Du’Plessis Kirifi rugby player
Du’Plessis Kirifi rugby player

Du’Plessis Kirifi

3rd Mar 1997 1.80m/101kg Openside Flanker

Super Rugby Pacific 2024 Round One Teams

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Super Rugby Pacific is set to get underway this weekend as the 12 teams battle for the title. The defending champions Crusaders will kick off the action against the Chiefs on Friday February 23, followed...

Team News: Hurricanes vs Crusaders

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Hurricanes Head Coach Jason Holland has named his side for Saturday’s final round-robin clash of the 2023 DHL Super Rugby Pacific competition against the Crusaders at Sky Stadium.  The match...

Execution is key for Hurricanes in round four

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Execution in crucial plays will be the goal for the Hurricanes to get back on a winning run when hosting the Waratahs in Wellington in Super Rugby Pacific action on Friday.   The Hurricanes lost...

Hurricanes 2022 Super Rugby Pacific squad announced

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Hurricanes Head Coach Jason Holland has announced his squad ahead of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific competition.   11 players are in line to make their Hurricanes debut when the competition kicks...

Hurricanes 43-6 Western Force: Record win as New Zealand dominance continues

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Teams from New Zealand continue to dominate Super Rugby Trans-Tasman after the Hurricanes thrashed Western Force.     The Hurricanes earned a third consecutive bonus-point victory as they...

Three All Blacks return home from Australia

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Three players have been released by the All Blacks to return home from Australia and leave the Tri Nations tournament early, the All Blacks have confirmed.   Prop Ofa Tuungafasi, who was suspended...

All Blacks Name Travelling Squad for Australia

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The All Blacks squad which will travel to Australia for the Tri-Nations tournament, has been named, with two new players called into the squad as cover.       Otago prop George Bower...

WATCH: 20-year-old hooker Tyrone Thomson scores a 50-metre blinder for Wellington

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wellington looked to have unearthed another promising prospect at hooker who could rival Asafo Aumua in years to come.   20-year-old hooker Tyrone Thomson made his first Mitre 10 Cup start...

Super Rugby Aotearoa Team Of The Tournament

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The first competition to hit our screens since the global pandemic cancelled games worldwide, Super Rugby Aotearoa was full value as the Kiwis entertained from the first game to the last!   The...

Super Rugby Aotearoa Team Of The Week Round Nine

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

  The Crusaders wrapped up the Super Rugby Aotearoa title on Sunday with a 32-22 victory over the Highlanders in Christchurch while the Chiefs finished their campaign without a victory...