Tag: Top 14

Lions set to ring the changes

■By BEN JAYCOCK Preview… Perpignan v Lions Today. 1pm LIONS head coach Ivan van Rooyen will be banking on the strength of his squad as […]

Davies enjoying life in a new lake

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN SWAPPING Dragons for a new challenge at Grenoble – and the lens of Welsh rugby for relative anonymity in southeast France […]

Big clubs ready to rumble

Paul Rees looks forward to the Champions Cup, kicking off this weekend THE Champions Cup returns this week with a tweaked format that does away […]

Laporte & Co hit the panic button

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A week after ripping out their coaching set-up and employing an Etch-a-Sketch style reset to their season, Montpellier officially hit the […]

Ludlam closing in on move to Toulon

Northampton Saints back row Lewis Ludlam’s highly anticipated move to Toulon, first rumoured in The Rugby Paper’s Blindside Column in early October, is set to […]

Georgia have eye on Cockerill

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Richard Cockerill will discover before Christmas if he is going to be the next coach of Georgia after his […]

Cockerill off to the guillotine

When it comes to sacking those in charge of losing teams, French rugby has beaten English football to the punch. While the struggling Premier clubs […]

Carreras on way to Bayonne

Argentina wing Mateo Carreras will leave Newcastle Falcons at the end of the season to join Top 14 side Bayonne. Carreras is in his third […]

North to decide on Provence move

ON THE BLINDSIDE Wales and Lions ace George North could this week tell ambitious ProD2 outfit Aix-en-Provence if he will join their bid for promotion […]

Welsh warrior bows out in style

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Rugby – even thoroughly modern professional rugby – sometimes proves it still has at least a little room for a smidgeon […]

Change of culture is needed to compete

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED A slippery subject, rugby culture, and easily misrepresented in its narrowest sense. Across great swathes of the sporting landscape, the English […]

Bath lock Elliott Stooke

Stooke in line for return to Rec

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former Bath lock Elliott Stooke, below, could return to The Rec next month from […]

Sutherland on way to Oyonnax

ON THE BLINDSIDE Scotland and Lions star Rory Sutherland has joined Top 14 new boys Oyonnax, who have had a tough introduction to life in […]

Saints have to nail it away from home

Premiership team-by-team previews: Northampton There was a point last season where Northampton looked as if they could qualify for the play-offs despite conceding a century […]

Best Rugby Players of All Time

Rugby is a competitive team sport with a high level of physicality and strategy. The two main variations are Rugby Union and Rugby League. Betting […]