Sleightholme named Premiership Rugby Player of the Month for March
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNorthampton Saints winger Ollie Sleightholme has been voted as March’s Gallagher Player of the Month. The 24-year-old won 57% of the vote in the public poll and beat Bristol...
Lawes voted Gallagher Player of the Month for December
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNorthampton Saints flanker Courtney Lawes has been voted as December’s Gallagher Player of the Month, winning 47% of the vote in the public poll ahead of Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Finn...
Barbarians heading to Northampton for historic match in November
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNorthampton Saints have announced that Barbarian F.C. are heading to cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens in November for an unmissable exhibition match. The men in Black, Green and...
Ranked: The Heaviest Test Packs This July
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe test season is back, and with all the squads locked in for July, we check the scales and see which team could field the heaviest pack. Taking the weights listed...
Alex Mitchell toasts double success at Saints’ End of Season Awards
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAlex Mitchell scooped both the Carlsberg Players’ Player and Travis Perkins Supporters’ Player of the Season gongs to steal the headlines at Northampton Saints’ End of Season Awards. The...
Looking back at the best of hard hitting Samu Manoa as he calls time on his Test career
7 years ago by Rugby DumpSeattle Seawolves forward Samu Manoa announced his retirement from international rugby yesterday, only months before the World Cup starts in Japan.
Samu Manoa announces retirement from international rugby
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyUSA Rugby have confirmed that Samu Manoa has announced his retirement from international rugby. Manoa debuted with the Eagles in 2010 against Georgia after spending seven years making a name...
'Big Basta à Big Apple': Mathieu Bastareaud comes to New York
7 years ago by The GuardianThe giant French centre will play Major League Rugby next year and Samu Manoa, for one, is readying a very warm welcome indeedMathieu Bastareaud arrives at the hotel on Lexington and 57th with a stiff...
Wednesday Morning Round Up
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyU20 Championship: The stage is set as the teams play their final group stages game and push for a Semi Final spot. France, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are all unbeaten. Ireland face...
Cardiff Grant USA Star Compassionate Release
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyCardiff Blues have confirmed that Samu Manoa has left the region with immediate effect on compassionate grounds. The USA international joined Wales' Capital Region in the summer and...
