Super Rugby Pacific format confirmed
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbySuper Rugby Pacific will kick off a new era for the world’s most exciting professional rugby competition next February with a 15-week regular season and a refreshed finals format, New Zealand...
The Big Name Signings In The PROD2 This Season
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFrance's second division competition kicks off on Thursday with the two sides who were relegated from the Top 14, Bayonne and Agen, kicking the season off. While the PROD2 is not France's...
How Toulon could line up with Cheslin Kolbe
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyCheslin Kolbe is reportedly on his way to Toulon ahead of the 2021/22 season after a successful trophy-laden four-year stint at Toulouse. After securing a Top 14 and Champions Cup double with...
Rugby Championship: Four Players To Watch
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Rugby Championship returns this weekend with a pair of intriguing fixtures. The tournament is teed up nicely, here are four players to keep an eye on in the opening week. Beauden...
Stats & Facts: New Zealand v Australia
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA look at the head to head stats and facts for the second Bledisloe Cup test. NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA – EDEN PARK, AUCKLAND – KO 19:05 (08:05 BST) Head to head Played 171...
Explainer: The 50:22, Goal line drop-out & the other new law variations and how they work
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Rugby Championship officially kicks off this weekend right off the back of the British and Irish Lions series and with it comes the introduction of the new law variation for test rugby this year. The...
A look at the career of Aaron Smith as his 100th Test approaches
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbySaturday will see one of the biggest milestones in the career of arguably the best scrumhalf in the world, Aaron Smith. Smith is set to take the field for the one hundredth time in his country’s...
It's Bledisloe Cup Time
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWhile the All Blacks will envy the Wallabies’ build up to the opener of the grand spectacle which is the Bledisloe Cup, rest assured that the former’s head coach, Ian Foster, will have drummed...
Saints sign Fiji scrum-half Frank Lomani
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFijian international Frank Lomani will join Northampton Saints from Australian side Melbourne Rebels ahead of the 2021/22 season. The 25-year-old scrum-half is expected to land at Franklin’s...
Aaron Smith to play his 100th test against the Wallabies
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyIt will be a special night for halfback Aaron Smith, who will play his 100th Test, after making his Test debut against Ireland back in 2012.The starting front row is unchanged from the last Test outing...
