out from the Rugby World Cup but believes they can swiftly turn their fortunes around. Ireland were the dominant team in...
England update: Mako Vunipola
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland Rugby have released a statement confirming that Mako Vunipola has a small tear of scar tissue which will require approximately 10 days of rehabilitation. Vunipola sustained the...
Brunel still unsure of final France squad for Rugby World Cup
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFrance named their Rugby World Cup squad more than two months ago, but coach Jacques Brunel is still considering turning to his reserves. France coach Jacques Brunel admits he still...
Mako Vunipola boost for England but Jack Nowell ‘touch and go’ for World Cup
7 years ago by The Guardian• Prop Vunipola to miss Italy trip but likely to be ready for Tonga• Exeter wing Nowell’s Japan chances in the balance, says coachEngland prop Mako Vunipola, whose injury was the sole blight on their...
Joey Carbery set to recover in time for World Cup opener
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIreland head coach Joe Schmidt has given a positive update on Joey Carbery saying that the playmaker is in line to be fit for Ireland's World Cup pool opener against Scotland on 22 September in Yokohama,...
Wallaby rookie sent home with hamstring injury
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyJordan Petaia will miss the final World Cup warm up game for the Wallabies after suffering a hamstring injury. Petaia has been sent home and will miss the September 7 game against Samoa...
Franks & Squire left out of All Blacks' Rugby World Cup squad
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNew Zealand opted to leave 108-time international Owen Franks out of their Rugby World Cup squad, along with experienced blindside flanker Liam Squire who had made himself available for the squad as a...
Springboks Name Rugby World Cup Squad
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyRassie Erasmus has named his Springbok Rugby World Cup squad. The squad named features three players attending their third Rugby World Cup – Frans Steyn, Tendai Mtawarira and Francois Louw...
