All posts tagged "Top 14"
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Features
/ 6 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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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoItoje shows RFU should lift the ban
THE idea that Maro Itoje should be allowed to play on loan for Racing 92 in France’s Top 14 next season,...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales v Scotland: WillGriff John and Rhys Webb to start for hosts
Wayne Pivac and Gregor Townsend offer their thoughts ahead of the final round of the Six Nations for Wales and Scotland
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: It is about time CVC told us what they are up to
As CVC plot a takeover of major competitions in northern hemisphere rugby, Nick Cain writes about how little is known
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Club Rugby
/ 6 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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Features
/ 6 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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Club Rugby
/ 6 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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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWhy Justin Tipuric turned down Bristol and the Top 14 to stay in Wales
A huge boost for the Welsh region after a deeply troubling campaign thus far in the PRO14
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Pro D2 can show the RFU how to run a second tier
Former Bath captain and Worcester DoR, Richard Hill, is currently in charge at Rouen in the second tier of French rugby
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoThis crowing cockerill can show RFU how to run Tier Two
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE desultory manner in which the Championship clubs have been treated by the...
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Columnists
/ 6 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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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTop 14 column: Second coming of Jules Plisson is down to TLC of O’Gara
It’s astonishing what careful and empathetic player management can do. Jules Plisson – remember him? – returned to the club where...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLozowski closes on his move to Bath
West country recruit: Alex Lozowski SARACENS centre Alex Lozowski was last week spotted in Bath ahead of a potential move to...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBen Youngs told to take pay cut if he wants to stay at Leicester
The scrum-half is out of contract at Welford Road at the end of the season
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Fabien Galthie and the new-look France set to maximise potential
France have a rich depth of talent to pick from in the Top 14. James Harrington examines JIFF rules and Galthie's...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGalthie’s new look is Made in France
FRENCH COLUMN Unlike his Six Nations’ counterparts who, on the whole, opted for continuity selections after the World Cup, new France...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSchmit on call to end Clermont try drought
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Expert opinion: Joe Schmidt is spending two weeks as consultant to Clermont PICTURE: Getty Images Those Top...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLyon put Sopoaga on their wanted list
Top 14? Lima Sopoaga FRENCH Top 14 outfit Lyon are looking for a new fly-half and have Wasps former All Black...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKunatani opts for Castres
Move: Semi Kunatani CASTRES look to have won the race to land Harlequins ace Semi Kunatani in the face of competition...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRenegade Russell on parade to help Racing
Back in Paris: Finn Russell helped Racing to a 27-0 cakewalk against Castres Second versus third. Fourth versus sixth. Ninth versus...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPieretto signs for Warriors
By ADAM ELLIS TIGHTHEAD Enrique Pieretto will be leaving Sandy Park when his short-term contract ends this summer. The Rugby Paper...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: New Broom Galthie has the leeway to go for broke with France
Brendan Gallagher writes how a new-found desire to nurture homegrown talent in the Top 14 has allowed Fabien Galthie to rewrite...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago“I’d done my time in Cape Town” – Eben Etzebeth talks Toulon move
Springboks enforcer Eben Etzebeth switched the Stormers for Toulon after winning the World Cup
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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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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoWasteful Wasps get blast from boss Dai
By ROGER PANTING POOL 3 WASPS’ European campaign came to a miserable end as the French secured a home quarter-final with...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoBayonne hit for six as Toulon turn on the style
ROUND-UP TOULON completed a clean sweep of six victories with a 50-6 triumph over Bayonne in Pool 2. They struggled to...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup hero focused on European domination
By ALEX BYWATER South Africa enforcer: Eben Etzebeth EBEN Etzebeth ended 2019 on top of the world and South Africa’s giant...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCobus Reinach to leave Northampton Saints at the end of the season
Will Chris Boyd be bringing in a new signing to replace the departing Reinach?
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoRyan dares to hope despite his Dragons’ six-try pasting
By TOM COLEMAN DEAN RYAN is refusing to give up on his side’s European dreams despite being hit for six in...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoZebre shock Stade’s aristos
ROUND-UP ZEBRE produced the shock of the round with a dramatic 29-24 victory over Stade Francais – only their fourth-ever win...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSqueeze is on for Pacific Island players warns Leo
By NEALE HARVEY Snared by Tier One: England No.8 Billy Vunipola PACIFIC Island players, for so long a hugely popular feature...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoClassy Jacob Umaga has the genes to succeed, says Wasps teammate Fekitoa
Wasps centre Malakai Fekitoa sees a bright future for starlet fly-half Jacob Umaga
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGalthie plots his opening gambit from Paris hot seat
Key man for Clermont: France centre Virimi Vakatawa This weekend’s Top 14 matches – the 13th round of the season –...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHomecoming for Rhys Webb at Ospreys
Toulon agree to release the Welsh scrum-half a year early from his contract
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Ross Moriarty should stay in Wales with Dragons
Shane Williams praises the back-row forward for filling in for Taulupe Faletau, but that he should turn down interest from overseas
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoJonny May is latest Leicester Tigers star to be targetted
SARACENS are weighing up a move for England winger Jonny May who is coming into the last six months of his...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoMoriarty should stay in Wales with the Dragons
Stick or twist: Ross Moriarty will have numerous options for next season PICTURE: Getty Images ROSS Moriarty has quickly become one...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoKubriashvili has got yellow fever
DAVIT Kubriashvili is only halfway through the season but already far ahead of schedule to break all yellow card records. Grenoble’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEmotions run high over death of ‘Ibou’
French rugby this week mourned 2013 Top 14 champion Ibrahim Diarra, who died on Wednesday at the age of 36. A...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNew stadium will end talent drain to Exeter says Matavesi
■By NEALE HARVEY Big chance at Saints: Sam Mataves SAM Matavesi believes the ambition of Cornish Pirates will blow the Premiership’s...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoNick Abendanon drawing interest from home as Clermont stay nears end
Nick Abendanon is keen on a return to the UK after five years in France
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoKolbe makes his return
POOL 5 PREVIEW… Toulouse v Montepellier Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Stade Ernest Wallon WORLD Cup hero Cheslin Kolbe makes his return to...
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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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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Magical Radradra can cast spell on the Premiership
Jeremy Guscott reflects on what Bristol's signing of the Bordeaux Begles and Fiji star Radradra means for the rest of the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoNorthampton Saints will move on Ben Youngs should talks with Tigers fail
Cobus Reinach has been offered an eye-watering amount of money by Montpellier, and Saints could turn to Ben Youngs to replace...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton Saints fill Dylan Hartley void with new hooker signing
Sam Matavesi has left Cornish Pirates to move to Franklin's Gardens
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Mourad Boudjellal ready to pack his bags at Toulon
Is one of rugby's most eccentric owners set to leave the Top 14?
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoUnited nations of France are doing rugby proud
Diminishing breed: Romania No.8 Andre Gorin plays for Bayonne THE riotous Tower of Babel that is professional French club rugby has...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoWill RFU scrap rules if Sarries go down?
So it’s back to the real business of club rugby this week as we return to the Premiership and the serious...
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