A team-by-team half-term report on the URC
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyWe are now midway through the BKT URC campaign, with all 16 teams having played the first nine of their 18 regular season matches. So as the league returns this weekend with Round 10, how have the sides...
On this day in 2006: Mike Ruddock resigns as Wales head coach
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyMike Ruddock resigned as Wales head coach on this day in 2006. The then 46-year-old stepped down just 11 months after he led his country to their first Six Nations Grand Slam triumph in 27 years, leaving...
Joe McCarthy takes influence from NFL but committed to Ireland
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyNew Ireland star Joe McCarthy has been taking inspiration from American football but has no plans to follow former Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit in chasing an NFL career. Leinster lock McCarthy has been...
Rebels’ survival hopes fading as CEO and staff lose jobs, coaches given four-month contracts
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Melbourne Rebels’ hopes of surviving beyond this season are swiftly fading after 10 administrative staff, including chief executive Baden Stephenson, were made redundant, with the remaining staff...
Super Rugby Pacific 2024 Season Officially Launched
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season was officially launched in Auckland earlier today as the 12 team captains came together for the first time in the history of the revamped competition. The...
Match official appointments for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations and Pacific Four Series 2024
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyWith a packed calendar of fixtures ahead, World Rugby has today announced the team of Emirates match officials selected for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations starting in March and the World Rugby...
Cron locked in until 2026 after penning two-year extension with Force
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Western Force are delighted to announce that head coach Simon Cron has signed a two-year contract extension with the Club, keeping him in the west until 2026. The extension underlines the Club’s...
Rebels’ fate to be decided within weeks
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe future of the Melbourne Rebels beyond the 2024 season will be known by early March after documents filed to the corporate regulator revealed the embattled Super Rugby franchise had only $17,300 in...
Super Rugby Pacific Introduces Law Innovation
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbySuper Rugby Pacific Tweaks Offside Law To Encourage Counterattack Super Rugby Pacific will be encouraging teams to run the ball back after receiving kicks during the 2024 season...
Cameron Winnett and Alex Mann relishing international chance after Wales debuts
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyCameron Winnett and Alex Mann were junior school pupils when Wales last beat England in a Six Nations game at Twickenham. But 12 years on from that Triple Crown-clinching victory, both Cardiff prospects...
