JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A “heat dome” settled over France last weekend to send temperatures soaring as the new Top 14 season’s three-match pre-World Cup […]
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Mateo Carreras’s red-hot performances for Argentina in the Rugby Championship haven’t gone unnoticed in […]
Former Worcester Warriors and Wasps playmaker Billy Searle has signed a three-year deal to become the 28th player to join big-spending Biarritz after the World […]
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Billy Searle’s patience has finally been rewarded with a dream move to European aristocrats Toulouse, and the fly-half can’t wait “to […]
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TWO weeks ago, the long-awaited sale of ProD2 side Biarritz fell apart, affecting the immediate and longer-term futures of not just […]
ON THE BLINDSIDE | Neil Fissler French Top 14 sides will monitor Luke Cowan-Dickie’s progress with Sale Sharks with interest after Blindside can reveal that […]
JAMES HARRINGTON | FRENCH COLUMN What links 16 props, 12 hookers, 10 second rows, 15 back rowers, 13 scrum-halves, 11 wingers, eight centres, two full-backs, […]
Antoine Dupont could take a sabbatical year after the 2024 Olympic Games, reports in France suggest. The France captain, 26, is looking ahead to an […]
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Henry Arundell, one of England’s most exciting talents, could be unavailable to Steve Borthwick […]
Biarritz Olympique are poised to step in and continue the spending splurge that their president Jean-Baptiste Aldigé had planned for Agen before calling off his […]
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN By the time you read this, ProD2 side Biarritz were supposed to be under new management after a deal finally brought […]
Toulouse playmakers Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack took their Top 14 title celebrations to the beach this week, attempting to use the famous Bouclier de […]
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The 2022/23 Top 14 season is done. Toulouse are champions for the 22nd time, after pipping ambitious La Rochelle to the […]
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former England attack guru Rory Teague, below, is ready to explore options nearer to […]
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Racing 92 have made England and Harlequins fly-half Marcus Smith an offer of around €500,000 (£425,000) gross to move […]
By NICK POWELL Former England full-back Nick Abendanon says that the Premiership is not entertaining enough to compete with the French club game and worries […]
PETER JACKSON Thomas Ramos is en route to finishing the season 100 or so points clear of his nearest challenger across Europe’s three major Leagues. […]
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Argentinian back-row Marcos Kremer’s last act for Stade Francais was to get sent off – for the third time this season […]
England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie could still play in France next season despite the recent collapse of his move to Montpellier, with Stade Francais thought to […]
JAMES HARRINGTON Tonight, more than 24 hours after both the Premiership and URC celebrated their champions for the 2022/23 campaign, the Top 14 reaches its […]
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out this weekend as they […]
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 […]
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE Commission des Championnats professionnels de l’Autorité de régulation du rugby – the new name for the financial auditors of the […]
Flanker Jack Willis has signed a new three-year deal with Toulouse, potentially putting his England future in doubt. Willis joined Toulouse in November after Wasps […]
Former England full-back Nick Abendanon continues to climb the coaching ladder in France and will join a new-look coaching team at Bayonne this summer. Abendanon, […]
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… La Rochelle v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Marcel-Deflandre Visit infinitysportstravel.com to view our packages or call us on 0203 725 […]
Champions Cup holders La Rochelle have looked to strengthen their midfield to face Saracens after bringing in UJ Seuteni at outside centre channel. Raymond Rhule […]