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Demba Bamba signs with Racing 92

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

  France prop, Demba Bamba will join Racing 92 from Lyon next season. The Paris-based Top 14 club announced on Wednesday that Bamba will be joining his French teammates Ibrahim Diallo,...

Scotland name team for final match before the upcoming Rugby World Cup

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jamie Ritchie will lead Scotland in their final match before the upcoming Rugby World Cup, as head coach Gregor Townsend today named his squad for The Famous Grouse Nations Series fixture against...

All Blacks team named to play South Africa

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

All Blacks selectors Ian Foster, Jason Ryan and Joe Schmidt have named the team to play South Africa at Twickenham on Friday.   A match day 23, with over 1000 Tests of international experience,...

Duhan van der Merwe backs Scotland to let ‘X factor’ shine at Rugby World Cup

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Duhan van der Merwe admits he could never have envisaged a rise to prominence that means he is going to his first Rugby World Cup as a talismanic figure within a Scotland backline loaded with “X...

‘Instrumental’ Dan Sheehan would be ‘big loss’ for Ireland – Mike Catt

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Assistant coach Mike Catt admits injured hooker Dan Sheehan is “instrumental” in Ireland’s style of play and would be a “big loss” for the Rugby World Cup.   Sheehan...

Owen Farrell to miss key World Cup fixtures after being hit with suspension

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Owen Farrell will miss the start of the World Cup after the England captain was banned for four matches by an appeal committee for his dangerous tackle against Wales.   Farrell will be unavailable...

Stadiums for Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 revealed

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The eight host venues for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup have been announced. England will be playing on home soil at the tournament after finishing as runners-up in the last event in 2022. Among the...

Jaco Peyper to referee world cup opener

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

South Africa’s Jaco Peyper will referee the Rugby World Cup 2023 opening match between hosts France and New Zealand at Stade de France on Friday, 8 September. With excitement building, World Rugby...

Italy name Rugby World Cup squad which feature Riccioni and Varney

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Prop Marco Riccioni and scrumhalf Stephen Varney have both been included in Italy's 33-man squad for next month's World Cup, despite suffering injuries against Ireland in their recent warm-up game. Coach...

Allister Coetzee names Namibia squad for Rugby World Cup 2023

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Former Springbok coach Allister Coetzee has named former Wallaby flank Richard Hardwick in the Namibia squad for this year’s Rugby World Cup. Melbourne Rebels forward Hardwick was born in Windhoek,...