All posts tagged "Montpellier"
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Features
/ 4 years agoJAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN My team of 2020…and nearly all are French! Try time: Cheslin Kolbe was in top form for Toulouse ■...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoWasps 33-14 Montpellier: Alfie Barbeary puts the sting back into Wasps
Wasps flanker Barbeary outshines Louis Picamoles in convincing victory for the Premiership club over Montpellier
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThe mood’s positive at Wasps and we’re ready now for Sale says Thomas Young
Wasps flanker Thomas Young is raring to go as attentions switch back to the Premiership
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLeinster are simply in a class of their own
Leinster dispatch Montpellier in the opening round of the Champions Cup
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPumas pair set to switch clubs
LEICESTER Tigers fly-half Joaquin Diaz Bonilla is set to leave the club after only one season and join the Top 14....
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoHarrington column: Fabien Galthie names 16 newbies for Italian job
France took the unusual step of announcing their squad to play Italy even before their match against Scotland in the Autumn...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMontpellier put Mercer in their to-watch file
Career decision: Zach Mercer MONTPELLIER are interested in sounding out England back row Zach Mercer about a potential move to the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoKitshoff looks to France
Montpellier? Kitshoff SPRINGBOK loosehead Steven Kitshoff could be off to Europe a couple of years after he rejected a switch to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoGo-ahead for six Tests but under restrictions
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Weeks of posturing, fingerpointing and metaphorical chest-beating ended with something approaching a temporary detente earlier this week,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGarbajosa position in jeopardy
MONTPELLIER have sounded out which British coaches might be available for a move to the Top 14 with pressure mounting on...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoFrench in struggle to field team v Wales
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tipped for greatness: Selevasio Tolofua France’s internationals are hostages in a club and country player-release war ahead...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRecount call after Laporte sneaks in
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Off he goes: Stade’s Luke Tagi is sent off for a headbutt The increasingly bitter war of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFit and proper persons in charge?
POLICE arrested Georgian rugby vice-president Merab Beselia nine days ago after the shooting of the country’s former Sevens coach, Ramaz Kharazishili....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTransfer news: Bath’s search for a No.10 and a new job for Ed Griffiths
Bath turn long-winded search for a No.10 to Stormers fly-half Willemse
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Handre Pollard a doubt for Lions tour after ACL horror
James Harrington recaps the second round of Top 14 action, in which £1m man Pollard was dealt a cruel blow
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAlex King plots new ‘Wasps dynasty’ at Gloucester
Gloucester attack coach Alex King expects great things to happy at Kingsholm after being reunited with Danny Cipriani and Dom Waldouck
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Features
/ 5 years agoIbitoye off to a flyer on debut for Agen
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN There has been actual, genuine, Top 14 rugby to talk about this week, as – after a...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoKing plots new ‘Wasps’ dynasty with Cips at helm
By NEALE HARVEY ALEX King is banking on Danny Cipriani’s leadership and a bit of hard-nosed Wasps DNA to bring glory...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins seek to ease loss of Jack Clifford with imposing South African
Clifford was forced into retirement last week after trying to work his way back from two major shoulder surgeries
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Stade Francais looking less and less likely to be ready for Top 14 season
The Paris-based club has reported COVID-19 positive players have developed lesions on their lungs
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Features
/ 5 years agoQuins in search to replace Clifford
Retired: Jack Clifford HARLEQUINS have started the search to replace Jack Clifford following the announcement that the England international back row...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIt’s not all over yet for Bath and Pollard
SPRINGBOK fly-half Hendre Pollard is still weighing up his future with Top 14 outfit Montpellier and is refusing to rule out...
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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath have second target if outlandish bid to sign Pollard fails
Fly-half Handre Pollard joined Montpellier after the World Cup on a deal worth £675,000-per-season
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Featured
/ 5 years agoBath to enter race with Racing 92 for Pumas star?
The exodus of players from the Jaguares to the Premiership is set to continue, with London Irish nearing a deal for...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIrish want Puma Creevy to beef up front row
Experienced: Pumas veteran Agustin Creevy LONDON IRISH are set to add to their ever-expanding foreign legion ahead of the return to...
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Features
/ 5 years agoKing wanted at Kingsholm
ALEX King has emerged as a shock target to become Gloucester’s new attack and skills coach in George Skivington’s new-look Kingsholm...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarlequins face bidding war with NRL for League man tipped by Sean Long
A cross-code switch no longer on the table?
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Features
/ 5 years agoMapimpi opts for Japan over Tigers
Wing ace: Mapimpi SPRINGBOK star Makazole Mapimpi is believed to have turned down a switch to the Premiership to move to...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Mayor bid by Mohed Altrad hit by third cap scandal
Montpellier are being investigated for potentially breaching the Top 14's €11.3m salary cap threshold
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAltrad’s run for mayor hit by third cap scandal
FRENCH COLUMN Billionaire Mohed Altrad is running to be mayor of Montpellier - a position which would mean giving up the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSaracens’ Alex Lozowski aims to conquer England after Montpellier stint
The Premiership and Champions Cup winner talks to TRP after securing his future at Saracens but agreeing a loan to Montpellier
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Features
/ 5 years agoYarde to be offered one-year Sale deal
Extension: Marland Yarde SALE are close to agreeing an extension with former England winger Marland Yarde who is out of contract...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCheika among candidates for Gloucester job
New name in the frame: Michael Cheika FORMER Wallaby coach Michael Cheika is the surprise name being linked with an interview...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSaracens centre Alex Lozowski heads on loan to Top 14 giants
England international heads to Montpellier on loan and will return to Saracens for 2021-22 season
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFrench cash crisis should halt Racing bid for Itoje
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Watch this space: Maro Itoje’s rumoured move to Racing looks doubtful PICTURE: Getty Images For some time,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Can Emirati riches pump life into fallen giant Beziers?
Glory days of Beziers gave rise to region removed from French rugby's heartland of the south west, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCan life be pumped back into French titan?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Dynasty: Beziers captain Richard Astre shows the Bouclier de Brennus after beating Montferrand 31-9 to win the 1978 French...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Takeovers, big moves, life goes on in Pro D2
James Harrington reports on how money is swirling around the second tier of French rugby
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTakeovers, big moves, life goes on in ProD2
France’s Top 14 clubs are currently pretty quiet. There’s some news of player moves, and updates on planned preseason friendlies in...
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Features
/ 5 years agoQuins move for tyro Lion Green
Flyer: Tyrone Green HARLEQUINS are poised to swoop for exciting young Lions winger Tyrone Green after he cancelled his contract with...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoFive Premiership clubs weighing up move for British & Irish Lion
Wanted by English, Welsh and French clubs
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Philippe Saint-Andre calls for cup shootout to decide title
James Harrington points out the three options open to the Top 14 and Pro D2
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Features
/ 5 years agoSaint-Andre calls for cup shootout to decide title
In the current health crisis in France professional rugby has, like all sports, taken a large backward step. Clubs, coaches and...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers add firepower in wing Nemani Nadolo
Leicester fans who are missing Nemani Nadolo will have another Fijian to fill the void
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoTop 14 shun virus threat to go ahead on schedule
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Joris Jurand ran in three tries in the first half for Brive Yesterday’s Top 14 matches...
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Features
/ 5 years agoPowerhouse Boks get the French firing
Brendan Gallagher looks at the history of great lock pairings during France’s golden eras of rugby Threat: Bernard le Roux of...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAll-rounder Kolbe wows Toulouse as a fly-half
FRENCH COLUMN It’s official. There are more active ingredient molecules in a homeopathic remedy than there are things Cheslin Kolbe cannot...
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Six Nations
/ 5 years agoRuthless Galthie will be out to crush Italy
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Enforced change: Arthur Vincent BEFORE the 2020 Six Nations began there was widespread speculation that Fabian Galthie would...
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoVincent aims to be in the Paris spotlight
ARTHUR Vincent could lay claim to be the invisible man of the Six Nations, no mean feat given that he appeared...
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