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Danny Care sees advantages of hybrid contracts in English top flight

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Danny Care believes hybrid contracts would be beneficial to English rugby if they succeed in keeping the nation’s stars in a financially viable Gallagher Premiership. The Rugby Football Union and...

Jersey Reds set to enter administration as English rugby's financial crisis continues

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

English club rugby’s financial crisis shows no sign of ending with last season’s Championship winners Jersey Reds set to enter administration. Jersey’s players were told of their club’s...

Topsy Ojo backs Steve Borthwick’s England to come good at World Cup

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Topsy Ojo has backed under-pressure England head coach Steve Borthwick to turn his side’s poor form around at the World Cup in France.   England have won just two of their nine fixtures in...

Champions Cup revamp to cut English Premiership teams from eight to five

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The number of English clubs in the Champions Cup could be reduced from eight to five next year as part of a radical overhaul to streamline the European tournament into a more elite competition. Telegraph...

Queensland Rugby announce 2024 Reds coaching staff

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Queensland Reds head coach Les Kiss has confirmed his coaching staff ahead of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season. Kiss will work alongside former London Irish colleagues Brad Davis and Jonathan Fisher,...

Tonga omit Folau, pick uncapped Coleman for World Cup

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Former Australia fullback Israel Folau missed out on Tonga's Rugby World Cup squad while former Wallabies teammate Adam Coleman was picked even though he's yet to play for Tonga. Tonga included five former...

Wallabies lose coach at a vital time

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The wallabies were dealt a setback with the Rugby World Cup on Friday with attack coach Brad Davis quitting and rugby league stalwart Jason Ryles answering a late SOS. Davis was recruited in May from...

Petrus du Plessis appointed to Leicester Tigers senior coaching team

1 year 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...

Wallabies and their attack coach part ways on the eve of Rugby World Cup

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Wallabies have confirmed that assistant coach Brad Davis will not be part of their backroom staff at the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France, after he left his position with immediate effect. The 55-year-old...

Dan McKellar appoints Petrus du Plessis to interim role

1 year 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...