Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s Premiership action
8 years ago by The GuardianEllis Genge impresses in the heat of battle, Saracens end tough week on a high and Marland Yarde spearheads Sale’s late pushLoosehead prop is not a problem position for England with Mako Vunipola backed...
Premiership Highlights: Northampton Saints v Saracens
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbySarries crushed Northampton this afternoon and fully deserved their 13-63 victory. Tries from Lozowski, Reece Marshall and Schalk Brits (both the hookers scored off rolling mauls) made the sores 15-13...
Champions Cup - Team of the Weekend
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAlex Goode - Saracens Entered the attacking line at pace, asking questions of Leinster’s backline on Sunday afternoon. Was effective on the counter-attack as well on a day when the...
Player Ratings - Leinster vs Saracens
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyLeinster Rob Kearney - 8 Looks to have taken his form from the Six Nations back to club rugby. Solid under the high ball and threatening in the attacking line. Fergus McFadden - 7 Silly...
England v Ireland - Player Ratings
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIreland Cian Healy – 7/10 Very solid at scrum time. Got through a really impressive amount of work at the breakdown, consistently disrupting the speed of the English attack and recorded...
Six Nations Lineups: England v Ireland
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland head coach Eddie Jones has named his side to play Ireland at Twickenham Stadium. Captain Dylan Hartley returns after recovering from injury with tighthead prop Kyle Sinckler making his first...
Don Armand gets England call up
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland head coach Eddie Jones has named a 32 man squad to begin preparations for England’s final 6 Nations match against Ireland at Twickenham stadium. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints) and Nathan...
England Player Ratings
8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby1. Mako Vunipola – 6/10 Solid at scrum time despite some significant pressure from his opposite number. Carried often but fail to make any real impact with ball in hand. Quiet afternoon overall. 2....
Six Nations: Farrell captains England in Hartley's absence
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland head coach Eddie Jones has named his side to play France in Paris.Injury has ruled out captain Dylan Hartley so Jamie George will replace him at hooker in what is an otherwise unchanged starting...
Wednesday Morning Round Up
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyJohn Plumtree to coach Hurricanes The Hurricanes and New Zealand Rugby have announced that John Plumtree will take the Head Coach role for the 2019 Super Rugby season. Plumtree will take over from Chris...
