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United Rugby Championship Play-Off schedule confirmed

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The United Rugby Championship Play-Offs will kick off on Friday, June 3 after the schedule for the ‘Final Eight’ was confirmed this morning.   Four games will take place across Friday,...

Stormers, Bulls seal home quarter-finals in Vodacom URC

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls will host valuable home quarter-finals in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship against Edinburgh and the Cell C Sharks respectively, following a pulsating closing round...

URC Shield Winners and Quarter Finals

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The first ever Final Eight line-up in the United Rugby Championship has been set following the thrilling completion of Round 18.    Two Quarter-final games will take place in UK and Ireland...

Crunch time at Kingspan: Ulster vs Sharks

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Friday night sees a cracking encounter which holds much weight in the context in the competition as a whole as the Sharks travel to Belfast to meet Ulster in battle.    There is not much...

Leinster & Munster draw swords once again at the Aviva

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Leinster/Munster rivalry is one that has been observed with regularity over the past couple of years, but the occasion remains one of significant magnitude.     This time around, the high-flying...

Magical Manie URC's Top Marksman

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stormers goalkicking ace Manie Libbok is the favourite to finish the league stages of the United Rugby Championship as the top points scorer.   Libbok's 142 competition points is 18 clear of...

Rugby Bits PODCAST: Lukhanyo Am’s Presence, Siya Kolisi Legacy, Champions Cup, URC & more on TwoSides Documentary

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Kooks and Shaun are at the helm in this episode as they jump into Leinster’s Champions Cup performance which was near on perfect, Toulouse’s stuttering season the Itoje v Etzebeth battle...

RTÉ Rugby podcast: Super Leinster and must-win Munster

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The panel review Leinster's excellent performance against Toulouse and look ahead to the URC clashes between Leinster and Munster and Ulster and Sharks.  

United Rugby Championship Permutations: What your team needs in the final round

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

There is plenty at stake in the final round of the 2021/22 United Rugby Championship regular season this weekend.     The competition's debut season has been hugely competitive with only Leinster...

Munster itching to bounce back against powerful Leinster

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The tears in the Munster camp have dried after their dramatic exit from the Champions Cup last weekend and indications are that the men from Limerick are ready to roll up their sleeves and busy themselves...