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Nine debuts in Tonga's team to face the All Blacks

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Tonga have included nine new caps in its starting XV to play the All Blacks in the first game of the Steinlager Series at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday.   Four of their substitutes could also...

Currie Cup Round-Up

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Bonus-point victories in the Carling Currie Cup saw the Vodacom Bulls and Tafel Lager Griquas return to winning ways after disappointing starts to their Premier Division campaigns last weekend, but it’s...

Blake Gibson trades Auckland for Wellington

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Energetic Blues flanker Blake Gibson will be leaving Auckland and heading to Wellington where he will take up with the Hurricanes after signing a new deal.      Gibson has spent the past...

Maori All Blacks team named

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

  Head Coach Clayton McMillan has named his Maori All Blacks 23 to take on Manu Samoa in Wellington on Saturday.    The visitors will be tested as McMillan has selected an exciting...

Introducing: The 5 Uncapped Players In the 2021 All Blacks Squad

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The All Blacks selectors, Head Coach Ian Foster, Assistant Head Coach John Plumtree and former All Black Grant Fox, have named the squad for the 2021 Steinlager Series Tests against Fiji and Tonga.   Here...

All Blacks name squad for Tonga and Fiji tests

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The All Blacks selectors, Head Coach Ian Foster, Assistant Head Coach John Plumtree and former All Black Grant Fox, have named the squad for the 2021 Steinlager Series Tests against Fiji and Tonga.   The...

Jordie Barrett's future plans revealed

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jordie Barrett will stay in the Hurricanes jersey for another year, according to a recent report in rugby365.com.    Barrett has a clause in his contract with New Zealand Rugby which would...

Ruthless Hurricanes punish Reds, Smith inspires Highlanders

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Highlanders moved closer to a Super Rugby Trans-Tasman play-off spot after the Hurricanes had been clinical against the Reds.     The Hurricanes made it four wins from five in Super...

Queensland Reds fall to Hurricanes in Wellington

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Queensland Reds have been defeated 43-14 by the Hurricanes in Wellington in their final game of the 2021 Super Rugby Trans-Tasman season.  A gritty, seesawing opening forty minutes saw the...

Salesi Rayasi extends Hurricanes stay

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Dynamic and developing wing Salesi Rayasi will stay at the Hurricanes for at least another two years. The 24-year-old has signed until at least the end of the 2023 season. The 1.94m, 105kg speedster...