Toulouse fullback to call time on career
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyToulouse fullback Yoann Huget has announced that he will retire from rugby at the conclusion of the 2020-21 season. Huget steps away with 250 French Top 14 caps under his belt, 141 of...
Another South African to beef up Exeter pack
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyAs a crisis at tighthead prop looms for Exeter, Rob Baxter set about finding a solution which has, according to The Rugby Paper, materialised in the form of Maks van Dyk, currently of Harlequins. Van...
Farai Mudariki leaves Worcester Warriors
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyZimbabwe international prop Farai Mudariki has left Warriors at the end of his contract. The 25-year-old tighthead arrived at Sixways in the summer of 2018 from French club Tarbes on the...
Pools confirmed for the 2020/21 Champions Cup Season
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyChampions Cup holders, Exeter Chiefs, will play against Toulouse and Glasgow Warriors in the pool stage of the 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup following the tournament Pool Draw which was held today (Wednesday...
The best of the weekend's TOP14 action: A Paris derby and two teams licking their wounds
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWith the action continuing in France this weekend with round 6 of the TOP14, we have picked out two of the best clashes to keep an eye on this weekend. Toulon v Castres: Round 6 opens...
Top 14: Round 5's results & stand-out players
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThere were some big results and battered bodies at the end of Round 5 in the Top 14 as the French rugby scene showed off its best. La Rochelle opened proceedings with a 62-3 thrashing of rivals...
New winners to be crowned in Europe this weekend
3 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThere will be new ribbons on both the Heineken Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup trophies this weekend as the 2019/20 season comes to a thrilling finale some 337 days after it had started. First-time...
Alivereti Raka banned for 5 weeks
3 months ago by Ultimate RugbyClermont winger Alivereti Raka has been banned for 5 weeks following his dangerous tackle on scrum-half Paul Abadie in the Top 14 Round 3 victory against Agen. Raka...
Takulua Hopes Final Will Be A Launchpad For Future Honours
3 months ago by Ultimate RugbyTongan and Toulon scrumhalf Tane Takulua hopes that Friday night’s European Rugby Challenge Cup final will be a launchpad for bigger honours next season. Toulon have won the Champions Cup...
Wales could face a severely understrength French side
3 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWales and France are set to face off in less than two weeks in what has been dubbed as a warm up test match ahead of the resumption of the Six Nations and the Autumn Nations Cup. However,...
