All posts tagged "Lyon"
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStade set the fashion in red not pink
BACK in the day when they reigned as the sport’s supreme fashionistas, Stade Francais possessed a team of rugged quality to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWasps tell Warriors they want Billy Searle back
The departure of Lima Sopoaga at Wasps creates room for a possible Searle return at the Ricoh
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Features
/ 5 years agoSopoaga confirms Wasps exit for Lyon
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS fly-half Lima Sopoaga will join French Top 14 club Lyon at the end of the season. The 30-year-old...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGloucester 34-18 Exeter: Understrength Chiefs hammered by Baxter
Gloucester ease past a youthful Exeter Chiefs side, who had Josh Hodge show off his talenta
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHarlequins chase USA star hooker Joe Taufete’e
HARLEQUINS are in talks with former Worcester Warriors hooker Joe Taufete’e about a potential move to the Twickenham Stoop next season. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoJonathan joins the great 3,000 points club
WHEN the season began, the number of goalkickers still adding to a personal points total in excess of 3,000 amounted to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers seal deal for player they hope will fill Taufua void
Leicester Tigers dispute Jordan Taufua's move to Lyon, but that hasn't stopped them drafting in a replacement
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Features
/ 5 years agoTaufua must wait
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER Tigers say Jordan Taufua’s anticipated move to French Top 14 side Lyon has not yet been “resolved”. Lyon...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoArgentina prop Chaparro joins Bristol Bears
Capped 54 times by Los Pumas, tighthead Chaparro is set to move to Ashton Gate next month
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoTom Seabrook starts alongside senior man Henry as Gloucester give the kids a run
George Skivington has named an experiment squad to travel to Lyon for Gloucester's Champions Cup opener
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoFour or five clubs may not survive the fan ban
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Bad news: Toulouse flanker Jerome Kaino left the field injured Financial matters continue to top the agenda...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoJamie Gibson signs for another Premiership club after leaving Saints
Gloucester continue their recruitment ahead of the 2020-21 season after adding Kyle Moyle and Jay Tyack earlier this week
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: LNR chief warns Top 14 may need state aid
James Harrington reports on the situation facing French clubs, with COVID cases propping up in the player pool and TV rights...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCovid spike puts Top 14 on high alert
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN An abundance of caution marked professional rugby’s preseason return on Friday, 166 days after Toulon beat Stade...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBeziers takeover hits the buffers
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN No deal: Agen remain keen to sign Harlequins wing Gabriel Ibitoye PICTURE: Getty Images It’s taken several...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoDelon Armitage closing in on surprise move in England
The ex-England full-back has spent the past eight years in France with Toulon and Lyon
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoContract chaos puts Carl Fearns in limbo in France
Former Bath back row Carl Fearns reveals the situation facing him as an out-of-contract player in the Top 14
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoMaturing Jack Maunder ready for next Test
Neale Harvey talks to the player recalled to the England squad having played in Argentina back in 2017
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoRight-Royle showing has Ravers rocking on
■By JOHN LYON Caldy …………103 Scunthorpe ……0 NICK Royle scored four times as Caldy ran in a scintillating 17 tries against...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years ago90 up for leaders but Hull push it all the way
By JOHN LYON IN a gritty and tough encounter Caldy preserved their 100 per cent record with a win over Hull....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLyon offer an escape route to trio of Saracens superstars
What will this mean for their England careers?
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoJust seventeen for lethal Caldy
By JOHN LYON PLAYING rugby in a 40- mph wind isn’t easy but Caldy didn’t miss a beat and dominated a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFaiva try punishes Violi’s inaccuracy
By ADAM ELLIS BENETTON remain top dogs in Italy after edging out Zebre in horrid conditions. Hooker Hame Faiva delivered the...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoCaldy put on a show as Stour cast aside
■By JOHN LYON Caldy ………………54pts Stourbridge …….7pts ON A bitterly cold day on the Wirral peninsula league leaders Caldy chalked up...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoYoungsters battled with real intensity says satisfied Solomons
In with a chance: Chris Boyd NORTHAMPTON Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd insisted his side can still reach the knock-out...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoLazzaroni’s late try snatches Treviso thriller
POOL 1 Benetton ……..25 Lyon………………22 BENETTON grabbed their first win in the Champions Cup since 2015 after Marco Lazzaroni’s dramatic try...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSaints lead the chase for Fearns
LYON No.8 Carl Fearns is potentially on his way back to the Premiership. Fearns is not expected to extend his fruitful...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoLyon finally break their Champions Cup duck
LYON cruised to their first ever win in the Heineken Champions Cup at Matmut Stadium de Gerland after eight successive defeats...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoCaldy on-song as Royle profits
By JOHN LYON Caldy……………62 Luctonians……………10 WHEN the Luctonian scrum took a tremendous ball against the feed the visitors must have thought...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAbendanon hoping for a Toulouse match-up
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Final flourish: Cheslin Kolbe scored for Toulouse “Abendanon believes a final between his team and Toulouse would...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoArmitage storms back to hand Pau a lifeline
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Inspiring: Steffon Armitage made an impressive return Battling English forward Steffon Armitage rode an emotional rollercoaster to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld-wide bidding war starts for fly-half Sam
Wanted: Sam Davies OSPREYS fly-half Sam Davies has got four clubs from around the world looking to lure him away from...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKockott fizz has Castres bubbling in Bordeaux
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Abrasive: But Castres scrum-half Rory Kockott got the job done against Bordeaux-Begles “Doomed Perpignan would like to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoArmitage: Method is Mourad’s madness
Toulon veteran: Steffon Armitage now plays for Pau Steffon Armitage, the player denied England caps because he chose to play in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLaidlaw in charge as Clermont reclaim top
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Marksman: Greg Laidlaw kicked 20 points for Clermont PICTURE: Getty Images Clermont, whose last outing took place...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFinishing ace puts Blues on victory Lane
By ROGER PANTING OWEN Lane’s piece of magic was enough to enliven a drab encounter and secure Blues a valuable win...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoChampionship is a tougher beast this season, says Hartpury boss
Hartpury welcome Doncaster Knights to Gillman's Ground at the weekend
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoFootball boss Dyche gets Billy in the mood for a battle
BILLY Vunipola hopes an emotional speech words from Sean Dyche can help him get back into World Cup form and fitness…and...
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Features
/ 7 years ago3 weeks for Kockott
CASTRES scrum-half Rory Kockott has received a three-week ban for making contact with the eye area of the Munster flanker Chris...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIrish may move for Jackson
PADDY Jackson is in talks with a number of clubs about a possible move away from Perpignan if, as expected, the...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoFirst half double from Fiji Warrior Matawalu keeps heat on leaders Saracens
■By GARY HEATLY WINGER Niko Matawalu ran in two tries as Glasgow Warriors completed the double over Lyon in Pool 3,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoHome rule mars Top 14
AWAY wins are still hard to come by in the Top 14. Last weekend out of seven fixtures there was one...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMcCall relieved by late bonus try
MARK McCall attempted to put a positive twist to his side’s lacklustre victory which saw the two-time European champions leave it...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEvans expects another early onslaught
By STEFFAN THOMAS JARROD Evans believes weathering an early storm holds the key to claiming another famous French scalp as Cardiff...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDelon Armitage’s season is over after damaging knee ligaments
An ACL injury strikes cruel blow to the Lyon full-back
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoClermont show why they are favourites
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Debut try: Paddy Jackson scored for Perpignan PICTURE: Getty Images Apoll of Top 14 coaches anointed Clermont...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAxe swings at Stade as Meyer plays pain game
Star signing at Stade Francais: former Toulouse centre Gael Fickou PICTURE: Getty Images Heads are rolling in Paris. Not quite as...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoAshton loses his golden touch at wrong time
DAVID BARNES Dismay: Chris Ashton missed two chances to score, costing Toulon defeat PICTURE: Getty Images FRENCH COLUMN The sureness of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
FERGUS MULCHRONE, LONDON IRISH AND FORMER SALE, MACCLESFIELD & ROTHERHAM CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST…...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHumiliation for Carter as Racing come back
Racing president Jacky Lorenzetti describes the merger that never was with Stade Francais a year ago as the most painful episode...
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