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World Rugby Rankings Permutations

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

There could be plenty of movement in the World Rugby Rankings after this weekend's second round of The Rugby Championship.   The Springboks head to Wellington in a replay of the clash from last...

Dombrandt called to Italy to replace injured Shields

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Uncapped Harlequins flanker Alex Dombrandt has been called up to the England training squad to replace injured Brad Shields.   Dombrandt earned an England call up and started for England against...

Duane Vermeulen to lead the Springboks against New Zealand

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Experienced No 8 Duane Vermeulen will lead the Springboks against the All Blacks on Saturday, when the two traditional rivals clash in Wellington in the second round of the shortened 2019 Castle Lager...

England squad update: Joe Marchant joins the squad travelling to Treviso

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

England head coach Eddie Jones has called up 38 players for England’s third official Rugby World Cup training camp in Treviso, Italy (22 July until 2 August).    The squad will fly this...

Ireland Open Session Draws Big Crowd To Thomond Park

7 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Thomond Park turned green today for the Ireland squad’s second open training session of their Rugby World Cup pre-season schedule. The players mixed with the fans and signed autographs and posed...

Rugby Championship: How the four nations measure up ahead of 2019 tournament

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina will all hope to find form at the tournament ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan.       The Rugby Championship begins this...

Fiji testing depth against the Maori All Blacks with the World Cup looming

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Flying Fijians head into their test match of the year against the Maori All Blacks having ended a 62-year-long drought against the Kiwi side last week.     Fiji has just four games remaining,...

2019/20 Guinness PRO14 fixtures released

7 years ago by Connaght Domestic Rugby

Connacht Rugby will begin their 2019/20 Guinness PRO14 campaign with an away tie against the Scarlets on Saturday 28th September (k/o 19:35).   The fixtures along with the dates, venues and kick-off...

Wednesday Morning Round Up

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

SBW given until Thursday to prove his fitness   All Blacks' assistant coach Ian Foster says that veteran midfielder Sonny Bill Williams is unlikely to feature for the All Blacks against Los Pumas...

Richie Rees takes over Cardiff's attack

7 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Cardiff Blues have confirmed that Jason Strange has left the region with immediate effect with Richie Rees stepping up to take the role of backs and attack coach.   Former Wales U20s head coach...