Former All Blacks take centre stage in round two of the Top League
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbySuntory Sungoliath and Panasonic Wild Knights led the two conferences in the Top League after two rounds of action. Sungoliath claimed a comfortable 14-31 victory over Honda in round two while...
Test Stars Light Up The Opening Round Of The Top League
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbySuntory Sungoliath and Panasonic Wild Knights lead the way in their respective conferences after the opening round of the Top League. Panasonic claimed a comprehensive 55-14 victory over Ricoh...
Big Wins for Suntory and Panasonic as big names star in Japan
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyRound 1 of the Top League closed off on Sunday with Beauden Barrett and Tevita Li shining for Suntory Sungoliath as they ran over Mitsubishi winning 7-75. Other big results saw NTT Comms, Panasonic,...
Stars of the Japanese Top League
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Japanese Top League kicks off this coming weekend with eight fixtures in the opening round of action. Kubota Spears and Mitsubishi Dynaboars kick off the opening game at the same time that...
Luke Campbell signs with Hurricanes for 2021
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyBay of Plenty Steamers halfback, Luke Campbell, will return home to Wellington for 2021 to take up a contract with the Hurricanes. The 25-year-old left the capital four years ago to play...
The story behind the All Blacks tribute to Diego Maradona
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAll Blacks captain Sam Cane has credited scrumhalf TJ Perenara with the idea of presenting Argentina with an All Blacks jersey with the name Maradona on the back. Cane laid...
Akira Ioane starts for the All Blacks 'vital' test against Argentina
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe All Blacks team has been named to play Argentina in the Tri Nations Test at McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, on Saturday 28 November. The key feature of the squad is the selection of loosehead...
All Black Player Ratings v Australia - Bledisloe IV
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAustralia claimed a historic win in a pulsating clash in Brisbane as Ian Foster suffered his first defeat as the new All Blacks coach. A game muddled with cards saw both Ofa Tu'ungafasi and...
Four years ago today, Ireland claim historic win over New Zealand
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFour years ago, Ireland ended a 29 game and 111-year duck as they finally claimed a men's senior international win over New Zealand. The Joe Schmidt coached side joined the...
Barrett back at flyhalf as Foster hands out four new caps
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe All Blacks team has been named to play Australia in the Tri-Nations Test at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, on Saturday 7 November. Four players have been named in a Test team for the first time....
