2023 EPCR Player of the Year award – nominees announced
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFollowing another series of impressive performances during the Champions Cup pool stage, the current EPCR Player of the Year, Leinster Rugby’s Josh van der Flier, is again a contender for one of...
Mapimpi banned for two weeks for eye-gouging
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbySharks wing Makazole Mapimpi has been suspended for two weeks for "making contact with the eye or eye area" of Union Bordeaux-Begles scrumhalf, Maxime Lucu, during their 32-3 victory at Kings...
Match Preview: Quins hope to put Racing positives into practice
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyHarlequins know they have work to do in Round 4 of the Heineken Champions Cup against Cell C Sharks at Twickenham Stoop on Saturday if they are to qualify for the knockout stages. Quins...
Sharks announce touring squad for Harlequins
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Cell C Sharks Director of Rugby Neil Powell has named a 28-man touring squad, who will travel tonight to London for their Heineken Champions Cup return leg pool match against Harlequins at The Stoop...
Sharks ready themselves for vengeful Bordeaux
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Cell C Sharks Director of Rugby Neil Powell has picked a powerful side to take on Union Bordeaux Bègles in Saturday’s return leg Heineken Champions Cup clash at Hollywoodbets Kings Park.With...
United Rugby Championship Team Announcements Round 10
3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby#SHAvLIO Cell C Sharks Thomas du Toit shifts over to the loosehead side Reinhard Nothnagel returns to Emirates Lions starting XV #STOvBUL BJ Dixon makes his first start of the season at...
Sharks seek two from two against Bordeaux
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbySharks look to make it two wins from two in the Heineken Champions Cup as they travel to Union Bordeaux-Bègles on Friday night. The South African side beat Harlequins 39-31 last weekend...
Sharks Team News: Am returns for Bordeaux clash
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Cell C Sharks team to meet Bordeaux Bègles for Friday evening’s Heineken Champions Cup clash at Stade Chaban-Delmas shows minimal changes to the side that defeated Harlequins at Hollywoodbets...
Sharks hunt second Champions Cup victory in chilly Bordeaux
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAfter a tense victory over Harlequins in Durban last weekend, the Sharks are off to a much colder France where a wounded Bordeaux lie in wait at Stade Chaban-Delmas. Neil Powell’s charges...
South African clubs help Champions Cup kick off in style
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe 2022/23 Champions Cup began in superb fashion this weekend as the three debuting South African clubs immediately made their mark in Round 1. Vodacom Bulls and Lyon produced arguably...
