Ashley Johnson returns to Wasps in new coaching capacity
2 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer Springbok forward Ashley Johnson has returned to his old Premiership club, Wasps, to take up a temporary coaching role with the forwards at the Senior Academy after Richard Beck’s decision...
Premiership Rugby Ins and Outs
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyWhen the Premiership returns on the 14th of August, it will be 159 days after the last match was staged with Bristol Bears defeating Harlequins to mark their fifth Premiership win in a row, their...
Four Things You Didn't Know About: Leicester's New South African Kobus van Wyk
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyOn Monday, Leicester Tigers confirmed the signing of South African outside back Kobus van Wyk from the Hurricanes. The 28-year-old is currently playing for the Hurricanes in New Zealand’s...
Biggest moves and transfer rumours of the week
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAnother busy week in the player market this week with the major announcement of Beauden Barrett's move to Japan next year. We recap some of the biggest moves of the week as well as some of...
Top Stories of the Week
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyBeauden Barrett joins an illustrious group of players to join Suntory Sungoliath Beauden Barrett's move to Japanese side Suntory Sungoliath sees the All Black playmaker join an...
Wasps legend Ashley Johnson lands a player-coach role in England's third division
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyFormer Springbok and Wasps forward Ashley Johnson has signed on to become a player-coach at Birmingham Moseley, the club confirmed on Thursday. The South African left Wasps in June after...
Weekly Round Up
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyJefferson Poirot Quits Test Rugby At The Age Of 27: The France prop has retired from duty with Les Bleus and stressed his decision was "not a whim" but had been carefully considered....
Ashley Johnson to leave Wasps
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe powerful, ball-carrying Ashley Johnson has announced that his time at Wasps has come to an end. Johnson joined up with Wasps in 2012, making the trip over to the UK from his native South Africa...
Wasps Veteran Linked With A Return To South Africa
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyNew Bulls director of rugby and former Springbok head coach Jake White is reportedly interested in Wasps utility forward and former Cheetahs man Ashley Johnson to Pretoria. According to the Rapport newspaper,...
Challenge Cup Round 5 Match Reports
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyTerrific Toulon ease past Scarlets into quarter-finals RC Toulon came from behind to beat Scarlets – and progress from Pool 2 to the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup. The...