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Ulster Rugby to thank departing players at Quarter-Final

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

With a combined total of nearly 500 caps for the province, Ulster Rugby will recognise the 10 Senior Men’s players confirmed as leaving at the conclusion of the current season. This...

Springbok Duo Charge Sharks To Shock Leinster

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

They are the dynamic and history-making duo that ignited the 2019 World Cup final and combined to score the first ever Springboks try in a World Cup final. For the Cell C Sharks to have any chance of short-circuiting...

Leo Cullen issues Leinster injury report ahead of Champions Cup semi

11 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster Head Coach Leo Cullen has issued an injury update ahead of Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup Semi-Final against Toulouse in Aviva Stadium. (KO: 3pm – live on RTÉ2 and BT Sport...

Preview: Bulls vs Leinster

11 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Bulls stopped the rot in spectacular fashion last week as they hammered Zebre to claim their first win in five games in the United Rugby Championship. They scored 78 points in that encounter but this...

Ed Byrne captains Leinster against Vodacom Bulls

11 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Leinster Rugby team, proudly sponsored by Bank of Ireland, to take on Vodacom Bulls in Round 18 of the BKT United Rugby Championship on Saturday afternoon, has been named (KO: 3pm Irish time –...

What’s At Stake In Round 18 Of The BKT URC?

11 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

DHL Stormers v Benetton (5.30pm, Friday)Having been in second spot for so long this season, the DHL Stormers relinquished that all-important position with last weekend’s 26-24 defeat at home to Munster....

Bulls unchanged for Leinster

11 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Bulls have named an unchanged matchday 23 that will do duty against table-topping Irish side, Leinster in the ultimate round of the 2022/23 Vodacom United Rugby Championship at Loftus Versfeld...

Navidi retires following glittering career

11 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Josh Navidi will retire from rugby with immediate effect after failing to successfully recover from a serious neck injury. The 32-year-old flanker has not played since picking up the injury during the...

Massive weekend for SA teams in final URC pool round

11 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

A massive final round of United Rugby Championship pool matches awaits the South African teams this weekend, as the competition builds up to the playoffs early next month where the top teams will be chasing...

URC Coaching IQ Keeps Growing as Matfield Backs Nienabar to Make Leinster 'Even More Powerful'

11 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

South African legend Victor Matfield believes the recruitment of Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber will make Leinster even more powerful.   And former Ireland star Gordon D’Arcy feels...