Champions Cup: The English Fixtures
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAs far as the English contingent is concerned, Quins find themselves in pole position in Pool B, followed in third by Leicester. In Pool A, they are represented at the top by Sale in third spot. In Round...
Premiership Rugby Weekend Team News
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe team news and lineups ahead of the weekend's Premiership action which includes a rematch of last season's final. Bristol Bears v Sale Sharks: Bristol: Three changes...
Champions Cup Team of the Week - Round 1
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyJust four home sides picked up wins in the opening round of the Champions Cup. There were 498 points scored in the opening round that dished up many talking points. Scarlets had to forfeit...
Chiefs tackle the Tigers
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyLast year’s finalists, Exeter Chiefs, will open their account at Welford Road where Leicester Tigers lie in wait. The 2020-21 campaign was a tumultuous one for the Tigers who experienced...
Options for Gatland if AWJ misses series
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWarren Gatland may lose a vital player before the tour even starts after Alun Wyn Jones is helped off the field with what initially looked like a wrist injury but is suspected to be a shoulder dislocation....
Jack Nowell starts over Hogg for Exeter's semi-final against Sale Sharks
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFor a sixth successive season, Exeter will line-up for a last-four showdown, knowing they are just one step away from running out at Twickenham in the end of the season showpiece. Exeter Chiefs...
The Stats-Based Champions Cup Team of the Season
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEPCR have released the Champions Cup Player and Team of the Season based on stats provided by Stats Perform. Antoine Dupont has been named the Champions Cup player of the...
Two Lions in Exeter Chiefs' pack, Hill out with a 'niggle'
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyRob Baxter has called on his Exeter Chiefs side to maintain their push for the Premiership play-offs with another big performance against visiting Worcester Warriors on Saturday. “We...
Eight Scotsman make the Lions squad
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWarren Gatland has named more Scottish players in his 2021 British and Irish Lions touring squad than his last two squads combined. Ahead of the tour to Australia in 2013, just four players...
The Omitted British & Irish Lions XV
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWarren Gatland has made a number of surprising calls for his squad to tour South Africa. The one unsurprising call was Alun Wyn Jones being named captain of the touring side. The 2021...
