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Injury update | Alex Goode

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Alex Goode will have surgery this week on a quad injury. The injury was picked up in the warm up before the match against Leicester Tigers in the Gallagher Premiership. He is expected to be out for 10-12...

Premiership Rugby signs French broadcast deal

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Premiership Rugby returns to French television screens having penned a one-year deal with broadcast giants beIN Sports, beginning with Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks on Sunday, December 1. The Premiership...

Sale Sharks confirm Byron Mcguigan as their defence coach

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Byron originally joined the Sharks coaching staff ahead of the 2023/24 season, bringing to an end a playing career that had seen him make more than 100 Sharks appearances and pick up ten Scotland caps.  ‘The...

Hanekom to earn first Springbok cap

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jaden and Jordan Hendrikse – the 36th set of Springbok brothers – have been paired at halfback for the season’s final Test against Wales in the last match of the Castle Lager Outgoing...

England Squad Update

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Cadan Murley (Harlequins) and Tom Curry (Sale Sharks) have been called up to England’s 36-player squad, replacing Elliot Daly (Saracens) and Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby) as preparations begin for the...

Stafford McDowall to captain Scotland against Portugal

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stafford McDowall will lead Scotland on Saturday as they take on Portugal in the third match of The Famous Grouse Nations Series at Scottish Gas Murrayfield in front of more than 55,000 supporters. McDowall...

Wales change four for Australia match

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Senior men’s head coach Warren Gatland has named the Wales team to face Australia in the second match of the 2024 Autumn Nations Series at Principality Stadium on Sunday 17 November (KO 16.10h GMT,...

Prem Rugby Cup round 2 review

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Two trebles and a double hat-trick were scored in a blockbuster second round of the Premiership Rugby Cup. Eight of the 10 Gallagher Premiership Rugby clubs secured a win with seven of them boasting...

Wales announce team to play Fiji

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Blair Murray, selected on the wing, will win his first cap and become the 1,208th men’s international for Wales on Sunday. Captain Dewi Lake is at hooker, Gareth Thomas (loose-head prop) and Archie...

Prem Cup: What we learned from the opening round

2 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The opening round of the Premiership Rugby Cup provided plenty of excitement as the race to follow in Gloucester Rugby’s footsteps got underway. There were derby battles, emerging stars and plenty...