Monday Evening Round Up
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyVeainu suffers a broken jaw Matt O’Connor has confirmed that Leicester Tigers full-back Telusa Veainu suffered a broken jaw in the team’s European Champions Cup game against Munster on Saturday. Veainu...
Springboks Rugby Championship Fixtures Confirmed
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Springboks’ Rugby Championship home fixtures for 2018 were confirmed on Monday with matches scheduled for Pretoria, Durban and Port Elizabeth in the 22nd edition of the Southern...
Ieremia takes over as Auckland rugby coach
8 years ago by Auckland RugbyFormer All Black Alama Ieremia has been appointed as Auckland rugby coach for the next three years. Ieremia, 47, will take over the role fulltime in January as he tries to improve the fortunes...
Carlin Isles inexplicably fails to score what would have been a great try
8 years ago by Rugby DumpThe HSBC Sevens World Series took place in Cape Town this weekend and delivered some memorable moments. Unfortunately one of those was an unforgiveable blooper, one of many in the last few days. We...
Australia crash out in Cape Town sevens
8 years ago by TheRoar.com.auAustralia have failed to qualify for the world rugby sevens series quarter-finals in South Africa after pool losses to the Unites States and New Zealand. After a first-up 36-12 victory over Spain, the...
2017 in Review: How the leading coaches fared this season
8 years ago by Rugby DumpAs 2017 begins to wind down, we take a look back on the contrasting years of the leading coaches in World Rugby. We analyse their results throughout the year and look ahead to the new season in 2018. STEVE...
10 stars who could switch allegiances for RWC2019
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbySince rugby sevens debuted at the Olympics last year, a clash in regulations between World Rugby and the International Olympic Committee created a loophole in the eligibility system. This loophole...
The Great Migration: The Moroccans drawn to France
8 years ago by Rugby WorldNorth Africans don’t always follow a conventional route into French rugby, as Moroccan international Nabil Jelti tells Alan Dymock as part of our Great Migration seriesMan of action: Nabil Jelti faces...
Ruan Ackermann - Premiership Rugby Player of the Month for November 2017
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyRuan Ackermann has been named Premiership Rugby Player of the Month for November 2017. Ackermann has made a huge impression at Kingsholm, helping his side into the top four of the Premiership...
World Rugby releases a new simplified law book
8 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWorld Rugby has released a new law book - which will come into effect on 1 January 2018 - which aims at making rugby's laws easier to understand for all. Approved at the November World Rugby...
