James Blackwell rugby player
James Blackwell rugby player

James Blackwell

1st Apr 1995 1.90m/113kg No 5 Lock

Super Rugby TOTW

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Thrilling weekend of Super Rugby action with all games being split by 7 points or less, in fact, of the four games played all but one had a points difference of 2 or less points. The weekend finished off...

Team News: Hurricanes and Blues line ups confirmed

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Blues will take a largely unchanged line-up to Wellington to start the second half of Super Rugby Aotearoa competition against the Hurricanes on Saturday. The Hurricanes currently sit four points...

Team News: Hurricanes v Highlanders

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Hurricanes have won the last four games at Sky Stadium against the Highlanders. Due to minor injuries, Dane Coles, Fraser Armstrong, Gareth Evans and Reed Prinsep have not been included in the...

Next In Line? The Race For The All Black Second Row

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ian Foster begins his tenure as the new All Blacks' head coach with just 28% of the players in New Zealand saying that the long-term All Blacks assistant coach had been the right choice to replace...

Jordie Barrett returns for Hurricanes

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jordie Barrett will make his return to Super Rugby Aotearoa, as the Hurricanes get set for a clash against the Chiefs in Hamilton this Sunday.   The 22-year-old has been nursing a shoulder injury...

Team News: Beauden Barrett and Ardie Savea return for round one of Super Rugby Aotearoa

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Super Rugby Aotearoa will be the first professional rugby competition in the world to have fans return en-masse in the Covid-19 era when the competition kicks off in Dunedin on Saturday.   The opening...

Jaguares Change Two For Hurricanes Clash

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Two major changes have been made to the Hurricanes starting line-up set to take on the Jaguares in Buenos Aires this weekend. It comes as the team looks to bounce back following a 27 – 0 loss to...

Hurricanes Name Strong Team To Face The Stormers

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

TJ Perenara and Jordie Barrett are set to start for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby opener against the Stormers.   It’ll be the first time Perenara has led the Hurricanes in his new capacity...

Hurricanes 2020 squad announced

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Highly rated prop Tyrel Lomax and lock Scott Scrafton are two big additions to the Hurricanes squad for the 2020 Super Rugby season.   One test All Black Lomax has moved to the club on a four-year...

TJ Perenara to break Hurricanes appearance record

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Hugely popular halfback TJ Perenara will become the most capped Hurricanes player when he starts in the Super Rugby semi-final against the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday.   Perenara will...