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2021 - 2023

Rugby World Cup stars return to boost Georgia

2 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

Exciting back-three talent Davit Niniashvili and experienced scrum-half Vasil Lobzhanidze have been named in the Lelos’ starting XV for the first Men's Rugby Europe Championship 2024 semi-final against...

France vs Italy Prediction and Preview

3 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

We look ahead to Sunday’s 2024 Guinness Men’s Six Nations match in Lille with our France vs Italy prediction and preview. It seems an eternity ago that France thumped Italy to complete a perfect...

Confirmation of ground-breaking charges for online abuse at RWC 2023 as World Rugby releases trailer for Whistleblowers documentary

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Pending law enforcement cases are among the key actions and outcomes from the ground-breaking online protection service put in place to support match officials and players across men’s Rugby World...

Rugby World Cup 2023 was the most viewed rugby event of all time

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

RWC France 2023 achieved 1.33 billion viewing hours (VH) across all programming on linear and non-linear broadcast making it the most viewed rugby event of all time France 2023 achieved 30 per cent...

USA Rugby, Major League Rugby and World Rugby launch momentous partnership with new MLR expansion club

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

USA Rugby, Major League Rugby (MLR) and World Rugby are pleased to officially announce a strategic partnership to launch a new MLR expansion club in Charlotte, North Carolina, named Anthem Rugby Carolina...

High praise for retiring referee Jaco Peyper

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Foremost South African referee Jaco Peyper has decided to hang up his whistle, with Mr Mark Alexander, the president of SA Rugby, hailing the Bloemfontein-based match official as one of the best ambassadors...

Patrice Lagisquet: The man who unlocked Portugal's potential

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The former Os Lobos head coach looks back on his four years in charge, which included a stellar performance at Men's Rugby World Cup 2023. It all started with a simple approach to the president of the...

Record-breaking referee Wayne Barnes calls time on stellar career

4 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont has led the tributes to Wayne Barnes, who today announced he is to step down from match officiating to concentrate on new ventures. World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill...

Men’s Rugby World Cup 2023 – the numbers game

4 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

We take a closer look at the stats behind some of the best individual performances during the tournament in France. All manner of records were broken at Rugby World Cup 2023, culminating in South Africa...

All Blacks drop to third in World Rugby Men’s Rankings

4 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

We run through all the changes following South Africa’s 12-11 victory in the final of Men’s Rugby World Cup 2023 plus round-up the results from the latest round of matches in the Rugby Europe...