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Japan Rugby League One 2023-24 Semi-finals Preview

1 week ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Saitama Panasonic Wild Knights will meet Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo in the final of the third edition of Japan Rugby League on Sunday at the National Stadium in Tokyo.The teams, who finished first and...

Sean Maitland to retire from rugby

2 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

SARACENS CAN TODAY REVEAL THAT SEAN MAITLAND WILL RETIRE FROM RUGBY AT THE END OF THE SEASON. The winger, who has been at the forefront of the game for well over a decade will hang up his boots after...

URC Round 17 Preview

2 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby v Munster Rugby. Friday 7.35pm   The first of two sell-outs in the BKT URC this weekend, with a capacity crowd of 7,774 set to watch this meeting between two in-form teams at Hive...

A story of "Real Champs" vs "People's Champs" Part 2: A Cold War

2 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

If you have not read part one this story, stop right now, and go find it. If you were with this us last time, then you will have gotten to know of the rise of the “People’s Champs”. The...

Baby Blacks win the U20 Rugby Championship

2 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

The New Zealand Baby Blacks are the inaugural Rugby Championship U20 champions after beating Australia’s Junior Wallabies 36-25 at Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Stadium on...

URC round 16 Preview

3 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

Dragons RFC v DHL Stormers, Friday 7.35pm   It’s the final game of the season at Rodney Parade and there’s likely to be an added buzz about the place on the back of the Dragons’...

Junior Springboks shuffle team for Argentina clash

3 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

Zachary Porthen resumes the captaincy of a reshuffled Junior Springboks starting line-up for Sunday’s final Under-20 Rugby Championship match against Argentina at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Bokarina...

World Rugby Women's Rankings preview: 11-12 May

3 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

The men’s and women’s World Rugby Rankings are calculated using a points exchange system, in which sides take points off each other based on the match result. Whatever one side gains, the other...

Two more England Internationals primed for Barbarian F.C. appearances

3 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

Barbarian F.C. are delighted to confirm the inclusion of two more England internationals for the KillikCup clash against Fiji this summer, with Jonny May and David Ribbans lined up to represent theinvitational...

Jonathan Davies to say farewell to Scarlets at the end of the season

3 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

One of the Scarlets’ greats, Jonathan Davies, will say farewell to the club at the end of the season.   After 16 seasons spanning two spells at the club, the man known as ‘Foxy’...