Tuesday Morning Round Up
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyChampionship Stat Leaders After 6 rounds of action in the GK IPA Championship, we take a look at the Stat leaders in the competition. Top Try Scorers 1. Robin Wedlake-Millecham (Cornish...
Manu Samoa names team for Northern Hemisphere tour
8 years ago by Manu SamoaManu Samoa's squad for the forthcoming Northern Hemisphere Tour in November this year has been named. Head coach Steve Jackson has retained most of the old heads in the team with a number of new...
Plans revealed for a Pacific Island Super Rugby team
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Pacific Islands are one step closer to having a Super Rugby team after a group of investors offered US$4.5-million to have an independent Hawaii-based team in Super Rugby from 2020. The concept...
Manu Tuilagi's journey back to the England squad
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyLeicester Tiger's centre Manu Tuilagi has had an injury-plagued career and is set to return to the test arena this November. Tuilagi, who is in his 9th season of Premiership Rugby, makes...
Steve Jackson takes over as Samoa Coach
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbySteve Jackson has been confirmed as the Manu Samoa head coach ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup in Japan. The former Blues assistant coach replaces Fuimaono Titimaea Tafua. “With...
Springboks climb to fifth in latest World Rugby rankings
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbySouth Africa's win over New Zealand in Wellington moving them up two places in the World Rugby Rankings to fifth, while Australia drop to an all-time low of seventh after losing to...
Leicester Tigers sign Two International Front Rowers
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyLeicester Tigers have added Fiji international prop Campese Ma’afu and Tonga international prop David Feao to their squad for the 2018/19 season. Experienced front-rower Campese...
New Zealand's Portia Woodman 'more influential' than All Blacks counterparts
8 years ago by The GuardianBlack Ferns winger ranked ninth in top 50 listWorld Rugby vice chairman Agustín Pichot tops listBlack Ferns winger Portia Woodman has made the top 10 of a list of rugby union’s most influential people,...
In Pics: Ireland Men's RWC Sevens Run In San Francisco
8 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsThe Ireland Men's Sevens team took home the Challenge Trophy from the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco, having claimed ninth spot and finished ahead of six 2017/18 World Series core teams - Australia,...
Samoan player to face court following "assault" on Wales' Tom Williams
8 years ago by Rugby DumpSamoa's Gordon Langkilde is due to appear in court today on charges of assault after a tunnel incident with Welsh player Tom Williams at the Sevens Rugby World Cup in San Francisco. Langkilde is accused...
