Filipo excited for Maori All Blacks clash against Scotland
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyMāori All Blacks coach Ross Filipo is determined next season's game against Scotland will be a step towards more regular exposure against Tier One rugby nations. He has settled on a mindset...
Graham Dewes and Jono Gibbes have joined the Chiefs
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyGraham Dewes and Jono Gibbes have joined the Chiefs as assistant coaches for the 2025 DHL Super Rugby Pacific campaign. Both have roots in the Chiefs region: Dewes, a former Fiji Test player and forwards...
All Blacks and Black Ferns confirm home fixtures for 2025
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyA Black Ferns-All Blacks double-header at Sky Stadium in Wellington will be the centre point of an action-packed 2025 domestic Test season featuring nine matches across New Zealand.The Black Ferns Rugby...
Maddy Grant joins Harlequins Women
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyHarlequins can confirm Canadian back-row Maddy Grant has joined the Club as injury cover for the remainder of the 2024-25 season. The flanker makes the move to South West London as injury cover for her...
Aidan Ross to link with Queensland Reds after 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Queensland Rugby Union is delighted to today announce that the loosehead prop has been signed from July, 2025 to the end of 2027. Ross, 29, has been a powerful fixture in the front-row at the Chiefs...
Gold in Cape Town for Black Ferns Sevens
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyNew Zealand followed up second place in Dubai with a third victory in Cape Town to round out 2024 with a title celebration and steal an early march on the HSBC SVNS Series ahead of the break before Perth A...
South Africa lift first Cape Town HSBC SVNS title since 2015
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyBlitzboks end nine-year home title drought in emphatic style after missing out on a sixth title in a row in Dubai The Cape Town crowd lifted the roof off DHL Stadium as their heroes South Africa came...
Maori All Blacks to play Scotland in Whangarei
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Māori All Blacks will play Scotland in Whangārei in 2025 with the historic fixture marking 25 years since the two sides last met.Fans will be treated to an afternoon of rugby and cultural exchange...
Experienced prop Fotuaika signs for Brumbies
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Brumbies have signed Tongan international prop Feao Fotuaika for the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season. Fotuaika, 31, joins the Brumbies following a two-and-a-half-year stint in the French Top 14 in...
France turns down chance to play All Blacks in USA
2 months ago by Ultimate RugbyFrance have declined overtures from New Zealand to play a Test in the USA in the summer of 2025, the French rugby federation (FFR) president Florian Grill told AFP, confirming a report in the newspaper...
