First Highlanders team of 2024 to include five new debutants
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe first official Highlanders team of 2024 is set to introduce no fewer than five debutants on Saturday night in Dunedin. Head Coach Clarke Dermody expresses confidence in the team selected for...
Highlanders welcome back de Groot for Final Pre-Season game
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Highlanders have included All Black, Ethan de Groot, for this week’s pre-season clash set to take place in Methven. This Friday’s match will see the Highlanders take on the Crusaders, who...
Harmon to lead the Highlanders in 2024
9 months ago by Ultimate RugbyHighlanders Head Coach, Clarke Dermody, has today announced Billy Harmon as the 2024 Highlanders team Captain. Dermody was complimentary of Billy’s composure and skillset, “Billy leads...
New faces join the Highlanders squad for 2024
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Highlanders will usher into the fold a swag of new players for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific competition. Some have already made brief appearances last season such as halfback Nathan Hastie, loose...
Team Announcement: Crusaders Vs Highlanders
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Crusaders have named the squad that will take on the Highlanders at Super Rugby Pacific’s Super Round in Melbourne. The team run out onto AAMI Park on Friday 3 March at 6:00pm AEDT (8:00pm NZDT). Sam...
Super Rugby Countdown - Most tries in a match over the past 5 years by New Zealand Players
1 year 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...
Highlanders Announce 2023 Squad
2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby2023 brings the arrival of a new Super Rugby Pacific season and a new captain for the Highlanders. Experienced loose forward, Billy Harmon, will take the reins of the team for 2023, fresh from skippering...
History: Maori All Blacks and Ireland
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe history of the Māori All Blacks versus Ireland or Irish teams is short yet significant. In 1888-89, some twenty-two years before the official formation of a New Zealand Māori side...
Highlanders sign Lowe and Holland
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyDays after being appointed as Highlander’s Head Coach, Clarke Dermody is already adding to his 2023 squad. Announcing today a mix of youth and experience with the inclusion of Chiefs...
Cullen Grace and Tom Christie lead the Crusaders' charge into the Super Rugby Final
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Crusaders secure a place in the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific Final defeating the Chiefs 20-7 in the semi-final at Orangetheory Stadium on Friday. The match marked Scott Robertson's...
