Top referees selected in new-look development programme
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyA new-look development referee programme has been introduced in 2024 and features more than 70 of the country's leading referees.The programme sees the traditional High Performance squad disbanded in favour...
Round 2 Review - Men's Rugby Europe Championship 24
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyGeorgia, Spain and Romania made it two wins from two in the Rugby Europe Championship for 2024 at the weekend while Portugal got their first win of the year. The second round of group phase fixtures began...
Match Preview: Georgia vs Netherlands
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe first round of the European Championship turned out to be quite different for these teams: while Georgia started with a confident victory, the Netherlands failed to cope with the Spanish team's onslaught...
Round 1 Review - Men's Rugby Europe Championship 24
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThere are exciting weekends of rugby and then there is the men’s Rugby Europe Championship weekend that has just gone. To say the 2024 campaign got going with a flourish would be an understatement...
Rugby Europe Championship Hot Stats - Round 1
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWe take a look back at some of the encounters from the weekend from a statistics point of view, provided by Oval Insights. What a way to open the 2024 Men’s Rugby Europe Championship season,...
Top U20 sides return to South Africa in June
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe 12 best Under-20 sides in the world will return to South Africa in June after World Rugby announced on Wednesday that the World Rugby U20 Championship will again be hosted in the Western Cape. The...
Shock result reflected in updated World Rugby Men’s Rankings
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyBelgium, some 18.20 points and 16 places below Portugal in the World Rugby Men’s Rankings powered by Capgemini, caused a huge shock on Saturday when they beat Os Lobos 10-6 in the opening round...
Rugby Europe Championship - Road to Paris
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyGeorgia, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Poland will fight for the crown, and fans will enjoy the best of European rugby for five weekends, finishing at Stade Jean Bouin in...
World Rugby Men's Rankings preview: 2-4 February, 2024
10 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWorld Rugby has published the ranking permutations for the opening rounds of the Guinness Men's Six Nations and the Rugby Europe Championship this weekend. Permutation highlights: Ireland will close...