All posts tagged "Clermont"
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoBordeaux put their faith in Gazzotti
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FRANCE U20 sensation Marko Gazzotti has swapped the Alps for the Atlantic and the ProD2 for the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoGeorgia and Israel in line for Challenge Cup
By JON NEWCOMBE Teams from Georgia, Israel and South Africa are in the running to fill the two vacant spots in...
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Rugby Matters
/ 2 years agoToulouse play to win…everything!
Toulouse aren’t short of a bob or two and can, if they so wish, buy virtually any player on the planet....
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoGarbajosa joins list of axed coaches
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It has been a busy week in various corridors of power in French rugby – with, in...
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Top 14
/ 2 years agoAbendanon: French rugby is far more fun
By NICK POWELL Former England full-back Nick Abendanon says that the Premiership is not entertaining enough to compete with the French...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoScarlets make van den Berg forwards coach
FORMER South Africa lock Albert van den Berg, 49, is the Scarlets new forwards coach, replacing Ben Franks who has returned...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoKremer’s red gives Racing easy ride
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Argentinian back-row Marcos Kremer’s last act for Stade Francais was to get sent off - for the...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoAll to play for in final days of the season
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks likely to miss out on Latu
Sale's bid to sign hooker Tolu Latu could fail after they appear to have been gazumped at the last minute by...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoBoost for finances as recovery continues
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE Commission des Championnats professionnels de l’Autorité de régulation du rugby – the new name for the...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulouse look set to lead from the front
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN As the French Top 14 takes a week’s break for the Champions and Challenge Cup semi-finals, here’s...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFalcons wing Carreras on French radar
BY NEIL FISSLER Newcastle wing sensation Mateo Carreras is on the radar of big-spending French clubs despite having another year left...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoScarlets grit it out to set up clash with Clermont
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ........... 19pts Tries: Fifita 50, Shingler 78 Penalties: Costelow 3, 15, 28 Brive.................... 7pts Tries: Olding 47...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoEasy for Clermont as Bears stumble
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................................ 26pts Tries: Randall 34, Radradra 38 Conversions: MacGinty 35, 39 Penalties: MacGinty 11, 18, 49, 78...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoParra has his eye on a final flourish
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN For a while, it looked as if Morgan Parra’s season – and possibly his career – had...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoIrish out to replace Simmons
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER London Irish are searching for someone to replace veteran Wallaby star Rob Simmons who is...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWallaby Simmons says au revoir to Irish Exiles
NEWS EXTRA LONDON Irish lock Rob Simmons will join Clermont Auvergne on a two-year deal as the exodus of top-line players...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSix Nations squads in-depth: France
Grand Slam champions France go into this year’s Six Nations without several key players as Fabien Galthie endures an ever growing...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoGibbes given his marching orders after Tigers mauling
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Christophe Urios will take charge at Top 14 side Clermont on Monday, after the “breathing space” afforded...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPollard pleased to play his part
WORLD Cup-winning fly-half Handre Pollard was pleased to play his part with 14 points for Tigers. He said: “It’s always special...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSharks look for repeat performance over Toulouse
By JON NEWCOMBE Fully fit: Sale’s Akker van der Merwe in action Akker van der Merwe admits Sale Sharks will have...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoPollard on hunt for game’s top trophies
By GARY FITZGERALD Handre Pollard plans to use his Tigers stripes to go club trophy hunting and also put him in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Nic Groom: ‘It was my warrior spirit that paid off with Rassie’
The former Western Province, Stormers, Northampton, Lions, Edinburgh and London Irish scrum-half talks Jon Newcombe through his journey in the game My...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy the South Seas need to feel the love
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When Western Samoa surprised Wales by beating them in Cardiff during the pool stage of the 1991...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoBayonne turning home into a fortress
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN HEADING into the three-week international break, two Top 14 teams in particular will be pretty happy with...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoDavidson’s departure puts Mela on the spot
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Of the three words in Arnauld Mela’s week-old job title ‘interim head coach’ at Top 14 side...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoVerdict on corruption charges is awaited
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tuesday, December 13. That’s the date a Paris court delivers its verdicts on FFR President Bernard Laporte,...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoJalibert in line to join Barrett at Racing 92
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France international fly-half Matthieu Jalibert’s unfortunately timed early-season travails continued on Saturday, amid renewed questions over his...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoRacing 92 hit hard by Vakatawa retirement
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN For Racing 92, this is the first weekend after the unexpected retirement before. A matter of days...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulouse will take title, say coaches
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Toulouse will win the Top 14 title at the end of another tight season – according to...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoGlobe-trotter Hanrahan out to put drive back into Dragons
Determined: JJ Hanrahan in action for Clermont last season There have been several false dawns at Rodney Parade over the past...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoConcern as refs switch to other side
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Another of French rugby’s leading gamekeepers turned coach this week, as Top 14 referee Maxime Chalon put...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoTransfer market that never sleeps
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Accepted wisdom has it that the shortest period of time is the New York Second – helpfully...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoI’m confident I can get back to my best – Hewitt
By ROB COLE Ashton Hewitt can still recall the brace of tries he scored in his last outing for the Dragons...
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Features
/ 3 years agoFofana, one of the stars of 2006, to bow out
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Clermont star Wesley Fofana this week became the latest Top 14 player to join the annual line...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAurillac shopped around for bargains
MUCH talk recently about salary cap-hampered English clubs being disadvantaged when they took on the big spenders of the Top 14...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGeorge Kruis to sign off with Barbarians outing against England at Twickenham
George Kruis is set to play his final game as a professional rugby player after being named in the Barbarians starting...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBaa-baas working to Galthie’s Grand Plan
By PETER JACKSON You’re in: Dylan Cretin has received a Baa-baas call THE Barbarians have chosen three more of France’s all-conquering...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFrance are the giants, Prem just sleeping
NICK CAIN THE English Premiership has just been described as a “sleeping giant” of sport by Simon Massie-Taylor, its chief executive....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoNo dead rubbers in final round of Top 14
JAMES HARRI NGTON FRENCH COLUMN Decider: Challenge Cup winners Lyon face Champions Cup winners La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images In less...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoDragons hunt for new head coach
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE DRAGONS are pondering a shake-up of their backroom team with a new head coach set to be...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoRacing 92 play down any move for Jones
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Try double: Matthieu Jalibert helped Bordeaux book their place in the play-offs England head coach Eddie Jones...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoNow’s the time for the French revolution
CHRIS HEWETT AS a rule of thumb, English teams good enough to fight their way into a Champions Cup final eventually...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoAll to play for as it begins to get serious
JAMES HARRINGTON Like any other league, the business end of the Top 14 season is played in a haze of permutations...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoJonathan Davies signs new contract at Scarlets
Scarlets captain Jonathan Davies has signed a new contract with the URC side. The Wales and British and Irish Lions centre...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNo respite as the race for play-offs ramps up
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The rugby season in Europe’s top three leagues gets confused at this time of year, as we...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChris Ashton set to start as Leicester Tigers make five changes for second leg against Clermont
Chris Ashton is set to start his first European game for Leicester Tigers as they look to defend a 19-point aggregate...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoEllis Genge leads Leicester to historic first leg victory at Clermont
Leicester Tigers claimed a first leg away win at Clermont Auvergne to take a stride towards the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals....
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoGenge fired up for next round of French hostilities
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Clermont v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Stade Marcel Michelin ELLIS Genge can’t wait to sample the atmosphere...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoToulon fans in uproar at Carbonel departure
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Even by Toulon’s unusual standards, this season has been an extraordinary tale of failure and redemption. But,...
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