EPCR pool draws for 2025/26 season
1 week ago by Ultimate RugbyThe pool draws for the 2025/26 Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup tournaments will be staged at the Premier Sports studios in Dublin on Tuesday 1 July. Both draws will be streamed...
Jack Aungier Called Up To Ireland Squad For Summer Tour
2 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyUncapped tighthead prop Jack Aungier has been called up to replace his Connacht teammate Finlay Bealham for Ireland’s two Test summer tour of Georgia (5th July) and Portugal (12th July). Bealham...
200-Cap Rory Scannell To Depart Munster Rugby
2 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyMunster Rugby can confirm that 200-cap Rory Scannell will depart this summer after 12 years at his home province. A Munster man through and through, the 31-year-old centre is one of only 16 players to...
URC AWARDS: Innovation and Try of the Season Awards
2 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Innovation Award winners have been announced with the Sharks taking home the prize for ‘Sharks Fest’. Meanwhile, Stormers forward Deon Fourie has won Try of the Season after he...
URC Elite XV and Next-Gen Player of the Season Winner Announced
3 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyThe 2024/25 United Rugby Championship ‘Elite XV’ has officially been announced. The Elite XV is determined by a media vote and players must have made at least nine appearances to be considered,...
United Rugby Championship Awards 2024/25
3 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyIoan Lloyd, Harri Millard, Ruben van Heerden, Cam Winnett, and Tom Farrell have added their names to the United Rugby Championship Awards roll of honour by collecting the Gilbert Golden Boot,...
Ritchie returns for Quarter-Final clash
3 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyClub centurion Jamie Ritchie returns to the starting line-up for tomorrow’s United Rugby Championship Quarter-Final clash against Bulls at Loftus Versfeld Stadium (kick-off 12.30pm BST / 1.30pm...
McDermott passes up sabbatical option to stay in Queensland
3 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyQueensland Reds captain Tate McDermott has confirmed he will stay at Ballymore until the 2027 Rugby World Cup, turning down any short-term offers from overseas. McDermott re-signed for four years at the...
Bemand Names Ireland’s Women’s Rugby World Cup Preparation Squad
3 weeks ago by Ultimate RugbyThe Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has today named a 37-player Ireland Women’s preparation squad ahead of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in England later this summer. The...
Wallaby international signs for Ulster Rugby
1 month ago by Ultimate RugbyUlster Rugby is delighted to confirm that Australian international prop, Angus Bell, will join the province next season on a short-term deal from New South Wales Waratahs. The 24-year-old...