Vodacom URC goes “back to school” with Origins Rounds
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyVodacom United Rugby Championship teams will be sporting their school or club colours in a unique start to the second half of the competition this weekend, in the first of two special Origin Rounds rounds...
Dan jones to make 150th appearance in Munster clash
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyDan Jones will make his 150th Scarlets appearance when BKT United Rugby Championship action resumes on Friday night with the visit of Munster to Parc y Scarlets (19:35 BBC Wales). The fly-half...
A team-by-team half-term report on the URC
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWe are now midway through the BKT URC campaign, with all 16 teams having played the first nine of their 18 regular season matches. So as the league returns this weekend with Round 10, how have the sides...
URC Origins: Fred Casey - the underage coach behind some of Ireland’s greatest
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyVolunteers are the lifeblood of every rugby club across the world and they don’t much better than former Cork Constitution underage coach, Fred Casey. Having only recently retired, Fred dedicated...
From Bank Teller to the top of the Rugby Mountain: The Origins of Bundee Aki
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNormally, you'd be hard-pressed to find similarities between a bank teller working on the other side of the world and a World Rugby Player of the Year nominee. But Bundee Aki doesn't do normal. The...
The BKT United Rugby Championship returns
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA jam-packed weekend of BKT United Rugby Championship action returns following Investec Champions Cup, EPCR Challenge Cup and the international break with the start of the Guinness Six Nations. Friday...
URC Round 10 Match Officials
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe match officials appointments of the BKT United Rugby Championship Round 10 fixtures have been confirmed and are available alongside TV listings below. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Scarlets...
I don’t find Twickenham intimidating at all – Wales coach Warren Gatland
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWales boss Warren Gatland says that Twickenham is a stadium he has “loved going to” and does not find the home of English rugby an intimidating venue. Wales have lost on their last seven Twickenham...
Wales great Barry John was ‘catalyst for so much success’
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbySir Gareth Edwards has described his former Wales and British and Irish Lions half-back partner Barry John as a “mercurial” player who was “a catalyst for so much success”. John’s...
Wales and Lions great ‘The King’ Barry John dies aged 79
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyJohn inspired the British and Irish Lions’ famous 1971 series victory over the All Blacks. Barry John, the Welsh rugby union great who was crowned ‘The King’ after inspiring the Lions’...
