Bledisloe Cup and The Rugby Championship Covid-19 update
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNew Zealand Rugby (NZR) is working with Rugby Australia (RA) and Sanzaar to evaluate the options around The Bledisloe Cup Series and The Rugby Championship following the New Zealand Government’s...
Elstadt aiming to make impact off the bench after World Cup disappointment
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbySpringbok utility forward Rynhardt Elstadt is happy to be back in the test fold after missing out on the Rugby World Cup squad. The Toulouse forward could win just his third test cap...
"I think it will be difficult for this group of players to excel on Saturday" - O'Gara
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer British and Irish Lions flyhalf Ronan O'Gara has expressed his concerns over Warren Gatland's combinations ahead of the first test against the Springboks on Saturday. Speaking on Off The...
Warren Gatland weighs in on Rassie Erasmus' waterboy antics, again
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyBritish and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has weighed in once again on the Springboks’ ploy of using Rassie Erasmus as a waterboy. The South Africa director of rugby has been running...
The Hunted Lion: Duhan van der Merwe
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyDuhan van der Merwe’s joy at his name being announced in the starting line-up for the British & Irish Lions’ first Test against the Springboks would have been tempered by the knowledge...
Nienaber discusses Reinach's omission
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe announcement of the Spring squad on Tuesday carried with it a couple of surprises, one of which was the omission of live-wire scrumhalf Cobus Reinach, who misses out while Faf de Klerk dons the number...
Curry unfazed by threat of Springbok physicality
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyTenacious British & Irish Lions flanker Tom Curry says he is not wasting any times on nervousness as their titanic clash with the Springboks looms. Curry is not unfamiliar with South...
Gatland confident of Lions' chances
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWarren Gatland’s British & Irish Lions match-day 23 squad was announced yesterday and left many with raised eyebrows at the evidently unpredictable team. Gatland later admitted...
AWJ tells us what it means to him to be back
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyLions skipper Alun Wyn Jones has taken some value out of the incident which nearly rendered him unavailable for the 2021 series in South Africa. Jones dislocated his shoulder just 7 minutes...
Gatland on leaked Lions team
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyLions boss Warren Gatland was blindsided yesterday evening when the British & Irish Lions team was supposedly leaked and reported in the press before being formally announced by the coach himself. The...
