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Stars of rugby sevens set to return as HSBC SVNS 2025 events confirmed

3 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

  Stars of Paris 2024 Olympics set to shine again in HSBC SVNS 2025 - rugby sevens’ annual global Series Dubai, Cape Town, Perth, Vancouver and Hong Kong confirmed as host destinations with...

Matera to lead Argentina against NZ with Montoya out

4 weeks ago by Ultimate Rugby

Pablo Matera will captain Argentina in Saturday's Rugby Championship opener against New Zealand in Wellington after Julian Montoya was left out of the team named by coach Felipe Contepomi. Montoya injured...

Observing the coaches ahead of the Rugby Championship

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

The 2024 edition of the Rugby Championship is set to begin next week, after all four participating nations (New Zealand who are current holders, South Africa, Australia and Argentina) each faced a foe...

France win gold after Dupont brace at Olympic Games Paris 2024

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

A sensational Antoine Dupont scored twice and set up another as he inspired France to claim the gold medal at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 with a 28-7 defeat of Fiji 28-7 in the final match. Defeating...

Olympic Games Paris 2024: Defending champions Fiji lay down early marker

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Fiji ran in 12 tries in two matches to finish day one of the men's rugby sevens competition at the top of Pool C, while New Zealand, Ireland, Argentina, and Australia enjoy perfect starts to their Olympic...

Record crowd as rugby sevens gets Olympic Games Paris 2024 off to a flying start

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

The first day of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 men’s rugby sevens competition saw scintillating sport, an electric atmosphere and a record breaking crowd at Stade de France Rugby sevens kicked...

World Rugby Men's Rankings preview: 19-21 July, 2024

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

World Rugby has published the ranking permutations for the July internationals this weekend. Permutation highlights: Only two of the teams ranked in the top five in the world are in action this weekend,...

Soyizwapi: We give ourselves a chance to medal

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Six months ago, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris was the last thing on Siviwe Soyizwapi's mind as he was still recovering from a knee injury and the Springbok Sevens were tumbling out of the automatic qualification...

World Rugby Men's Rankings preview

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

World 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...