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All Blacks team named to play Italy

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The All Blacks team has been named to play Italy at Stadium Olimpico in Rome, on Saturday 6 November (Kick-off: 2.00PM CET / 2.00AM NZT Sunday) in the third match of the Tudor Northern Tour.  The...

Top 5 Plays: All Blacks v Wales (2021)

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Catch up on five of the best plays from the All Blacks 54-16 win over Wales in Cardiff.    

Beauden Barrett marks landmark in style as All Blacks deliver scorching finish

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Beauden Barrett could hardly have picked a better script for his 100th international with New Zealand, scoring the first and last tries.     Beauden Barrett bagged a pair of tries on his...

The most capped Test rugby XV of all time - by position

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales and British & Irish Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones will become the first player to play 149 tests for one country on Saturday.   The 36-year-old second-rower will feature in his 161st test...

Gearing up for Round 2 of the Autumn Nations Series

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The 2021 Autumn Nations Series kicked off in style over the past weekend with the Wallabies showing good determination on the pitch to see off Japan 32-23.     The All Blacks were on fire...

Alun Wyn Jones to break Richie McCaw's appearance record against New Zealand

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales Head coach Wayne Pivac has named his side that combines experience and some of the country’s most exciting young talent for the opening game of the Autumn Nations Series against New Zealand...

Moerat earns Springbok call-up for UK tour

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Former SA Schools and Junior Springbok captain Salmaan Moerat has earned his first Springbok call-up in a squad of 32 players named by Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber on Tuesday for the Castle Lager Outgoing...

Fiji name squad for November internationals

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Fiji have named their touring squad for the games against Spain, Wales and Georgia during the month of November.    Covid-19 restrictions have proved to be a real spanner in the works for the...

Stormers fly SA flag in the north

3 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The tough nature of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship was again underlined on the weekend where only the DHL Stormers managed a victory for the four South African franchises taking on the best of Ireland,...