Japan Rugby League One 2024-25
3 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer champions Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo-Bay and Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights have joined reigning premiers Toshiba Brave Lupus in the playoffs, earning their invitations with four games to spare...
Japan Rugby League One 2024-25 Round 13 Review
4 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One A remarkable hattrick in the final 10 minutes by Shannon Frizell and a pair of tries from fellow New Zealand-born secondrower Jacob Pierce powered Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo to a 59-21 win...
Japan Rugby League One Preview
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyIt’s a big weekend for Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath. A constant in Top League and Japan Rugby League One playoffs since the inception of a nationwide round robin competition 22 years ago, Suntory have...
Japan Rugby League One (Round Eleven) Review
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyTwo years ago, Kwagga Smith’s Shizuoka Blue Revs became the first team to beat Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights in the regular season of Japan Rugby League One. Yesterday, the Springbok backrower’s...
Kolbe and Roos step up to clinch top SA Rugby Awards
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyHot-stepping Springbok speedster Cheslin Kolbe became the first backline player since 2013 to take the prestigious SA Rugby Men’s Player of the Year title at a glittering SA Rugby Awards ceremony...
Erasmus invites 26 players to virtual camps
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbySpringbok coach Rassie Erasmus has invited a group of 26 players consisting mainly of overseas-based players, as well as some talented youngsters and injured players, to the first virtual Springbok alignment...
Japan Rugby League One 2024-25 Round Six Review
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyDivision One Eighteen points from flyhalf Mikiya Takamoto led Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath to their second win of the season, knocking Shizuoka Blue Revs out of the top four in the process, as the visitors...
Japan Rugby League One Round Six Preview
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyFresh from their first win of the season, at the fifth attempt, Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath coach Kosei Ono has had an extra week to prepare for their next challenge: a trip to Yamaha Stadium to tackle the...
Japan Rugby League One round three review
3 months ago by Ultimate RugbyA try five minutes from time by winger Haruto Kida sent Mie Honda Heat to its first defeat of the season after Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay won a thrilling contest 32-27 at a sun-drenched Suzuka Gardens...
Nominees revealed for SA Rugby Awards 2024
4 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWorld Rugby’s Men’s 15s Player of the Year for 2024, Springbok flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit, is one of five nominees for SA Rugby’s Men’s Player of the Year for the past season,...
