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Talk of ‘Polly plot’ baffles Nienaber

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber emphatically set the record straight on the status of the Boks’ Rugby World Cup squad of 33, before flying out of South Africa on Saturday.   Social...

Peni Ravai re-signs with Reds; Massimo De Lutiis returns to Queensland

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Fijian Test prop Peni Ravai has re-signed with the Queensland Reds through 2024 after impressing in his debut Super Rugby Pacific season.  The 33-year-old was yesterday named in Fiji’s squad...

Wallabies without captains for return Test

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Australia will be without captains Michael Hooper and Allan Alaalatoa for Saturday's return Bledisloe Cup Test in Dunedin.   Tighthead prop Alaalatoa had a ruptured Achilles tendon injury confirmed...

Everything you need to know before Bledisloe 1!

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The match will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with a UK/Ireland kickoff at 10.45am and local kickoff of 7.45pm AEST. South African kickoff time is 11.45 am. The Bledisloe Cup is named...

Argentina change 5 for Springbok clash

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Argentina coach Michael Cheika has changed five of the line-up that started in an upset win over Australia for a Rugby Championship final-round match against South Africa on Saturday.  In the backline,...

Wallabies Young Star Earns First Start vs All Blacks

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Twenty-two year-old Carter Gordon will start in Wallaby gold for the first time at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against New Zealand on Saturday night in the number ten jersey. Gordon will partner...

Bledisloe Cup: A Head to Head Look

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

  With the Bledisloe Cup only a few days away, we have had a look at the history of the bledisloe cup along with the last Wallabies team to win the the covetd trophy.  Inaugural winners: The...

Saracens Sign Argentina Star in a Massive Coup

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Saracens have completed the signing of Argentina second-rower Juan Martin Gonzalez in an impressive new arrival ahead of the 2023/24 Premiership season. The Argentina international, who already has 22...

The Legend of 2002: The last Wallabies Bledisloe Cup Triumph

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

With the 2023 edition of the Bledisloe Cup only a few days away, we take a look a at the last Australian side to win the coveted Trans-Tasman trophy.  The first official Bledisloe Cup fixture took...

The Bledisloe Cup: An Age Old Trans-Tasman Rivalry

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The first test between Australia and New Zealand took place on 15 August 1903 in Sydney, Australia, a fixture that the visitors won 22–3 on that occasion.  Currently the rivalry is one...