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Report: McKenzie signs deal with Japanese club

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

All Blacks and Chiefs' playmaker Damian McKenzie will skip Super Rugby next year after signing a lucrative deal to replace Beauden Barrett at Japanese club Suntory, according to a report by the New Zealand...

WATCH: Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart react to NZ Women's Haka

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart are two performers who don't ususally cross paths with rugby. However, they had a look at the New Zealand Women's 7s team performing the Haka and had the following to say:   I’m...

Foster calls on All Blacks to 'match fire with fire' in Bledisloe Cup battle

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

New Zealand have held the Bledisloe Cup since 2003 and head coach Ian Foster wants a whitewash on home soil this weekend.     Ian Foster has called on New Zealand to fight "fire with fire"...

The Best Of: Ash Dixon 2021 Highlanders season

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

With Maori All Blacks, Highlanders & Hawke's Bay skipper Ash Dixon's announcement that he's headed to Japan at the end of the year, here's a look back at his 2021 Super Rugby season with the Highlanders.  

Koroibete returns in one of four changes for the Wallabies

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Dave Rennie has made four changes to the Wallabies side for the second Bledisloe Test.   Winger Marika Koroibete returns to the starting XV with Nic White added to the bench. Koroibete replaces...

Ash Dixon heading to Japan

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Highlanders co-captain and veteran hooker Ash Dixon is heading to Japan on a two-year deal to play in the new Japanese League One competition which begins in January 2022.   Dixon (32) brought up...