All posts tagged "Montpellier"
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLeaders of Top 14? Chiefs just blow them clean away
By MIKE SINCLAIR Hard yards: Exeter try-scorer Don Armand trucks it up PICTURES: Getty Images In the thick of it: Sam...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoBaxter: Woody is great finisher
ENGLAND boss Eddie Jones has yet to be convinced but Exeter boss Rob Baxter believes that Olly Woodburn and Don Armand...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoKiwis left short at No.10 as Sopoaga signs off
NEWS EXTRA ALL Blacks coach Steve Hansen is disappointed at Lima Sopoaga’s decision to leave New Zealand and sign for Wasps....
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Featured
/ 8 years agoLeinster and Ireland dealt injury blow as Ringrose ruled out for over a month
Centre out for remaining Champions Cup pool matches and first two Six Nations matches
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoStats don’t lie, Chiefs were certainly form team of 2017
By NEALE HARVEY Challenge: Will Chudley SCRUM-HALFWill Chudley insists hard work and humility will ensure Exeter build on a superlative 2017...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRory’s rise just goes on and on in France
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Rory Teague is brandishing a torch abroad as the only English head coach in the Top 14,...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWales advised to consider Vern Cotter as successor to Gatland
Mike Ruddock urges the WRU to consider the former Scotland boss he describes as a 'class act'
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Features
/ 8 years agoGlasgow monstered by unstoppable Nadalo
By JAMES CANDY GLASGOW were powerless to stop Nemani Nadolo from inspiring a European Champions Cup double as Montpellier kept in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoAuthorities must clamp down on thugs ruining game
I WAS delighted to see Glasgow hooker George Turner cop a four-week ban for his ridiculous off the ball shoulder into...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLeinster defeat shows we’re still learning our lesson in Europe – Rob Baxter
The Exeter Chiefs boss reacts to his side's first defeat at Sandy Park in a year
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRFU funding for EQPs gives England a big advantage
JEFF PROBYN Money bags: Top 14 contenders Montpellier have a raft of Test stars including François Steyn and Nemani Nadolo PICTURE:...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCastres hit Toulouse for six in clash of day
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Castres team boss Christophe Urios went to Toulouse with the threat of suspension hanging over his head...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoSuper sub Keatley kicks Irish to victory
By DECLAN ROONEY IAN Keatley showed admirable nerve to kick two late penalties and deny Fiji a first win over Ireland....
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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 agoSuffering Pumas urged to alter selection policy
Eddie bottled it with his team to face Wallabies By NEALE HARVEY DECLINING Argentina must reverse their policy of not selecting...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTeen-star Jalibert lets Toulouse off hook
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Heartache: Matthieu Jalibert missed a winning kick for Bordeaux An 18-year-old making his fly-half debut in the...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoDiamond blasts ref over late decision
STEVE Diamond was frustrated with the final penalty which potentially cost Sale the chance of winning the game. Craig Maxwell-Keys deemed...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoLet’s rejoice that Joy is unconfined
NOBODY’S star can have taken off on a steeper trajectory in recent months than Joy Neville’s. In reaching ever skyward, Ireland’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoHowzat! NatWest set to back Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations is expected to announce a new title sponsor long synonymous with English cricket – NatWest....
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoChiefs set for toughest assignment in Europe
By SAM JACKSON Familiar face: Nic White EXETER captain Jack Yeandle has challenged his men to take it to the mammoth...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoSimmonds leaves it to clinch Chiefs win
■By ROGER PANTING EXETER made hard work of getting their Cup campaign off to a winning start as it took them...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoMontpellier mauled by hit-man Henshaw
■By DECLAN ROONEY First blood: Joey Carbery goes over to score Leinster’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images RUAN Pienaar nailed a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoCome off it, Vern…Montpellier can cash in this year
VERN Cotter started jockeying for position this week as his Montpellier side, who have blasted their way to the head of...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLions return for Leinster but still lack killer instinct
By DARAGH SMALL EDINBURGH out-half Jason Tovey scored all 13 points for his side, including an intercept try, but they came...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoStade are on journey – but is it to relegation?
FRENCH COLUMN On the move? French fly-half Jules Plisson could be leaving Stade Fair to say that Terry Bouhraoua is better...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoPint-sized Gabriel cuts down Clermont
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Gabriel Lacroix, of La Rochelle, is an unlikely lad in the muscular world of the Top 14....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 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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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBig try count is worry for Jackman
Dragons …16 Glasgow…40 ITlooks like a long season is ahead for new Dragons head coach Bernard Jackman after his side shipped...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
NIC WHITE, THE EXETER CHIEFS AND AUSTRALIA SCRUM–HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Scott Sio...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoChampagne rugby from Exeter’s forgotton centre Campagnaro
By ROGER PANTING Red hot: Exeter centre Michele Campagnao. Right: Sarel Pretorious scores for Dragons PICTURE: Pinnacle TEAMS EXETER: Bodilly, Woodburn...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDecision to play twice in two days backfires
By STEVE KENNY PICTURE: Andy Taylor Back with a bang: Tom Stephenson scores Saints’ first Northampton 71pts Dragons 21pts TOM Stephenson...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHenson gets hit out
Montpellier 40 Dragons 15 GAVIN Henson made his return to Welsh club rugby on Friday night but it was in a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOld pals Catrakalis and Swiel set to battle it out
By NEALE HARVEY Order of the boot: Demetri Catrakilis shows his kicking repertoire for Montpellier against Quins PICTURES: Getty Images NEW...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
Anglo-Welsh battle for wantaway Moriarty BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Hot property: Ross Moriarty BRITISH LIONS flanker Ross Moriarty...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoI was left out in 2015 and I’ll risk missing 2019 to prove my class in Europe, says Exeter signing White
Revved-up Aussie maestro Nic White has revealed why he rejected the chance to fight for a place at the 2019 World...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCruden can help restore the thrills
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Montpellier fans cannot wait to see All Black fly-half Aaron Cruden in their colours this season. They...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRobson: Salary cap cheats cost Northampton trophies
By NEALE HARVEY OUTGOING Northampton chief executive Allan Robson admits he will always remain bitter over instances of salary cap abuse...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCONFIRMED: Picamoles leaves Northampton
Northampton Saints have announced that Louis Picamoles will be leaving the club to rejoin Montpellier. The France No.8 only moved to...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWorld Cup winner pens new Worcester deal
Worcester centre Wynand Olivier has put pen to paper on a new deal to remain at Sixways. The 2007 World Cup...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Shaun Knight – Bath tighthead
1. Marcos Ayerza – He was the hardest prop I ever faced as a young player and every tighthead I speak...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoBack row dominance will be key for Leinster
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Johnny Sexton in action for Leinster during victory over Wasps. Organiser: Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster Route to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStade are enjoying their new lease of life
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Stade Francais, so recently facing extinction in a merger with Racing, have become a key element in...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoDickson may quit Saints for Bedford
By JON NEWCOMBE NORTHAMPTON legend Lee Dickson could see out his professional career as a Bedford player in the Championship. The...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAnother Wallaby to Exeter
EXETER Chiefs could this week announce the signing of Montpellier’s former Wallaby scrum-half Nic White, below. Blindside reported at Christmas that...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoFisher hints at exit after Gloucester capitulate.
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER’S fast disintegrating campaign was thrown into chaos late last night when head coach Laurie Fisher apparently gave...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■BRISTOL could be left paying All Blacks back rower Steven Luatua, right, around £650,000...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoIt’s seven heaven for Armitage with Pau
FRENCH COLUMN Life has been somewhat eventful for Steffon Armitage, the back row forward voted the finest player in Europe not...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMontpellier boss must wait for Gloucester ruling
MOHEDAltrad faces a further wait to find out if his proposed takeover of Gloucester will be allowed to go ahead. The...
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