Top League Highlights: Honda Heat Vs NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyTries from Makazole Mapimpi, Lourens Erasmus and TJ Perenara saw the Red Hurricanes advance to the next playoff game in the Top League knock outs. Honda Heat started the game brightly with a penalty from...
Bryan Habana picks his Springbok team to face the British and Irish Lions
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbySpringbok legend Bryan Habana has picked his Springbok XV to face the British and Irish Lions. The World Cup winner in 2007 was asked by World Rugby's 'The Wrap' to select his XV to...
Barbarians return to Twickenham to face Samoa in Killik Cup
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyBarbarian F.C. will face Samoa this autumn as the two sides meet at Twickenham for the Killik Cup on Saturday 27 November. It will be just the second time the teams have met, the first...
TJ Perenara scores 80-metre match winning try in the Top League
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyAll Black scrumhalf TJ Perenara has been in excellent form for his Top League side Red Hurricanes so far this season scoring 4 tries in the opening three games. His most recent try secured a hattrick...
Wild Knights and Suntory top the conferences after Round 3
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyA full round of games today saw the completion of the third round in the 2021 Japanese Top League. Yamaha, Toshiba, Suntory, Kobe and Panasonic all recorded big wins. Suntory, Kubota &...
Former All Blacks take centre stage in round two of the Top League
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbySuntory Sungoliath and Panasonic Wild Knights led the two conferences in the Top League after two rounds of action. Sungoliath claimed a comfortable 14-31 victory over Honda in round two while...
'I felt arms hitting me but I knew I wasn’t held' - Cheslin Kolbe on his RWC Final Try
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyRugby World Cup-winning winger, Cheslin Kolbe has spoken about his match-winning try against England in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final. Kolbe spoke to Alex Payne and former England flanker...
Stars of the Japanese Top League
3 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Japanese Top League kicks off this coming weekend with eight fixtures in the opening round of action. Kubota Spears and Mitsubishi Dynaboars kick off the opening game at the same time that...
Erasmus breaks down in heart-wrenching interview about tragic Mapimpi story
4 years ago by rugbydump.comFormer Springboks head coach Rassie Errasums was reduced to tears while telling an emotional story about the tragic upbringing of South African winger Makazole Mapimpi.
The story of Makazole Mapimpi which brought Rassie Erasmus to tears
4 years ago by Ultimate RugbyThe final episode of Chasing the Sun aired over the weekend as is being touted the world over as a beautifully put together series conveying a special story of not just rugby, but humanity. The...
