All posts tagged "Lyon"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHigh praise for Van Rensburg as James finds his feet at No10
Wanted man: Rohan Janse van Rensburg By JON NEWCOMBE SAM JAMES says he would welcome Rohan Janse van Rensburg back at...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoAway days hold no fear for Cardiff and Evans
By JAMES CANDY CARDIFF Blues head coach Danny Wilson believes his side proved their European credentials by hanging on to claim...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRevenge so sweet for Clermont boss Azema
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Clermont boss Franck Azema confessed he found Lyon annoying for signing up his players. His prop Raphael...
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Features
/ 8 years agoShields pins his colours to Wasps
HURRICANES captain Brad Shields is understood to have signed for Wasps in a bid to make England’s World Cup squad. Following...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSale slip up again in face of French end-game
By DAVID JOYCE Try-double: Sam James SALE Sharks surrendered a 14-point lead in the final 15 minutes as they were beaten...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBlues build momentum with big win in Toulouse
By ALEX BYWATER IN WHAT must rank as one of the best results in their recent history, Cardiff Blues claimed a...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoCaldy overhauled in last five minutes
By JOHN LYON Caldy …16 Cambridge…20 ABONUS-POINT win for Cambridge looked unlikely with five minutes of the game remaining. Caldy led...
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago‘The Beast’ plots more try havoc in the Premiership
NAPOLIONI Nalaga, one of the most devastating finishers world rugby has seen, has declared himself fit and ready to take the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoParisse’s musketeers on target for Stade
DAVID BARNES The three musketeers of Stade Francais stood firm as ringleaders of the strike that killed off a proposed takeover...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoPortuguese pathfinder Vieira quits Italy for Rotherham
IT’S A brave decision to swap the sunshine of the Portuguese coast for industrial South Yorkshire, but that’s the choice of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSorry Gloucester but I had to put family first – Fearns
By NEALE HARVEY CONTRACT renegade Carl Fearns says securing his family’s future outweighed all other considerations once it became apparent that...
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Features
/ 8 years agoI do feel for Fearns, but he handled it all poorly
COLIN BOAG The old saying goes that an Englishman’s word is his bond, but those days are long gone as the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
RICH LANE, THE BEDFORD AND FORMER BATH AND JERSEY WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoGloucester Statement – Carl Fearns
Gloucester have confirm that Carl Fearns will be staying in France to continue playing his rugby in the Top 14 with...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoExiles bring in Top14 star wing and six others
London Irish have landed Top 14 winger Napolioni Nalaga from Lyon ahead of next season. Nalaga, 31, who racked up 105...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRef Owens makes it tougher for Cup heroes
Clermont 17pts Tries: Lamerat 27, Abendanon 52 Conversions: Parra 28, 54 Penalties: Parra 60 Saracens 28pts Tries: Ashton 13, Kruis 22,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoTime to rethink the B&I Cup fiasco and offer real incentive
WITH the Championship stumbling from one crisis to another, due to lack of sufficient central funding, there is another aspect of...
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National League 2N
/ 9 years agoSedgley sign off with win double at champs
By JOHN LYON Caldy 34 Sedgley Park 35 A BUMPER Paton Field crowd were treated to a an exciting game of...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoLopez relishing his chance on the big European stage
By NICK VERDIER CLERMONT have not been at their best in recent weeks but fly-half Camille Lopez reckons only one game...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoIrish give Champions Cup a six-figure boost…
NOWthat the Irish have brought the crowds back to the Champions Cup, the semi-finals are likely to reach 100,000 for the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMavinga can add heft to Falcons
By SAM JACKSON NEWCASTLE Falcons have strengthened their forward pack for next season with the signings of Lyon prop Sami Mavinga...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoCarl Fearns – I’m looking to tear it up at Gloucester with Ross
Carl Fearns has revealed his ambition to form an aggressive new back row partnership with Ross Moriarty to help reawaken the...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoOwen Farrell’s fast becoming undroppable like Jonny Wilkinson says Ugo Monye
Owen Farrell is a “champion player” who is on track to emulate the achievements of Jonny Wilkinson, according to former England...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: Raise a glass to the Bramley Road faithful
It’s a long way from Bramley Road Southgate to the Grande Stadium Lyon and that journey has taken the best part...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoMarler and Farrell banned but free to play in European finals
Joe Marler and Owen Farrell have received a two-week ban today following Harlequins and Saracens European semi-finals last weekend. The pair...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWasps confirm signing of George Smith
Wasps confirmed the signing of Australian flanker George Smith ahead of next season. The 34-year-old, who has 111 Test caps to...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoAustralia change selection rules for overseas-based players
Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell and George Smith could represent Australia at the upcoming World Cup following a ground-breaking announcement from the...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoLondon Welsh suffer sixth Challenge Cup defeat
London Welsh are still winless this season following a 17-12 defeat to Lyon in the last round of the Challenge Cup...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup round 5 teams
Bordeaux-Bègles v London Welsh Bordeaux-Bègles: Romain Lonca; Paulin Riva, Metuisela Talebulamaijaina, Charles Brousse, Lucas Blanc; Pierre Bernard, Baptiste Serin (c); Laurent...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoChallenge Cup round 2 teams
London Welsh: Seb Jewell; Rhys Crane, James Lewis, Olly Barkley, Nick Scott; Gordon Ross, Paul Rowley; Shane Cahill, Mathew Dobson, Taione...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWasp Hayter joins England Sevens
Wasps centre Charlie Hayter has signed for England Sevens becoming a member of Simon Amor’s centrally-contracted core group. The 25-year-old has...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBrake and Ellery to make England Sevens return in Moscow
John Brake and Mike Ellery will make their long-awaited return for England Sevens when they take the field in Moscow for...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland Sevens name squad for Gold Coast tournament
Phil Burgess will make his HSBC World Series debut for England Sevens after being named in the squad that will travel...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoWasps’ Lee Thomas retires
London Wasps centre Lee Thomas has been forced to retire from the game having failed to recover from a ruptured Achilles...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSeason over for Wasp Lee Thomas
London Wasps confirmed today that Lee Thomas will miss the rest of the season having ruptured his Achilles in Exeter last...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoJenkins not released for start of Lions tour?
Toulon boss Bernard Laporte revealed today that they might not release Wales prop Gethin Jenkins for the start of the 2013...












