Dwayne Peel: EPCR Challenge Cup has given us fresh start
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyScarlets head coach Dwayne Peel hailed the EPCR Challenge Cup for giving his side “a fresh start” after they had lost four games in a row in the United Rugby Championship. Back-to-back...
Wales New Boy Costelow Shines Brightly For Scarlets
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyIt’s been a momentous few weeks in the rugby life of young Sam Costelow. His fine early season form in the BKT United Rugby Championship saw the Scarlets fly-half named in Wales’ squad...
Challenge Cup back with a bang
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe EPCR Challenge Cup returned this weekend and Emirates Lions’ pulsating 31-31 draw with Dragons RFC was one of a series of enthralling Round 1 clashes. There were four tries apiece...
Positive start for SA’s sides in European debut
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe five South African teams that made their debuts in the Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup on Saturday got a pass mark on the opening weekend of the two European competitions, with the Cell...
Cheetahs edge tight EPCR Challenge Cup debut
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyCheetahs showed composure and maturity under pressure to edge out Section Paloise 21-16 in their first ever EPCR Challenge Cup match at the Stade du Hameau on Saturday. The match started...
South African teams break new ground in Europe
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyFive South African franchises will enter new rugby territory on Saturday when the take the field in the opening round of the Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup competitions in a watershed moment...
Cheetahs touring squad for Rounds 1&2 of EPCR Challenge Cup
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Cheetahs will make their EPCR Challenge Cup debut this season and announced their squad for the Rounds 1 & 2 matches played in December 2022. The squad is travelling from Bloemfontein...
Sam Wainwright joins Scarlets
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyScarlets have signed Wales international prop Sam Wainwright from Saracens for the remainder of the 2022-23 season. The 24-year-old tight-head, currently part of Wales’s Autumn Nations squad,...
Jacques du Toit Back Facing South African Opposition Sooner Than He Thought
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyWhen Jacques du Toit left the Cheetahs to join Bath last year, little could he have known he would be back facing South African opposition so soon. But that’s the way it’s worked out following...