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Connacht name travelling squad for URC Semi-Final in Cape Town

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

A 29-man Connacht squad has left for Cape Town this morning for Saturday’s BKT United Rugby Championship Semi-Final with the DHL Stormers. The management team can report a clean bill...

Springboks return to business with two preparation camps

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Springboks will assemble in Durban in May for two preparation camps with the purpose of getting their on-and-off-field structures in place for the 2023 international season.   The first camp...

Ulster Rugby to thank departing players at Quarter-Final

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

With a combined total of nearly 500 caps for the province, Ulster Rugby will recognise the 10 Senior Men’s players confirmed as leaving at the conclusion of the current season. This...

Springbok Duo Charge Sharks To Shock Leinster

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

They are the dynamic and history-making duo that ignited the 2019 World Cup final and combined to score the first ever Springboks try in a World Cup final. For the Cell C Sharks to have any chance of short-circuiting...

Sink or swim in the URC quarter-finals

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The DHL Stormers, Cell C Sharks and Vodacom Bulls will have everything to play for on Saturday in a tough round of Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-finals – their biggest challenge of the...

Tackle Machine And Turnover King URC Award Winners Announced

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

John Hodnett and Thomas Young have added their names to the United Rugby Championship Awards roll of honour by collecting the Tackle Machine and Turnover King prizes respectively.   Munster back-row...

Chiefs side to face La Rochelle

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Exeter Chiefs Director of Rugby, Rob Baxter, has told his squad that will have to ‘dig deep’ if they are to make it to a second Heineken Champions Cup final. The 2020 winners head to France...

Exeter hope to end Stade Rochelais’ title defence

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Exeter Chiefs will need to overcome reigning champions Stade Rochelais in Bordeaux on Sunday if they are to reach the Heineken Champions Cup final for a second time.   The semi-final between...

Preview: Currie Cup Round 8

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The defending Currie Cup Premier Division champions, the Pumas, are leading the race as the competition enters the second half of the league phase this weekend, while the First Division and Mzansi Challenge...

Sale Sharks sign Stormers forward Ernst van Rhyn

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Sale Sharks have announced the signing of versatile South African forward Ernst van Rhyn on a three-year contract.  The 25-year-old, who can play in the second-row or back-row, has signed a three-year...