Super Rugby Countdown Day 3: Biggest Hits of the 2022 Season
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe most thrilling and entertaining parts about last season's Super Rugby had to be the collisions, scintillating tries and the hard steps that left us gasping. Relive some of the hardest tackles...
Western Force name former Melbourne Rebels skipper Michael Wells as captain for 2023
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWestern Force backrower Michael Wells has been named captain for the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season. Wells joined the club at the start of the year from the Rebels, who they will play in Saturday's...
Super Rugby Countdown Day 4: Most Super Rugby wins by country
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThere are four days until the 2023 Super Rugby season begins. The tournament will follow a similar schedule to the 2022 season, with 91 matches played in a round-robin, followed by finals in a...
Team Announcement: Bulls vs Stormers
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyBulls have announced a strong matchday 23 that will do battle against the DHL Stormers in round 14 of the 2022/23 Vodacom United Rugby Championship, in Pretoria. The herd sees minimal changes in...
Super Rugby Countdown - Most tries in a match over the past 5 years by New Zealand Players
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbySean Wainui Chiefs winger Sean Wainui had made history, producing the first five-try haul in a Super Rugby match. Through 25 years of the ever-changing Super Rugby landscape, nobody had dotted...
Blade Thomson to retire from rugby
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyBlade Thomson has announced he is to retire from rugby. The 32-year-old back-rower is to hang up his boots following a head injury. Signed from the Wellington-based Hurricanes in 2018,...
Super Rugby Countdown Day 8: Teams who've won the most matches
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWe take a look at the teams who've won the most matches in Super Rugby. Crusaders (276 wins) Unsurprisingly, the Crusaders have won the most matches in Super Rugby, having also...
Super Rugby Countdown - 2022 Super Rugby Most Prolific Runners
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWith Super Rugby just 9 days away we take a look back at last year and the top defenders beaten over the tournament Timoci Tavatavanawai (Moana Pasifika) Timoci Tavatavanawai is known for...
Meet Steff Evans: Welsh Rugby’s Record-Breaking Answer to Harry Kane
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyHe’s been dubbed Welsh rugby’s answer to Harry Kane and Steff Evans is certainly one prolific finisher. The Scarlets winger is now his country’s all-time top try scorer in the...
Law Innovations to Speed Up Super Rugby Pacific
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyTime restrictions on goal kicks, set pieces and, rucks and a streamlined TMO process are among a raft of fan-centric law innovations set to make Super Rugby Pacific rugby faster and more fluid than ever...
