2023 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals set for Dublin’s Aviva Stadium
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEuropean Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has announced that Dublin’s Aviva Stadium will host the 2023 Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup Finals. The two showpiece matches, representing...
Nic White re-commits through to 2023
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyRugby Australia and Brumbies Rugby have announcde the re-signing of halfback Nic White until the end of 2023. The 31-year-old returned to Australian rugby in 2020 after...
Highlanders confirm All Black hooker's departure to France
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Highlanders have confirmed that All Blacks hooker Liam Coltman will leave the side at the end of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season, to join French Top 14 club Lyon. This will bring...
Star-studded line-up for EPCR European Player of the Year shortlist
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAs the countdown begins in earnest to the showpiece Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille, in-form candidates from Leinster Rugby and Stade Rochelais are not surprisingly dominating the prestigious...
Leinster ‘desperate’ for fifth title after 2019 defeat
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyLeinster Rugby captain Johnny Sexton has asserted that the Irish province are “desperate” for a fifth a European title as they gear up to face Stade Rochelais in this season’s Heineken...
The latest player movement and rumours
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWe recap some of the top stories, rumours and recently confirmed moves. Gatland on the shortlist for USA job According to a report by the Daily...
Warren Gatland linked with United States coaching role
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyLast week, World Rugby confirmed the United States as the hosts for the 2031 Rugby World Cup and plans to prepare the national side for the competition have begun. One of the big plans to prepare...
Leinster stars to rest, cloud over Furlong's fitness
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIn the wake of Leinster’s dominant victory over Toulouse in Dublin on Saturday, Head Coach Leo Cullen is set to rest some of his top names this weekend in the URC as they face arch rivals, Munster. Leinster...
Racing 92 13-20 La Rochelle: Last year's runners-up to face Leinster in Champions Cup final
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIt is La Rochelle who will fly the flag for France in the European Champions Cup final after beating their Top 14 rivals in Lens. La Rochelle will face Leinster in the European Champions Cup final...
Henry Arundell likened to Christian Cullen by former England international
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyBreakout London Irish star Henry Arundell has been tipped to feature for England at the Rugby World Cup in France next year. Speculation is rife at the moment as to which country Arundell...
