Harry Viljoen’s squad were brutally told that the business had gone into liquidation, that they no longer had jobs and that the club would not defend its title in the 2023/24 Championship… all this just 12 days after they visited Bath and stylishly put a half-dozen tries on their PRC hosts.
They were due to fly to Penzance the following Thursday for Friday's PRC game versus the Cornish Pirates, but the journey never happened. Instead, they were told at dawn that the club was being liquidated and would not take its place in the 2023/24 Championship.
A freak injury during the NPC stymied Zarn Sullivan's prodigious development.
Despite a slow start to the season, Zarn Sullivan is on track to becoming a world-class fullback.
Every team in the URC has been busy sorting transfers ahead of the upcoming summer break. The Irish provinces have been using their academies...
Connacht have confirmed the names of all twelve players leaving them at end of the current season, adding that a squad of 44 has so far been assembled for next season.
For just the second time this season, the Hurricanes have retained the same midfield combination for two weeks in a row, naming Peter Umaga-Jensen and Bailyn Sullivan in the No 12 and No 13 jerseys for this weekend's clash with the Brumbies.
Most of the talk in the lead-up to the Hurricanes' match with the Blues focussed on the battle between the No 12s but it was the man playing at centre for the Hurricanes who perhaps made the biggest impact.
The Hurricanes have confirmed the signing of former Chiefs utility back Bailyn Sullivan on a one-year deal ahead of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season.
A last-gasp try from replacement winger Peter Sullivan gave Connacht a dramatic 26-24 victory over Ulster at the Kingspan in the Rainbow Cup’s opening round.
