Early Rey Lee-Lo red card proves costly for Cardiff as Connacht snatch victory
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyCardiff could not overcome an early red card for centre Rey Lee-Lo as Connacht claimed a 16-12 United Rugby Championship victory at the Arms Park. Lee-Lo was dismissed after just 15 minutes by Italian...
Vodacom Bulls secure bonus-point victory over Emirates Lions
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Vodacom Bulls maintained strong Vodacom United Rugby Championship play-off hopes after beating the Emirates Lions 25-10 in Johannesburg. Jake White's team made it sevens wins from 10 league games...
Lions vs Bulls: The Top Performers
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyRound 11 of the United Rugby Championship is well underway. Match day two got under way in Johannesburg as The Lions welcomed the inform Bulls in a mouthwatering South African derby. Although the match...
Emirates Lions v Vodacom Bulls: Preview
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe first of two South African derbies this weekend. It’s an immediate rematch with the two sides having met in Pretoria at the end of last month, when the Bulls secured a narrow 30-28 victory. Now...
Nortje to lead the herd as Bok trio return for trip to Johannesburg
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyRuan Nortje will lead a Vodacom Bulls side that sees the return of Springbok duo, Kurt-Lee Arendse and Canan Moodie for round 10 of the 2023/24 Vodacom United Rugby Championship. The Tshwane outfit will...
Vodacom URC goes “back to school” with Origins Rounds
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyVodacom United Rugby Championship teams will be sporting their school or club colours in a unique start to the second half of the competition this weekend, in the first of two special Origin Rounds rounds...
Dan jones to make 150th appearance in Munster clash
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDan Jones will make his 150th Scarlets appearance when BKT United Rugby Championship action resumes on Friday night with the visit of Munster to Parc y Scarlets (19:35 BBC Wales). The fly-half...
A team-by-team half-term report on the URC
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWe are now midway through the BKT URC campaign, with all 16 teams having played the first nine of their 18 regular season matches. So as the league returns this weekend with Round 10, how have the sides...
URC Origins: Fred Casey - the underage coach behind some of Ireland’s greatest
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyVolunteers are the lifeblood of every rugby club across the world and they don’t much better than former Cork Constitution underage coach, Fred Casey. Having only recently retired, Fred dedicated...
From Bank Teller to the top of the Rugby Mountain: The Origins of Bundee Aki
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyNormally, you'd be hard-pressed to find similarities between a bank teller working on the other side of the world and a World Rugby Player of the Year nominee. But Bundee Aki doesn't do normal. The...
