Seven Things We Learned From The First Seven Rounds In The URC: 2/7
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyCrowds on the rise What about attendances? Well, the figures show they are up on the corresponding period last season. There’s also been a steady rise as the campaign has progressed, with the last...
Seven Things We Learned From The First Seven Rounds: 1/7
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyIt’s wide open! The hugely competitive nature of the BKT URC this season is illustrated by the fact there have been new league leaders after every round of matches, with five different sides occupying...
Champions Cup Team of the Week Round 2
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyRound two of the Champions Cup is complete with six games finishing with seven or less points splitting the sides. Away wins for Glasgow, Bath, Toulouse and Leicester in the competition with Toulouse the...
Leicester Tigers suffer Henderson blow
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe 23-year-old Scottish international will require surgery on the knee injury he suffered in the English side’s 35-26 home victory over DHL Stormers in Round 1 last weekend. Henderson has...
Van der Flier inspires Leinster win over Sale Sharks
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyEPCR Player of the Year 2022 Josh van der Flier inspired Leinster Rugby to a bonus-point 37-27 win over a much-changed Sale Sharks in Round 2 of the Investec Champions Cup. The flanker scored Leinster...
Libbok conversion gives Stormers famous win over Stade Rochelais
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe home side had not led at any point in the Pool 4 contest until the clock was in the red, with Libbok adding the extras to a late try from replacement Andre-Hugo Venter. Defeat means the...
Stormers vs La Rochelle: Top Performers
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyIt is said that the Champions Cup is the closest thing to test Rugby, which proved to be true in the heated pool 4 fixture between The Stormers and La Rochelle in Cape Town. In a match very much reminiscent...
WATCH: Mannie Libbok seals it with a kick
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbySpringbok and Stormers fly-half Mannie Libbok handed the Stormers the win in a nail biting encounter in their Champions Cup fixture vs La Rochelle in Cape Town. After trailing the whole game, The Stormers...
Stormers welcome back World Cup winners for Stade Rochelais tie
11 months ago by Ultimate RugbyFouche, who also missed last week’s narrow defeat at Leicester Tigers in England, knows the French side will be eager to put their home loss to Leinster Rugby in Round 1 behind them. “It’s...