Japan rugby bosses focusing on being global ahead of new professional league
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyJapan’s new-look professional rugby competition will launch next month with bold ambitions to win not only a domestic but a global audience, to attract the world’s best players and to expand...
Champions & Challenge Cup Disciplinary hearings - Round 1
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyHere follows a list of disciplinary hearings from Round 1 of the Champions & Challenge Cups. Red card – Brad Shields (Wasps)The Wasps second row, Brad Shields (No 4), was issued with a red card...
Springbok stars lead SA Rugby Awards nominations for 2021
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFive star Springboks – Lukhanyo Am, Damian de Allende, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi and Makazole Mapimpi – are up against each other for the coveted SA Rugby Player of the Year award for 2021...
World Rugby unveil the Men’s 15s Dream Team of the Year
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyPlayers from eight nations have been selected in the Dream Team by the World Rugby Awards Panel with all four of the Men’s 15s Player of the Year nominees included. The players selected...
Official: Handre Pollard signs for Leicester Tigers
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyLeicester Tigers have confirmed the signing of Rugby World Cup-winning fly-half Handré Pollard to the club ahead of the 2022/23 season. The South Africa international will...
Simon Middleton creates history by winning World Rugby Coach of the Year Award
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbySimon Middleton creates history as the first coach of a women’s team to win the prestigious award. Middleton guided the Red Roses through a second successive calendar year unbeaten and 18...
Six All Blacks, Four England Players & No Ireland Players In Rugby World's 20 Best Players
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbySix All Blacks have been included in Rugby World magazine's top 20 list of 100 best players of 2021, with France's Antoine Dupont topping the list. The biennial countdown by the Magazine...
U20 Six Nations Fixtures Confirmed
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe 2022 Under-20 Six Nations Championship will be played between 4th February and 20th March 2022. It will follow the same weekends as the Senior Men’s Championship. Matches will...
Tomas Lavanini cops a five-week ban for record breaking red card
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyArgentina second-row Tomas Lavanini has been suspended for five weeks following his red card against Ireland. Lavanini became the first player to ever be sent off five times at test level when...
A World XV of players who COULD transfer to another test team in 2022
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIn a groundbreaking move, the World Rugby Council approved an amendment to the sport’s national team representation laws. This amendment will now permit an international player to transfer...
