Spain U20 beat Fiji U20 in thriller
4 months ago by Ultimate RugbyLast year’s U20 Trophy winners Spain scored in sudden-death extra-time to break Fijian hearts and guarantee their place in the 2025 U20 Championship in a dramatic opener to the final day of the tournament. With...
New Zealand Under 20s vie for podium finish at World Rugby Under 20 Championship
4 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe New Zealand Under 20s will play for third place at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, facing Ireland in their last match on Saturday morning (kick off 2.30am NZT). Head Coach Jobo Gibbes has made...
Fixtures confirmed for second edition of WXV
4 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWorld Rugby has today unveiled the pools and action-packed match schedule for WXV, the highly anticipated return of the women’s 15s competition which promises thrilling encounters across all three...
World Rugby Men's Rankings preview
4 months ago by Ultimate RugbyWorld Rugby has published the ranking permutations for the July internationals this weekend. Permutation highlights: Ireland can only return to top spot if they beat South Africa by more than 15 points...
World Rugby U20 Championship: Pool A Standings
4 months ago by Ultimate RugbyAhead of the final round of pool matches, we take a look at what each nation needs to do to make it out of their respective pools, and maintain their hopes of winning the World Rugby U20 Championship 2024...
China and South Africa qualify for Paris 2024 Olympic rugby sevens
4 months ago by Ultimate RugbyChina women and South Africa men secured the twelfth and final places in the Olympic Games Paris 2024 rugby sevens competitions with victory at the World Rugby Sevens Repechage in Monaco China women...
Wales name U20 World Championship squad
5 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe team will be captained by the returning Dragons RFC back row Ryan Woodman who missed the Six Nations championship through injury and includes just two uncapped players, brothers Ioan and Steffan Emanuel. Wales...
New Zealand name their U20 squad ahead of the U20 Championship
5 months ago by Ultimate RugbyFresh from winning the inaugural The Rugby Championship (TRC) Under 20 tournament, the New Zealand squad for the upcoming World U20 Championships has been named.The team heads to South Africa next month,...
China women and Uruguay men win World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyFour men's and women's teams qualify for the highly anticipated HSBC SVNS 2024 Grand Final and Play Off in Madrid on 31 May - 2 June China women and Uruguay men crowned World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger...
World Rugby Women's Rankings preview: 11-12 May
6 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe 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...
