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Superstar Parisse signs off in style

21 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Glasgow……………………….. 19pts Tries: Steyn 55, 73; Cancelliere 68 Conversions: Horne 56, 74 Toulon …………………………. 43pts Tries: Serin 4, 24, Parisse 17, Wainiqolo […]

Parisse and Ollivon sparkle

21 May 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN Toulon’s 43-19 European Challenge Cup victory over Glasgow was notable not just for the style in which the French club seized the title, […]

Negri’s keen on Parisse clash

30 April 2023 0 comments

■ By JON NEWCOMBE Preview Toulon v Benetton Today. Kick off 12.30pm SEBASTIAN Negri is relishing the prospect of being on the same pitch with […]

Parisse, a tower of strength at No.8

12 February 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It stank to high heaven at the time, as sins against sporting justice always do, and the odour lingers in the […]

Italy great Parisse to call time this summer

5 February 2023 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA FORMER Italy captain Sergio Parisse will retire at the end of the season. The 39-year-old previously announced he would retire from Test rugby […]

Parisse has too much class as Toulon give Bath lesson

18 December 2022 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Toulon ……………..29pts Tries: Wainiqolo 14, Rabut 23, Deavaux 37 Cordin 54 Conversions: Biggar 15, 24, 38 Penalties: Biggar 7 Bath …………………… 7pts […]

Evergreen Parisse set to join the 500 club

3 July 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Amassing 500 matches among the European elite requires surviving an endurance test of brutal longevity: at least […]

Parisse returns for more – at 38!

12 June 2022 0 comments

LEGENDARY Italian number eight Sergio Parisse has signed up for another year of Top 14 rugby with Toulon – at the age of 38! Parisse […]

Sergio PARISSE

9 March 2022 Comments are Disabled

Parisse defies the odds… and gravity

4 October 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening here? It’s March 16, […]

Bigi gets the job of replacing Parisse

26 January 2020 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD NEW Italy captain, hooker Luca Bigi, hopes the arrival of Franco Smith will herald a successful era for Italian rugby and prove […]

Rugby Matters: England game provides Sergio Parisse with perfect curtain fall

16 January 2020 0 comments

Italy’s talismanic No.8 can bow out on his own terms, with a stock of flourishing back rows ready to pick up the mantle

England game provides Parisse with perfect exit

12 January 2020 2 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Titan: Sergio Parisse is set to add to his 142 Tests for […]

Parisse’s farewell is worthy of the man

12 January 2020 0 comments

NO PLAYER in any theatre of international sport, however great, has ever had the right to dictate where and when he will play his last […]

Parisse deserves much more

13 October 2019 0 comments

A SHAME that the longest international career of the 21st century should have been condemned to the most anti-climactic of finishes by World Rugby’s refusal […]

Proud Parisse hopes for the best

22 September 2019 0 comments

SERGIO Parisse will start his record-equaling fifth World Cup by leading Italy out against Namibia. The 36-year-old No.8 will join his former team-mate Mauro Bergamasco […]

World Cup veterans put in the shade by Parisse

8 September 2019 0 comments

MAMUKA Gorgodze will not be the only player in Japan appearing in his fourth World Cup. A couple of them are no surprise with veteran […]

Wainwright shows Parisse how to do it

24 March 2019 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW SERGIOParisse has spent 17 seasons in the Six Nations without ever coming remotely close to a Grand […]

Italian legend Parisse set for a thrilling final chapter

30 September 2018 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to iconic Italy No.8 Sergio Parisse at the start of a huge 12 months Giant killer: Sergio Parisse was at the forefront […]

Lock Parisse in to prolong career and free up Seb Negri for Italy

16 March 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher suggests how Italy can transform themselves in time for the Japan Rugby World Cup

Lock Parisse in to prolong career and free up Negri

11 March 2018 0 comments

Questions: Conor O’Shea Strong man: Sergio Parisse PICTURE: Getty Images Italy captain Sergio Parisse, who makes his 64th Six Nations start today, is closing in […]

Parisse’s musketeers on target for Stade

3 September 2017 0 comments

DAVID BARNES The three musketeers of Stade Francais stood firm as ringleaders of the strike that killed off a proposed takeover by Parisian rivals Racing […]

Peerless Parisse leads his nearly men to glory

14 May 2017 0 comments

From NICK CAIN at Murrayfield STADE Francais have been Europe’s nearly men for so long they must have thought they were jinxed. However, the players […]

Parisse is preparing for famous farewell

7 May 2017 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Stade Francais are preparing for their Challenge Cup showdown with Gloucester this week with, at first sight, the odds stacked against […]

Ellis unfazed by Parisse as Bath bid to end 9-year wait for trophy

16 April 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Enjoying life in back row: Bath flanker Tom Ellis UNSUNG flanker Tom Ellis aims to complete a stellar conversion from second to […]

Gloucester make big money move to land Parisse

26 March 2017 1 comment

GLOUCESTER have emerged as surprise suitors for Italian skipper Sergio Parisse with Stade Francais struggling to stay in business. The Paris giants could be forced […]

Brendan Gallagher comment: Why Sergio Parisse will always be a winner in defeat

18 February 2015 2 comments

Sergio Parisse fascinates me. He comfortably makes the top five all-round rugby players I have reported on over the last ten years and if I […]

Castro out but Parisse is back for Italy

13 March 2014 1 comment

Martin Castrogiovanni has been ruled out of Saturday’s clash with England but influential captain Sergio Parisse returns at No.8. The former Leicester prop suffered an limped […]

Sergio Parisse rested by Italy

6 March 2014 0 comments

Sergio Parisse has been rested by Italy ahead of Saturday’s game against Ireland. The talismanic captain picked up a knock in training so Treviso’s Robert […]

Time of goodwill to all (well, nearly all)

24 December 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER hands out his Christmas goodies… HO HO HO. I’m normally more of a scrooge than a Santa at Christmas but, to […]

Italy crushed by rampant France

8 October 2023 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER France……………………………60pts Tries: Penaud 2, 37; Bielle-Biarrey 12, Ramos 21, Jalibert 46, Mauvaka 53, Moefana 63, 75 Conversions: Ramos 2, 13, 22, 38, […]

All Blacks’ determination pleasing Fitzpatrick

5 October 2023 0 comments

Sean Fitzpatrick was surprised by the manner in which New Zealand dismantled Italy last Friday night, but is confident the All Blacks’ focus and determination […]

Best Rugby Players of All Time

29 September 2023 0 comments

Rugby is a competitive team sport with a high level of physicality and strategy. The two main variations are Rugby Union and Rugby League. Betting […]

Time for an elite 16-team contest

17 September 2023 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST OCTOBER 2003 was a busy old month, what with Mother Teresa being beatified by Pope John Paul II, the Chinese launching […]

Sorry we won’t see Hooper in France

13 August 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT Wayne Shelford lost matches as captain of the All Blacks as often as he finished second in hand-to-hand combat. Which was never. So […]

Crowley’s quick exit was not deserved

18 June 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN The most discordant note struck in the international game this week was Kieran Crowley’s axing by Italy. Crowley’s contribution to Italy’s progress outstrips […]

Bastareaud deserves his cheering send-off, too

4 June 2023 0 comments

Sergio Parisse’s long farewell has taken centre stage recently but let’s hear it also for Mathieu Bastareaud who also took his farewell at the Stade […]

Ireland mustn’t copy this breakdown flaw

28 May 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The tumultuous happenings in Dublin last week were on such a large […]

Odogwu gets Italy chance

21 May 2023 0 comments

ITALY have called up former England prospect Paolo Odogwu as one of five uncapped players in their pre-World Cup training squad. The 26-year-old, who can […]

European Challenge Cup final preview

19 May 2023 0 comments

The word “historic” is often overused when it comes to sporting triumphs, but there can be no doubt that will be the case for whoever […]

Miotti can be the main man for Glasgow – McDowall

14 May 2023 0 comments

By BRYN PALMER Domingo Miotti can step up and fill the boots of banned fly-half Tom Jordan as Glasgow aim to become the first Scottish […]

All to play for in final days of the season

14 May 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out last weekend as they […]

Treviso standing on the edge of history

30 April 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points AT the last count, Benetton Treviso had won 15 Italian Championships and, […]

After 23 years, it’s all over for Myler

23 April 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The longest career of the 21st century came to a cruelly anti-climactic end yesterday, its creator denied […]

Kolbe the latest to consider his future

16 April 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Heading into the business end of France’s Top 14 season, more than on-pitch matters remain up in the air – quite […]

Toulon have too much power for Lyon

9 April 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Toulon ………….. 48pts Tries: Wainiqolo 26, 66; Baubigny 38, Priso 40, Vuidravuwalu 49, Ollivon 57, Luc 77 Conversions: West 39, 40, 50, […]

Biggar keeps Toulon on track

2 April 2023 0 comments

Toulon …………36 Cheetahs …….. 21 DAN Biggar helped steer Toulon past the Cheetahs at Stade Mayol. Thomas Salles cut through the midfield to score the […]