Maro Itoje rugby player
Maro Itoje rugby player

Maro Itoje

28th Oct 1994 1.98m/110kg No 4 Lock

Itoje and Mako Vunipola will stay at Saracens, believes England coach Mitchell

6 years ago by The Guardian

Sarries players urged to focus on international future‘I’m quite confident that they will make good decisions’Maro Itoje and Mako Vunipola have been urged to make “good decisions” for their international...

Owen Slot's Top 10 Players In The World

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Owen Slot, the popular UK scribe, has penned his top 10 players in the world at the moment. The list features 3 Englishmen, 3 All Blacks, 2 Springboks, 1 Fijian and 1 Frenchman.     Tom...

The Two Best Composite World Club XVs

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

This is some team!   OPTA released the top players in each position based on their unique index which highlighted the highest-rated players in top-level club rugby since the beginning of 2019. After releasing...

Update: The Highest Paid Rugby Players In The World

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The list of the highest-paid rugby players in the world has been updated.   The likes of Matt Giteau and Dan Carter are effectively free agents which has changed the current Top 15 highest...

Owen Farrell to defer majority of wages to help keep Saracens solvent

6 years ago by The Guardian

England captain set to defer £300,000 of his paySaracens say salaries will be repaid over 18-month periodThe England captain, Owen Farrell, is set to defer almost £300,000 in wages as part of drastic...

Saracens confirm furloughing

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Saracens will be participating in the government furloughing scheme, the club confirmed on Thursday.   The club has asked players and all employees earning over £75,000 to defer payment...

Prediction: Who Will Be In Eddie Jones' 40% for the 2023 Rugby World Cup

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

England head coach Eddie Jones has predicted that just 40% of his 2019 Rugby World Cup squad will make to the showpiece in 2023 in France.   This is despite the fact that the England XV that started...

England's Next Great Blindside and Their Answer To Pieter-Steph du Toit?

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The composition of England's back-row is hotly debated topic every time a squad is announced, more so since Eddie Jones has taken the reigns at HQ.   Jones has fired the debate since the start...

Lions Legend Sir Ian McGeechan Names His Lions XV

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Lions legend Sir Ian McGeechan has named his Lions XV that should face the Springboks in 2021 and doesn't believe Wales skipper Alun Wyn should make the starting XV, but feels he still has a huge...

The Favourite To Lead The British and Irish Lions In 2021

6 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Bookmakers have revealed their favourite to captain the Lions 2021 on their tour to South Africa.     Alun-Wyn Jones is a traditional favourite of Warren Gatland having handed Jones the...