All posts tagged "Bordeaux"
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 days agoFiji 24-39 Wales: Jac Morgan’s double is enough to quell the Fijians
Jac Morgan scored two tries as Wales began their Nations Championship campaign on a bizarre afternoon at the Cardiff City Stadium.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 weeks agoEngland and Leicester Tigers scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet takes defence tips from Maxime Lucu
England and Leicester Tigers’ Jack van Poortvliet has been studying a French scrum-half’s game for tips – and for once it...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoGalthie is banking on energy
FRANCE HEAD coach Fabien Galthie is without players from the Top 14 finalists, Toulouse and Montpellier, for the opening match against...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoLeinster 36-7 Bulls: Sam Prendergast stars as the Dubliners retain their URC crown
Sam Prendergast shone as Leinster retained their URC crown in emphatic fashion with a dominant victory over the Bulls at Croke...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoInjured Doris glad to see team-mates ‘turn the page’
LEINSTER captain Caelan Doris, forced off after just six minutes with a foot injury which has ruled him out of this...
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Features
/ 1 month agoHennessey ruled out
BATH centre Louie Hennessey has been ruled out of Wales’ summer internationals with injury with a shoulder injury sustained during their...
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Features
/ 1 month agoSorry Leinster aren’t feeling the love
IN an age when Test arenas are littered with trophies for anything and everything, it is perhaps a tad surprising that...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoMcCarthy is ruled out
Lock: Paddy McCarthy LEINSTER prop Paddy McCarthy has been ruled out for the remainder of their season after sustaining a foot...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoTrio to leave Saracens
FIRST team backs Gareth Simpson, Louie Johnson and Sam Spink will all leave Saracens at the end of the season. Scrum-half...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoLeinster 59-10 Lions: Leo Cullen’s side get straight back to winning ways
Defending champions Leinster bounced back from their Champions Cup final thrashing by Bordeaux with a comfortable win in Dublin over Lions.
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoNew Rugby Paper Roundup: Why are France dominating Europe? Top 14 boom + Rugby overtaking football
Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock is joined by Robert Graham from the Rosbifs Rugby podcast to break down the extraordinary rise of...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 months agoLeinster’s focus turns to the URC after Champions Cup heartbreak
Despite being significantly higher in the attack statistics Leinster once again came out on the wrong side of the Champions Cup...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 months agoBordeaux-Begles 41-19 Leinster: French giants put on another vintage show
Maxime Lucu was crowned the king of Bordeaux after his 21-point tally helped guide his Begles past Leinster who suffered further...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoWomen’s Six Nations 2026 review: England acclaimed as ‘best ever team’
John Mitchell feels his Red Roses side can now be ranked among the greatest English sporting teams of all time after...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 months agoCaelan Doris leads Leinster with Lions stars at his disposal for Champions Cup final
The ever-reliable Leinster and Ireland back row Caelan Doris will captain his side in Bilbao as they chase a long-awaited fifth...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoShoulder ko for Will
BATH wing Muir has been ruled out the rest of the season after suffering a shoulder injury in the Champions Cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoLeinster 68-14 Ospreys: Leo Cullen’s side get set for Euro final with 10-try rout
Leinster warmed up for the Champions Cup final with a 10-try romp to finish second in the URC and book home...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoUnbeaten Red Roses set up a 6N decider
■By BEN JAYCOCK KATY Daley-McLean has warned England’s emerging stars they must “own” the intimidating atmosphere in Bordeaux if they are...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 months agoCharlie Ewels insists Bordeaux defeat will make Bath a better side
Charlie Ewels had a lightbulb moment in Toulouse in 2023 showing him Europe’s best were not invincible – and reckons Bath’s...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 2 months agoScotland 28-69 France: The French demolish Scots to set up grand finale
France powered into a title decider against England after running in 11 tries in a ruthless victory in Edinburgh.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: French director calls the shots
Dastardly French TV directors have been quietly controlling big games in France for a couple of decades now so in one...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 months agoChampions Cup analysis: Leinster return to Bilbao as fifth star quest continues
After seeing off a resilient Toulon side at the weekend – becoming the first Leinster team ever to beat the southern...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 months agoBath and Bordeaux head shortlist for star player
Bath and Bordeaux each contribute two players to the shortlist of five nominees for the 2026 Investec Player of the Year.
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Nick Cain
/ 2 months agoDu Toit can make difference for Bath
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK TODAY will be a reckoning for a Bath pack touted as the most...
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Features
/ 2 months agoPaul Rees: Bath’s train heading for glory
Paul Rees looks forward to today’s Champions Cup semi-final between Johann van Graan’s men and Bordeaux-Begles
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Nick Cain
/ 2 months agoAll eyes on Diego Sarthou’s 10-a-side match as France vs England ‘Le Crunch’ gets creative
French rugby seems to be ahead of the curve at the moment, not least in putting innovation into practice rather than...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 months agoBath embrace Premiership title defence and Champions Cup semi-final challenge
Defending Prem champions Bath are embracing the challenge of fighting on two fronts at the busy business end of another season.
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Features
/ 3 months agoPaul Rees: Duelling French aristocrats! Toulouse and Bordeaux-Begles clash in the Champions Cup
Rugby in France has never been more popular. The television audience for the final Six Nations match against England peaked at...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 months agoI’ve got to be a dog at the breakdown, says Willis
By BEN JAYCOCK TOULOUSE flanker and renowned jackaler Jack Willis has pinpointed the breakdown as the decisive battleground ahead of today’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoBielle-Biarrey is the top dog again
FRANCE winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey has won the Six Nations player of the championship award for the second year running. The 22-year-old...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 months agoLam: We made too many mistakes
PAT Lam is looking to use the character his players showed in the last 20 minutes to get their play-off assault...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 months agoPau lead the nice guys…
AT the risk of giving fate not so much a friendly nudge as a hefty shove between the shoulder blades, three...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoRamm on his way to Western Force
NORTHAMPTON winger James Ramm will join Australian Super Rugby side Western Force on a two-year deal at the end of the...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoJeremy Guscott: It was a good performance from the French but let’s not get carried away
France got it done against Ireland, but I might go against some of the adulation heaped on Fabien Galthie’s team after...
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 months agoChris Hewett: No Damien Penaud? That’s what I call bizarre
There are those who believe that Fabien Galthie, the extravagantly bespectacled head coach of France, should order himself a new pair...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 months agoBristol Bears vs Bordeaux-Begles: Most important game ever – Pat Lam
Pat Lam has billed Bristol Bears’ Champions Cup clash against holders Bordeaux-Begles at Ashton Gate today as the most important in...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoBordeaux beef wins the day
NO scrum, no-win! That was the message rammed home at the Stade Chaban-Delmas as European champions Bordeaux-Begles brought last season’s runners-up,...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 months agoChampions Cup review: Sunday’s action shows no-one is the favourite
Sunday’s Champions Cup action was bigger proof than ever that league form means nothing in the mixing pot of Europe.
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 months agoThomas on song to put Cardiff in pole position
■By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ...............32pts Tries: Bowen 6, Thornton 40, Assirrati 45, Thomas 74 Conversions: Sheedy 6, 45; Beetham 74 Penalties:...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 months agoBordeaux-Begles will be a tough test says Northampton Saints prop Emmanuel Iyogun
Northampton Saints face a repeat of last season’s Champions Cup final when they travel to Bordeaux-Begles next Sunday, with Emmanuel Iyogun...













