Rugby's Biggest Bruisers - Part Six
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyPart Six of the Rugby's Biggest Bruisers series takes us down to the Southern Hemisphere with a look at a Springbok, a Fijian and an All Black. Duane Vermeulen The bulldozing back-rower...
How the French clubs in next season's Champions Cup will be decided
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Top 14 season was officially abandoned last week due to the impact of the global pandemic creating further doubt over whether Europe's other top competitions will return. This...
How Montpelleir could line up with PSdT IF he joined the club
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyMontpellier have been linked with current World Rugby Player of the Year, Pieter-Steph du Toit, in a recent report by South African newspaper the Rapport. The club responded to the reports...
Van der Merwe returns to Loftus Versfeld
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Blue Bulls have welcomed back Springbok prop, Marcel van der Merwe, after a stint with French Top 14 club Toulon. The powerful yet mobile front-rower will join the Vodacom Bulls as of July 2020. Van...
European club season hangs by a thread after France cancels Top 14 season
6 years ago by The GuardianChampions Cup unlikely to finish in satisfactory fashionPremiership in serious limbo with one club under threatAny chance of a neat and tidy end to this European club rugby season looks increasingly forlorn...
Official: France's Top Leagues To Be Abandoned
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe governing body of the Top 14 and PROD2 seasons is to be abandoned amid the COVID-19 crisis after the league's organisers (LNR) and the club presidents reached an agreement to call off the campaign,...
French Top 14 Season Set To Be Abandoned
6 years ago by Rugby WorldThe Coronavirus has meant the current French Top 14 season will be abandoned.Abandoned: The Top 14 season is set to be called off (Getty Images)The Coronavirus has meant the current French Top 14 season...
French Prime Minister Dashes Hopes Of Pro14 & ProD2 in August
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFrench Prime Minister Edouard Phillippe has announced that the Top 14 and Pro D2 will be unable to play their final rounds in August. The news comes as a great disappointment to clubs and fans...
French prop Haouas gets off scot-free for punching
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFrance and Montpellier tighthead prop Mohamed Haouas picked up a three-week ban for punching in France's Six Nations match against Scotland. However, he will be deemed to have served...
All Black Great Agrees Pau Coaching Deal Extension
6 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer All Black centre and two-time Rugby World Cup winner Conrad Smith has extended his contract as Pau's High-Performance Manager to 2022, the French club's president Bernard Pontneau said on Wednesday. Smith...
