Super Rugby Pacific 2025: All the team news for Round Eight
8 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Super Rugby Pacific teams are in for Round Eight, with several big-name stars returning for the ten clubs in action. The weekend starts with a top-of-the-table clash between the Chiefs and Queensland...
Blues to battle Crusaders at Eden Park
8 months ago by Ultimate RugbyBuoyed by an outstanding showing in an excruciating one-point loss to the Chiefs, the Blues return home to host perennial foes, the Crusaders at Eden Park on Saturday. While the Blues lie in ninth place...
2025 Super Rugby Pacific Round 5 Teams
8 months ago by Ultimate RugbyKids Round is here for Super Rugby Pacific as the teams confirm their line-ups for the weekend. It starts in Dunedin, with the Highlanders hosting the Fijian Drua, followed by the ACT Brumbies taking...
Jorja Miller wins Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Olympic Gold medal winning Black Ferns Sevens have swept the ASB Rugby Awards in 2024, claiming adidas New Zealand Team of the Year, Cory Sweeney the ASB New Zealand Coach of the Year and Jorja Miller...
Beauden Barrett back for the Blues
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyAn eclectic mix of young blood and hardened experience form the 38-player Blues squad looking to go back-to-back in DHL Super Rugby Pacific 2025. Seven players land a full Blues contract for the first...
NPC Round 6 wrap up: Tasman make first ‘log o wood’ defence
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyTasman had a Sunday to remember in the NPC, Week 6 when defending the Ranfurly Shield for the first time to be the only unbeaten team, but still two points behind Wellington who have played an extra game. Wellington...
NPC Round 3 review
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyTussle. Tension, Tenacity this weekend's games produced it all. Developing combinations and understanding were evident among several sides as high scores were featured in the third weekend of the Bunnings...
Taranaki stumble on wet weekend; NPC Round 2 Wrap up
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyDefending champions Taranaki suffered their first loss of the NPC season at the weekend when going down to Wellington 26-19 in Porirua. Bay of Plenty, who played twice in the week, Wellington, Tasman...
New Zealand Under 20s vie for podium finish at World Rugby Under 20 Championship
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe New Zealand Under 20s will play for third place at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, facing Ireland in their last match on Saturday morning (kick off 2.30am NZT). Head Coach Jobo Gibbes has made...
New Zealand name their U20 squad ahead of the U20 Championship
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyFresh from winning the inaugural The Rugby Championship (TRC) Under 20 tournament, the New Zealand squad for the upcoming World U20 Championships has been named.The team heads to South Africa next month,...
