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Report: Three Teams To Be Added To Super Rugby Aotearoa In 2022

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

    Super Rugby Aotearoa is set to return in 2021, with a minimum of three teams to be added to the tournament in 2022.   According to a report by Liam Napier at the New Zealand...

Chris Robshaw's career can be measured by the noble manner he handled failures | Andy Bull

6 years ago by The Guardian

Former England captain went through the rugby mill but came out the other side a better player and an unchanged manWatching Chris Robshaw play his last matches for Harlequins got me thinking about the...

NZ Rugby agreed to six-week Rugby Championship

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Serious doubt has been cast on exactly how much New Zealand Rugby officials knew about the Rugby Championship schedule that left them "blindsided" and desperate to change, writes newshub.co.nz.       Newshub...

Former Japan international Hiroki Yuhara dies at 36

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Hiroki Yuhara, a former member of the Japan national side and the Toshiba Brave Lupus forwards coach, died at the age of 36 on Monday, the Top League club announced.     The cause of death...

Jacinda Ardern: All Blacks will not be granted quarantine leave pass

6 years ago by The Guardian

Team face spending Christmas in isolationPlayers ‘uncomfortable’ with special treatmentNew Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has poured cold water on the All Blacks’ hopes of avoiding Christmas...

Uncapped Wallabies may be thrown in at the deep end

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

New Wallaby head coach Dave Rennie has indicated that the team he picks for the Bledisloe Cup clashes against the All Blacks may include several uncapped players.   At the moment, however, the shrewd...

WATCH: Bastareaud leaves Dagg in pain after HUGE shot on 2013 tour

6 years ago by rugbydump.com

F0rmer All Blacks star Israel Dagg received a brutal hit from French bulldozer Mathieu Bastareaud during a three-match Test series in 2013.

WATCH: Bastareaud leaves Dagg in pain after HUGE shot on 2013 tour

6 years ago by Rugby Dump

F0rmer All Blacks star Israel Dagg received a brutal hit from French bulldozer Mathieu Bastareaud during a three-match Test series in 2013.

Ma'a Nonu returns to Toulon

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

After two years away from the club, former All Black centre Ma'a Nonu has agreed to rejoin the club, the French Top 14 side announced on Saturday.     In a statement on their website,...

Watch: David Havili puts the All Blacks on notice with a hattrick for Tasman

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Arguably the form fullback during the 2020 Super Rugby season, Crusaders' back David Havili's Super Rugby Aotearoa season was interrupted with injuries but the 25-year-old returned to action...